Sunday School Lesson December 2014 'How can I become a better leader?'

How can I become a better leader? 

Assignments for the kids that were given last week for this week's lesson, to be discussed in the order listed below:

1. Prepare to share an experience of Christ-like leadership, how it affected you or others OR an experience of UN-Christ-like leadership and how it affected you or others. 
2. Think of someone you know who is a Christ-like leader.  Prepare to share with the class some of the attributes you've noticed they posess that help them in their leadership role. 
3. Please read Exodus 18: 13-26.  Prepare to share a summary with the class of what you read and at least one idea of how you can apply it to your own life. (Leaders train others, delegate responsibility putting some responsibility on others).  
4. Read Matthew 20:20-28, Matthew 23:11, D&C 50:26 and tell us what these scriptures are telling us a leader should do. (Great leaders serve those we lead).   
5. Read John 13:4-15, 3 Nephi 18:16, 3 Nephi 27:21, 27 and tell us what Jesus Christ is saying in these scriptures. (He is our perfect example).  
6. Read D&C 121:34-46 and make a list to share with the class of some of the principles of righteous leadership as outlined in these scriptures. (virtuous, chaste, confident, depends on God, sincere, faithful, dependable, charitable, unselfish, honorable, righteous, honors the priesthood, humble, honest, loving, patient, meek, kind, knowledgeable, understanding.) 

Game: HOTSEAT Divide kids into two teams.  A member from each team sits (in the hotseat) in front of the chalkboard with their back to the chalkboard.  Teacher writes an attribute or principle of a righteous leader on the board.  The team members try to get their representative to guess the word without using the word.  If a team member says the word before the teammate in the hotseat guesses the word, a point goes to the opposing team.  The first team member in the hotseat to guess the word gets the point and a new team member rotates into each hotseat.

Challenge: to focus on an attribute they could develop to become a better leader. 

Handout:

I AM A LEADER!

Being a leader is HARD WORK.

I CAN DO HARD THINGS.

I follow the example of Jesus Christ.

I SERVE, TEACH, DELEGATE, 
DEPEND ON GOD, and HONOR THE PRIESTHOOD.

I am…

an example

virtuous

chaste

confident

sincere

faithful

dependable

charitable

unselfish

honorable

righteous

humble

honest

loving

patient

meek

kind

knowledgeable

understanding

D&C 121:34-46, Exodus 18:13-26,

Matt. 23:11