BB youth activity Friday 19th
April Ashcrofts home 6.30pm
To be approved at BYC 7th
April.
FAITH FACTOR D&C 38:30 which says, “…if ye are
prepared, ye shall not fear.”
2 teams, YM vs YM
Answer 3 questions in 3 mins. (gospel knowledge. Bring
scriptures and for the strength of youth and hope you have listened in your
classes) 10 points if perfect answers, 5
points if nearly there
Then complete 2 activites
( learning about unity/ working as a team) 10 points if they win, 5 points if
they complete it, or whatever is decided by the judges. SCORE as you go. takes too long at the end.
Repeat till all questions have been answered and all
activities completed.
Knickerbocker glories (ice cream sundaes) as prizes for
participating.
The team with the least points makes them first (individual worth!)
All wash up (good works)
INSTRUCTIONS
Below are the questions (with answers, but answers wont
appear on the youths papers)
They answer 3, then the 2 activities. Some challenges
require one person, some
more than one person.
Teams may send who they choose, but everyone on the
team should participate in at least one challenge at some
point. Then come back to the next 3 questions but you can’t answer them till
the timer is started and the other team is back from their activity. Questions
are on sep pieces of paper. Handed out when
ready to be completed.
QUESTIONS
1.
Name the three members of the General Presidency
of the Church.
Thomas S Monson , Henry B Erying Dieter F. Uchtdorf
2. Where is the doctrine known as “The Word of Wisdom” found
in the scriptures?
(Doctrine and Covenants Section 89)
3. According to the “For the Strength of Youth” pamphlet,
what are two things you
should avoid on Sunday? (seeking entertainment, spending
money)
ACTIVITY
1. Each team will be given one basketball each. The team who
scores the most goals in 2
minutes will win the challenge.
2 Each team will be required to put together a 24 piece
puzzle. They will not be
given a picture of what it is supposed to look like to help
them assemble it. The team
may use as many members as they choose to help do the
puzzle. The first team to
finish will win the challenge.
QUESTION
4. Who found a “round ball of curious workmanship” AND how
many spindles did it
have? (Lehi; 2) hint if they get stuck - - 1 Nephi chapter
16
5 What are the three offices of the Aaronic Priesthood that
Young Men can hold?
(deacon, teacher, priest)
6 Recite the YW theme OUT LOUD. (We are daughters of our
Heavenly Father, who loves us,
and we love Him. We will stand as witnesses of God at all
times and in all
things, and in all places as we strive to live the Young
Women values, which
are: Faith, Divine Nature, Individual Worth, Knowledge,
Choice and
Accountability, Good Works and Integrity. We believe as we
come to accept
and act upon these values, we will be prepared to strengthen
home and family,
make and keep sacred covenants, receive the ordinances of
the temple, and
enjoy the blessings of exaltation.)
ACTIVITY
1 Each team will
select one person to tie a man’s tie correctly. That person may
choose to tie it on themself or select a person on which to
tie it. The first person to
finish correctly tying the tie (must be ok’d by a judge -
the tie must have an appropriate
size knot and both ends must be the right length) will win
the challenge.
2 Each team will send one member to the table where they
will be blindfolded. Five
bowls containing food items will be placed on the table. The
person will have to
identify the food items by smell, touch and/or taste. The
first person to correctly
identify 4 of the 5 items will win the challenge.
QUESTION
7. Who was the third latter-day prophet? (John Taylor)
8. Find the two scripture references that promise us the
“windows of heaven” will be
open to us when we pay our tithing and fill the Lord’s
“storehouse”. (Old
Testament: Malachi 3:10 Book of Mormon: 3 Nephi 24:10)
9. In the “For the Strength of Youth” pamphlet, what 3
things are we told are
necessary for a strong body? (nutritious meals, regular
exercise, appropriate sleep)
ACTIVITY
1 Each team will send one person with a hymnbook. They will
be given three
Gobstoppers and as soon as they are able after getting them into their mouth,
must sing the first verse of “Called to Serve” or “I am a
child of God” - - the words must be able to be
understood. The first to finish singing the verse will win
the challenge.
2 . Each team will send one member to eat as many pretzels
as they can in 2 minutes.
They must completely eat one pretzel before starting on the
next one. The person who
has eaten the most pretzels (by official judge’s count) at
the end of two minutes will
win the challenge. (there will be 50 in each bowl, if they
finish before the timer, they win, if not, whoever has the most left after 2
mins losers, as it might be hard to count how many they eat)
QUESTION
10 List the 8 YW values and the colour that represents each.
Faith - -White
Divine Nature - - Blue
Individual Worth - - Red
Choice & Accountability - - Orange
Knowledge - - Green
Good Works - - Yellow
Integrity - - Purple
Virtue --- Gold
11 Recite the 8th
Article of Faith. (We
believe the Bible to be the word of God as far
as it is translated correctly; we also believe the Book of
Mormon to be the word
of God.)
12 What year was Joseph Smith, Jr. born? (1805)
ACTIVITY
1 Each team must select one member to run down to one of the
sleeping bags and
while in the bag, place on over their clothing every item of
clothing that is in the
bottom of the sleeping bag. The first person to get out of
the bag while wearing all of
the items will win the challenge.
2 Each team will send one member to the container of rice.
The person must
move all of the rice
from one container to the empty container with tweezers. First finishes
wins.
Each container holds exactly 20 grams of rice.
QUESTION
13 What two things are we told to “learn in our youth” in
Alma 37:35? (1 – wisdom, 2
– to keep the commandments of God)
14. Where in the book of Matthew is the account of the Saviour
administering the
Sacrament to his apostles AND what is this event commonly
called? (Matthew
26: 26-28 - - - - The Last Supper)
15. What year was the Baton Rouge Temple dedicated AND who
offered the
dedicatory prayer? (2000 - - - President Gordon B. Hinckley)
ACTIVITY
1 Each team will send 2 members to eat an entire jar of baby
food. A spoon will be
provided. One person feeds the other. The first person to eat all of the food in the
jar and get the approval of the judge will win the challenge.
2 Each team comes to the table. The boggle game dice will be on the
table. The teams will have
to pick out letters to spell a gospel word that is at least
five letters long (such as faith,
gospel, prayer, Bible, etc.)
The first to correctly spell a gospel related word on the plate
and show it to their judge will win the challenge.
QUESTION
16. How many years did it take to construct the Salt Lake
Temple? (40 years)
17. Name 5 of Lehi’s children. (Nephi, Laman, Lemuel, Sam,
Joseph, Jacob)
18. In what book is found the story of the Brother of Jared
seeing and speaking with
the Lord? (Ether)
ACTIVITY
1 Each team will send one member to jump rope. The first person
who can jump 30 times
without a mess-up will win the challenge. If they do mess up,
they start the counting over again at 1 (each person should
have a judge stand next to
them and make the “official” count).
2 Each team will send one person who will be given three
large dice. They will roll
the dice (all 3 at once , each time) until they roll a triple of the same number.
The first person to roll a triple will
win the challenge.
QUESTION
19 Where are the 2 places in scripture the sacrament prayers
are found. Which books?
(D&C and Book of Mormon)
20 what does virtue mean?
Tie Breaker if needed:
What was the date of the dedication of the Kirtland Temple?
(March 27, 1836)
To be shouted out.
FINAL
ACTIVITY
1 one team member lies on the floor with a cup held in their
mouth. Team members take turns dropping
popcorn one at a time into the cup. Most popcorn dropped into the cup after 2
mins is the winning team.
2 choose a team mate to blow up a balloon till it pops.
3 Each team is given a bowl of water, and in that bowl there
are 10 wrapped lollies/ candy /sweets. Using their mouths only, they have to take turns
retrieving the 10 lollies. First team with 10 lollies wins
To be done outside.
EQUIPMENT
Timer
2 basketballs
2 x 24 piece jigsaw puzzles (borrowed off members)
2 ties
2 blind folds 10
small bowls of food. 5 Different foods for each team. So they cant hear the
other team guess correctly
ketchup, fruit, Doritos, peppermints, chocolate icing, apple
sauce, popcorn etc
Gum balls x 6
2 hymn books
Pretzels
2 sleeping bags, and 5 items of clothing. The same in each.
Rice 40 grams, 2 tweezers
2 jars of the same baby food and 2 spoons
Boggle game
2 skipping ropes (or one, and the other team waits and then
it is based on time taken)
6 dice
2 balloons
2 bowls water and 20 wrapped lollies/ candy
For the reward:
2 x 2 lit ice cream, choc syrup, nuts, 100/1000s,
marshmellows, spray cream
Plastic LARGE cups, to put it all in. (surplus direct for
large cups)
BUDGET no idea. Maybe
$30
Sundeas will be $17 and the rest on the activities. Ties/
basketballs/ jigsaws etc we will borrow. Just food items to buy.
Will invite Emily (10yrs) to help run activities, so Mark and President
Anderson can keep score/ timer.
Scoring to happen before the next lot of questions are
handed out.
Emily and I will line up the next set of activites while the
kids are answering the questions.
