Relief Society Birthday - March 2014

We celebrated the birthday of the Relief Society this month.

Decorating:

We decorated the tables with empty gift bags and balloons to go along with the birthday theme.

We tried to set the tables up around the stage we created for the nights entertainment so that everyone could see.

Dinner:

The Relief Society provided a taco bar dinner. We had people sign up to bring desserts.

Entertainment:

We had 12 sisters play/act out Relief Society Squares, which is a spin on the TV show Hollywood Squares. Here's a quick summery of the game.

9 sisters were asked to dress up and pretend to be past RS presidents.
1 sister, who was very comical, was our game host.
2 sisters were our contestants.

The two contestants took turns choosing which past RS president they wanted the host to ask a question to. The nine sisters pretending to be past RS presidents had the option to tell the truth or make up a false answer when responding. The contestant would then have to decide whether the past RS president was telling the truth or not. That was the funny part.

We had a 9 square tick tac toe board too. The names of the 9 RS presidents were on the poster. Each time they were asked a question their name would be covered up by an X or an O depending on which contestants turn it was.

Another thing we did, was give the sisters who pretended to be past RS presidents a paragraph or two of information on the RS president they were impersonating. They selected highlights from the information and used it to introduce themselves when they came on stage, before the game started.

Here is the trivia and game information we used. We gave the trivia questions and answers to the 9 RS presidents and game host, prior to the game. Note - The trivia is a little outdated. So, one of the questions "who is the current RS president?" needs to be updated.

Here is another picture of the stage we created, since our gym doesn't have one.

I should mention that the idea for this game came from a previous ward where my husband and I attended in Illinois.

Family History - February

Our February RS activity had a "Family History" theme.

Dinner:

We started out the night with a potluck dinner with the theme - family recipe. We gave the sisters a minute to share, if they wanted, what dishes they had brought before eating.

I brought my mom's famous potato salad. Here's the recipe.

 Family History Game:

About 30 or so minutes into the dinner we started our family history game. It was so neat and fun!

Weeks prior to the event, I collected fun facts about peoples family history. Then, at the event, we had a sister read off the fun facts and everyone guessed who's ancestry it was.


Here are a few of the stories I loved.
1.) Someone's ancestor missed their ride on the Titanic, because they were kissing their boyfriend.
2.) Someone's ancestor was working in Spain, fell in love with a Spanish lady and as his boat was leaving for home he jumped ship and swam back to be with her.
3.) Someone's ancestor helped carve the faces of the presidents on Mount Rushmore.
4.) Several people were related to prophets and the early saints.

We gave small chocolate prizes to the sisters who were able to guess who's fun fact was being read. Their were too cinnamon swirl bread prizes too. They were the bonus prizes.

Class:

We ended the night with a 30 minute class on family history, by one of the sisters who's calling in the ward is to be a family history worker/expert.

Decorating:
The tulips are just starting to come on here, so I though it would be fun to decorate the tables with them. We attached family centered quotes to each vase.

 Quotes

1.) The love of a family is life's greatest blessing
2.) Family, Today's little moments become tomorrow's precious memories.
3.) Where life begins...and love never ends, Family.
4.) The roots of a family tree begin with the love of two hearts.
5.) Family is forever