Personal Progress Goals for Knowledge
 

1. Learn about the importance of gaining knowledge by reading Proverbs 1:5, Proverbs 4:7, 2 Nephi 28:30, and D&C 88:78-80, D&C 88:118, D&C 90:15, D&C 130:18-19, D&C 131:6. Think about why you need to gain knowledge and understanding about how gospel principles may be applied to your present and future home and family life. Write in your journal what you have learned about knowledge and discuss it with a family member or Young Women leader.
 

2. In your journal list talents that will help you care for your own future family or home (for example playing the piano, singing, budgeting, time management, cooking, sewing, or child care). Share with your family, class, or Young Women leader what you have learned.
 

3. Memorize two of your favorite hymns from the hymnbook. Learn the correct conducting pattern for the hymns, and then conduct them at a family home evening, in a Young Women or other Church meeting, or at seminary. Read the scriptures listed at the bottom of each hymn.
 

4. Select a gospel principle you would like to understand better (for example, faith, repentance, charity, eternal families, or baptismal covenants). Read scriptures and the words of latter-day prophets that relate to the principle. Prepare a five-minute talk on the subject, and give the talk in sacrament meeting, in a Young Women meeting, to your family, or to your class.
 

5. Learn about an area of work or service the interests you. Talk to someone who works in that field, and find out what that person’s job responsibilities are, what training or education that person obtained to do the job, and what contributions this person’s job makes to society. Record your findings in your journal.
 

6. Memorize the thirteenth article of faith and recite it to a parent or Young Women leader. Then visit a museum or exhibit, or attend a performance that involves dance, music, speech, or drama. Using this article of faith as a guide, evaluate what you saw and heard. Write your thoughts in your journal, and share those thoughts with a parent or Young Woman leader.
 

7. Develop and practice the skill of storytelling. Identify someone whose stories you have enjoyed. Discuss this skill with them; learn how to select stories for specific audiences and how to use your voice, facial expressions, and gestures to enhance the story. You may want to include stories from your ancestors’ lives or from the scriptures. Share at least two different stories with family members, Young Women or Primary classes, or other appropriate audiences.
 

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