March Come Follow Me Lesson for Young Women

Here are some teaching ideas and the pamphlets for the March Come Follow Me young men and young women lessons!

You can find all of the pamphlets at the end of the post.  🙂

 

MARCH COME FOLLOW ME LESSON IDEAS 

What is the Atonement of Jesus Christ?

This is a fantastic introductory lesson for the entire month.  AND it is a great lesson for Easter.  One thing you can see in the package above, is we used the symbol of the olive tree.  This is something I often do when teaching about this topic.  Years and years ago I read an article by Truman G. Madsen called, “The Allegory of the Olive Tree – The Olive Press:  A Symbol of Christ” – you can find it HERE.   That was such a powerful talk for me and gives such a reverent perspective of the Atonement, using the olive press as a symbol.  I suggest you take a look at that talk and see if it gives you any teaching ideas.  There is also an a version that was put into the Ensign, you can find that HERE.

Another talk I would recommend, is the classic talk by Bruce R. McConkie called, “The Purifying Power of Gethsemane“.  This talk is often called “The Final Testimony” because he passed away a couple of weeks after this talk was given.  In fact, you should watch some of the videos available (you can find it on You Tube). You would never know how sick he was.  What a man he was.

Teaching about this topic always feels like a heavy assignment to me.  I never feel like I can do the topic proper justice.  So that is why I would recommend looking up some talks like that, it gives a fresh, new perspective and helps put you in the place to receive inspiration.

If you are interested in the teaching package above, you can find it HERE.

Or you can find a combo pack of the March lessons HERE.

 

What does it mean to have faith in Jesus Christ?

THIS is one of my favorite topics to teach about.  And in fact, in this package I included some of the visuals I always use to teach about faith.

One of my favorite quotes about faith is this one:

“Each child in each generation chooses faith or disbelief. Faith is not an inheritance; it is a choice” (President Henry B. Eyring, (“Inquire of the Lord” [remarks at an evening with Elder Neal A. Maxwell, Feb. 2, 2001]).

I would probably write that on the board and talk about it at the beginning of the lesson.  The scriptures are full of examples of this quote.  And then I would continually refer back to that quote throughout all of the learning activities.

Another, really great follow up with that quote is this one, also by President Eyring.  It is a rather alarming quote, and I was there in this meeting when he gave it.  It was at a CES meeting in 2001 and I remember wondering what he meant  – but now I can look back and see how prophetic it was.

You can find it HERE.

I also want to add that the definition for “Faith” in the Bible Dictionary is really good.  You could take it line-by-line and have some great conversations about it.

If you are interested in the above teaching package you can find it HERE.

Or you can find a combo pack of the March lessons HERE.

 

How can repentance help me every day?

One of my favorite quote on repentance is this one by President Boyd K. Packer:

“I readily confess that I would find no peace, neither happiness nor safety, in a world without repentance.  I do not know what I should do if there were no way for me to erase my mistakes.  The agony would be more than I could bear.”

One thing I always to try to really enforce when I teach about repentance is that it is an amazing thing to have!  Through the years I noticed that whenever I taught about this topic, heads would go down and my students would stop making eye contact.  This topic would often bring on feelings of guilt and they would be uncomfortable – it was as though they viewed repentance as a bad thing because it meant they did something wrong.  So I would always try to teach (with much clarity) that in order to become a saint, you learn to love and embrace repentance.  Repentance is a beautiful thing!  That is what the Celestial Kingdom will be full of – people who understood and embraced repentance!  They will be ultimate realists – when they saw un-Christlike behavior, they changed it!

I wrote an article about this awhile back, you can find it HERE.

I think this is an important principle to teach at the beginning of the lesson, because then, the rest of the lesson can be viewed as great information and tools to help them become increasingly Christ-like every day.  Otherwise, they may view it as something they hope they don’t have to use, because they don’t have a full understanding of repentance.

If you are interested in the teaching package for this, you can find it HERE.

Or you can find a combo pack of the March lessons HERE.

What is grace?

I LOVE this lesson.  I have to admit that “grace” is a topic I couldn’t fully wrap my mind around until I found Elder Bednar’s talk, In the Strength of the Lord (the pamphlet is at the end of the lesson).  I originally read the BYU devotional talk, and since then he gave a shorter version in General Conference.  The General Conference version is the one cited in the lesson, but I have also included the BYU devotional version in the pamphlets below – although it was too long to put in a pamphlet format.

When we made this teaching package I gave you options for both talks (the General Conference version or the BYU devotional version).  In the BYU one he had time to give some really amazing and impactful examples and stories that have, personally, made a huge impact on my life.  So, in the package we gave you some illustrations to use as you teach those stories as well as an illustrated note page to study the talk with.  There are questions with a picture and then you would search the talk to find the answer to that question.

I have no other teaching suggestions for “grace” other than that talk by Elder Bednar.  It is all you need.  All scriptures you look up after that will make much more sense once you have studied that talk.

If you are interested in the teaching package on grace, you can find it HERE

Or you can find a combo pack of six March lessons HERE.

Why do I need to forgive others?

I LOVE, love, love this lesson.  This lesson centers around the Parable of the Unmerciful Servant.  There is a really great study sheet included that helps you go through, and discuss, each verse of this parable.  We have given you tips here and there as well in order to grasp the important principles and have a really great discussion as you study together.

This parable is about a servant who owed the king 10,000 talents, and another man who owed that same servant 100 pence.  The 10,000 talents is meant to be an impossible number to repay, while the 100 pence is very repayable.  We have given you visuals that can help those you are teaching grasp the difference between these two debts, and therefore understand the principles meant to be applied to our lives in this parable.

You can find this package HERE.

Or it is part of the March combo package which you can find HERE.

 

What is the resurrection?

I love this lesson, and it is especially good to give this time of year as we approach Easter.

I don’t think we can underestimate the importance of teaching this topic.  I have always been impressed that when Alma was counseling his wayward son Corianton, this is the doctrine he chose to talk to him about (Alma 40-41).  Alma wanted to leave an impression on Corianton of the true and everlasting consequences of his sins.  He didn’t say you shouldn’t be doing this or that because statistically this or that may happen to you…. he simply taught about the resurrection, and the finality of it.  It is a pretty powerful thing to contemplate.

Those chapters always remind me of President Boyd K. Packer’s quote:  ”  True doctrine, understood, changes attitudes and behavior.  The study of the doctrines of the gospel will improve behavior quicker than a study of behavior will improve behavior. Preoccupation with unworthy behavior can lead to unworthy behavior. That is why we stress so forcefully the study of the doctrines of the gospel.”  (Little Children, October 1986 General Conference).

This lesson teaches a lot of doctrine which I think is great – not only because it teaches doctrine, but it helps those you are teaching feel more and more capable of finding answers like this on their own.

If you are interested in this teaching package you can find it HERE.  One thing that is part of this package is a study sheet that is very detailed with questions about the resurrection with a scripture to find the answer with – so those you are teaching will be digging and finding the answers.

Or you can find a combo pack of six March lessons HERE.

 

 

How Can the Savior Help Me During My Trials?

This March “Come Follow Me” printable teaching package comes with five learning activities which helps you teach your LDS young women, young men, and family to answer the question, “How Can the Savior Help Me During My Trials?“.

This is a printable PDF which will be available on your account on this site immediately after purchase.

Included in this lesson are the following:

LESSON TOPIC PRINT: This page can be displayed throughout the lesson to help those you are teaching reflect upon the question and lesson topic.

NOTE CARDS:  These note cards are great as an meaningful intro activity and also helps the children dive into the definition for “Adversity” in True to the Faith.

TRIALS / BOARD ACTIVITY:  Help the young women share and record trials they are experiencing as well as trials that are common for the youth today.

ILLUSTRATED SCRIPTURE CARDS: The young women will have fun with this incredibly meaningful scripture activity.

GENERAL CONFERENCE QUOTE PAGE / BOARD ACTIVITY – This quote page can go with any General Conference talk that teaches about this topic.

NOTE PAGE:  This note page can be given to each young woman so she can take notes as she learns, and then take it home and have a record of the valuable things she learned.

TEACHING SUGGESTIONS: This package comes with detailed suggestions for how to use each page we provide for you.

You can find this lesson HERE.

Or it is a part of the March combo package HERE.

 

 

 

LESSON TALKS:

And here are all of the PDF files for the pamphlet formats of the General Conference talks.  You will need to print them back-to-back and then fold it over.  When you open the files the “front” page of the pamphlet will be in the lower right corner.  This is correct and will fold over correctly once you print it back-to-back.

In most printers, in order to print back-to-back, you will print one side and then lay the paper back into the paper tray JUST AS IT CAME OUT.  So you do not turn it in any way.

yw lesson 1 He is Risen Monson

yw lesson 1 Is Faith in the Atonement Burton

yw lesson 2 In Tune with Music of Faith Q.Cook

yw lesson 2 By Faith Things Are Fulfilled M. Nash

yw lesson 3 Repent That I May Heal You Andersen

yw lesson 4 In the Strength of the Lord Bednar

yw lesson 4 In the Strength of the Lord BYU DEVOTIONAL VERSION Bednar (not a pamphlet)

yw lesson 5 forgiveness hinckley

yw lesson 5 the merciful obtain mercy uchtdorf

yw lesson 6 He is Risen Monson

yw lesson 6 Mrs. Patton – the story continues Monson

yw lesson 6 Resurrection

yw lesson 7 personal peace the reward of righteousness cook

yw lesson 7 The Atonement and the Journey of Mortality

yw lesson 7 because i live ye shall live also bowen

yw lesson 3 The Divine Gift of Repentance Christofferson