Planning Successful LDS Singles Activities: A case study of the Memphis Tennessee LDS Singles Branch
I interviewed a Young Single Adult in the Memphis, Tennessee area, John Moore, and got a lot of information on activities that group has held over the past few years. Planning / Advertising One of the keys for holding successful singles’ activities, according to Brother Moore, is holding events that single males enjoy. It seems that many women show up…
Planning a Successful Youth Conference or Handcart Trek
Planning a Pioneer Trek can be a very stressful experience, but it doesn’t have to be that way. If you find yourself called to plan and lead a group of young LDS Pioneers on a pioneer handcart trek, just follow these simple guidelines and you’ll have a wonderful journey along the trail. 1. Have Bishops assign Ma’s and Pa’s from…
YW In Excellence — School of Excellence
This is a School theme. You decorate the whole thing like a school class room up front and leaders come dressed as teachers with suits, hair buns, whistles, glasses, etc. Invitation ideas: Mini chalk boards, box of crayons, something apple, brown sack with pull out, ruller, hall pass, invitation to Parent Teacher conference Decor: Chalkboard with our theme on it,…
Helps for teaching about scripture study
Deseret Book has released a free book called Please Pass the Scriptures by John Hilton III. The book is full of ideas of how to get more from your scripture study. A good resource for both teachers and learners. Available (for free) at http://deseretbook.com/free. That site has several other books available for free as well.
Temple Trip Activity
For our Primary Quarterly Activity we attended the Houston Texas Temple. We met in the waiting room of the temple and had an opening song and prayer then listed the ‘dos and don’ts’ / rules while at the temple. We then divided the children into two groups (each child received a colored sticker upon entrance). The entire group walked to…
Find Someone Who
This is a good activity to do with students at the beginning of a course. It provides a quick way for students to connect with one another and helps them overcome initial shyness in a new situation. Introduction Tell students that they are going to play a game to find out things they might not know about each other. They…
Here Am I; Send Me
The following video presentation was made at the General Relief Society Meeting broadcast on September 28, 2002. You can use the video (which should be in your stake library) during a RS birthday activity, or you could use the transcript below as a skit. “Video: Here Am I; Send Me,” Ensign, Nov. 2002, 101 Bonnie Parkin: “One hundred sixty-one years…
Project Noah: Theme for Preparedness Activities
Use the theme “It wasn’t raining when Noah built the ark!” to promote your next food storage activity. One ward created Project: Noah handbooks for each family. With the goal of encouraging families to focus on collecting items that will sustain life, they included a description of the importance of building food storage on the basics: beans, wheat, water, salt,…
Awesome Activities for LDS Church members
