If You Are New to YW

So you have a new calling in Young Women! Awesome, and welcome! 
First, check out lds.org for a handful of helpful links (also in our sidebar):

• The YW page at lds.org
• The YW section of the new Church Handbook
• The YW Manuals (with updated resources in the sidebar!)
• Leader Resources (links to pages on just about everything in YW: Personal Progress, mutual, camp, standards, teaching...)

Now...
Here are some of our archived posts which might help you begin to learn the ropes, recognize some of the common pitfalls, and get off on the right foot. How was that for a three-way mixed metaphor? 


About Callings, and especially a YW Calling...

• So You Just Got a New Calling with Young Women? (Jan 2009) 

Teaching

• Teaching by the Spirit (Sept 2011), also on teaching with scriptures and a walk-through of the manual's introduction
• Here jeans lists Elements of a Good Lesson (February 2009)
• Our cautionary tales of Things Never to Teach in YW (November 2009)
• And Reese shares her Teaching Philosophies (Sept 2008)

For Presidencies

• Here's advice on Getting Organized (February 2010)
• and (important!) How to Sustain the Youth in their Callings too (May 2011)
• Also, thoughts on Planning Your Teaching Schedule: the lessons don't have to go in number order, the manual introduction points out (December 2011)

You and the Young Women 

• Our classic (one of our most popular posts) What's In Your Church Bag? (Dec 2007) 

We're all here to help each other! If you have questions, make use of our "Ask BN" page or simply ask your question in a comment to any lesson!