Lesson Recap: June 25, 2017

The Sacrament Can Help Us Become Holy

By Elder Peter F. Meurs

Elder Meur's 2016 Conference Talk

The Savior taught: “This shall ye always do to those who repent and are baptized in my name; and ye shall do it in remembrance of my blood, which I have shed for you, that ye may witness unto the Father that ye do always remember me. And if ye do always remember me ye shall have my Spirit to be with you” (3 Nephi 18:11).

I invite all of us to consider five ways to increase the impact and power of our regular participation in the sacred ordinance of the sacrament, an ordinance that can help us become holy.

1. Prepare in Advance

We can begin our preparation for the sacrament well before our sacrament meeting begins. We can prepare for our "check in" or "meet up" with our Savior, during the moments that the sacrament is being administered. In our preparation our hearts become broken as we express gratitude for Christ's Atonement, repent of our mistakes and shortcomings, and ask forte Father's help in our continuing journey to become more like him. 

2. Arrive Early

Our sacrament experience can be enhanced when we arrive well before the meeting and ponder as the prelude music is being played. Being early invites inspiration. The time before sacrament is not only a time for conversation but a period of prayerful meditation as leaders and members prepare spiritually for the sacrament. 

3. Sing and Learn from the Words of the Sacrament Hymn

The sacrament hymn is an especially important part of our sacrament experience. Music elevates our thoughts and feelings. The sacrament hymn has even greater influence when we focus on the words and the powerful doctrine taught. 

4. Spiritually Participate in the Sacrament Prayers (Moroni 4-5)

Participate spiritually in the sacrament prayer by considering the commitments and associated blessings included in these sacred prayers. The bead and water are blessed and sanctified to our souls. They remind us of the sacrifice of the Savior and that he can help us become holy. The prayers introduce the covenants with the phrase "that they are willing." This phrase has so much power for us. Are we willing to serve and participate? Are we willing to change? Are we willing to address our weaknesses? Are we willing to reach out and bless others? Are we willing to trust the Savior?

As the promises are states and as we partake we confirm in our hears that we are willing to:1) take upon ourselves the name of Jesus Christ, 2) Strive to keep all of his commandments, 3) Always remembers him. The prayer concludes with a sublime invitation and promise: "The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, and temperance." (Galatians 5:22-23)

5. Ponder and Remember Him as the Sacrament Emblems are Passed

The reverent moments as priesthood holders pass the sacrament can become sacred to us. We may contemplate that in the ultimate act of love for us, the Savior took "upon him death, that he may loose the bands of death which bind his people." (Alma 7:12) We can remember that God has "Suffered these things for all, that they might not suffer if they would repent."

As we consider our sacrament experience we may consider:

1. What will I do this week to better prepare for the sacrament?

2. Could I contribute more to the reverence and revelation that can accompany the beginning of sacrament meeting?

3. What doctrine was taught in the sacrament hymn?

4. What did I hear and feel as I listened to the sacrament prayers?

5. What did I think about as the sacrament was passed?

Elder David A. Bednar taught: “The ordinance of the sacrament is a holy and repeated invitation to repent sincerely and to be renewed spiritually. The act of partaking of the sacrament, in and of itself, does not remit sins. But as we prepare conscientiously and participate in this holy ordinance with a broken heart and a contrite spirit, then the promise is that we may always have the Spirit of the Lord to be with us. And by the sanctifying power of the Holy Ghost as our constant companion, we can always retain a remission of our sins.”7

Lesson Recap: June 4, 2017

Grace, It's More Than Just a Pretty Middle Name

• Grace is the help or strength given through the Atonement of the Lord Jesus Christ.
• Through grace, the Lord enables those who lives His gospel to repent and be forgiven.
• Grace is a "gift" from Heavenly Father given through His Son. The word grace in the scriptures primarily refers to enabling power and spiritual healing offered through the mercy and live of Jesus Christ. 
• It is through grace that individuals through faith in the atonement of Jesus Christ and repentance of their since, receive strength and assistance to do good works that they otherwise would not be able to maintain if left to their own means. 
• It is the enabling power that allows men and women to lay hold on eternal life and exaltation after they have expended their own best efforts. 
• Mercy is not the same as grace.
• Mercy is the compassionate treatment of a person greater than what is deserved, and it is made possible through the Atonement of Jesus Christ. It is forgiveness of sin. It is every blessing we receive. We gain forgiveness through mercy. 

"His Grace is Sufficient" By Brad Wilcox

"In the Strength of the Lord" By Elder David A. Bednar

• Sheri Dew in her book Amazed by Grace writes that, "Grace is the divine power that enables us to handle things we can't figure out, can't do, can't overcome, or can't manage on our own. We have access to this power because of Jesus Christ."

Lesson Recap: May 28, 2017

Fourth Floor, Last Door

By President Dieter F. Uchtdorf

https://www.lds.org/general-conference/2016/10/fourth-floor-last-door?lang=eng

• God "rewards those who earnestly seek him," so we need to keep knocking. Sisters, don't give up. Seek God with all your heart.
• What Faith Is:
• Faith is a strong conviction about something we believe- a conviction so strong that it moves us to do things that we others might not do. 
• "Faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see."
• Faith is more what we feel in our hearts than what we see with our eyes or hear with our ears.
• For anyone that wants to increate their faith they should try and listen differently.

What Faith Is Not:

Faith is powerful and often it does result in miracles. But no matter how much faith we have, there are two things faith is NOT.

Faith cannot violate another person's agency.

Faith cannot force our will upon God. 

• The purpose of faith is not to change God's will but to empower us to act on God's will.

April 23, 2017: Lesson Recap

"Sharing the Restored Gospel" 

By Dallin H. Oaks

https://www.lds.org/general-conference/2016/10/sharing-the-restored-gospel?lang=eng

What we call “member missionary work” is not a program but an attitude of love and outreach to help those around us.

Nearing the end of His earthly ministry, our Savior, Jesus Christ, commanded His disciples: “Go ye therefore, and teach all nations” (Matthew 28:19) and “Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature” (Mark 16:15). All Christians are under these commands to share the gospel with everyone. Many call this the “great commission.”

We all know that member participation in missionary work is vital to achieving both conversion and retention. President Thomas S. Monson has said: “Now is the time for members and missionaries to come together … [and] labor in the Lord’s vineyard to bring souls unto Him. He has prepared the means for us to share the gospel in a multitude of ways, and He will assist us in our labors if we will act in faith to fulfill His work.”1

Things we should all be doing as "member missionaries":

1. Pray for the desire to help with missionary work. All efforts begin w/ desire
2. Keep the commandments
3. Pray for the inspiration on what we can to in our individual circumstances to share the gospel with others

The principles are pretty simple—pray, personally and in your family, for missionary opportunities.”3 As we demonstrate our faith, these opportunities will come without any “forced or … contrived response. They will flow as a natural result of our love for our brothers and sisters.”4

April 16, 2017: Lesson Recap

Chapter 8: The Teachings of Presidents of the Church, Gordon B. Hinckley

We Look To Christ

https://www.lds.org/manual/teachings-of-presidents-of-the-church-gordon-b-hinckley/chapter-8-we-look-to-christ?lang=eng

“We believe in Christ. We teach of Christ. We look to Christ. He is our Redeemer, our Lord, and our Savior.”

President Hinckley spoke of an experience he had at the open house of the Mesa Arizona Temple, where clergymen from various religious groups were invited to attend. Once such clergyman asked President Hinckley why there were no representations of the cross which is a predominate symbol in most Christian faiths. President Hinckley replied that the cross to members of our faith represents "the symbol of the dying Christ, while our message is a declaration of the living Christ."

When asked what was the symbol of our religion, President Hinckley replied, "the lives of our people must become the only meaningful expression of our faith and, in fact, therefore, the symbol of our worship… No sign, no work of art, no representation of form is adequate to express the glory and the wonder of the Living Christ. He told us what that symbol should be when he said, ‘If ye love me, keep my commandments.’ (John 14:15.)

“As his followers, we cannot do a mean or shoddy or ungracious thing without tarnishing his image. Nor can we do a good and gracious and generous act without burnishing more brightly the symbol of him whose name we have taken upon ourselves.“

And so our lives must become a meaningful expression, the symbol of our declaration of our testimony of the Living Christ, the Eternal Son of the Living God.

Absolutely basic to our faith is our testimony of Jesus Christ as the Son of God. … He is the chief cornerstone of the church which bears His name.² We believe in Christ. We teach of Christ. We look to Christ. He is our Redeemer, our Lord, and our Savior.³

We believe in Christ's earthly ministry, in his arrest and crucifixion and death, and in his resurrection. 

To all who may have doubts, I repeat the words given Thomas as he felt the wounded hands of the Lord: “Be not faithless, but believing” [John 20:27]. Believe in Jesus Christ, the Son of God, the greatest figure of time and eternity. Believe that his matchless life reached back before the world was formed. Believe that he was the Creator of the earth on which we live. Believe that he was Jehovah of the Old Testament, that he was the Messiah of the New Testament, that he died and was resurrected, that he visited the western continents and taught the people here, that he ushered in this final gospel dispensation, and that he lives, the living Son of the living God, our Savior and our Redeemer.⁷

Each of us can know that Jesus Christ is the Son of God and the Redeemer of the world, resurrected from the grave.

In order to obtain knowledge and gain a testimony of Christ's resurrection and of the truth that He is our redeemer we can:

1. Read the Word of the Lord

2. Serve in the Work of the Lord

3. Pray- Speak with your Eternal Father in the name of his Beloved Son. “Behold,” he says, “I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.” (Rev. 3:20.)

This is his invitation, and the promise is sure. It is unlikely that you will hear voices from heaven, but there will come a heaven-sent assurance, peaceful and certain.

 

March 26, 2017: Lesson Recap

 "Emissaries to the Church," By Elder Jeffrey R. Holland, (October 2016) 

https://www.lds.org/general-conference/2016/10/emissaries-to-the-church?lang=eng

February 26: Lesson Recap

Conference Address

Joy and Spiritual Survival, Russell M. Nelson (Oct. 2016)

www.lds.org/general-conference/2016/10/joy-and-spiritual-survival?lang=eng

When the focus of our lives is on Jesus Christ and His gospel, we can feel joy regardless of what is happening, or no happening in our lives.

These are the latter days, a host of prophets including Isaiah, Paul, Nephi, and Mormon foresaw that perilous times would come, that in our day the whole world would be in commotion, that men would be "lovers of their own selves... without natural affection... lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God," and that many would become servants of Satan. Indeed you and I "wrestle against the rulers of the darkness of this world, [and] against spiritual wickedness in high places."

As commotion in the latter days continues, what can help us? What can help each of us with our personal struggles and with the rigorous challenge of living today? The prophet Lehi clearly knew opposition, anxiety, heartache, disappointment and sorrow, yet he declared "Men are, that they might have joy," (2 Nephi 2:25). Of all the words he could have used to describe the nature and purpose of our lives here in mortality he chose the word joy!

Life is filled with detours and dead ends, trials and challenges of every kind. Each of us has likely had times when distress, anguish and despair almost consumed us. Yet we are here to have joy? The answer is a resounding yes! But how is this possible? And what must we do to claim the joy that Heavenly Father has in store for us? We can choose not to complain. We can be happy under every circumstance. We can feel hoy even while having a bad day, a bad week, or even a bad year!

The joy we feel has little to do with the circumstances of our lives and everything to do with the focus of our lives. When the focus of our lives is on God's plan of salvation, and on Jesus Christ and His gospel, we can feel joy regardless of what is happening, or not happening in our lives. Joy comes from and because of Him. He is the source of all joy. Just as the Savior offers peace that "passeth all understanding," He also offers an intensity, depth, and breadth of joy that defy human logic or mortal comprehension. It doesn't seem possible to feel joy when we are in the midst of our toughest trials, or when brought low by horrible circumstances. Yet that is precisely the joy the Savior offers. His joy is constant, assuring us that our "afflictions shall be but a small moment" and be consecrated to our gain.

How do we claim this joy? We can start by "looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith" "in every thought." We can give thanks for Him in our prayers and by keeping covenants we've made with Him and our Heavenly Father. As our Savior becomes more and more real to us and as we plead for His joy to given to us, our joy will increase. Joy is powerful, and focusing on joy brings God's power into our lives. In all things Christ is our ultimate exemplar. In order for Christ to endure the most excruciating experience ever endured on the earth, our Savior focused on joy. Anything that opposes Christ or His doctrine will interrupt our joy. We learn to "suffer with joy," for suffering can be swallowed up in the joy of Christ.

If we look to the world and its formulas for happiness, we will never know joy. The unrighteous may experience any number of emotions and sensations, but hey will never experience joy. Joy is a gift for the faithful. It is the gift that comes from intentionally trying to live a righteous life, as taught by Jesus Christ.

February 19, 2017: Lesson Recap

Teachings of Presidents of The Church, Gordon B. Hinckley

Chapter 4: The Pioneer Heritage of Faith and Sacrifice

https://www.lds.org/manual/teachings-of-presidents-of-the-church-gordon-b-hinckley/chapter-4-the-pioneer-heritage-of-faith-and-sacrifice?lang=eng

"Whether you have pioneer ancestry or came into the Church only yesterday, you are a part of this whole grand picture of which those men and women dreamed... They laid the foundation. Ours is the duty to build on it."

President Hinckley's great-grandfather, [Ira Hinckley] was baptized in Nauvoo and subsequently crossed the plains in the migration of the pioneers. During that journey Ira's young wife and his brother died. Ira Hinckley made rough coffins and buried them, then picked up his infant child and carried her to the Salt Lake Valley. President Hinckley's own father became president of the largest stake in the Church with more than 15,000 members. President Hinckley came from faithful "pioneers" that crossed the plains, and help build the Church in its early years. Although proud of his instrumental ancestors, President Hinckley emphasized that "pioneering" continues around the word to the present day. There are saints all over the world that are carrying forward the work of the Lord in all nations and lands. While showing gratitude and pride in his pioneering ancestors, President Hinckley also reflected upon his own posterity, and the "tremendous obligation" that was his to pass on all that he had received as an inheritance from his forebears to the generations who came after him.

When President Hinckley spoke of the early pioneers, his purpose was much bigger than focusing on those who lived in the past. He looked to the future, hoping that the faith and sacrifices of those Saints would "become a compelling motivation for us all, for each of us is a pioneer in his own life and family."

With vision, labor, and confidence in the power of God working through them, the early Latter-Day Saint pioneers brought their faith to reality.

Faith is what kept the pioneers pressing forward. It was by faith that a small band of early converts to the Church moved from New York to Ohio, from Ohio to Missouri, from Missouri to Illinois, and eventually to west, in search for peace and the freedom to worship God according to the dictates of conscience.

These early Saints moved forward amid vicious persecution and physical deprivation and hardship. Many lost loved ones along the dangerous trek. Many lost loved ones from being disowned and cut off from their families due to their decision to join the Church. These Saints pressed forward with faith not knowing their immediate fate or future, but trusted that the Lord would guide and bless them. With faith in their hearts and the dream of Zion in their minds the Saints pressed forward.
Faith in God was not exclusive to the early Saints of the Church. Paul wrote to the Hebrews "Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen." (Heb. 11:1.) With great vision, with labor, and with confidence in the power of God working through them, [the early Saints] bought their faith into reality. This was the same great faith and power that made possible the exodus from Egypt, the passage through the Red Sea, the love journey through the wilderness, and the establishment of Israel in the promised land.

The early Saints moved west with a personal and individual recognition of God their Eternal Father. They could look in faith upon him, this was the very essence of their strength. They believed in that great scriptural mandate: "Look to God and live." (Alma 37:47.) With faith they sought to do his will. With faith they labored until they dropped, always with a conviction that there would be an accounting to him who was their Father and their God. Behind us is a glorious history. It is the product of faith. Before us is a great future. It begins today. We cannot pause. We cannot slow down. We cannot slacken our pace or shorten our stride.

Each of us is a pioneer.

It is good to look to the past to gain appreciation for the present and perspective for the future. It is good to reflect upon the work of those who labored before us. Their tremendous example can become a compelling motivation for us all, for each of us s a pioneer in his/her own life, often in his/her own family, and many of us pioneer daily in trying to establish a gospel foothold in distant parts of the world. We are still pioneering. We have never ceased pioneering. We are reaching out all over the world to spread the gospel to all nations, kindreds, and tongues, and that takes pioneering. The early Saints of the Church marked the path and led the way, but it is OUR obligation to enlarge and broaden and strengthen that path until it encompasses the whole earth... Faith was the guiding principle in those difficult days. Faith is the guiding principle we must follow today.

Ours is a great and solemn duty to reach out and help them, to lift them, to feed them if they are hungry, to nurture their spirits if they thirst for truth and righteousness. Our forebears laid a solid and marvelous foundation. Now ours is the great opportunity to build a superstructure, all fitly framed together with Christ as the chief cornerstone. With so great an inheritance, we must go forward. We must never let down. We must hold our heads high. We must walk with integrity. We must "do what is right [and] let the consequences follow."

February 5, 2017: Lesson Recap

Premortality, a Glorious Reality, By Elder Neal A. Maxwell

https://www.lds.org/general-conference/1985/10/premortality-a-glorious-reality?lang=eng

One’s life, therefore, is brevity compared to eternity—like being dropped off by a parent for a day at school. But what a day!

Consider how long the Earth existed before you, and how long the Earth will exist after you leave it. If you life is but one day, then all your pain and suffering is but one hour.

If our time on this Earth is like "One day at school," then how will we use our time here? Will be take advantage of all the classes available to us? Will we study diligently and learn as much as we can? Will we help others during the day? How will we spend "our lunch hour"? Will we waste time worrying what others think of us? 

Our "one day of school" is short. We must use the precious seconds, minutes, and hours we have on the Earth to learn as much as we can, help others and do the Lord's will.  We must remember that we are literal sons and daughters of our Heavenly Father and Mother, who brought unique talents with us on Earth that need to be developed. Let us use our time wisely to enhance these talents and abilities and not waste time worrying about the past and fretting about the future. 

Thomas H. Morris, a professor at BYU gave a devotional titled, Time: A Precious Commodity; a finite resource.

https://speeches.byu.edu/talks/thomas-h-morris_time-a-precious-commodity-a-finite-resource/

Carl Sagan, the author and great spokesman for the television series Cosmos, used to browbeat us by telling us that we as humankind are arrogant to assume that there is not life beyond our planet, given the immensity of space and the universe. Sagan found no solid evidence for extraterrestrial life. In fact, in viewing our tiny blue planet from space, he said, “It underscores our responsibility to deal more kindly with one another and to preserve and cherish the only home we’ve ever known: the pale blue dot.”2

Let us be mindful of our short time on Earth, and learn as much as we can and help as many people as we can during our "one day at school."

January 22, 2017: Lesson Recap

Conference Address:

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There is Power in the Book” by LeGrand R. Curtis, (October 2016). 

https://www.lds.org/general-conference/2016/10/there-is-power-in-the-book?lang=eng

How were you introduced to the Book of Mormon, and how did you gain a testimony regarding its power and truth?

We are so blessed to be living in a time and in a country that allows us the religious freedoms to read the Book of Mormon and worship freely. Elder Curtis told of the "Freeze" in Ghana in the 1990s, when the government in Ghana banned the Church, restricted all religious meetings, and seized all Church property. Elder Curtis told of a young policeman who had been given the task of guarding a Church meetinghouse at night. Nicolas Ofonsu-Hene said that the building was in disarray, with papers and furniture scattered everywhere. In the midst of the disorder he found a Book of Mormon. He tried to ignore it because he was told that it was "evil." Ofonsu-Hene had been strangely attracted to it, when he finally picked the book up he was compelled to read it. He read through the night and with tears running down his cheek he read: 2 Nephi 25:26, " And we talk of Christ, we rejoice in Christ, we preach of Christ, we prophesy of Christ, and we write according to our prophets, that our children may know to what source they may look for a remission of their sins."

      After reading this verse Nicholas Ofonsu-Hene felt the spirit so strongly that he started to sob. He realized that in the course of reading the Book of Mormon he received several spiritual promptings that this book was scripture, and was the most correct book he had ever read. Nicholas and his family joined the Church after the "Freeze" had ended, he was later promoted to Police Commander and was made President of the Tamale Ghana District of the Church. He later said that "The Church has transformed my life...I think the Almighty God for leading me into this gospel." And it all started with a book. 

In Elder Jeffrey R. Hollands General Conference Talk, "Safety for the Soul," he testified that, "The Book of Mormon is one of the Lord's powerful keystones in this counteroffensive against latter-day ills, [it] begins with a great parable of life, an extended allegory of hope versus fear, of light versus darkness, of salvation versus destruction... Love. Healing. Help. Hope. The powers of Christ to counter all troubles in all times- including the end of times. That is the safe harbor God wants for us in personal or public days of despair. That is the message with which the Book of Mormon begins, and that is the message with which it ends, calling all to "come unto Christ, and be perfected in him."

https://www.lds.org/general-conference/2009/10/safety-for-the-soul?lang=eng

Bishop Green has asked each of us to read the Book of Mormon as a Ward within the next 70 days. He reminded us this morning in Sacrement Meeting that there is indeed "Power in the Book," and that reading it and abiding by its precepts are life changing. 

January 10 Lesson Recap

Links to Lesson -

Intro - https://www.lds.org/manual/teachings-of-presidents-of-the-church-howard-w-hunter/the-life-and-ministry-of-howard-w-hunter?lang=eng

Lesson 1 - https://www.lds.org/manual/teachings-of-presidents-of-the-church-howard-w-hunter/chapter-1-jesus-christ-our-only-way-to-hope-and-joy?lang=eng

Recap

President Hunter was born in Boise, Idaho in 1907, but moved to Southern California in 1928. In the Los Angeles area he not only found a career, but also met his sweetheart and had extensive opportunities to serve in the church. He would call the LA area home for more than 30 years before being called to be a member of the Quorum of the Twelve in 1959.

During his career in Southern California, he was a successful lawyer. He was known for his integrity, precise thinking, clear communications, and sense of fairness. He was also known as a “people lawyer”—someone who “always seemed to have time and the interest to help people with their problems.”  One attorney said that Howard “was much more concerned about seeing that people got the help they needed than that he got compensated for it.”

Some of the church projects and initiatives that he was involved with -

- As Stake president, he felt strongly about Family Home Evening and encouraged his stake members to abide by setting aside Monday nights for FHE

- As Stake president, met with Quorum of the Twelve to discuss establishing an early morning seminary program - Sister Pat Neser commented that she was actually a member of the first early morning seminary class in Los Angeles.

- Encouraged his stake members to contribute generously to building the Los Angeles temple (more than $1.5 million was raised in six months)

- Served as president of the church's genealogical society for eight years

- President and Chairman of the Board of the Polynesian Cultural Center in Laie, Hawaii - became one of the most popular tourist attractions in Hawaii under his leadership

- Oversaw planning and construction of the BYU Jerusalem Center

Some of his teachings about Christ (from Lesson 1) - A prominent theme in President Howard W. Hunter’s teachings is that true peace, healing, and happiness come only as a person strives to know and follow Jesus Christ. President Hunter taught that “Christ’s way is not only the right way, but ultimately the only way to hope and joy.”

"We must know Christ better than we know Him and remember Him more often than we remember Him."

MARCH Enrichment Meeting
March 18 at 7:00 p.m. at Woodland Hills Building

This month we'll be having two options for Enrichment Night and yep, you'll have to choose as both will happen at the same time on the same night.

1)      Financial Resources! It's that tax time of the year, so we thought it would be a good time to talk finances! Sister and Bishop Cowley from the Tarzana Ward will speak about managing financial resources (aka, budgeting ... but we don't like that word so much!). 

2)     General Conference Preparation - Want to get the most (or just more) out of watching General Conference? We'll have ideas for watching with young kids as well as your own personal prep (hey, I like to color too!!!)

If you'd like bring a treat/snack to share - the theme for the month is Easter. Maybe you've seen something on Pinterest that you want to try out before you take it to the family Easter gathering? This is the perfect time - make it, share it and find out if it is really as good as it looks! Here's a site with some examples:

EASTER TREAT IDEAS!

BABYSITTING?? Will you need a sitter for the evening?? We plan to provide babysitting, but would like to know what the need is so that we can plan ahead with sitters for the evening. So, if your child (or children) will need babysitting, please email Kristina and let her know!

Enrichment Meeting
January 21 at 7:00 p.m. and Woodland Hills Building

This month we'll be creating personal "vision" boards - bring a poster board, some magazines and glue (we'll have a few of all of the above if you forget or have trouble getting to a store before the meeting).

Creating a vision board can be a useful tool to help you conceptualize your goals and can serve as a source of motivation as you work towards achieving your dreams.