Family Home Evening

For our Family Home Evening activity, we made FHE assignment charts and talked about why we have FHE. We had a simple pattern to follow and with the addition of lots of different paper and color options, the girls made each chart uniquely their own. The idea can be found here: http://www.pinterest.com/pin/126311964519626606/ Here are some of the fruits of our artistic labors. ...

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Step 1...

Though I grew up in this ward, it has been 14 years since I lived here. I don't know these girls. I don't really know most of their parents. I am semi out of touch with today's kids. I needed a crash course in who they are as individuals and as a group. "Family Feud: Get To Know You" was a great way to do this. I made questionnaires for each of the girls to fill out that included both fun and church related subjects (favorite color, favorite movie, favorite family vacation, favorite scripture,...

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In the beginning...

If you are anything like me, you find it a little difficult to be thrown into a calling you know nothing about and are left to sink or swim. Activity Days was that calling for me. I was not familiar with the program (it didn't exist when I was that age) and there wasn't really anyone to show me the ropes. Google became my best friend in teaching me what to do and now I feel it is time to pay it forward so to speak. Here is my journey in learning what it means to be an Activity Days leader, growing...

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