The Trail
of Faith is a spiritual and physical challenge designed to help both youth
and adults prepare for the Surprise Stake Youth Pioneer Trek. The January 2014-May 2014 challenges are
designed to be completed before your feet ever hit the dusty trail.
Rely
on your Father in Heaven as you proceed on your personal Trail of Faith. In
completing this preparation program, you will be called upon to exercise faith
and make sacrifices not unlike that of the pioneer saints. Beloved brothers and sisters,
“Gird up your loins; fresh courage take. Our God will never us forsake….
Do this, and joy your hearts will swell-- All is well! All is well!”
“Gird up your loins; fresh courage take. Our God will never us forsake….
Do this, and joy your hearts will swell-- All is well! All is well!”
To earn your Trail of Faith Award,
please
complete the Trail of Faith
challenges by May 31, 2014.
Several of the Trail of Faith Requirements will also help you complete
Personal Progress and Duty to God Requirements as well.
CLICK HERE to download the Duty to God/Trail of Faith sheet
May 2014 – “Fire of the
Covenant”
Develop an understanding that the making
and keeping of sacred Temple covenants is not always convenient. Keeping covenants will sanctify us and bring
us joy.
CLICK HERE to download a printable copy of the May Requirements
CLICK HERE to download a printable copy of the May Requirements
SPIRITUAL
PREPARATION:
Do Daily:
⃝ Personal prayer, both morning and
night
⃝ Read daily from the Book of Mormon
(Seminary course of study)
⃝ Keep the standards found in For the Strength of Youth
Fast
Sunday Suggestion: (May 4)
Fast and pray that you will develop a
burning desire within your heart to live worthy of the sacrifice of our
Savior. Pray for the strength to give
all that the Lord requires of you. Pray
for a desire to be worthy of a Temple recommend and for the opportunity to
attend the Temple often.
Do
Weekly: (Continue to memorize scripture and hymn throughout
the month)
Record spiritual
impressions in your Trail of Faith journal.
Week
1:
⃝ Memorize Scripture: D&C 87:8 Wherefore, stand ye in holy places, and be not moved, until the
day of
the Lord come; for behold, he cometh quickly, saith the Lord. Amen.
⃝ Memorize Hymns (all verses):
⃝ Read quote: Russell M. Nelson,
“Covenants,” General Conference, Oct. 2011.
“When we realize that we are children of the
covenant, we know who we are and what God
Committed children of the covenant remain
steadfast, even in the midst of adversity.”
Week
2:
⃝ Continue memorizing scripture and
hymns from week 1.
⃝ Read and ponder 1 Peter 1:7-9
⃝ Read and be able to recount the story of
pioneer, Emily Hill Woodmansee.
Week
3:
⃝ Continue memorizing scripture and
hymns from week 1.
⃝ Read the “Message to the Youth from
The First Presidency” in the “For the Strength of Youth”
booklet. Review the standards in the booklet. Consider which of these might represent the
“blizzard” in your life or the “mob” you may have to run away from. Make a commitment to be
true to these
standards.
⃝ View, listen to, or read General
Conference address by President Thomas S. Monson,
⃝ View, listen to, or read General
Conference address by Elder Russell M. Nelson,
Week
4:
⃝ Continue memorizing scripture and
hymns from week 1.
⃝ Read and ponder Mosiah 4:29-30 and
D&C 82:3
⃝ Read and be able to recount the story
of pioneers,
⃝ Teach a Family Home Evening lesson or
conduct a discussion around the family dinner table
this week. Re-tell the
pioneer story that impressed you this month and share what you have
learned
about “The Fire of the Covenant,” sacrifice, and the importance of Temple
Covenants.
MAY
PHYSICAL PREPARATION:
Walk, run, or bike for 40-60 minutes or
FOUR TO FIVE MILES at least four times each week.
Week 1 ⃝ ⃝ ⃝ Week 2 ⃝ ⃝ ⃝ Week 3 ⃝ ⃝ ⃝ Week 4 ⃝ ⃝ ⃝
JUNE
PHYSICAL PREPARATION:
Walk, run, or bike for 40-60 minutes or
FOUR TO FIVE MILES.
Week 1
⃝ Exercise on Monday, June 2, then REST on Tuesday, June 3. Trek is
Wed., June 4!
Review and Remember our Pioneer Trek
Theme Scripture:
Philippians 4:13 I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.
Recognizing God’s Prophets and Apostles
as witnesses of Jesus Christ and the mouthpieces of God. Trusting in and
following their counsel will bless us eternally.
CLICK HERE to download a printable copy of the April Requirements
SPIRITUAL
PREPARATION:
Do Daily:
⃝ Personal prayer, both morning and
night
⃝ Read daily from the Book of Mormon
(Seminary course of study)
⃝ Keep the standards found in For the Strength of Youth
Do
Weekly:
(Throughout
the month, continue to memorize scripture, hymn, and Primary song below.)
Record spiritual
impressions in your Trail of Faith journal.
Week
1:
⃝ View
all Sessions of General Conference: (April 5-6) Pray that your heart may be
prepared to receive personal revelation.
Take notes on the talks, pay heed to the Spirit and record impressions
you receive. Proceed to act on those
impressions.
⃝ Memorize Scripture: D&C
1:38 What I the Lord have spoken, I have
spoken, and I excuse not
myself; and though the heavens and the earth pass
away, my word shall not pass away, but shall
all be fulfilled, whether by mine
own voice or by the voice of my servants, it is the same.
⃝ Memorize Hymn and Primary Song (all
verses):
CS p. 218 “To Be a Pioneer”
⃝ Read quote: President Ezra Taft
Benson,
“When obedience ceases to be an
irritant and becomes our quest,
in that moment God will endow us with power.”
Week
2:
⃝ Continue memorizing scripture, hymn,
and Primary song from week 1.
⃝ Read and ponder Omni 1:26
⃝ Read and be able to recount the
stories of pioneers, Dan Jones and Ephraim Hanks.
⃝
If you have not already completed President Allen’s challenge to take a
family name to the
Temple, make plans to attend the Temple to complete this
challenge this month (April) with your
family or youth group.
Week
3:
⃝ Continue memorizing scripture, hymn,
and Primary song from week 1.
⃝ View, listen to, or read General
Conference address by Elder Quentin L. Cook,
“Give Heed Unto the Prophets,”
April 2008
⃝ View, listen to, or read General
Conference address by President Thomas S. Monson,
“Obedience Brings Blessings,”
April 2013
Week
4:
⃝ Continue memorizing scripture, hymn,
and Primary song from week 1.
⃝ Read and ponder Joshua 24:15
⃝ Read and be able to recount the
stories of pioneers,
Reddick Allred and Elsie Rassmussen Nielson, and EllenNeibaur.
⃝ Teach a Family Home Evening lesson or
conduct a discussion around the family dinner table this
week. Re-tell the
pioneer story that impressed you this month and share what you have learned
about obedience and following God’s Prophet.
Convey what you learned from General
Conference, your personal insights,
and the goals you have set.
PHYSICAL
PREPARATION:
Walk, run, or bike for 40 minutes or
THREE MILES at least four times each week.
Week 1 ⃝ ⃝ ⃝ Week 2 ⃝ ⃝ ⃝ Week 3 ⃝ ⃝ ⃝ Week 4 ⃝ ⃝ ⃝
March 2014 – “The Restoration”
Strengthening our Testimony of the Restoration
of the Gospel of Jesus Christ
CLICK HERE to download a printable copy of the March Requirements
SPIRITUAL
PREPARATION:
Do Daily:
⃝ Personal prayer, both morning and
night
⃝ Read daily from the Book of Mormon
(Seminary course of study)
⃝ Keep the standards found in For the Strength of Youth
Fast
Sunday Suggestion: (March 9th)
Fast and pray for a confirmation and
personal testimony that the Gospel of Jesus Christ has been restored in our day
and that the Book of Mormon is true.
Do
Weekly: (Throughout the month, continue to memorize
scripture and hymns below.)
Record spiritual
impressions in your Trail of Faith journal.
Week
1:
⃝ Memorize Scripture: Isaiah
29:14
Therefore, behold, I will proceed to do a marvelous work among this people, even a marvelous work and a wonder, for the wisdom of their wise men shall perish, and the understanding of their prudent men shall be hid.
Therefore, behold, I will proceed to do a marvelous work among this people, even a marvelous work and a wonder, for the wisdom of their wise men shall perish, and the understanding of their prudent men shall be hid.
⃝ Memorize Hymns (all verses):
⃝ Read quote: Elder Jeffrey R. Holland
(Gen. Conf. “Safety for the Soul,” Oct. 2009)
“ Love. Healing. Help.
Hope. The power 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.”
…“I testify that one cannot
come to full faith in this latter-day work—and thereby find the fullest measure
of peace and comfort in these, our times—until he or she embraces the divinity
of the Book of Mormon and the Lord Jesus Christ, of whom it testifies.”
Week
2:
⃝ Continue memorizing scripture and
hymns from week 1.
⃝ Read and ponder the entire Joseph
Smith-History
⃝ Read and be able to recount the story
of pioneer, Alice Fish Walsh.
⃝ If you have not already completed President
Allen’s challenge to complete Temple ordinance work for a family member, make
plans to attend the Temple to complete this challenge this month or next (March
or April) with your family or youth group.
Week
3:
⃝ Continue memorizing scripture and
hymns from week 1.
⃝ View, listen to, or read General
Conference address by Elder L. Tom Perry,
“The Message of the Restoration”April 2007.
⃝ View, listen to, or read General
Conference address by President Thomas S. Monson,
⃝ View, listen to, or read General
Conference address by Elder Jeffrey R. Holland,
“Safety for the Soul,” Oct.
2009.
Week
4:
⃝ Continue memorizing scripture and
hymns from week 1.
⃝ Read and ponder D&C 135:3
⃝ Read and be able to recount the story
of pioneer, John Jacques.
⃝ Teach a Family Home Evening lesson or
conduct a discussion around the family dinner table this week. Re-tell the
pioneer story that impressed you this month and share what you have learned
about the Restoration of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
PHYSICAL
PREPARATION:
Walk, run, or bike for 40 minutes or
THREE MILES at least three times each week.
Week 1 ⃝ ⃝ ⃝ Week 2 ⃝ ⃝ ⃝ Week 3 ⃝ ⃝ ⃝ Week 4 ⃝ ⃝ ⃝
February
2014 - “The Atonement “
Strengthening our Testimony of the Atonement
of Jesus Christ and understanding
His role
as our personal Savior and Redeemer.
CLICK HERE for a printable copy of the February Requirements
All Pioneer Stories are from the book Tell My Story, Too and used with permission.
Copyright Jolene S. Allphin, Tell My Story Publishing, LLC
All Pioneer Stories are from the book Tell My Story, Too and used with permission.
Copyright Jolene S. Allphin, Tell My Story Publishing, LLC
SPIRITUAL
PREPARATION:
Do Daily:
⃝ Personal prayer, both morning and
night
⃝ Read daily from the Book of Mormon
(Seminary course of study)
⃝ Keep the standards found in For the Strength of Youth
Fast
Sunday Suggestion: (February 2)
Fast and pray that you will come to know
the healing power of the Atonement in your own life.
Do
Weekly:
(Throughout
the month, continue to memorize scripture, hymn, and Primary song below.)
Record spiritual
impressions in your Trail of Faith journal.
Week
1:
⃝ Memorize Scripture:
Moroni 10:32 Yea, come
unto Christ, and be perfected in
him, and deny
yourselves of all ungodliness; and if ye shall deny yourselves of all
ungodliness, and love
God with all your might, mind and strength, then is his grace sufficient for
you, that by his grace ye may be perfect in
Christ; and if by the grace of God ye are perfect in Christ, ye can in nowise
deny the power of God.
⃝ Memorize Hymn and Primary Song
(all verses):
⃝ Read quote by President Spencer W.
Kimball:
“That
is the real purpose of the sacrament, to keep us from forgetting, to help us
remember. I suppose there would never be
an apostate, there would never be a crime, if people remembered, really
remembered, the things they had covenanted at the water’s edge or at the
sacrament table and in the temple.”
(The Teachings of Spencer W. Kimball, p. 112-113)
Week
2:
⃝ Continue memorizing scripture, hymn,
and Primary song from week 1.
⃝ Read and ponder Isaiah 53:4-5
⃝ Read and be able to recount the
pioneer story of Amy and Patience Loader.
⃝ If you have not already completed
President Allen’s challenge to take a family name to the Temple, continue
researching your family history to find a name for whom you can perform Temple ordinance
work. You may perform this work with your family or with your youth group any
time before Pioneer Trek.
Week
3:
⃝ Continue memorizing scripture, hymn,
and Primary song from week 1.
⃝ View, listen to, or read General
Conference address
by Elder Jeffrey R. Holland, “None Were With Him,” April 2009.
⃝ View, listen to, or read General
Conference address
by Pres. Boyd K. Packer, “The Atonement,” October 2012.
Week
4:
⃝ Continue memorizing scripture, hymn,
and Primary song from week 1.
⃝ Read and ponder Helaman 5:12
⃝ Read and be able to recount the story
of the Sweetwater Rescuers:
C. Allen Huntington, George W. Grant, David P.Kimball, and Stephen W. Taylor.
⃝ Read and be able to recount the story of
pioneers, James Kirkwood and his younger brother,
⃝ Teach a Family Home Evening lesson or
conduct a discussion around the family dinner table this week. Re-tell the
pioneer story that impressed you this month and share what you have learned
about the Atonement of our Savior, Jesus Christ.
PHYSICAL
PREPARATION:
Walk, run, or bike for 30 minutes or TWO
MILES at least three times each week.
Week 1 ⃝ ⃝ ⃝ Week 2 ⃝ ⃝ ⃝ Week 3 ⃝ ⃝ ⃝ Week 4 ⃝ ⃝ ⃝
February 22 is the Stake Youth Trek Run- you may count this as an exercise day.
January Focus– The Godhead
Coming to know God the Father, His Son Jesus
Christ, and the Holy Ghost.
CLICK HERE for a printable copy of the January requirements.
CLICK HERE for a printable copy of the January requirements.
Brother
SPIRITUAL
PREPARATION:
Do
Daily:
⃝ Personal prayer, both morning and
night
⃝ Read daily from the Book of Mormon
(Seminary course of study)
⃝ Keep the standards found in For the Strength of Youth.
Fast
Sunday Suggestion: (January 5)
Fast and pray that you will come to know
the Father and The Son through the divine gift of the Holy Ghost. Pray that you will recognize that you are
literally a son or daughter of a loving Father in Heaven and that you will
deeply feel His love for you.
Do
Weekly: (Throughout the month, continue to memorize
scripture and hymns below.)
Record spiritual
impressions in your Trail of Faith journal.
Week
1:
⃝ Memorize Scripture: John 17:3 And
this is life eternal, that they might know Thee the only
true God, and Jesus
Christ whom Thou has sent.
⃝ Memorize Hymns: (all verses)
⃝ Read quote by President Gordon B.
Hinckley,
“In These Three, I Believe,” Ensign July 2006
“Miracle of miracles and wonder of
wonders, They are interested in us, and we are the
substance of Their great
concern. They are available to each of us. We approach the Father
through the
Son. He is our intercessor at the throne of God. How marvelous it is that we
may
so speak to the Father in the name of the Son.”
⃝ View, listen to or read General
Conference address by Elder Dallin H. Oaks,
“Following the Pioneers,” Oct. 1997
Pondering the principles in this address
will help us make the connection between our lives and the pioneer saints. Faith and sacrifice are required by us, just
as faith sacrifice were required by them.
This is worth pondering as we begin our Trail of Faith.
Week
2:
⃝ Continue memorizing scripture and
hymns from week 1.
⃝ Read and ponder Acts 7:55-56
⃝ Read and be able to recount the
stories of pioneers, Francis Webster
and his wife, Ann Elizabeth Parsons Webster (two separate accounts).
⃝ If you have not already completed
President Allen’s challenge to take a family name to the
Temple, begin
researching your family history to find a name for whom you can perform
Temple
ordinance work. You may perform this work with your family or with your youth
group any time before Pioneer Trek.
Week
3:
⃝ Continue memorizing scripture and
hymns from week 1.
⃝ View, listen to or read General
Conference address by Elder Jeffrey R. Holland,
⃝ View, listen to or read General
Conference address by President Dieter F. Uchtdorf,
“You Matter to Him,” Oct.
2011.
Week
4:
⃝ Continue memorizing scripture and
hymns from week 1.
⃝ Read and ponder Mosiah 4:11-12
⃝ Teach a Family Home Evening lesson or conduct a discussion around the family dinner
table this week. Re-tell the pioneer story that impressed you this month and share what
you have learned about the Godhead.
⃝ Read and be able to recount the
story of pioneer, Elizabeth Horrocks Jackson.
“Pioneer
Mother” by Artist, Megan Rieker
Journal account:” I
will not attempt to describe my feeling at finding myself thus left a widow
with three children, under such excruciating circumstances. I cannot do it. But
I believe the Recording Angel had inscribed it in the archives above, and that
my sufferings for the gospel's sake will be sanctified unto me for my good. I
could therefore appeal to the Lord alone-he who had promised to be a husband to
the widow and a father to the fatherless. I appealed to him and he came to my
aid.”
PHYSICAL
PREPARATION:
Walk, run, or bike for 20 minutes at
least three times each week.
Week 1 ⃝ ⃝ ⃝ Week 2 ⃝ ⃝ ⃝ Week 3 ⃝ ⃝ ⃝ Week 4 ⃝ ⃝ ⃝
Week 1 ⃝ ⃝ ⃝ Week 2 ⃝ ⃝ ⃝ Week 3 ⃝ ⃝ ⃝ Week 4 ⃝ ⃝ ⃝
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