Presidency Message - November

From Sister Sandra Reyes – 2nd Counselor, Stake Young Women Presidency

Dear Sisters,

There many blessings which we are grateful for as we work together in the gospel. There have been many times where we had strong feelings that will guide us to what our Heavenly Father wanted at that given time for our youth. We have acknowledged the Lord's hand in every activity, dance, fireside and conference that we have planned. We are grateful for these experiences and  we feel that we need to let you know that we are also grateful for each one of you…

We are grateful that this year we had the opportunity to visit and see all of you during Ward Conferences.

We appreciate each one of you who works so hard every week to bring the young women together for an activity. 

We thank you for the time spent preparing weekly lessons.

We appreciate you for the love you express to the young women each day of the week.

We are grateful that the young women in the Exeter Stake have leaders so caring like you.

May your family be blessed as you serve in the Young Women program. 

2012 Stake Auxiliary Training

Dearest Sisters,

We are really looking forward to our time together this month. We hope you will make every effort to attend.

We ask that you bring:

• 9 copies of a recent activity or other successful idea to share. You can also email them to shannongish@gmail.com by  November 11th and we will have them ready for you that evening.
• Your Scriptures
• Your Handbook

In preparation for that meeting we invite you to view any of the short videos found here.

We pray that all of us will be nourished and rejuvenated as we prepare for and attend this training. May you feel God’s love for you, your family and these remarkable Daughters of our Heavenly Father whom we love and teach.

With Great Love & Gratitude,

The Exeter Stake Young Women Presidency

image of mountain used in the invite found here: http://openclipart.org/detail/7490/mountain-by-any_ono_mous

Activity, Lesson & Family Home Evening Ideas + Lib Dub Video

Wasn’t Stake Conference wonderful? It was so joyful to watch Rebekah Day, a Laurel from Methuen - and one of Sister Krista Day’s incredible Daughters -speak with such poise and with the Spirit. And did you see how many of our Young Women were in the choir? We sure love all of them – and all of you.

Here are a few ideas to help as you and the class presidencies plan your weekly activities:

Give each person a puzzle piece to decorate... keeping the edges intact so it can be re-assembled. Use for a lesson on individual worth... how each individual piece is beautiful on its own. But what a masterpiece you get when you put them all together! (Big chunky puzzles work best.)

Focus on others during these holiday months with over 50 acts of kindness.

Christmas tree relay game: Give each team a roll of green crepe paper and ornaments. They have to decorate one person from their team to look like a Christmas tree.

Pin the tag on the missionary. With the new announcement from President Monson, this would be fun to do with a young woman and a young man wall picture. Have each youth create their own tag in the language of one place they would love to serve the Lord. Then play the game. Afterwards you might also divide the youth up into twosomes or threesomes and have them take 15 minutes to study and then come up with a 5 minute lesson on one topic from Preach My Gospel (see side bar for link to that book.)

Fun craft.

Personal Progress “Ketchup” Night.

And last but not least: THE EXETER STAKE LIP DUB!

Huge thank you to the Exeter Ward Young Women Presidency (Sister Alison Hardisty, Sister Nicole Caverretta, Sister Amy Edwards, Sister Holly Lyles) and the Exeter Ward Young Men Presidency (Brother Harvey Gish, Brother Chris Caverretta and Brother Matt Adams) for coordinating this! Aren’t the youth so fun to watch? They had a blast.

Stake Conference Temple Night

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We hope to fill the temple with Relief Society Sisters who serve in the Young Women auxiliary.

As mentioned on the above invitation, we would love to unite with you at the 7:00pm session.

Presidency Message – October

From Sister Renee Kelly. Exeter Stake Young Women Presidency. 1st Counselor

I recently attended a teaching fireside in my home ward. There were many wonderful points made by the presenter and lots of terrific input from those attending.

At the end the question she (the presenter) left us with was this -

"What doctrine or principle, if understood, would help those in my stewardship progress in the gospel?"

This question lead me to another question - Who exactly is in my stewardship?  The first person I thought of was myself!  It occurred to me that if I was not actively looking for doctrine and principles during my personal study then the chance that I would be able to teach a doctrine or principle would be greatly diminished.  Amazingly, I heard this message echoed in the talk given by Sister Linda Reeves, Second Counselor in the General Relief Society Presidency, on Saturday night. "Feel and see for yourself THEN help others feel and see."

Sisters, we as a presidency are aware of the weight that is upon each of you.  Life on its own can get hectic, and when our stewardships broaden because of our callings the weight can increase.  Please remember this is HIS work, and because it is HIS, He will help you carry it. Please put yourself first in your gospel study, not in a selfish way but in a way that will nourish you that you may have the will, the stamina and the joy that comes from working with the Savior and his precious Daughters of God.

Thank you as always for being so wonderful!!

Much love.

 

Image above by Andrew Knaupp found at http://www.lds.org/ensign/print/2012/09/testifying-of-christ?lang=eng&clang=eng