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This For the Strength of Youth Discussion Guide helps Young Men and Young Women leaders prepare for October Week 1 and lead a meaningful, Christ-centered discussion in about 25 minutes.
This first October lesson introduces the monthly theme Your Body Is Sacred and helps youth consider a foundational question: How would I treat my body if I truly saw it as a sacred gift from God?
Using 1 Corinthians 6:18–20 and the Church’s three Eternal Truths from For the Strength of Youth, youth explore what it means to see the body from Heavenly Father’s perspective. The discussion helps them understand that the body is part of their eternal identity, that physical and spiritual well-being are connected, and that respecting the body is ultimately an expression of gratitude, stewardship, and discipleship.
Rather than providing a long scripted lesson, this guide gives leaders a simple path for helping youth discover the doctrine, talk honestly about how teenagers experience body image and physical stewardship, and connect the sacredness of the body back to Jesus Christ.
The guide also helps leaders keep the discussion positive and principle-centered. The goal is not to create anxiety about appearance or perfection, but to help youth recognize the dignity, purpose, and divine potential Heavenly Father has placed within them.
Inside this guide:
Two simple readiness activities
Brief teacher preparation and doctrinal background
Study paths built around the Church’s Eternal Truths
Supporting scriptures and prophetic insights
Discovery, understanding, and application questions
A ready-to-use conversation guide
Journal/application ideas
Josh’s Teaching Tip
A Temple Connection
A simple weekly invitation
Additional teaching ideas
A one-page Teach This in 25 Minutes lesson path
Designed for: Young Men advisers, Young Women leaders, bishopric members, and others teaching the Church’s For the Strength of Youth curriculum.
Preparation is intentionally simple. A leader should be able to review the guide in about 15 minutes and feel prepared to lead a thoughtful 25-minute discussion without building a lesson from scratch.
The goal this week is simple: help youth see that their bodies are sacred gifts from Heavenly Father—and that seeing themselves the way He sees them can change the way they care for their bodies, respect themselves, and use their agency.
This For the Strength of Youth Discussion Guide helps Young Men and Young Women leaders prepare for October Week 1 and lead a meaningful, Christ-centered discussion in about 25 minutes.
This first October lesson introduces the monthly theme Your Body Is Sacred and helps youth consider a foundational question: How would I treat my body if I truly saw it as a sacred gift from God?
Using 1 Corinthians 6:18–20 and the Church’s three Eternal Truths from For the Strength of Youth, youth explore what it means to see the body from Heavenly Father’s perspective. The discussion helps them understand that the body is part of their eternal identity, that physical and spiritual well-being are connected, and that respecting the body is ultimately an expression of gratitude, stewardship, and discipleship.
Rather than providing a long scripted lesson, this guide gives leaders a simple path for helping youth discover the doctrine, talk honestly about how teenagers experience body image and physical stewardship, and connect the sacredness of the body back to Jesus Christ.
The guide also helps leaders keep the discussion positive and principle-centered. The goal is not to create anxiety about appearance or perfection, but to help youth recognize the dignity, purpose, and divine potential Heavenly Father has placed within them.
Inside this guide:
Two simple readiness activities
Brief teacher preparation and doctrinal background
Study paths built around the Church’s Eternal Truths
Supporting scriptures and prophetic insights
Discovery, understanding, and application questions
A ready-to-use conversation guide
Journal/application ideas
Josh’s Teaching Tip
A Temple Connection
A simple weekly invitation
Additional teaching ideas
A one-page Teach This in 25 Minutes lesson path
Designed for: Young Men advisers, Young Women leaders, bishopric members, and others teaching the Church’s For the Strength of Youth curriculum.
Preparation is intentionally simple. A leader should be able to review the guide in about 15 minutes and feel prepared to lead a thoughtful 25-minute discussion without building a lesson from scratch.
The goal this week is simple: help youth see that their bodies are sacred gifts from Heavenly Father—and that seeing themselves the way He sees them can change the way they care for their bodies, respect themselves, and use their agency.