After a successful Relief Society activity that I had inadvertently
volunteered to set up, I was called to head the RS activity committee. What committee???
I have a few ideas to share, but some require more participation
than I have been getting. Aurelia loves
the idea of doing a "Price is Right" activity as we had done in my
previous ward. See here and here hopefully (if there is no screen on the second here, try this one).
I initially brought it up because Aurelia said that we
needed to do an activity on food storage and I thought that was a fun activity
- but certainly not one we can pull off with just three participants. So that will be on hold until September at
least. Meanwhile I gave the suggestion
of doing a Patriotic program.
Several years ago (several) my brother, Corey, was asked
to present a program to the RS on patriotic songs. I don't know if he came up with his own agenda
on how to present it, or if it had been suggested to him. I know that he did his own research.
It was back in the day before Internet and Google. Corey used the card catalogue and spent hours
upon hours checking out material at the library and recording songs. With each piece of music he played, he
presented a bit of trivia about the song itself.
Roland wanted to change this to make it more appealing. Granted, it's not the greatest, but still from his suggestions |
With internet access it should work up faster for me than
it did for Corey. Maybe not. I am getting input and feedback - but not
from the sisters I serve, but rather Roland who is eager to jump in and tackle
each project I have created for the benefit of the Relief Society. He always wants to help with the hand-outs
and the activity itself. Roland's like
that. He wants to be involved. He's assisted in a countless amount of activities on a stake level.
Last week he was released from his calling as Sunday
School teacher and was put in as the assistant to the financial clerk - which
only goes to prove that God really does have a sense of humor. As I have had time to think about it, I truly
do believe the calling was inspired and that he will grow from it and perhaps
learn how to budget our money and time as well.
He finally did come up with his own announcement (using the background he had initially suggested)
He finally did come up with his own announcement (using the background he had initially suggested)