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Christ serving-Hands activity
Last night we held an activity that went so amazingly. I got the idea
off of another list, but you may have seen it here as well. This is how it
went. The Sunday before the activity I made beautiful invitations
(stamped) for each young woman. For the Young Women who weren't there, I
had the girls deliver to those they knew. It was Sunday Dress & held in
the Relief Society Room. I titled the activity, An Evening with the
Savior. I asked 3 women in our ward to speak. The program went like
this: Opening Song: I Believe in Christ
Prayer
1st speaker: The signs of Christ's birth & his birth
2nd speaker: The greatest teachings of Christ during his mortality & the
washing of the Disciples feet.
3rd speaker: The Atonement, Cruxificition, & Resurrection
The Music: His Hands by Kenneth Cope (I had typed the words out so all the
girls could follow along)
Service Demonstration (All of the Leaders who work in Young Women served the
girls by washing their hands & then putting a wonderfully scented lotion on them
afterward)
For this activity we had all the lights off & the room was lit by Lamps only.
It was such a spiritual experience & I could tell the girls were very touched by
the hand washing. I prayed that Heavenly Father would help this activity
be a spiritual experience for the girls & its because of him that it was.
Please have this activity at some point! Leslie
I told the story of the statue of Christ that was nearly destroyed in Europe
and was restored all except for the hands and the townspeople made a
commitment to be "his hands". I had one of our talented moms sing "His
hands" and we told the story of the
famous artist who did the "Praying hands" painting who was able to go to
art school because his brother worked in the mines and supported him and
then when it was his turn, his hands were too damaged to pursue it. Then
we had all the YW leaders one side of a table and we soaked the girls
hands and then rubbed lotion on their hands as we spoke softly to them and
told them how much we loved and appreciated them. While there girls were
waiting, we shown the film Joy to the world (You could do Lamb of God or
Faith in Christ for Easter). We handed out little bottles of lotion ($.50
at Wal-Mart) with the saying about how God uses our hands to do his work (
I can't remember it offhand). It turned out to be a wonderful and
spiritual lesson and could be done on a weeknight just as well.
Laurie
Sisters, I just had to write and tell you what a fabulous evening we had with
our girls Wednesday night. The idea came from the wonderful sisters who went
through the manual and wrote activities to go with the lessons. All it said was
the Gift of Hands. So we went with it. We have several girls who we felt needed
an intense experience with the Spirit so we planned the night that way. IT
WORKED!!! J Yippeee!
Here’s what we did. We began with a mini-talk on Jesus’ hands by a member of
our presidency. (I will post it to our Activities folder) It really brought the
Spirit in. There were many sniffles in the room. Then the presidency and the
advisors sang for the girls "His Hands." When we first all stood up with music
their eyes got really big. We have often volunteered them for musical numbers
and had them rehearse over and over again. They were pleasantly surprised to be
the audience this time. The song and talk went perfectly together and the Spirit
in the room intensified. Many tears ~ and miracle of miracles ~ many were from
the eyes we hoped would tear up! Then we excused ourselves and asked them to sit
and ponder the feelings they were feeling for just a minute or two.
The next part will require some logistics planning specific to each ward. We
had arrived early and sep up a "Spa" in another room where we planned on giving
each girl, one on one, the best manicure we knew how. We had bins with warm
peppermint water (one volunteer had been filling them during the talk and
music), salts, lotions, polish remover, cotton ball, Q-tips, files, loads of
polish, and towels ~ you name it. We had called 2 weeks in advance for women in
the ward who would be willing to volunteer their services so that each girl
could have her own "tech." Once we explained what we were doing we had no
problem getting everyone we called to excitedly agree to help. We had several
tables, 2 or 3 girls and their "techs" at each table. Lots of cushioned chairs
so they would be comfortable and be able to put their feet up if they wanted to
(none of them did, hmmm). We had quiet music playing in the background. We
brought the girls in and escorted them to a station. One leader was in the
kitchen with 2 blenders making delicious fruit smoothies (with umbrellas even)
then came in with a huge tray to serve everyone. We had a great night of
conversation and laughter. We got to know the girls so much better. The girls
felt absolutely pampered, spiritually and "manicure-ally." They all were
thrilled by the time they went home.
We had a great night. If anyone is struggling for activity ideas this is one
I am happy to share and whole heartedly encourage.
Candice
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