Leadership Journeyman - Month 5 - March 2023

 Leadership Journeyman

Study/Learn

1. Fill out THIS GOOGLE FORM

2. Remember on our tour of the Capitol Building in February, we saw the Great Seal of the United States on the floor.  It was huge!  Why does the seal matter so much? Watch each of these videos about the Great Seal:

The Great Seal of the US

Symbolism

Our Nations Emblem

Pyramid on the Dollar Bill

Know/Understand

Make your OWN seal!  One that represents YOU.  The great seal of the US (and any nation) is a symbol, or many symbols, that represent that nation, and give it a direction or a purpose.  This goes along with Law 5 of Mission Driven Life: Hear the Call: Obtain a clear vision of Where you can Serve.

So think about what your "coat of arms" or "great seal" would be.  And make it!  

• Think about your hobbies, wants, dreams, and ideals.  
• How do you want others to view you? How do you want to view yourself?
• What do you think one of your life missions will be?  What is it now?  Do you have one?
• Can miracles play into your seal?
• You could include things about God, service, and character. 
• Consider symbols to represent those.  Consider the colors you might use, and why.

Some rules:

1. The symbol needs to be brought to class to share.  Hard copy.  Not digital!

2. It can be any shape, but it needs to be "shaped." Meaning don't use a regular 8 1/2 by 11 piece of paper, or a page in your commonplace book.  Make it nice.  Something you'd want to go home and hang on your bedroom wall.

3. It can be as simple or complex as your want, but you will describe the symbolism in class.

4. It can be hand drawn or made on a computer.

5. Put some real thought into your symbol, and again, make it nice!  Be proud of it!

IN CLASS

We will:

1. Get VanBucks for the quiz

2. Show our seals

3. Do a couple projects that were slotted for IA, but instead will fit into Leadership. 

 First, remember the herb walk we took way back in the fall?  We put a bunch of herbs in some oil to make some healing balm later in the year.  We're going to make it!  You'll all get to take some home.

Second, we are going to do some leather stamping.  You can bring your home-made journal and stamp it if you want.  We still have leather pieces here, so you can cut a bookmark to go with your journal and stamp it.  If you have any other leather "thing" like a bracelet or something, you can bring it to stamp.

It'll be a fun class!  Hope to see you ALL there!