FOR YOUNG MEN & YOUNG WOMEN LEADERS
For the Strength of Youth Discussion Guides
Simple, Christ-centered discussion guides designed to help leaders prepare in about 15 minutes and lead a meaningful 25-minute class.
Why These Guides?
Meaningful discussion without hours of preparation
Young Men and Young Women leaders have a simple but important responsibility: help youth discover gospel truth, talk about what it means in their lives, and act on what they learn.
For the Strength of Youth Discussion Guides are designed to complement the Church's curriculum by giving leaders a simple path through each weekly lesson—without overcomplicating preparation.
Each guide helps you move naturally from discovery → understanding → application, while keeping Jesus Christ at the center of the discussion.
What’s Inside?
Everything you need to guide the conversation
READINESS IDEA
A simple way to begin and get youth participating.
QUICK BACKGROUND
Just enough context to help you confidently introduce the lesson.
SUPPORTING SCRIPTURES
Carefully selected verses that keep the discussion rooted in the word of God.
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
Discovery, understanding, and application questions designed to get youth talking.
PROPHETIC TEACHING
Selected statements from Church leaders that reinforce the lesson.
WEEKLY INVITATION
A simple way for youth to act on what they discovered.
SUGGESTIONS FOR NEXT WEEK
Simple ideas to help your youth become more involved in the discussion.
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You Are Blessed by Priesthood Keys and Authority
This For the Strength of Youth Discussion Guide helps Young Men and Young Women leaders prepare for September Week 1 and lead a meaningful, Christ-centered discussion in about 25 minutes.
Using Matthew 16:18–19 and the September For the Strength of Youth chapter, youth will explore what priesthood keys are, why Jesus Christ is the source of all priesthood authority, and how the restoration of priesthood keys blesses their lives today.
The discussion helps youth discover several important truths: all priesthood authority comes from Jesus Christ; priesthood keys direct how His authority is used on earth; those keys were restored through heavenly messengers; and living prophets continue to hold and exercise priesthood keys today.
Rather than providing a long scripted lesson, this guide gives leaders a simple path for helping youth discover truth in the scriptures, talk about what it means, and consider how it applies to their own lives.
Inside this guide:
Simple readiness ideas
Brief lesson background
Supporting scriptures
Key prophetic teachings
Discovery, understanding, and application questions
A ready-to-use 25-minute conversation path
Promised blessings connected to the doctrine
A simple invitation for youth to act on what they learn
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 discussion without having to build a lesson from scratch.
September Week 1 is available FREE so leaders can experience the new FSY Discussion Guides before purchasing future lessons.
Get Every FSY Discussion Guide With Membership
For the Strength of Youth Discussion Guides are included with your Come Follow Me for Teens membership.
Members also receive every weekly Come, Follow Me Study & Teaching Guide, teen devotionals, teaching resources, lesson archives, and more.
$5/month
Built to complement the Church's curriculum
These guides aren't intended to replace the For the Strength of Youth curriculum or the inspiration of individual leaders. They're designed to make preparation simpler—helping leaders focus less on creating a lesson and more on preparing to listen, ask meaningful questions, and help youth come closer to Jesus Christ.