Missionary themed activities & service projects for LDS YOUTH

Today we are featuring a post from our companion blog ("Mission Prep with the Overzealous Missionary Mom") because many of you are parents of youth, youth leaders, or are youth yourselves!

If you are currently a young woman or young man in the youth programs of the Church, or a parent or leader of youth, you may be looking for ideas for ways to incorporate missionary work into Mutual activities.

Even though not all youth may not be planning to serve a full-time mission, many aspects of preparing for a mission (such as learning to speak in public, learning to cook & clean, etc) are skills that apply to any adult's life. Learning more about missionary life is helpful to any church member (whether they serve a full-time mission or not) because it gives them a better idea of what missionaries do and can help them be better member-missionaries.

For ideas on how to do this, check out my other blog "The Jolly Rogers Young Women Blog" that features mutual activity ideas that help youth start thinking about missionary work, preparing for missionary service, and doing service for current missionaries. Click on the photos below to link to my activity blog:

Missionary-themed youth activities for mutual (mission prep, learning about missions, etc)-

How-to write letters and tips for sending care packages to full-time missionaries-

All of these ideas can be used for YW activities or adapted for Combined YM/YW activities. It's never too early to start thinking about mission preparations!

If you're interested in more ideas for preparing to serve a full-time LDS mission, see my companion blog "Mission Prep with the Overzealous Missionary Mom" (click HERE or see the link at the  yellow picture under my photo on the right side of this blog)