Author Archives: Kristin

The Good Shepherd VT Message

The February 2014 visiting teaching message is about Jesus Christ being the Good Shepherd. I came across these cute pom pom sheep here, and thought they would be fun to give along with a quote from this month’s message. I put … Continue reading

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New Beginnings and New Beehives

We try and do something special during New Beginnings for the girls coming into the Young Women program. We give them boxes like these at the beginning of the evening, and explain that they are empty but they will be … Continue reading

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Come Unto Christ Birthday Gift

We are giving “cupcake socks” to our young women this year for birthdays. I saw this idea first at Courtney’s All Things Bright and Beautiful, who first saw it on Sugardoodle, and I just modified it to go with the theme … Continue reading

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Come Unto Christ Mutual Activity

Here is another activity inspired from a 2014 New Era magazine article. This time we are focusing on coming unto Christ through principles found in the Duty to God program. We began our evening all together, introduced the 2014 mutual theme, … Continue reading

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Come Unto Christ New Beginnings

Our New Beginnings theme this year is, “Come Unto Christ: A Walk with the Savior through Personal Progress”. The evening’s inspiration comes from the article found in the January 2014 issue of the New Era. We’ve invited the Young Women and … Continue reading

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2013 Ornament Exchange

I hosted our 3rd annual ornament exchange in my home this year. It was again, such a treat. Just to recap how we do it: There are 12 ladies in our exchange group. Sometime in September we send out invitations … Continue reading

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Stand in Holy Places take home gifts

I’ve found a couple cute take home gifts for our Young Women in Excellence night. I first saw these great globe ornaments at World Market. They are 2 for $5.00, and would look great with a tag attached to the … Continue reading

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Stand Ye in Holy Places invite

These are the invites we are using for our upcoming Young Women in Excellence. The “Stand ye in Holy Places” text was found here On the back of the globe are the details for the evening. You can download the … Continue reading

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The 25 Days of Christ

Yesterday my girls and I sanded, painted, hot glued and hand tied 25 ornaments. I love getting this kind of stuff done early in the year, so that when Christmas is here, all I have to do is pull it … Continue reading

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Stand in Holy Places – Young Women in Excellence

We are looking ahead to our Young Women in Excellence program – and have chosen the theme: “Stand in Holy Places: Personal Progress Can Change Me and the World”. (I first saw this theme on a cute owl handout here.) We will pass the above handout to the young women this … Continue reading

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