Each month, LDS youth around the world study a different doctrinal principle that is coordinated across Young Men, Young Women, and youth Sunday School classes.

The topic for June is Priesthood and Priesthood Keys. Young men will learn their priesthood duties and come to understand how they can bless Heavenly Father’s children through their worthy exercise of the priesthood. Young  women will learn more about the priesthood and how it can bless them now and in all their future roles as daughters of God. These lessons will help both young women and young men learn that the priesthood is the power of God used to bless all of His children equally, both male and female.

Parents, grandparents, siblings, and leaders can help the youth learn these doctrines if they will study the doctrines themselves and regularly discuss the doctrines with the youth during the month. Below is a list of the lessons that may be taught during the month.  Quorum and class presidencies and leaders will use the Spirit to determine what is taught.

• Aaronic Priesthood
• Young Women
• Sunday School

You may also want to refer to the following resources:

• Read the Gospel Topic Priesthood.
• Read the chapters “Priesthood” and “Priesthood Organization” in the Gospel Principles manual.
• Read the chapter “The Keys of the Priesthood” in the manual Duties and Blessings of the Priesthood: Basic Manual for Priesthood Holders, Part B.
• Watch Mormon Messages videos about the priesthood (enter “priesthood” in the search box on that page).
• Watch recent videos about Strengthening the Family and the Church through the Priesthood.

The youth are encouraged to Learn the doctrine, Act upon it in some way, then Share what they have learned. Can you think of ways to help the youth Learn, Act, and Share?

Teachers

• Teachers may want to refer to the step-by-step instructions on how to show media in the classroom.
• There are also great teaching tip videos that will give you great ideas on how to encourage more discussion and teach effectively.

Frances J. Monson, 1927-2013

Read more about this remarkable lady:

• Frances J. Monson, Wife of President Thomas S. Monson, Passes Away
• Funeral Services for Frances J. Monson Announced

We recently told you that volunteers had reached the milestone of indexing 1 billion family history records.

Below is an infographic about FamilySearch Indexing. Learn more in the article “Family History Volunteers Reach Billion-Record Milestone.”

The following is adapted from the article “Instagram: Is it safe for kids?” by SociallyActive.com:

Instagram is a large social network that every parent needs to be aware of. Instagram is a photo editing and sharing mobile app that lets you edit photos taken on your phone and post them to Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter with the click of a button.

It seems that the more people that join Instagram, the more lewd comments there are on children’s photos, the more inappropriate pictures there are that show-up in children’s news feeds, and the more reports there are of cyberbullying and sexual predation.

Allowing your child to have an Instagram account is a personal decision that every parent will need to make. However, here are 3 things you can do to ensure you make the right decision for your family, and if you do let your teen online you’ll know they’re being safe.

1. Take the Instagram Challenge. If your child is already on Instagram or you are considering letting him or her on, then download the Instagram app and spend an hour browsing the photos that your child is inevitably going to be exposed to. This will give you a good idea as to whether Instagram is a place you want your child to be.
2. Read the article “Instagram and Kids: A parent’s guide to privacy and safety.” This step-by-step article will walk you through the terminology and the privacy settings on Instagram. Make sure your child’s profile is set to private!
3. Consider signing up for a Social Privacy Monitoring tool like SociallyActive that connects directly to Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook and allows you to monitor all of your teen’s social activities in one place. Then you’ll never have to question whether what your child is posting online is appropriate.

Use this interactive e-book to help teach youth standards found in the For the Strength of Youth manual.

You can also access online resources about each of the youth standards.

Read the For the Strength of Youth online.

The video On the Lord’s Errand: The Life of Thomas S. Monson is now available online (and it is also embedded below). This biography highlights some of his great memories and experiences. Included in this video are interviews with President Monson, family members, and friends. You can also buy a copy of the DVD in 14 languages.

Below is a video of a devotional address by Elder William R. Walker on May 5, 2013, about President Thomas S. Monson. In this talk, Elder Walker suggests 5 ways to be like President Monson. Read the news article “Five Ways to Be Like President Monson.”

Learn more about President Thomas S. Monson.

Download the free guide The Porn Circuit: Understand Your Brain and Break Porn Habits in 90 Days.

For more information about how pornography and other Internet dangers impact your brain, your relationships, and your family, check out other free e-books from Covenant Eyes, a Christian-based program that combines filtering with a system of accountability to help your family stay clear of pornography.

Covenant Eyes has a new Mac filter so you can filter your Mac computers in addition to PCs, iPhones, and Adroid devices.

Learn more about how the Covenant Eyes program works.

The Church provides a variety of materials to help parents and leaders in teaching children.

The Handbook 2 and the Family Guidebook provide principles for teaching children.

The following provide suggestions for teaching at a child’s level: Teaching, No Greater Call, the Teaching section of LDS.org, and Teaching Children in the Primary section of LDS.org.

Below are some of the key materials provided by the Church:

• Articles of Faith (8.5” x 11” and card)
• Children’s Conference Activities (ConferenceGames.lds.org)
• Children’s Lesson Helps (LessonHelps.lds.org)
• Children’s Songbook (online and printed book)
• Faith in God (for Boys and for Girls)
• Family Home Evening Helps (at FHE.lds.org)
• Family Home Evening videos (online)
• Friend magazine (friend.lds.org)
• Gospel Art Book (also thousands of images online)
• Life of Jesus Christ Bible Videos (BibleVideos.lds.org)
• Mormon Channel has programming for children (such as the weekly radio series Scripture Stories and The Story of Jesus’ Birth) as well as tips for parents (such as Gospel Solutions for Families and Family Conversations)
• One in a Million videos (online only)
• Outline for Sharing Time
• Primary manuals 1-7 (with picture packets)
• Primary Nursery Manual: Behold Your Little Ones (specifically written for use in the home as well as in Primary nursery)
• Scripture stories (4 books, also videos online)
• Scriptures (printed, audio, online)
• The Coat (storybook on the Mormon Channel and as a mobile app for Android and Apple iOS)

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The video below is just one in a series of brief teaching videos that model various ways teachers can get youth more involved in classroom discussions, activities, and learning. These teaching principles can be applied in any teaching situation at church or at home.

Learn more about these videos in the article “Videos Show Easy Ways for Teachers to Involve Students.”

• Watch more teaching videos.
• Find other videos for leaders.
• Read more learning and teaching ideas.

Family history is much more than dates, records, and research. Learn how new online resources make it easy for anyone—young or old—to be blessed by participating in family history.

Read the article “Family History Is for Everyone: 10 Fun Ways to Participate” to discover 10 ways that new online resources can help members of all ages enjoy the blessings of family history.

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