New Beginnings Peace in Christ

March 2, 2018 by shelley

New Beginnings Peace in Christ 2018

Young Women New Beginnings “Peace in Christ”

We used this year’s Mutual theme D & C 19:23 “Peace In Christ” for our New Beginnings theme. Where can we turn for peace, where do we go to find Christ? For some it is in prayer, for others they turn to the scriptures. Other people seek solace by going to a special quiet place, like a garden. Gardens have played a special role in the history of mankind. The Garden of Eden was man’s first home given to him from God. It is also where the fall occurred. Interestingly enough, Christ’s atonement also took place in a garden, the Garden of Gethsemane. So two of the greatest events in the history of mankind took place in a garden. Another great event took place in a grove of trees, when Joseph Smith prayed to seek the answers he sought. The Sacred Grove is a garden of trees.

Gardens have been where some of the most spiritual events in our history have occurred. So we decided to use the garden theme for our NEW BEGINNINGS theme this year.

Young Women New Beginnings “Peace in Christ”

Front table

Young Women New Beginnings “Peace in Christ”

PROGRAM

Our program included a special musical number: “Peace in Christ” sung by the Young Women. Opening song was Primary Song, “When I Am Baptized” and closing song Hymn, “Where Can I Turn For Peace?”

Four of the Young Women gave a “quiz” about the Young Women’s Program and Personal Progress and then went through the answers with everyone. We used the quiz idea from the website: The Red Headed Hostess. Three of the Young Women gave talks “Where Can I Turn For Peace.”

At the end of the program each girl received a white rose, necklace and pens with the mutual theme. (Necklaces were from the Etsy shop templesquares and the pens with mutual theme were from LatterDayPrintables.)

Our program: (our cover and posters in the room were from the shop Westwillow on Etsy.

Young Women New Beginnings “Peace in Christ”

Young Women’s theme (from the shop PixellePress on Etsy).

Young Women New Beginnings “Peace in Christ”

New Beginnings Program

GARDEN PARTY

After our program it was time for our garden party complete with white hats and gloves (everyone received their own white hat and gloves).

Young Women New Beginnings “Peace in Christ”

We sipped lemonade from cups and saucers

Young Women New Beginnings “Peace in Christ”

And of course all the proper tiny desserts! (Petit fours, macarons and macaroons, tiny brownies, cream puffs, tiny cinnamon rolls, mini muffins, shortcake and berries, shortbread cookies, madeleines, transfer chocolates with shortbread inside, kourabiedes, mini lemon and lime bars, pineapple cookies, sugar cookies with wafer paper, fruit, and finger sandwiches).

Young Women New Beginnings “Peace in Christ”

Our walls were covered in flowers!

Young Women New Beginnings “Peace in Christ”

Photos were taken of each girl with the rose background.

Young Women New Beginnings “Peace in Christ”

Our invitations were pop-up flowers sent out with vintage flowered stamps.

Young Women New Beginnings “Peace in Christ”

New Beginnings Young Women 2017

March 5, 2017 by shelley

New Beginnings

“Ask”

James 1: 5-6

Logo LDS Mutual Theme 2017

“ASK”

New Beginnings “Ask”

For our New Beginnings we decided to use this year’s Mutual Theme. The logo and other resources provided by the church started us thinking…

The balloon quote with ask in it made us think of the artist Roy Lichtenstein and his art that has a comic book feel to it and he often uses balloon quotes

Roy Lichtenstein art

We took pictures of all the Young Women and using an app converted their pictures to a more “cartoon look”. They all wrote down questions. These were used in decorating the walls. We also used the question mark (?) and the building silhouette throughout the decor.

New Beginnings “Ask”

Table in hallway

New Beginnings “Ask”

Table in front of room and front blackboard

New Beginnings “Ask”

The Refreshments

For refreshments we had cookies and milk….the cookies each had a surprise inside that was the mystery another ?.

Cookies with ? in the middle

We used rectangular vases with the building silhouette for a candy bar.

New Beginnings “Ask”

Each girl received a folder of information, a bracelet with the mutual theme and a framed picture of the Kansas City Temple.

Folder of Information

Packet of Information

Bracelet

Theme bracelet for each YW

Framed picture f Kansas City Missouri temple (pdf format Kansas City Missouri Temple)

Kansas City Missouri Temple

The invitation:

Invitation to New Beginnings

: Invitation to New Beginnings

: Invitation to New Beginnings

: Invitation to New Beginnings

: Invitation to New Beginnings

: Invitation to New Beginnings

: Invitation to New Beginnings

The program:

The Program

We viewed the “Ask of God” Mutual theme video

We had a remarkable speaker, Evy Tanner a Laurel in our Stake. We asked her to speak on “Asking” our Heavenly Father and to tell of her personal experiences…She spoke of how when she was four she prayed to be turned into a chicken but was thankful that prayer was answered. She also shared how her family experienced a miracle this past June when their prayers (and thousands of others) were answered when her father was rescued after being lost at sea off of Honduras (see Fox news).

Evy delivered a powerful talk.

And our event:

New Beginnings “Ask”

Our Young Women “Lichtenstein Style”

: New Beginnings “Ask”

: New Beginnings “Ask”

: New Beginnings “Ask”

: New Beginnings “Ask”

: New Beginnings “Ask”

: New Beginnings “Ask”

: New Beginnings “Ask”

: New Beginnings “Ask”

: New Beginnings “Ask”

Link to other New Beginnings

2016 Young Women in Excellence

2015 Young Women in Excellence

2014 Young Women in Excellence

2013 Young Women in Excellence

2012 Young Women in Excellence

New Beginnings Press Forward With a Steadfastness in Christ

February 13, 2016 by shelley

Kansas City First Ward New Beginnings 2016

“Press Forward With a Steadfastness in Christ”

We used this years Mutual theme for our New Beginnings “Press Forward With a Steadfastness in Christ”. When one try to think of a good example of pressing forward with a steadfastness in Christ the handcart pioneers comes to mind and the artwork of Sandra Rast’s piece called “Press Forward” is perfect, (a special thank you to Sandra Rast for letting us use her image of the handcart pioneers).

Press Forward by artist Sandra Rast

Each Young Women told of one of the handcart pioneers from the Willie/Martin Handcart Company and then shared how they found inspiration to Press Forward with Steadfastness in Christ.

Our invitation was done on a slab of wood sent in a small burlap sack using vintage stamps depicting pioneers:

Invitation New Beginnings Press Forward done on a slab of wood, sent in burlap sack

Using Vintage Stamps depicting the early pioneers

Invitation New Beginnings Press Forward done on a slab of wood, sent in burlap sack

Our program was also done on a slab of wood with the program on one side and the Young Women’s theme on the other side:

These were on the foyer table to be picked up as people came into the room. They also could pick up a packet with YW information for the upcoming year.

folder of information for YW for upcoming year

Table in foyer:

New Beginnings Press Forward With A Steadfastness in Christ

New Beginnings Press Forward With A Steadfastness in Christ artwork by Sandra Rast

New Beginnings Press Forward With A Steadfastness in Christ

New Beginnings Press Forward With A Steadfastness in Christ gift bag for each YW

New Beginnings Press Forward With A Steadfastness in Christ

New Beginnings Press Forward With A Steadfastness in Christ antique map of trails of Mormon Pioneers

And the Refreshment Table in Pioneer Style:

New Beginnings Press Forward With A Steadfastness in Christ

DOUGHNUT BAR

Doughnut Bar…Brigham Young was fond of doughnuts and had them for breakfast.

New Beginnings Press Forward With A Steadfastness in Christ info Brigham’s doughnuts

New Beginnings Press Forward With A Steadfastness in Christ doughnut bar

New Beginnings Press Forward With A Steadfastness in Christ doughnut bar garland

New Beginnings Press Forward With A Steadfastness in Christ doughnut bar

Homemade Bread and a variety of jams including prickly pear jam

New Beginnings Press Forward With A Steadfastness in Christ homemade bread

Cookies: Chewy Gingersnap Cookies and Oatmeal Raisin Cookies

New Beginnings Press Forward With A Steadfastness in Christ : Cookies

Buffalo Chips (which were pecans, caramel and chocolate-like Chocolate “turtles”)

New Beginnings Press Forward With A Steadfastness in Christ

Bear Claws

New Beginnings Press Forward With A Steadfastness in Christ Bear Claws

Popcorn Balls

New Beginnings Press Forward With A Steadfastness in Christ info Brigham’s popcorn balls

Hard Candy

New Beginnings Press Forward With A Steadfastness in Christ Hard Candy

Chocolate Rocks

New Beginnings Press Forward With A Steadfastness in Christ Chocolate Rocks

Taffy

New Beginnings Press Forward With A Steadfastness in Christ Taffy

Jerky

New Beginnings Press Forward With A Steadfastness in Christ : jerky

New Beginnings Press Forward With A Steadfastness in Christ

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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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”!!!