November Week 1: Leadership Academy

WEEK 1: Leadership Academy

A look at STEWARDSHIP and how it relates to our ability to work well and maintain our property, both as individuals and as a society.

*Each week, you need to meet with your parents or a mentor and review the material for the week so you can individually tailor it to your studies: powerful and necessary :).

"Starting Point":
1. Review our Poem and Scripture for the month
2. Do a word study on "stewardship"--make sure to include scriptures!
3. Print off and read "The Family: A Proclamation to the World" and highlight any sections that refer to stewardships.
4. Look through "Our Constitution Rocks" and pick a section that you feel defends your right to property or outlines the stewardship of a particular groups of people or branch of government.  Come prepared to share with us what you learned.

5. Review the  "Sharpen the Saw" chapter in "7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens" and come prepared to share a favorite part or quote.

"Bunny Trails":
Find something from what you read this week that you feel inspired to study further. Feel free to select from the following or pick your own--
-Go on a date with your parents and ask them what they feel the roles of men and women are, both in society and in your family.
-From your word study of "stewardship," find interesting words that stick out to you and do word studies on those as well.  Or, you can do a word study on "work" or "property" and see if you can make any connections between "stewardship," "work" or "property."
-Do a more in-depth study of a section of your choice of "Our Constitution Rocks." Come up with a fun way to teach it and then teach us or a group of other kids what you learned.
-Create a family home evening lesson tying in what you learned about stewardship this week.
-Watch, read or listen to the talk from the recent conference: "Finding lasting peace and building eternal families" by Elder Perry.  Compare it to "The Family: A Proclamation to the World" and highlight favorite quotes or sections that connect.
-Make a creative display of the scripture and poem for the month to put on your wall or in your tome to help you memorize it.

"Project Time"
Start a project this week that you feel inspired to as you start your study of Stewardship and how it relates to you, your work, and your property.  What stewardship do you have in your life: calling at church, responsibilities in Vanguard, work in the home or somewhere else?  Consider prayerfully how you can improve and show better stewardship in one or more areas.  It can be a week-project or a month-project.  Report to us in class how it is going.