Integrity Value Experience #1

This week we worked on Integrity #1. I decided we needed a little fun and chose to make it a movie night. We watched "The Little Princess" and ate Belgium waffles with strawberries and whipped cream. Then I sent them home with a "For the Strength of Youth" care package. Here's how I did it:

Integrity is the willingness and desire to live by our beliefs and standards. Read Moroni 10:30–33 and think about what it means to “deny yourselves of all ungodliness.” Read the pamphlet For the Strength of Youth. Reflect on how the Lord’s standards differ from the world’s standards. Record in your journal appropriate standards for behavior, dress, and conversation, as well as literature, movies, television, Internet, music, cell phones, and other media. Also write your plan to stay morally clean and worthy to attend the temple. After keeping your standards for at least one month, record your feelings in your journal and continue to keep your commitment.

• I made a worksheet to fill out that made it easy to do what was asked of them in the experience.

• I made a front and back cover to go with the gift bags I planned to fill as party favors at the end of the night. It was a list of all the Strength of Youth standards as well as the scriptures Moroni 10:30-33.

• I printed the description given for each standard outlined on the church's website, cut them out and attached them to various items that represented the definition of each standard. Here is the list of items I picked up:

~For the Strength of Youth pamphlet from the Distribution Center. 

~Agency & Accountability - Wherefore, men . . . are free to choose liberty and eternal life, through the great Mediator of all men, or to choose captivity and death. 2 Nephi 2:27

A package of gum.

~Dating - Virtue loveth Virtue; light cleaveth unto light. D&C 88:40

The New Era dating issue from the Distribution Center.

~Dress & Appearance - Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you? . . . The temple of God is holy, which temple ye are. 1 Corinthians 3:16-17 

A picture of the Salt Lake Temple from the Distribution Center. 

~Education - Whatever principle of intelligence we attain unto in this life, it will rise with us in the resurrection. D&C 130:18

A pencil.

~Entertainment & Media - If there is anything virtuous, lovely, or of good report or praiseworthy, we seek after these things. Article of Faith 1:13

A bag of microwave popcorn.

~Family - The family is ordained of God. Marriage between man and woman is essential to His eternal plan. . . . Happiness in family life is most likely to be achieved when founded upon the teachings of the Lord Jesus Christ. The Family: A Proclamation to the World

My Family booklet from the Distribution Center. 

~Friends - Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me. Matthew 25:40

A can of Diet Coke that said "Friends" on it.

~Gratitude - He who receiveth all things with thankfulness shall be made glorious. D&C 78:19

A blank "Thank You" card.

~Honesty & Integrity - Thou shalt not steal. Thou shalt not bear false witness. Exodus 20:15-16

A bag of gummy bears .

~Language - Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good. Ephesians 4:29

A bar of soap.

~Music & Dancing - Praise the Lord with singing, with music, with dancing. D&C 136:28

My favorite LDS cd, Michael McLean, As I Am

~Physical & Emotional Health - All saints who remember to keep and do these sayings . . . shall receive health in their navel and marrow in their bones; and shall find wisdom and great treasures of knowledge. D&C 89:18-19

A granola bar.

~Repentance - By this ye may know if a man repenteth of his sings - behold, he will confess them and forsake them. D&C 58:43

A Band-Aid.

~Sabbath Day Observance - Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. Exodus 20:8

A book mark for their scriptures (a simple ribbon with a knot at the top).

~Service - When ye are in the service of your fellow beings ye are only in the service of your God. Mosiah 2:17

A picture of Jesus Christ from the Distribution Center.

~Sexual Purity - The sacred powers of procreation are to be employed only between man and woman, lawfully wedded as husband and wife. The Family: A Proclamation to the World

A Ring Pop.

~Tithes & Offerings - Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse. . . . and prove me now herewith, saith the Lord of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour out a blessing. Malachi 3:10

A tithing envelop.

~Work & Self-Reliance - Thou shalt not idle away thy time, neither shalt thou bury thy talent. D&C 60:13

A pot of soil.

~Go Forward with Faith - By small and simple things are great things brought to pass. Alma 37:6

A package of seeds

• I finally packed them all into a gift bag from the local dollar store. I presented it much like a party favor bag that you'd get at the end of a kid's party. 

I went through the meanings of each topic and then bore my testimony of why all the standards we are asked to live by are so important. I referenced the movie we watched as well as parts of my own life experiences. It made for a fun filled evening. 

If you don't feel comfortable showing a "Hollywood" movie, you can show all the church video shorts that are linked to each standard. You can find them through the church website, at the church Distribution Center, or on Youtube. 

I have a small number of girls in my group, so I didn't mind spending a $1 here and a $1 there for some of these items. But if you have a larger number of girls, or a smaller budget, you can easily substitute anything you feel portrays the topic in an object lesson form to fit your situation. If you come up with a better suggestion, please put it in the comment box to share with the rest of us. :)