Kansas City 1st Ward,
Kansas City Missouri Stake
Young Women’s New Beginnings
This year we decided to get down to the basics for New Beginnings. We used the 2013 Mutual Theme, “Stand in Holy Places” and added “Feel the Love.” We wanted the connection between when you are doing what you are suppose to be doing, i.e. “Standing in Holy Places”, you will feel the spirit or “feel the love.” We did a complete and total review of the Young Women’s Program with emphasis on Personal Progress. We reviewed YW calendars, schedules and Class Presidencies and their Responsibilities. (A folder with Ward and Stake Calendars, Schedules and Rosters was prepared for each family.) We examined the YW theme and a bit of the history of YW. Each value was presented by one of the YW and included in their talk what the value meant to them and gave examples from their own lives.
We used the YW value colors to decorate and in planning of the refreshments. The Laurels helped with making the refreshments for one Mutual Activity, and all the YW helped in a combined activity with the decorating.
Using napkins to accentuate the value color theme.
Rows and rows of value colors, even in the hanging lanterns.
Our otherwise un-colorful YW room turned vibrant with value colors!
Blackboards and cinderblock hidden with hanging plastic tablecloths in value colors.
Easy to hang color using plastic tablecloths, drapery ring and command strips.
Simple (and inexpensive) but effective use of color.
Cinderblocks covered with “love”…value colored paper hearts glued on grosgrain ribbon and hung with drapery hook and command strips.
Surrounded a picture of the temple in white. Food table center-piece bottles with coordinating colored sand and value colored hearts.
Each column of chairs decorated with coordinated value colored sashes.
Front table decorated with flowers, hearts and poster with mutual theme.
Table with programs, flowers, and poster at entrance of room.
Flowers in value colors.
Table greeting people as they entered; theme, flowers and program all in value colors.
Front table with presentation of theme, YW theme, flowers, info folders and hearts.
Sugar cookies decorated in YW value colored frosting and sparkling sugar.
Value colored heart suckers in vase with value colored rocks.
Rice krispie treats dipped in value colored chocolate and coordinated colored sprinkles arranged rows of color.
Pretzels dipped in “value colored” chocolate.
Cake pops dipped in chocolate and covered in nonpareils coordinated with YW value colors.
Rice Krispie treats and Kool-aid popcorn in YW value colors. Popcorn cups also in YW value colors.
YW New Beginnings with Refreshments in the value colors.
Before the drink added…Mason jar drinks with straws in the value colors.
Rainbow colored licorice and candy “feel the love” hearts and rainbow colored lollipops.
Heart shaped sugar cookies decorated in the YW value colors.
Value colored layered jello parfait with rainbow sprinkles. And gumball tube in value colors.
Rows of lollipops in the YW value colors.
Layered jello parfait in YW value colors and rainbow sprinkles.
View of one of the YW value colored food tables.
YW room set up for New Beginnings decorated in the YW value colors.
New Beginnings Value Color theme Kansas City First Ward.
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New Beginnings 2014
