Summer Activities

Combined Activity, Capture the flag

Tyler and Dan with Grover and the Bishop's Storehouse service project

Mallory and Macey load the freezer at the Bishop's Storehouse

June Combined activity at Lion's Park

 Swing dance lessons at combined activity.

 The scout troop works on the archery merit badge at Camp Nisqually.

 The Venture Crew spends an evening at the climbing wall at The Evergreen State College.

Swing dance lessons.

2013 Snow Shoe Trip

 Preparing to begin the assent

 Demonstration on why snow shoes are necessary

 One of the many breaks on the way up to the hut

 In between snow ball fights, snow caves were  built

 This is a hallway between two snow caves







This is the "hut" that we roughed it in for two nights

New Youth Teaching Curriculum

The young men will be learning and teaching from a new youth curriculum beginning this January entitled "Come Follow Me".  The new program will teach as the Savior taught by following His example.  The young men will be able to participate in selecting monthly lessons that fall under a general topic.  An open dialogue will be encouraged while calling upon the teachings of Christ to help our young men develop a testimony of gospel principles.

Each quorum advisor and the Young Men's Presidency encourage each young man to use their written scriptures.  Electronic scriptures are not encouraged on Sunday meetings or at Duty to God lessons.  The purpose of this is to help the young man become familiar with navigating and studying from his scriptures just as he will need to on a mission.  Parents' encouragement of their youth to bring their scriptures each week is greatly appreciated.

If you should have any questions on the "Come Follow Me" curriculum, please contact one of the YM Presidency members and/or visit LDS.org.

Priest Quorum Duty to God


With the announcement of young men being able to serve a mission at the age of 18 at General Conference, the Priest Quorum will have a special focus on mission preparation in their DTG activities.  Each Priest should have his own "Preach My Gospel" manual to work from in addition to his DTG and "For the Strength of Youth" manuals.  Each week it will be required that a Priest Quorum member bring each of these resources and his scriptures.

The Priests will be encouraged to develop lessons and practice sharing messages and their testimonies.  The Priests also have opportunities to visit Ward members in a companionship at the direction of the Bishop.  We will also focus on studying from printed scriptures.  Electronic devices are discouraged during church.

Please let the YM Presidency know if your son does not have any resource listed above or if you should have any questions.

Thank you,
Br. Schmidtke

 Combined young men and young women

 service project

24 youth and 8 leaders participated in providing service for 6 members of our Ward.

Friendly visits with dessert or helping with yard work or a garden

March Combined Etiquette Dinner