LDS Day of Service Activity Ideas
I’m so excited that our church leaders have invited church members worldwide to participate in an annual day of service! We’ll be commemorating the 75th anniversary of the Church’s welfare program. Here is the advice President Eyring gave during the April 2011 Conference: I will make three suggestions as you plan your service project[:] First, prepare yourself and those you…
History of Relief Society Slide Show
We compiled a slide show of the skits of the RS history found on-line with a slide show. We showed if for the celebration of the birthday this year, but it really could be used any time. It was a big hit!
Scripture Mastery Mix it Up
So today for scripture mastery, I passed out a sheet of 25 picture representations for each of the 25 scripture mastery scriptures. I gave the students five minutes to write out all of the references they could figure out for each picture representation. For the second set of five minutes I let them use their scriptures to fill in any…
The Importance of Following Directions
Then to give a break from the reading (and to rouse the sleepy-headed students), I passed out a “3-Minute Test.” This was a quick little quiz to test “obedience” and precision to directions. You can easily make your own. Start off by announcing that they are to read through the entire test before doing anything. But then have a series…
Re-Enactment of the First Relief Society Meeting
Heather from Women in the Scriptures has posted the following fantastic script based on the original minutes of the very first Relief Society meeting. It’s the most historically accurate script out there if you’d like to re-enact the events on the day the Relief Society was organized. Heather has posted lots of pictures of the reenactment on her blog, so…
Relief Society Pumpkin Party
This is a great activity for the fall. We chose to have this at one of the sisters homes. I’m attaching the Info sheet, a flier you can use, and the name cards we used for one of the activites. This evening was a lot of fun, it helped us get in the mood for all the Fall holidays.
Relief Society Sleepover
I belong to a singles ward. After having read many fabulous ideas posted by other sisters of the church, it seemed as though they all came from family wards. Here is one of my ward’s most successful Relief Society weekday activity. We held it at our bishops house with the bishop’s wife.( Our bishop was not present that night).Our goal…
Hats Off Activity
An easy to pull off activity for young women and their mothers. Each young woman reads/memorizes a simple 4 line verse and wears a hat that represents a portion of the demands placed upon her life.