Seekers
Ages 11 to 13
- Young Men Deacons Quorum
- Young Women Builders of Faith
“Can I take care of myself and contribute to my group?”
Seeker's Field Guide
A Christ-centered program for young men and young women ages 11 to 18. Youth grow through campouts, service, leadership and real responsibility at home, and they record every step in a field journal of their own.
ZLAP helps youth become faithful disciples of Jesus Christ, capable leaders, devoted family members, responsible citizens, self-reliant adults and confident outdoorsmen and women.
It supports the Church's Children and Youth effort and builds on what youth are already doing at church, at home, at school and on the trail. Each youth works through three stages over seven years, with requirements spread across seven pillars.
Most of the work happens in ordinary life. A month of daily prayer. Cooking dinner for the family. A five-mile hike. Helping a younger kid who is having a hard time. A parent or leader signs off on each one.
Young men advance with their priesthood quorum and young women with their class, so each stage lines up with a group youth are already part of on Sunday.
“Can I take care of myself and contribute to my group?”
“Can I help others succeed?”
“Am I prepared to stand on my own and help others do the same?”
Every stage has requirements in the same seven pillars. Finish a pillar and you earn its bar (young men) or jewel (young women).
The workbook is the youth's own record. The ZLAP app keeps the same progress in one place so leaders and parents can see where things stand.
Each stage has its own workbook with the requirements, goal pages, campout logs, service records and room for journal entries and testimony.
A parent, guardian or leader signs off as each requirement is finished. Plenty of them count things youth already do at home, at school, in sports or at work.
A bar or jewel goes into the workbook for each finished pillar. All seven earns that stage's Compass Challenge Coin.
Youth, parents and leaders sign in to the ZLAP app to see progress and record what has been finished.