March 2011

Under the Priesthood and after the Pattern of the Priesthood

"The priesthood and Relief Society work together to season the world."

I found these little salt and pepper shaker sets at Michaels for $1.

Personal Progress: Divine Nature #4

For this activity, I had the girls put on a name tag, but with the name of a TV or movie character.  They were to act like that character while we played some card games for 20 minutes.  Afterward, we talked about how their behavior changed when they took on someone else's name.

Then I talked about how our behavior should change when we take on Christ's name and how we should honor that name.

For a treat, since this one is about the sacrament, we had small bottles of water and Twinkies (which look like little loaves of bread . . . right?).

Hindsight Advice:
-Let them know in advance that they will be acting.  It makes it easier to come up with ideas.  (Personally, I should've been Gru from Despicable Me and when it was my turn at Go Fish, just frozen the other players and taken the cards I needed!)
-20 minutes is a long time to play a dollar store game of Go Fish.  That's all I could afford, though, and I didn't realize it'd be lamer than a regular version.

February 2011

"A Restoration of All Things"

My original intention for this one was to buy bottles of Act Restoring mouthwash and have a note that said, "When the church was RESTORED, the Relief Society got in on the ACT."  But that doesn't come in trial sizes and was too expensive to buy.

Since it's February, I got Valentine's candy and will put a note that says, "Because God loves us, he created the Relief Society when he restored the Gospel."