Sisters Bown Receive Young Womanhood Recognition Awards

Grace Bown and her mother Paula Bown have together completed and received the Young Womanhood Recognition Award. 

To receive this award both had to commit to:

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Attend sacrament meeting regularly (where possible).


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Live the standards in For the Strength of Youth.


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Complete value experiences and project for each of eight values of the Personal Progress program.


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Keep a personal journal.


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Attend seminary or participate in independent study
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Read the Book of Mormon regularly.


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Record her testimony of the Savior Jesus Christ.


This award recognizes Sister Paula and Grace Bown for worthiness and encourages them both to continue following this pattern of progress in life; to make and keep sacred temple covenants; keeping the commandments, serving others, and developing and sharing their gifts and talents.

Grace, at 16 has now completed this young woman’s program, so what's next in her remaining two years in the Young Women's program?  “I’ll probably do it again,” she says.

Paula states she is so happy to have completed this program with her daughter … and wishes she had done it with Sarah and Elizabeth, too.  “It is truly an inspired program.”