Duty to God #3: Family Relationships and Family History

You can be instrumental in strengthening your family today and, for Scouts, preparing to raise a righteous family yourself. Read “The Family: A Proclamation to the World.” Discuss three things you can do to strengthen your own family, and do them for three weeks. Write your experience in your journal or discuss it with a parent or leader.

Personal and family histories bring families together over generations. Your personal and family history begins with YOU! In your journal, or in a journaling app, begin to record your personal history. Write about your life so far, including your family, your friends, your Church experiences, your Scouting adventures, your school, and other experiences you have had. Include five stories about experiences that you have had in your life, and what you have learned from those experiences.

Electives  (Choose and complete two from the following)

Find names of your family for four temple ordinances on familysearch.org and complete the ordinances in the temple or, for Scouts, earn the Family Life Merit Badge.

Create or update a record on familysearch.org or, for Scouts, earn the Genealogy Merit Badge.

Write a personal note to each member of your family expressing your love for him/her and how you appreciate the strengths he/she brings to your family.

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