Social Media isn't all bad, Learning to Use Social Media and the Internet for Righteous Purposes

Below you will read, how we can learn to use social media and the internet for righteous purposes.

In December, I as asked by our bishopric to teach part of our 5th Sunday lesson, it would be taught to both the adults and youth of our ward. We have around 328 adults and youth in our ward, now they weren't all there. But there were enough that we had to separate into two large rooms. The time was split between me and our Young Men's president. We taught 20 minutes and then switched, to the other room, to teach the same lesson again. 

Serving the youth, I graciously accepted this assignment knowing the importance it is for the youth to understand that there are responsibilities and dangers involved with social media and the internet, but it can also be used for righteous purposes.

I am so passionate about this topic!! Social media truly can be had for evil purposes, but it most definitely was designed by our Heavenly Father for his purpose!! I have seen that purpose in action!!

Since giving the lesson, I have felt impressed to share it on the blog. A lot of times Social Media and the internet get a bad reputation. But really, it is just understanding their dangers, our responsibilities with using them and learning to use them to further our Heavenly Father's purpose!

Here is what I have learned from both study and experience and what I was able to teach our ward.

Click this link to visit the lesson I taught:

Social Media and the Internet

The Dangers and Responsibilities and How to Use them for Righteous Purposes.

If you are local to Northern Utah and have an interest in me coming to do a fireside or come and talk to the youth with or without their parents on this topic, please send me an email to lifesjourneytoperfection@gmail.com

Combined YW/YM Christmas Activity: Coming Unto Christ from His Birth to His Resurrection

After being put in as a new young women presidency we had to get to work planning activities. One of the activities we planned was a for our young women and young men combined Christmas activity.  In thinking what we could do I came across an activity that was a nativity progressive activity.  I loved the progressive idea and in thinking and praying about it the thought came that the 2014 mutual theme is "Come Unto Christ".  What a great way to end the year and focus on the Savior!  I brought the idea to the rest of the presidency, they liked it so we planned it. With a great suggestion from our bishopric we invited the youth to help in presenting at each progressive activity.  We recently had this activity and I am so grateful for the youth's participation! It brought the Spirit to the activity. Here is the outline of what we did, feel free to use it as inspiration and modify it to the needs of your own youth.

My 2014 Stake Conference Talk: How Social Media Can Help Strengthen our Testimonies and Help us Hasten God's Work

A couple Saturday evenings ago, I had the opportunity to speak in the evening session of our Stake Conference. About two weeks before the experience I had received a phone call by a member of our Stake Presidency.  Actually, he had called twice and had left a voice message, stating he'd like to chat. As I drove home after listening to the voice message my mind was a flurry of thoughts. First I analyzed the phone call and determined that he said "chat", not visit. So that would mean probably not a calling. Then, I thought about Stake Conference coming up. When that thought came to mind, I was pretty much sure that it was probably something in regards to it. Then I thought about how I had just became Facebook friends with the Stake President just days earlier.  When I returned home, I did call the member of the Stake Presidency back. My suspicious were correct, I was being asked to speak in Stake Conference and it was thanks to Social Media.  Although it might not have been a direct result as to becoming Facebook friends with the Stake President, I was being asked to give a 15 minute talk about Social Media and Blogging.