Progressive Dinner Organizer
From Lela L: Our ward does a yearly progressive dinner. I was talking to the lady that organizes it and she was telling me how much work goes into it. I thought– I wonder if there could be a spreadsheet that would do all the work? Well, now there is. I created this spreadsheet– all you have to do is…
Salsa Night
We had sisters in our ward share their salsa recipes, make and bring salsa for eating, and even learned how to salsa dance. One sister demonstrated her salsa making skills and we had a pinata at the end to break with some yummy candy inside.
Go to the DC Temple on the Metro using the free temple shuttle
Go to the Washington DC Temple on the Metro. Just get on the red line and get off at Forest Glen station and take the free temple shuttle. Make sure to check the schedule at http://templeshuttle.org before going.
The Friendship Express
This is a great “Getting to know you” activity. It works like speed-dating. Where everyone rotates which table they sit at for 3 minutes getting to know the other person sitting with them. This was such a great activity, and everyone had a wonderful time. SET UP Set up in one of the longer rooms in your building. Place the…
Relief Socie”T”y party
We had a “T” party to celebrate the RS Birthday. It was so much fun. Instead of it being a Tea party, we made it a “T” party and came up with all sorts of “T” words that represented what the Relief Society stands for. Such as…Chari”T”y, Spirituali”T”y, Hones”T”y, Visiting “T”eaching. The list is long and fun. We then used…
JELLO Festival
The LDS culture has always had a tie to JELLO. So we decided to laugh and have a JELLO Festival. This is a great activity if you do not have a huge budget. We had a JELLO collection box in the foyer for everyone to donate old food storage. We then started planning the JELLO Festival we had: Jello taste-testing:…
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!
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…
Awesome Activities for LDS Church members
