How to Plan an Amazing Mutual Activity
Our ward held a combination leadership/planning meeting last Sunday before Conference. This handout contains some of the information that we discussed during our training. Plan an amazing mutual activity with these tips. Your activity does not need to match all of these items, but it Purposeful Planning: Amazing Mutual Activities Ministering Who in our class needs help or support? How can…
The Prayer Bucket
A veteran Seminary teacher told me about this method of choosing prayers for class that helps avoid having the same few kids volunteer to pray each day. I have used a similar method in Young Womens classes, too, and it works beautifully. You’ll need : a wooden Popsicle-style craft stick for every person in your class (plus some extras in…
Mother’s Day Service: Youth Teach Primary
I accidentally got cc’d on a unit’s service activity email list for a youth service activity: teaching Primary for Mother’s Day so that the women can attend Relief Society. I’m sharing it here without last names so you can use it as a template to plan a similar event in your area. I always like this event when it’s done…
Fund Raiser
In March we have the bishopric announce that the YW are going to be having a yard sale as a fund raiser about one month before the yard sale. We arrange for everything to be stored in one location and members of the ward donate items to be sold at the yard sale. They bishopric really help out with picking…
Youth fundraising activity
We are into our second year of this activity. We sell tickets to a ward family dinner and after dinner we hold an auction. People from our ward have donated most of the items/services. We hold a live auction for these items and a silent auction for the items donated by the kids (in this instance, the girls going to…
Youth camp fundraising idea
For our youth camp fund raiser last year we held a garage sale at a members home during their town wide garage sale. It was very successful. We earned almost $900. Enough to send all of the youth in our ward to camp.
Memorize “The Living Christ”
Kick off the challenge by having each leader memorize a paragraph of “The Living Christ.” Each leader recites her memorized paragraph. After this the YW president will give the challenge of following the prophet’s counsel to have spiritual experiences, to know our Savior through study, and to be a light unto others. Memorizing “The Living Christ” will fulfill all of…
Fundraiser
Our ward has had garage sales for YW and Boys camp. The ward members donate their unwanted items, collected at a willing members home where the garage sale will be held. A night or 2 before we sort like items together. Most clothing should all be one price to keep it simple. Mark everything else in quarter increments to simplify…