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Pebble Promise - This week I will look at this pebble and remember to be a peacemaker. When a pebble is tossed into a pool of water, it creates a ripple, making larger and larger circles, showing how this one pebble's influence is widespread. My one action of being a peacemaker can affect my entire family.  I will be a peacemaker.  The was written on a white paper that was attached to a black paper --just larger. And at the top was a red heart, cut from shiny red wrapping paper. On the red heart was a small, clear, flat-sided marble--attached by hot glue.  Pretty simple but the girls loved it! (Idea by Judie in Kansas)
Peacemaker Handout by Tiffanee Gould (ga03062007) - I liked this handout idea but was unable to find the mounds bars (strange indeed). So I adapted it a little and would like to share it.  I found the Skittles gum on sale for 3 for $1 and attached the saying to it.
(Idea by Angela Weinzinger) Symphony candy bar for each young woman.  Attach a note to it that said something like this: "We can conduct a "SYMPHONY" of peace and harmony in our homes by:

Expressing love in word and action
Respecting family members
Being courteous
Using good communication
Praising and being happy for our family members
Sharing unselfishly
Being loyal to our family
Be aware of each other's needs
Be understanding



For the last section of the lesson (the discussion part) I had each of the 5 points on being peacemakers cut out so when I put them together they made the shape of a house with hearts on them for love. I used it to represent the point that we have love in our home when we were being peacemakers and using those 5 techniques. (Idea by Stephanie Weight)
I had the greatest experience teaching yesterday.  I was it for 14 girls. It was fun. I had driven 45 minutes to the dollar tree to get some things for New Beginnings and I saw the perfect touch to this lesson. I bought the "hand gripper" exercise things that you use. Dollar Tree had them 2/$1.00 in all kinds of great colors. Anyway, I attached the last quote the lesson on one side--laminated---and then on the other side I told the girls that every time they thought they needed to think before they spoke they should take their "hand gripper" and squeeze it a few times. CUTE!  Anyway...they loved it. I walked out in the hall after YW's and there stood one of my YW squeezing her hand gripper talking to her mom. I asked her if she was using it already and she said yes. (Idea by Ann Snider / ga03052007)
Lesson Helps from Debanae's
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Lesson Helps from Young Women Connection
One thing I did for an attention getter was to have each girl write on a piece of paper five things that ticked them off in the previous week. I explained it could be anything that annoyed them at all. I then had them fold up the paper and squeeze it in their fist and told them to close their eyes and think of the situations on the paper. I asked them to think hard about how they felt... (still closing their eyes)... I then took my big picture of Christ that I had hidden from their view and I held it up right in front of them and asked them to open their eyes... You could feel the hush in the air when they thought of how angry they had been at petty things... Anyways, long story short, we likened it to the lesson on how sometimes we need to let petty things go and not fight every battle because we discussed how Christ had been wronged so often and so horribly but never once did you see him angry. (Idea by Brittney Rivers / ga03092007)



From home, bring a cookie sheet with small, miscellaneous items on it (around 15-20).  These items can be any small item in your kitchen drawer, purse, etc. (i.e. toothpick, marble, key, refrigerator magnet, etc.)  Anyway, give the girl's 30 seconds to memorize the items on the tray.  Then, turn your back on them for a moment and remove one item.  Let them try and guess what is missing.  They will become better and better as you play this two or three times.  The point is, that some things take patience and practice to master, like being a peacemaker. When focused and determined, you can experience something similar.  It may not happen at first, but over time, just like the game, things improve.