Hold to the Rod
Hold to the Rod
And the Spirit giveth light to every man that cometh into the world; and the Spirit enlighteneth every man through the world, that hearkeneth to the voice of the Spirit. And every one that hearkeneth to the voice of the Spirit cometh unto God, even the Father. D&C 84:46-47
The PoWeR Award
Prayer,
Writing, and
Reading Scriptures
The real desire of this goal is that you will develop a lifelong habit of reaching to God through daily communication. Taking time to pray each morning and evening, to express your thoughts in writing in your prayer journal, and reading from the scriptures will provide a strength in your life that cannot be described.
The goal is for you to do these three things for 180 days. Every day that you complete a perfect PWR day, mark off a box. If you miss a day, don’t skip a box, just mark the very next box the next day that you read. There is a 60 Day award, a 120 Day award, a 180 Day award, a 240 Day award, and (if you only miss 4 or less days between March 1st and February 28th of the next year) a 300 Day award. The 180 Day award is required to earn the Yearly Pebbles Award.
And the Spirit giveth light to every man that cometh into the world; and the Spirit enlighteneth every man through the world, that hearkeneth to the voice of the Spirit. And every one that hearkeneth to the voice of the Spirit cometh unto God, even the Father. D&C 84:46-47
The PoWeR Award
Prayer,
Writing, and
Reading Scriptures
The real desire of this goal is that you will develop a lifelong habit of reaching to God through daily communication. Taking time to pray each morning and evening, to express your thoughts in writing in your prayer journal, and reading from the scriptures will provide a strength in your life that cannot be described.
The goal is for you to do these three things for 180 days. Every day that you complete a perfect PWR day, mark off a box. If you miss a day, don’t skip a box, just mark the very next box the next day that you read. There is a 60 Day award, a 120 Day award, a 180 Day award, a 240 Day award, and (if you only miss 4 or less days between March 1st and February 28th of the next year) a 300 Day award. The 180 Day award is required to earn the Yearly Pebbles Award.
ALABASTER JAR AWARD
Become a Pebbles Olympian!!!
After you have completed the Pebbles Award, we hope that you will want to go on and do it again. In fact, we hope that you will want to come back each year, setting more challenging goals as your capacity increases. For this reason, we issue another challenge.
We call this the Alabaster Jar Award. When the idea for this additional award came to me, I argued with myself. “No,” I said, “that is too hard. This will only discourage the girls.” But the Spirit whispered to me, “Yes, it will take a great effort, but if you set it, someone will achieve it.” So, here it is. You have been challenged.
Godly womanly influence, as we have said, implies being an instrument in God’s work and glory. You can become a godly warrior of womanly influence in the Lord’s Kingdom. This award involves earning the Pebbles Award four times, and then stretching just a little bit more to do those few more goals that are specific to this award. And then, wow, look what you have done!
Requirements
Receive 4 Pebbles Awards
Read the complete 4-Standard works
Plan and conduct a Great & Noble One Project
Participate in Leadership Council Meetings
The Noble & Great One Super Project
There will be more information and explanations about this when the time comes, but it wouldn’t hurt to start thinking a little bit about this Super Project. The purpose of this project is that you will do some thinking and praying about the unique gifts and talents that the Lord has blessed you with, and to come up with a meaningful project using those gifts to bless others lives. It encompasses several of the award categories.
Pebbles Leadership Counsil
It is an important part of the gospel that when you have risen, then you turn around, reach out, and pull others up with you. That is the idea behind this requirement.
In order to earn the Alabaster Jar Award, each girl must serve on the leadership committee. By doing this you will gain the knowledge and experience and confidence that you need to continue to lead and plan meetings and activities throughout the rest of your life in the Lord’s service.