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Preparing for Activities

The documents, videos, and other resources in this collection provide guidance, direction, and policy on activity planning, transportation, and fitness for all types of activities, including overnight camps and treks.—DescriptiveListPurpose

Key principles in the videos below provide essential elements for planning fun, uplifting, and safe activities.

“What About Dating” - photos for Liahona, Dec 2012

"What About Dating" - photos for Liahona, Dec 2012

Planning a Safe Activity

These key principles provide essential elements for planning fun, uplifting, and safe activities.

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Bicycles

Leaving Church Domain

Key Principles for Safe Activities

Distractions are known to compromise the safety of the driver, passengers, pedestrians, and people in other vehicles. Learn more about how to prevent distracted driving below.

Man Typing Text Message On Mobile Phone While Driving Car

Texting

Distracted Driving

Watch this video to see which behaviors can lead to drowsy driving.

Screenshot from the Drowsy Driving: The Sleepy Killer Video.

Drowsy Driving: The Sleepy Killer

Drowsy Driving

To help youth learn from the experiences of the handcart pioneers, leaders may plan handcart trek reenactments for youth conferences.

Two young women dressed as pioneers smile together while on trek.

A young woman in a straw hat, pink kerchief, and blue shirt next to another young woman with pigtails, a bonnet, and a pink checkered shirt.

Young Women on Trek

Trek Safety

Watch this video to see how a youth leader physically prepared himself for an activity.

EnglishConnect 2

Get in Shape

Steve Thelin, rocket scientist and youth leader, takes his youth group on a camping and hiking trip in the Grand Canyon. Watch how their advanced planning, training, preparation, and willingness to listen to the Spirit led them safely out of a life-threatening experience.

Group of Hikers backpacking through the Grand Canyon to Havasu Falls

Group of Hikers

Planning and Relying on the Spirit

Use for planning an event or activity that includes special considerations, an overnight stay, or travel outside the local area.

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Climbing Wall

Event and Activity Plan

The health and safety of camp guests are essential priorities in the management of Church camps. Reasonable efforts should be made to ensure that camp guests have a positive and uplifting experience.

Bonfire

Recreational Property Health and Safety Checklist

This fact sheet addresses severe weather planning for the protection of participants taking part in Church-sponsored events.

Storm clouds, Dramatic clouds, Dark sky, Summer storm

Storm Clouds

Severe Weather Planning Fact Sheet

The documents, videos, and other resources in this collection provide guidance, direction, and policy on activity planning, transportation, and fitness for all types of activities, including overnight camps and treks.

Steve Brimley, this content is for safety and health manuals

FRD Safety and Health

https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/callings/safety/preparing-for-activities?lang=eng

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Preparing For Activities—Church Guidelines & Resources

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Church leaders should utilize the guidelines and resources to prepare for their ward and stake activities. All those participating in planning and running a local activity should review and utilize all the resources relevant to their activity. Carefully and prayerfully review and utilize the information provided. 

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Three young women walk together at youth conference.

Preparing For Activities

<h2>Choosing the Right Time</h2><p>Your availability date is the earliest date you will be available to begin serving. Many missionaries plan their availability date based on the school year, but you may also benefit from using a few extra months to prepare for missionary service by gaining valuable life experience. Choosing to spend more time preparing does not mean you are any less willing, worthy, or obedient.</p>

<h2>Balancing the Number of Missionaries</h2><p>If you choose to begin serving between November and May, there will typically be fewer new missionaries in the missionary training center (MTC) and in your arriving group in the mission field. As a result, you might receive more individual attention, a more experienced missionary trainer, or both. Starting during these months would also help to balance the arrival and departure of missionaries throughout the year.</p>

<h2>Fulfilling Your Term of Service</h2><p>Missionaries are expected to serve their full term of service (24 months for elders and 18 months for sisters). Please do not ask your mission president to release you earlier than your assigned release date. Use the provided tools to plan when your stake president should submit your recommendation to help avoid timing issues when you return home.</p>

<h2>Submission Planning Tool</h2><p>This tool will help you determine when your stake president should submit your missionary recommendation to increase the probability of starting your mission at a certain time.</p>

<h2>Mission Release Date Planning Tool</h2><p>This tool will help you determine which submission dates and availability dates will increase the probability of being released by a certain date.</p>

Planning When to Serve a Mission

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* If you plan to serve before you turn 19, your availability date must be after your 18th birthday and high school (or equivalent) graduation.

The chart below indicates which submission and availability dates are most and least likely to result in your release by the desired date.