The 24th Ward Relief Society celebrated their March
Relief Society Birthday in Sisterhood style!
We started in the Relief Society Room where we had opening
exercises, inviting the Spirit to be with us throughout the evening.
Our theme was
"My Favorite Things"
Our goal was to learn something new about each sister as well as how much we all have in common.
The sisters were given a brown bag the Sunday before, with instructions to put their favorite thing in the bag & drop it off at the cultural hall before the Relief Society Meeting. Also that no one was to see who bought each item. It was top secret!
From the Relief Society Room we then dismissed into the
cultural hall. There we were pleasantly surprised to see beautiful decorated
tables with aprons, brown paper packages, mittens & snow flakes on each
one! They even had big colorful umbrellas scattered along the stage & a
cute variety of aprons on the walls!
The sisters lined up in the hall where they were handed a
numbered piece of paper & pencil with earlier instructions given. They were
told to write down the name of the sister with the number on the item. All the
sister’s favorite items were carefully placed along a table. The sisters really
enjoyed trying to figure out whose item belonged to whom! At this time, a lot
of visiting went on among the sisters as well as reminiscing also. It became like
a great mystery to be solved & it was surprisingly fun!!!
It is now time to sit down for their birthday
dinner which included teriyaki chicken, baked potatoes with all the condiments,
fresh green beans & rolls, with raspberry brownie cake for dessert! Yum!
Prepared by our food committee.
Thanks!
Just
as we started to wind down from our nice dinner words from the song “A Few of
My Favorite Things “came up on the back of the stage along with a picture of
Julie Andrews. We all broke out singing karaoke style!
(Make sure you sing along too!)
Then just as we were finishing eating our dessert, we were
invited to sing “Happy Birthday” to the Relief Society, which included a
beautiful double layer box birthday cake. We then, had a sister randomly pick
out of a can, several names of other sisters who each took a couple minutes and
explained why the item they brought was their favorite thing. This turned out
to be emotionally moving! This was because we had items from a 1900 Book of Mormon,
to a fathers watch who had passed on, to
old family photo’s, to a bag of M&
M’s candies and everything in-between! Our sisters did not hold back on sharing
their very special & tender stories behind each item! It was totally
awesome!
We then enjoyed singing karaoke style again, the words of “A
Few of My Favorite Things” but this time the words were changed to a more
spiritually personable way in relation to sisterhood. It included pictures of
random acts of kindness among our dear sisters of the ward. This was a very
nice ending to a well rounded evening!
(again, sing along)
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| Jolene took her fathers watch and turned it in to a beautiful woman's watch |
Here are some of the "favorite things":
Ruth - Rose
Mickie - framed flowers
Connie - M&M's
Julie - Book of Mormon, drink
Annette - Old Book of Mormon
Beckee - chocolate & remote
Misty - wooden spoon
Eileen - old book
Paige - DVR remote
Jill - Boy Scout wooden boy
Dixie - Crystal dish
Nellie - Pacemaker
Donna - black necklace
Anna Lou - family pictures, Jesus
Kathy - Temple
Jolene - watch
Kathleen - jewelry
Hillsman - lighthouse
Carol - Mickey Mouse
Mary Beth - painting of Temple
Elaine - mini sewing machine
Rosalie - truck with Hot Wheels
Annie - flip flops, kindle, hair bows, movie, cologne
JeriLynn - scrap book pages
Jody - casserole pan
April - Suze Orman book
Joan - family pictures
- ski pass
At the close of the meeting a sister stood up and shared a
sentimental poem on how the apron was such an important part of our ancestor’s
lives. She finished with expressing her great love & gratitude for her
sisters and all they do in the ward!
This meeting was a wonderful success! It was truly an
eye & ear awakening experience for everyone involved! Happy Birthday to the
Relief Society!
Relief Society Sisterhood truly lives on!
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