Young Women in Excellence, Young Women’s Program, LDS Church, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormon)

November 16, 2014 by shelley

Young Women in Excellence, Young Women’s Program, LDS Church, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormon)

“it’s a Jungle Out There” Welcome Sign

(I have added the printables for this event.)

Young Women in Excellence, Young Women’s year-end recognition program for the Kansas City First Ward, Kansas City Missouri Stake was held October 29, 2014. The theme for the event was “It’s a Jungle Out There” and we really did it JUNGLE!

You can download the sign here: “It’s A Jungle Out There” Welcome Sign

We decorated with palm trees, vines and large jungle animals.

Setup of refreshment table

Young Women in Excellence 2014 “It’s A Jungle out There”.

Jungle Sign Welcome

Jungle theme refreshment table

Palm tree decorations

Refreshment table

Hippopotamus

Lion

Rhinoceros

Zebra

Tiger

Monkey

Toucans

Crocodile

Giraffe

Elephant

Palm Tree

For refreshments we had an oasis with a “water”ing hole and gatorade. Jungle animal water bottles were used.

Jungle Animal Water Bottles

Gatorade

“It’s a Jungle Out There”

Watering hole

Gatorade

Oaisis–drink table

Refreshments included: “Animal Cookies”, “Gorilla poops” (no-bake cookies), “Frogs in Grass” (frog gummys with sour apple licorice straws and spearmint leaf gumdrops, “Gator Poops” (green sixlets), “Jungle Vines” (licorice), Cupcakes with animal topper, Banana Candy, Gator Gummies, jungle animal eggs with candy, jungle mints, Jungle Jollies candy and a TRAIL MIX BUFFET.

Young Women in Excellence 2014 “It’s A Jungle out There”.

“Frogs in Grass” (frog gummys, apple sour licorice straws and spearmint leaf gumdrops).

“Frogs in Grass” treat

Refreshment table

“Gorilla poops” (no-bake cookies)

“Gorilla Poops” (no-bake cookies)

Jungle mints

Animal Cookies

Jungle Animal Eggs with candy inside

Candy in egg

Jungle Jollies candy

Banana candy

Gator gummys

Gator Gummies

Jungle theme refreshment table

“Jungle Vines” (licorice)

Jungle Vines (licorice)

“It’s a Jungle Out There” Refreshment Table

Cupcakes with animal topper

Cupcakes

“Gator poops” (green sixlets)

“Gator Poops” (green sixlets)

The TRAIL MIX BUFFET!

Trail Mix Buffet

Our Decorations

Palm Trees

Setup of refreshment table

Young Women in Excellence 2014 “It’s A Jungle out There”.

Palm Trees

Young Women in Excellence 2014 “It’s A Jungle out There”.

Palm Trees

Tiger

Hippopotamus

Zebra

Rhinoceros

YW Jeep

Front table

Young Women in Excellence 2014 “It’s A Jungle out There”.

Back table

Palm Trees

Table in Foyer

Welcome Sign

Palm Trees

Giraffe

Palm Tree

Refreshment table

Giraffe and Palm tree

“It’s a Jungle Out There”

Program table

Our Program

The Program

Inside the “map”

Program YWIE 2014 inside

Back of the “map”

Program YWIE 2014 back

Download the program here:

back .doc format Program YWIE 2014 back or .pdf format Program YWIE 2014 back;

inside: .doc format Program YWIE 2014 inside or .pdf format Program YWIE 2014 inside;

cover .doc formatProgram YWIE 2014 outside cover or .pdf format Program YWIE 2014 outside cover

The cover:

Program YWIE 2014 outside cover

It was printed on 11 x 17 inch paper. And then folded like a map for the program.

The invitation was a “passport” with a “boarding pass”:

The “passport” invitation

The “boarding pass”

The boarding pass

Outside of envelope:

outside of envelop

Pages of the passport invite to download (look in your download folder): files are in .doc (Microsoft word) format, so changes can be made using Microsoft word. The page entitled Passport invite cover .doc is the cover-outside. The page entitled Passport Passport invite inside cover is the inside (printed on card stock). I printed one page for the front and turned paper over and re-printed on same sheet of paper for the back of cover. passport invite 2.doc are the inside pages (again front and back turned and reprinted on same sheet of paper). writing .doc was reprinted on the inside page. Pages were trimmed, inside inserted inside the cover, folded and stapled. (Hope that makes sense). Also the BOARDING PASS (also in .doc format). (It was folded and inserted inside the “passport”.) Adjustments might need to be made depending on your printer. I used a corner rounder punch since real passports have rounded corners. Included are the envelop labels I used on the envelopes.

: The “passport” invitation

: The “passport” invitation

: The “passport” invitation

: The “passport” invitation

: The “passport” invitation

: The “passport” invitation

: The “passport” invitation

: The “passport” invitation

: The “passport” invitation

Table in Foyer

Framed Sign: “It’s A Jungle Out There” in .pdf format Jungle Sign

Framed Scripture 1 Nephi 3:7:

Scripture _And it came to pass that I_

Download scripture: Scripture _And it came to pass that I_.doc format or Scripture _And it came to pass that I_.pdf format

The YW display boards:

: YW Presentation Board

: YW Presentation Board

: YW Presentation Board

: YW Presentation Board

: YW Presentation Board

: YW Presentation Board

: YW Presentation Board

: YW Presentation Board

: YW Presentation Board

: YW Presentation Board

: YW Presentation Board

: YW Presentation Board

: YW Presentation Board

: YW Presentation Board

: YW Presentation Board

: YW Presentation Board

: YW Presentation board

: YW Presentation board

: YW Presentation board

: YW Presentation board

: YW Presentation board

Special Musical number, Nephi’s Courage (download music 2002-01-1050-nephis-courage-eng) or link to song Childrens Songbook 120 (listen to music)

Nephi’s Courage

Nephi’s Courage page 2

The event:

: Young Women

: Young Women

: Bennions

: Kelleys and YW leader

: Bennions

: Young Women and audience

: Young Women and audience

: Young Women and audience

: Young Women and leaders

: Young Women and leaders

: Young Women and leaders

: Young Women and leaders

: View of the room.

Links to Other Young Women events:

Young Women in Excellence 2013

New Beginnings 2013

New Beginnings 2014

New Beginnings 2015 Embark

Standards Night 2013

Standards Night-Molly Mormon Standards Trial

Mutual Activity Johnny Lingo (Individual Worth)

Young Women in Excellence…our preparations

November 16, 2014 by shelley

Young Women in Excellence our preparations…

The theme for our Young Women in Excellence this year is , “It’s a Jungle Out There!”

Welcome Sign

It came to us after listening to the stories of what our Young Women deal with on a daily basis…especially at their schools etc.

Big palm trees were fashioned from the inner cardboard tube of carpet rolls. We crinkled wide strips of kraft paper and hot glued it on the tube for the palm tree trunk. The leaves were constructed from wire hot glued down the center of cut out crepe paper leaves. Extra wire was left on one end and bent and stuck in the top of the tube. Stands were made from pressed board with 1 x 4’s cut and screwed on. The 1 x4’s were cut into sections 2 feet long. One end of the 1 x4 was cut on an angle to allow the trees to stand at angles.

The YW construct big palm trees.

Leaders were involved with the tree making also.

The YW construct big palm trees.

Each girl picked a scripture to represent her. Each girl also made a display including a presentation board that reflected her accomplishments and her personality.

Young Women work on their personal presentation boards.

Smaller palm trees were made from mailing tubes with the crinkled brown kraft paper glued on it with palm leaves stuck on top. The tubes were put in gravel in a cup and brown kraft paper over the cup.

Gluing crinkled brown craft paper to mailing tube for palm tree trunk

Crinkled brown craft paper to make palm tree trunk

base of smaller palm trees

Mailing Tubes to make palm trees

And jungle animals were drawn

Hippopotamus

Lion

Toucans

Monkey

Tiger

Zebra

Rhinoceros

Crocodile

Giraffe

Elephant

Palm Tree

Palm Trees

The Young Women that decorated:

Young Women that decorated.

The Young Women decorated for Young Women in Excellence:

Putting up “vines” in the jungle.

Scriptures chosen by the Young Women: scriptures

YW pictures and their scripture

Mutual Activity, LDS, For the Strength of Youth, Standards Night, and Miss Molly Mormon Standards “Trial” and Ice Cream Bar

May 10, 2014 by shelley

LDS For the Strength of Youth

Standards Night

Miss Molly Mormon Standards Mock Trial

and Ice Cream Bar

Great idea for Mutual

We put Miss Molly Mormon Standards on trial!

If you would like the script to our “Mock Trial” click here Molly Mormon Standards on Trial in .doc format (look in your download folder) or Molly Mormon Standards on Trial in .pdf format.

Molly Mormon Standards Trial: Miss Divine Nature on the Stand

For our Standards Night we wanted to test the standards as found in the pamphlet “For The Strength of Youth.” We put Miss Molly Mormon Standards on trial (script: Molly Mormon Standards on Trial). She was tried in the Court of Kansas City First Ward Judicial District in the State of Cool with the Honorable Judge Bishop presiding. Miss Standards was charged with one count of deference to modesty and a second count of intolerance to trend with popular culture. The prosecutor Ms Cool brought three witnesses to the stand to testify against Miss Molly Mormon Standards. The Witnesses included: Prom Queen, Candy Samples and Ava Tar. The defender, Ms P. Progress (the P. stood for Personal) also had three witnesses. They were Miss Humility Anne Modesty, Miss Integrity Virtue (Ivy for short) Wisdom and Miss Divine Nature.

Invitations to the Young Women and their parents was an official looking “Supoena”.

(In an official looking envelop).

The achievement/activity Primary girls were our jury so they received an invitation via a summons for “Jury Duty”.

(Also in an official looking envelop).

“SUPOENA” invitation for STANDARDS NIGHT Mock Trial

“Supoena” invitation

JURY SUMMONS invitation for jury for standards Night mock trial.

” Summons” Jury Duty invitation Primary girls

If you would like the script to our “Mock Trial” click Molly Mormon Standards on Trial in .doc format (look in your download folder) or Molly Mormon Standards on Trial in .pdf format.

For a copy of the “supoena” invitation click “Supoena” invitation (.pdf format) or Supoena (.doc format-look in download folder).

For a copy of the “jury duty summons” invitation for the Primary girls click “Summons Jury Duty” invitation Primary Girls or Mock Trial Summons Jury Duty (.doc format-look in download folder).

For refreshment we had an ice cream bar (law students must pass the bar) so we decided we wanted to pass by (and sample) an “ice cream bar”!!!

Molly Mormon Standards on Trial

For the Strength of Youth

Our Courtroom:

Clerk and Court Reporter

Courtroom

The Judge

The Defense

The Jury

Long view of “courtroom”

Courtroom action:

The Jury (Achievement/Activity Primary Girls)

The Defendant and spectators

The Court Report and Court Clerk

Miss Molly Mormon Standards

Bailiff has to remove cell phone from witness Ava Tar

The Witness Humility Anne Modesty is sworn in.

Miss Integrity Virtue (Ivy) Wisdom testifies

Miss Divine Nature on the Stand

Ava Tar on the stand

Prosecution strategies

The Courtroom

Reporter and Clerk

the Prosecutor in action

Ava Tar on the stand

The jury listens attentatively

Miss Ivy Wisdom takes the oath

The judge

The lawyer for the defense and Molly Mormon Standards

The judge

The Prosecutor

Miss Humility Anne Modesty

Ava Tar taking the oath

Clerk and court reporter

Witnesses for the prosecution

Courtroom crowd

Miss Humility Anne Modesty testifies

The defense attorney

Ava Tar on the stand for the prosecution

The prosecutor

Miss Candy Samples for the prosecution testifies

Courtroom decor

Clerk and court reporter

The Courtroom

Courtroom decor

And our ice cream bar

Ice Cream Bar

refreshments

Passing the Ice Cream Bar

Other Young Women events:

Standards Night 2013 “2 ‘Bee’ Holy”

New Beginnings 2015 Embark

New Beginnings 2014: “Come Unto Christ”

New Beginnings 2013: “Stand In Holy Places”

Young Women in Excellence 2013: “Sweet is the Work of Personal Progress”

A visit with Emma Smith

Johnny Lingo Eight Cow Activity (Individual Worth)

Andy Reid and the Kansas City Chiefs

May 8, 2014 by shelley

As Young Women’s Leader in our ward I got to enjoy the experience of a multi-stake fireside featuring Andy Reid the head coach of the Kansas City Chiefs on Family, Faith and Football. His wife Tammy was also a speaker.

Family Faith and Football Fireside

They have also spoke at firesides in Olathe and Platt City recently. The fireside was featured in both the Kansas City Star Newspaper and the Deseret News Newspaper in Utah.

He told the newspaper, “In our church, we try to get out and talk to members of the church and at the same time, anybody in the community that would like to listen about family, faith and football,” Reid told the newspaper. “Those are three of our favorite subjects and we just try to share our experiences with people.”

Andy Reid Fireside Faith, Family, and Football

LDS Young Women’s Camp Fundraiser…Girls on Fire!

April 1, 2014 by shelley

Girls on Fire!

We held our Young Women’s camp fundraiser. Girl’s on Fire!

Camp Fundraiser for Young Women’s Camp

We had an exhibition volleyball game, (YW vs bishopric) with creative rules in conjunction with a silent auction with donated items. Some of the creative rules were volleyball with hats, using a beach ball, multiple balls, sheet over the net, categories and hot potato.