Engaging the Youth and Memories
I have an assignment with: Engaging Youth in Family History and Memories. I was recently asked to help our Ward Youth to get ready and excited about going to the Temple to do baptisms for their ancestors. I got very excited about this assignment. I put together a Power Point to aid in getting the youth excited about learning more about their ancestors and taking their names to the temple.
Besides putting together the Power Point, I decided to attend the Young Men's and Young Women's activity dressed in one of my Scottish kilts. Needless to say, it definitely started them talking, even before the presentation. After the presentation, we broke away into separate groups. We helped the Young Men and Young Women use Ordinance Ready to find their ancestors that have temple work ready to be done. We had approximately 40 youth at the activity and most of them found around 8 - 10 ancestors who needed Baptisms and Confirmations that needed to be done. After the presentation, the youth were very excited about doing Baptisms for their ancestors. We estimated that they would carry between 120 and 160 names to the temple. I under estimated how excited they were. I found out in church today that they carried 520 names of their relatives to the temple with them last week. I'm jazzed as I'm sure their ancestors are!!!
I am including a photo of me in my kilt.
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kimleegalloway1 Wow! This is GREAT! Thank you for all you do to 'magnify your calling'. You went above and beyond in helping the youth get excited about Family History!
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