1. They provide safe places for us to gather with other people who share our standards.
2. They help us grow—spiritually, physically, and socially—into the kind of people Heavenly Father wants and needs us to be.
3. They help us build positive relationships with one another.
4. They give us opportunities to make a difference as we serve the Lord and our community. 
5. They provide opportunities to reach out to less-active members of the Church and to friends of other faiths. 

How have activities strengthened you? Share your experience below.