Resources for Teaching and Counseling YSAs
This section contains documents which may be useful for bishops as they they teach and counsel members, including checklists, inspirational thoughts, handouts, class and lesson outlines, powerpoint slideshows, talks, etc.
Dating, Engagement and Marriage
- Dating and Marriage - Best Practice Suggestions
- Principles for Courtship and Dating
- Dating Bill of Rights
- 10 Steps for Marriage Preparation
- Engaged Couple Counseling
- 12 Rules to Nurture Your Marriage
- Ten Principles for Couples - Money Advice
- Wonderful Advice - Milton R. Hunter
- Two fireside-style presentations about dating ( Part 1, Part 2)
- 3 Week Dating and Courtship Class
- 5 Week Marriage Preparation Class
Talks on Dating, Engagement and Marriage
- Agency and Love in Marriage - Lynn G. Robbins
- Breaking up without Going to Pieces - M. Gawin Wells
- Dating vs. Hanging Out - Dallin H. Oaks
- Marriage in the Lord's Way - Cree L. Kofford ( Part 1, Part 2)
- Of Souls, Symbols and Sacraments - Jeffrey R. Holland
- Oneness in Marriage - Spencer W. Kimball
- Strengthening Families - Robert D. Hales
- Temple Blessings - Robert D. Hales
- The Right Person, The Right Place, the Right Time - Thomas B. Holman
- What do Kisses Mean? - John Bytheway
Mission Preparation
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Mission Preparation Plan
Help young men prepare to serve missions by, as Elder Bednar says, "becoming missionaries before serving a mission." This document can help them create a plan to learn doctrine, change sleep habits, obtain a patriarchal blessing and temple endowment, fill out the on-line missionary application form, etc.