Young Women in Excellence

January 13, 2016 by shelley

Young Women in Excellence “Reflections”

Our theme for Young Women in Excellence this year was “Reflections”. Each girl was to reflect upon the past year and report on the gospel item whether it was a value in personal progress, a talk at conference or a talk at church that had a lot of meaning for her. Each girl got her own mirror to decorate and it was set up by a small table for items that reflected her personality. For refreshments each girl brought her favorite dessert/snack or appetizer which was also a reflection of the YW.

Ward Fall Festival

November 16, 2015 by shelley

Ward Fall Festival

The Young Women were in charge of the Fall Festival activity for the ward.

We kicked off with trunk or treat, a costume parade and then we gathered inside the game. Inside we had a chili cook-off and carnival games. A great family centered activity!

Chili cook-off registration table

Centerpiece Chili Cook-off table

Young Women decorate for the ward Fall Festival

Chili Cook-off table

Setting out utensils

Flower Centerpiece

Eating tables

Pumpkin Bowling Game

Disk Drop Game

Knock the Cans Down game

Pin the nose on the pumpkin game

Cupcake walk

Pumpkin bean bag toss game

Fish Pond

Tic Tac Toe Toss

Bobbing for Apples

Jack o Lantern Cake

Chile table

KC 1 Ward Activity

Balloon artist

Face Painting

Doughnut on a string

Bobbing for apples

Ward Activity

Chili

Ward activity

Mormon Breakout Room…Mutual activity…AWESOME!!

November 15, 2015 by shelley

LDS MUTUAL ACTIVITY

“Mormon Themed” Breakout or Escape Room…a great

Mutual Activity!

FUN! FUN! FUN!

If you would like to do our Mormon themed breakout room for your Mutual Activity…NOW YOU CAN!!!

We have received lots of interest in the Mormon themed breakout room and worked diligently for more groups to enjoy the escape room in a reasonable and affordable way.

If you would like to rent the escape room or construct your own Mormon themed breakout room for your Mutual Activity visit www.mormonbreakout.com. Inquiries can be sent to qbennion@gmail.com.

For other great Mutual Activity ideas click on the following links:

—Johnny Lingo 8 cow wife Mutual Activity Personal Progress Individual Worth

—Family History/Genealogy Young Women Activity

—Scripture Treasure Hunt Mutual Activity or Lesson

—Mutual Activity Personal Progress Faith Value

—Mutual Activity Special Temple Night

—For the Strength of Youth, Standards Night, and Miss Molly Mormon Standards and Ice Cream Bar

Flyer advertising Breakout Room for Mutual Activity

Flyer advertising Breakout Room (Escape Room) for Mutual Activity

Breakout Rooms (or Escape Rooms) are an increasingly popular entertainment springing up all around the country. (BreakoutKC is very popular locally) They are a type of physical adventure game in which people are locked in a room with other participants and have to use elements of the room to solve a series of puzzles, find clues, and escape the room within a set time limit. Some games include sub-plots. The games are based on “escape the room” video games in which the player is locked inside a room and must explore their surroundings in order to escape. Players must be observant and use their critical thinking skills to escape the room. Other inspirations include adventure board games and movies.

Soooooo for a fun combined Mutual activity we decided to create a “Mormon theme” breakout room. Using clues from scripture, church history, Mormon culture and even the Young Women’s values and personal progress book, we made up clues, set up locks and created a “missionary apartment” from which they had to breakout!

Sign on door of breakout room…awesome MUTUAL ACTIVITY

The young men and young women were divided into 3 groups (we set up three identical breakout rooms). They were told the rules of the game and lead into their respective room and “locked” into the room with all the clues needed to open the lock on the door. They were given one hour to “breakout”. We even had an iPad in each room linked to a computer in the “control room” in the event if the group got totally stuck or got totally off base. Then, if needed a clue would appear on their iPad screen (we have had to give “clues” to keep each group on track). In the control room we could watch and listen to each group, but they could not see or hear us in the control room. With varying degrees of help all groups finally were able to breakout. After breaking out, using one last key found in the “missionaries apartment” they could open the lock on the chest holding their refreshments. Everyone enjoyed the activity!

And then due to popular demand, (on a p-day) we set the rooms up again..and again…and again… and had the missionaries in our district try to “breakout” of the missionary apartment. Again the activity was enjoyed with gusto.

Our plans are to share the Mutual activity with other wards and allow our youth to be involved on the “proctoring” end of the activity.

THE BREAKOUT ROOM:

Mutual Activity Mormon theme Breakout (Escape) Room

The CLUES and LOCKS

Mutual Activity Mormon theme Breakout (Escape) Room

EXAMPLE

Email from parents tells them to “Pray, kneel and look up”.

Mutual Activity Mormon theme Breakout (Escape) Room

Tucked into the light fixture on the ceiling is an envelop:

Mutual Activity Mormon theme Breakout (Escape) Room

“JARED” unlocks the suitcase

Mutual Activity Mormon theme Breakout (Escape) Room

ANOTHER EXAMPLE

Presidents of the church clue

Mutual Activity Mormon theme Breakout (Escape) Room

The order of the Presidents of the Church as represented on the wall (and if you don’t remember the order of the Presidents from memory it could be figured out using a bookmark in the Book of Mormon.)

Mutual Activity Mormon theme Breakout (Escape) Room

The 24 hour kit could then be opened with more clues and challenges…

Mutual Activity Mormon theme Breakout (Escape) Room

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Scripture Treasure Hunt Mutual Activity or Lesson

September 5, 2015 by shelley

Scripture Treasure Hunt Mutual Activity or lesson.

Scripture Treasure Hunt Mutual Activity or Lesson

(Updated) SCRIPTURE HUNT Mutual Activity or Lesson.

To illustrate how important it is to search the scriptures, and to really study the scriptures and find their “hidden” meaning I decided to update (previous post) my Scripture Treasure Hunt Activity.

The final “treasure” is finding the Book of Mormon with a Twinkie and

“like a Twinkie the good stuff is inside”!

Like a twinkie the good stuff is inside!

Each YW got a pocket-size edition of the Book of Mormon with a Twinkie wrapped in a pirate bandana (found in the treasure hunt) and a small treasure chest with gold chocolate and bubble gum coins.

Pirate Treasure

Small treasure chest with chocolate and bubble gum gold coins.

Individual treasure chests

Treasure Chest with chocolate and bubble gum gold coins.

I updated all the clues with a new look:

First clue in a wood box.

Clue 1 in a wooden box

Inside wood box

Clue 1 in a wooden box inside

Treasure hunt clue

Clues Scripture Treasure Hunt (.pdf format) and Clues Scripture Treasure Hunt Clues updated (.doc format)

Clues 5, 6, 7, and 8

Clues page 9, 10,11, and 12

Clues 13, 14, and 15

Master: Treasure Hunt

Master w/answers: here Clues Scripture Treasure Hunt (.doc format) or here Clues Scripture Treasure Hunt (.pdf format)

(place clues 2-15 in the places directed before the activity. The treasure is placed in the freezer in the kitchen.) Each girl needs to have her own set of scriptures to look up each clue. They can take turns reading the clues aloud.

(give 1^st clue to the girls to start the treasure hunt.)

Clue #1: Genesis 16: 7

“And the angel of the LORD found her by a fountain of water in the wilderness, by the fountain in the way to Shur.”

Answer: Water Fountain (and placement of clue 2)

Clue #2: 1 Timothy 3:1

“This is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work.”

Answer: Bishop Office (and placement of clue 3)

Clue #3: D&C 133:64

“And also that which was written by the prophet Malachi: For, behold, the day cometh that shall burn as an oven, and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble; and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the Lord of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.”

Answer: Oven (and placement of clue 4)

Clue #4: Exodus 34: 31 and 1 John 3:11

“And Moses called unto them; and Aaron and all the rulers of the congregation returned unto him: and Moses talked with them.

For this is the message that we heard from the beginning, that we should love one another.”

Answer: Telephone (and placement of clue 5)

Clue #5: Psalms 69:14

“Deliver me out of the mire, and let me not sink: let me be delivered from them that hate me, and out of the deep waters.”

Answer: Bathroom Sink (and placement of clue 6)

Clue #6: Acts 5: 15

“Insomuch that they brought forth the sick into the streets, and laid them on the beds and couches, that at the least the shadow of Peter passing by might overshadow some of them.”

Answer: Couch (and placement of clue 7)

Clue #7: D & C 124: 29 and 3 Nephi 11:26

“For a baptismal font there is not upon the earth, that they, my saints, may be baptized for those who are dead—

And then shall ye immerse them in water, and come forth again out of the water.”

Answer: Baptismal Font (and placement of clue 8)

Clue #8: Isa. 22: 18

“He will surely violently turn and toss thee like a ball into a large country: there shalt thou die, and there the chariots of thy glory shall be the shame of thy Lord’s house.”

Answer: By Basketball hoop in gym. (and placement of clue 9)

Clue #9: Nehemiah 8: 4

“And Ezra the scribe stood upon a pulpit of wood, which they had made for the purpose: and beside him stood Mattithiah, and Shema, and Anaiah, and Urijah, and Hilkiah, and Maaseiah, on his right hand: and on his left hand, Pedaiah, and Mishael, and Malchiah, and Hashum, and Hashbadana, Zechariah, and Meshullam.”

Answer: Pulpit (and placement of clue 10)

Clue #10: D&C 99:5

“And behold, and lo, I come quickly to judgment, to convince all of their ungodly deeds which they have committed against me, as it is written of me in the volume of the book.”

Answer: Library (and placement of clue 11)

Clue #11: Matthew 5:40 (most northern one)

“And if any man will sue thee at the law, and take away thy coat, let him have thy cloak also.”

Answer: Coat closet (and placement of clue 12)

Clue #12: D & C 110:3 (southside)

“His eyes were as a flame of fire; the hair of his head was white like the pure snow; his countenance shone above the brightness of the sun; and his voice was as the sound of the rushing great waters, even the voice of Jehovah, saying:”

Answer: toilet (and placement of clue 13)

Clue #13: Ether 6:4

“And it came to pass the when they had prepared all manner of food, that thereby they might subsist upon the water, and also food for their flocks and herds, and whatsoever beast or animal or fowl that they should carry with them—and it came to pass that when they had done all these things they got aboard of their vessels or barges, and set forth into the sea, commending themselves unto the Lord their God.”

Answer: Kitchen (and placement of clue 14)

Clue #14: D & C 136: 28 (in YW room)

“If thou art merry, praise the Lord with singing, with music, with dancing, and with a prayer of praise and thanksgiving.” (in YW room)

Answer: piano in YW room (and placement of clue 15)

Clue #15: Job 38: 30

“The waters are hid as with a stone, and the face of the deep is frozen.”

Answer: freezer in kitchen

(This is where the Book of Mormon with a Twinkie wrapped in a pirate bandana for each YW are found)

Poster

Pirate Map with Mormonads

Mormonads:

Mormonad

The Mormonad “Uncover Buried Treasure” may be downloaded here.

Mormonad

The Mormonad “Worth More Than Its Weight in Gold” may be downloaded here.

Mormonad

The Mormonad “Dig In To The Scriptures” may be downloaded here.

Other great Mutual Activities:

Personal Progress Activity (Individual Worth) Johnny Lingo Activity.

Personal Progress Activity (Faith Value) make the Sacrament mean more.

For The Strength of Youth Activity Mock Trial of Molly Mormon Standards.

Mutual Activity Personal Progress Faith Value

July 7, 2015 by shelley

Mutual Activity and Personal Progress

This mutual activity helped the YW complete the 4th value experience under FAITH. Not only did each YW work on completing Faith value experience number four but she also made a Sacrament book filled with pictures of the life of Jesus Christ which she can use during the Sacrament to help her focus on the Savior.

Personal Progress Mutual Activity Faith Value 4 and the Sacrament

INSTRUCTIONS (as you can see for this activity it was a little more involved than what is found under Faith Value number 4.

Faith Value 4 Personal Progress activity instructions

Faith Value 4 Personal Progress activity instructions (.doc format)

Faith Value 4 Personal Progress Activity Instructions(.pdf format)

“4 . Learn more about the sacrament . Read about the Last Supper in Matthew 26:26–28; Mark 14:22–24; and Luke 22:17–20 . Establish a pattern of pondering during the sacrament by listening carefully to the sacrament hymn and prayers . Think about why we partake of the bread and water . After three weeks of following this pattern, write in your journal some of the promises you make as you partake of the sacrament and remember your baptismal covenants and what you do to keep those promises . Record in your journal how your understanding of these promises has strengthened your faith in the Savior .”

The activity was set up in stations. The scriptures required in the value experience were part of the activity, but to help each YW understanding and knowledge of the sacrament two conference talks were included. Each girl received a folder which had a copy of the talks and a small writing journal and a pen to write. Each YW also made a sacrament booklet with pictures of the life of Christ. This booklet was to be used during the sacrament as a visual reminder of what Christ did for each of us.

Signs

Station Number 1

Sign Station Number 1 (.pdf format) Station Number 1 (.doc format)

Station Number 2

Sign Station Number 2

Sign Station Number 2 (.pdf format) Station Number Two (doc format)

At Station Two there was a copy of the requirements for this value experience as found in the YW Personal Progress Book. Also, each YW had to read the assigned scriptures found in Faith Value Experience Four and she also had to read two articles (one a conference talk “Sacrament Meeting and the Sacrament” Elder Dallin Oaks, Nov. 2008, and the other in the Ensign “Reflections on the Sacrament Prayers” Tanner, May 1987), on the Sacrament and write in her journal.