Young Women’s Standards Night; “2 ‘Bee’ Holy” (Bee theme!)

June 21, 2013 by shelley

For our standards night we used the theme “2 ‘Bee’ Holy”.

“2 ‘Bee’ Holy”

That ye may remember, and do all my commandments, and be holy unto your God. Numbers 15:40 )

It was an extension of this years mutual theme “Stand in Holy Places.”

“Stand ye in holy places, and be not moved, until the day of the Lord come; for behold, it cometh quickly, saith the Lord” (Doctrine and Covenants 87:8)

Temple President of the Kansas City Missouri Temple, President Hardy and Temple Matron Sister Hardy were our guest speakers.

In their talks we asked them to emphasize how each YW can make herself holy in these times even with all the challenges faced in the world today, to know they can be in the world but not a part of the world. And that we can be holy at all times, in all places and in all things, even as we are bombarded with many outside forces. We wanted our Young Women to learn how to find the strength from within, and that strength comes from our personal relationship with our Heavenly Father.

They did a wonderful job!

We decorated using the “2 ‘Bee'” theme;

Welcome table with programs using bee theme.

“2 ‘Bee’ Holy”

We used the Relief Society for the program. The front blackboard and table was decorated.

Banners to decorate front of the room.

View of Blackboard with banner and tissue flowers.

“2 ‘Bee’ Holy”

Center piece flowers.

“2 ‘Bee’ Theme” on front table.

Small table in the back with “Stand in Holy Places” poster, with beehive jar filled with lemon drops.

“Stand in Holy Places” and beehive glass jar filled with lemon drops.

Refreshments were in the Young Women’s room. We added color to the room with paper lanterns, honeycomb balls and tissue paper pom-poms.

Paper Lanterns, tissue paper pom-poms and honeycomb balls to add color to room.

Refreshments included chocolate covered oreo cookies covered with chocolate transfer in bee patterns on the chocolate or molded chocolate flowers, lemon cupcakes, lemon bars, a “beehive” cake and of course pieces of the old-fashioned candy bit of honey.

Flowers, bees and Bit of Honey.

Chocolate covered oreo cookies with chocolate transfers or molded chocolate daisies and Bit of Honey candy.

Chocolate covered oreo cookies with chocolate transfers or molded chocolate daisies.

Lemon cupcakes topped with bees.

Lemon cupcakes

Lemon bars with sugar bee on top.

Bee themed refreshments.

Beehive Cake

There was also mint white Salt Lake Temple chocolates.

Mint white temple chocolates.

There were honey sticks, lemon drops and little jars of honey. Drinks were lemon infused water and lemonade.

There were honey sticks, lemon drops and little jars of honey.

Little jars of honey.

Lemon drops.

Drinks were lemon infused water and lemonade.

Drinks

“Bee” plates and color coordinated napkins and utensils.

The favors were beehive candles.

Favors were beehive candles.

Favors

Bee theme.

Other Young Women Events

New Beginnings 2013-value colors

New Beginnings 2014-all white (Come Unto Christ)

New Beginnings 2015 Embark

Young Women in Excellence 2013

Honoring Pioneers: Emma Smith

Standards Night 2014: Molly Mormon Standards on Trial

Johnny Lingo Eight Cow Activity (Individual Worth)

Decorations and Refreshments for Vintage Fashion Show Young Women Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

June 19, 2013 by shelley

The Young Women’s Vintage Fashion Show was decorated, “Something Old, something new, something borrowed, something blue.” We had several vintage wedding dresses in the show and used shades of blues as our color. Vintage patterns were framed and hung with mason jars of baby breath. Life-size sketch of women wearing clothes from the decades of 1910, 1920, 1930, 1940, 1950 and 1960 Life-size sketches were traced by projecting from a computer. The refreshment table was accented in blue.

Framed vintage patterns were hung from a frame accented by mason jars of baby breath.

Framed pictures hung from a frame surrounded by hanging mason jars of baby’s breath:

Hanging decorations of framed vintage patterns and mason jars filled with baby’s breath.

Mason jars of baby’s breath hung with the framed vintage patterns.

Life-size sketches of women wearing clothing from past eras:

Life-sized sketches of dresses from past eras.

Refreshments were accented in shades of blue:

A vintage punch bowl was used to serve punch.

Hanging honeycomb balls, tissue pom--poms in shades of blue accented the table.

Hanging honeycomb balls, tissue pom–poms and fans in shades of blue accented the table.

Water dispensers were large mason jars. Cookies were made by the Young Women as a Mutual Activity.

Young Women’s Vintage Fashion Show and Silent Auction

Young Women’s Standards Night or Activity “Molly Mormon Standards on Trial”

Young Women’s Activity Johnny Lingo Activity (Individual Worth)

Young Women’s Standards Night or Activity “2 ‘Bee’ Holy”

Young Women’s New Beginnings 2014

Young Women’s New Beginnings 2013

Young Women’s Young Women in Excellence 2013

Young Women’s Vintage Fashion Show Activity

June 18, 2013 by shelley

The Mia Maids wanted to do a combined Young Women’s activity that would emphasize what they learned in “For the Strength of Youth” booklet particularly modesty. They thought it would be fun to do a “vintage fashion show” featuring dresses from different eras, and also showing how all dresses, whenever, from any era can be modest. The planning began. One week at Mutual the young women made cookies for the refreshments. Another week decorations were made and large, life-like sketches of dresses from different decades were made. One week was a dress rehearsal. Many hours of planning and preparation were put into the Young Women’s Vintage Show. It was decided that it should not only be a Young Women’s activity, but a Ward Activity so the Ward was invited. The red carpet was put down, music from each decade was recorded, a script was written and the show was on!!

Young Women’s Vintage Fashion Show decorations and Silent Auction

Young Women’s Standards Night or Activity “Molly Mormon Standards on Trial”

Young Women’s Activity Johnny Lingo Activity (Individual Worth)

Young Women’s Standards Night or Activity “2 ‘Bee’ Holy”

Young Women’s New Beginnings 2014

Young Women’s New Beginnings 2013

Young Women’s Young Women in Excellence 2013

Kansas City First Ward New Beginnings

February 17, 2013 by shelley

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.

Link to other Young Women events:

New Beginnings 2014

New Beginnings 2015 Embark

Young Women in Excellence

Standards Night

Honoring Pioneers: Emma Smith