Monday, March 22, 2010

Relief Society Night "Zion's Mall" {photo heavy!}

I wanted to share the pictures from our RS night last Thursday
{I would've posted sooner but I was having computer problems over the weekend}.
It was a success!  We spent tons of hours on this to get it all put together!  It was just me {Meeting Leader}, the counselor over me {Kelly} and our 2 Enrichment board members.  We had help with setting up & taking down.
{It is hard to get a good picture inside the church sometimes, so forgive me for the quality of pictures...it was 100x better in person!!}
If you are interested in more information about our event, leave a comment with your email and I will send you the details.
Williams-Sonoma donated some bags and recipe cards.  We also had some coupons and sample lotions inside.  They were able to get hand-outs in each class they attended.
I used my cricut to cut out the letters...and did the streamer ruffle treatment around the edges.
A sister in our ward is an event planner and she had the bar & tiki bar on hand for us to use.
We had pretzels, cinnamon rolls, pizza, lemonade...the typical food court food.  We didn't have a dinner before, just refreshments after.  Even though we announced, emailed, hand-out about not having a dinner we still had complaints that we had only refreshments at the end.  We didn't start until 7pm. I guess some people have to complain about something...right?  So, if you do this theme ever...look out for hungry sisters! ;)
We had several donated items that we were able to giveaway; like a dustbuster, nice toaster, toys and more.
We had a table with Emergency Prepardness information.  We also had information about weather from our local weather station.  We get really bad weather during this time of year.
This is our "Junk in the Trunk" Thrift Store area that is for people to bring the items they don't need anymore and for those people that can use it, they just take it {I got a cute pair of capris and a skirt}.  We usually call this our Provident Living Table.  We organized it a little more than we usually do.  Whatever is leftover we take to a place where it is donated.
That trunk is mine, it was my mom's when she went to college.
A sister in our ward sells Modbe clothes and she had the racks and forms to hang the clothes on. 
We divided the sisters into 3 groups to rotate through the classes.
This was our Family class about bringing our families together.
We tried our best to make it look like a kitchen table.  I used small grapevine wreaths as napkin holders.
We positioned the chairs to make a "U" around the kitchen table.
We had it set up in the RS room.  We miss having those dividers that the church used to have.  We brought a lot of items from home to display!!
This is my apron that my talented sister-in-law made for me!  I LOVE it!
This is Yahui's apron from Anthropology that I had to show because it was soooo cute!!!
This picture is of Sara and her family, Sara was so gracious to come from another ward and teach us about gathering families together!  Sara was one of the first people I met when we moved here and she is amazing & has a beautiful/handsome family!
I painted these posters the night before, I should've procrastinated to finish them or they would've been soooo much better!
This is the class about not judging others {don't judge another until you walk in their shoes}
Sarah A. did an awesome job of making us more aware of what we do without thinking about it.  She actually called all of the sisters in the ward and asked them what they feel that they are judged about.
Some said "I am shy and others think I am a snob"
"Others think I am too materialistic, yet they don't know that I make or buy things on sale"
"Others give me looks when my kids are going nuts"---{my problem because I am a "Sacrament Widow", my hubby is in the Bishopric}
We have several sisters that have fabulous shoes in the ward that we were able to borrow to display.  I used toile and some red burlap.  We had this class on the stage and actually had the lights down low for it.
Our "Wireless" store was about improving our communication with our Heavenly Father.  I wasn't able to sit in this class, but from what I hear the Bishop really did a fantastic job, we knew he would!
We had a few giveaways in this class because Kelly's neighbor works for a wireless company.
Friday morning this was my van...I had NO energy to barely get my purse out the night before.  I didn't get home until 11pm!! 
I hope you enjoyed a little glimpse into our night, Kelly and I said that we will never bring our house to the church again!  :)
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42 comments:

  1. WOW!!! That looks like an awesome enrichment!

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  2. It looks like it was a success! How fun!

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  3. ok-I wish that I was in your ward! Great ideas! Talk about lots and lots of talent-you rock! I totally need this info. Did you post it on sugar doodle?
    I think the wireless communication idea is genius-I am going to definately be using this!!
    Great ideas and great job! I know that the sisters truly enjoyed it! You will be receiving lots of blessings for this one!! PS-your posters were great! Also all of the little touches that you didn't forget-were noticed and appreicated-I am sure. Forget the naysayers-there will always be some!
    You were phenomenal!!

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  4. hey-I forgot to ask-would you interested in doing a blog swap sometime? I would love for you to come and take over my blog! Your ideas are darling and us moms have to stick together right? Let me know-shoot me an email at sassygirlshop@comcast.net

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  5. What a wonderful idea!! Please send me the info (plans) so that our ward can try this. Thanks for the fab idea!

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  6. Wow, that looks like it was an awesome activity. Great job. Wish I could have seen it in person. Have I mentioned before that you are so creative??! :) And, I love those apron--SOOOOOO cute!

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  7. Wow!!! Great job, Jenny!!! You gals really out did yourselves. I bet y'all had a great turnout. Congrats!!

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  8. I'm with everyone else! Wow! I'm speechless. I know the amount of work it takes to put on an activity, but you girls went above and beyond! I guarantee the women in your ward will be talking about that night for years to come! Way to go!!! :)
    Camille

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  9. I just came across your blog & was so excited to see your "Zion's Mall" post. Your night looks like it was fabulous!!!! We are actually doing this in our ward next month. I too am the Mtg Leader & I would love any hints, ideas or things you would definetly do again or not do. Thanks for your help! My email is jrlnield[at]silverstar[dot]com

    -Lyndi in Wyoming

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  10. All of these ideas are wonderful!! Please send me all of the info you have. They don't call me "queen of copy" for nothing! Thanks!
    carlaswilliams@hotmail.com

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  11. All of your ideas are wonderful!! Please send me all of your info. They don't call me the "queen of copy" for nothing!!
    carlaswilliams@hotmail.com

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  12. I would love a copy of this activity. What a TON of work, but I bet the RS sisters loved it. I wish I could have been there cause it looks like lots of fun! Thanks. Stacypincock@hotmail.com.

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  13. I love these ideas! If you can, please email me a copy of it also. :) Many thanks!

    kmc.love@gmail.com

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  14. I love this idea and am always looking for new ideas for our ward relief society meetings. Can you give me more details? Thanks! Lori
    cakegirllorilou@hotmail.com

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  15. this is the activity we are doing in June! Its so nice to have something to go off of for ideas.... They are wonderful! Please email me wesler4@msn.com

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  16. Sounds like a wonderful evening. I would love the plans as well--I just found it by googling as we're getting ready to plan another RS meeting in our ward here in Indiana. I would love your plans if you're willing to share them. I'm also wondering if the sister who taught the 'Gathering Families Together' class would share her information? That sounds like such a great class! My email: andreaevadavis@gmail.com

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  17. This looks like you guys had a fantastic evening! What a great idea! I also discovered your blog through googling about RS activities... would you kindly pass along the info you have about this? Thank you so much! :)

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  18. I would love some more info I am going to try to do this activity in October. Thanks for all your work from which my ward & I will benifit

    Mera Lee
    prvnprinc(at)hotmail(dot)com

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  19. I am really interested in getting more info on this activity I am going to try to do this in our ward in October. Thanks so much in advance for all your work that from which my ward will benifit.

    Mera Lee
    prvnprinc(at)hotmail (dot) com

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  20. HI! I have to, I mean "get to" do this same event for our ward! Can you please email me the details? Thanks so much! Michelle Woods
    www.lifedesigns.tv

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  21. We are planning on doing this in our ward in a couple of months. I was so happy to see you posted pictures from your event! It looks gorgeous! Would you mind sending me the information you have? hansonmegan@yahoo.com. Thanks so much for your willingness to share!

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  22. We are going to do this in our ward shortly. Would you mind sending me the information on your activity. dandeepaints@yahoo.com. Thank you so much for sharing.

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  23. Thanks for sharing this--love it! My ward is doing this in about a month & I'm new to the Enrichment committee, will you please send me some information on this wonderful activity? My email is k3child321@yahoo.com & I thank you so much! --Shelly

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  24. Wow, what an exciting activity! I would love to know all about it. Please send information to me at: seabluie18@yahoo.com. Thank you! -Sarah

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  25. I love this idea. I think I could really use this for my ward, would you please send me more info., melaniefyoung@gmail.com

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  26. Love this idea!! Thinking about doing it for a Super Saturday idea. Could you send me some more detailed information? karebearctr@yahoo.com

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  27. This looks just amazing. If you still have the information I would love a copy. cavi_21@yahoo.com Thanks so much.

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  28. This looks like a great Enrichment! Thank you for sharing this with us! I would love for you to send me the info, I could use any help I can get! :) kjcollins84@gmail.com

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  29. This was a great/fun idea!!!! Please send me more details as well!!! Hotoxyjen@yahoo.com

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  30. I just found this on pinterest. Would you please mind sharing the detais with me for our enrichment/relief society meeting?

    Paige Nace paigenace@gmail.com

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  31. Awesome! I'd love more info! kassidybaker@hotmail.com

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  32. Just found this awesome idea through pintetest....you are amazing! Could I get some details please? jeanie317@gmail.com

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  33. Thank you so much for sharing this! I love it! Will you please email the details? sue_imbler@yahoo.com

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  34. This activity is really wonderful!!!
    Could you sending me the complete information about this activity, please ??
    My email is masmat16@hotmail.com

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  35. SO impressed! I feel like this is an activity i would love to plan! I would love the details if you're willing to share (Stories, scriptures, ideas you used etc...) My email is tarabrady92207@gmail.com. Bravo!

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  36. Wow! This is fantastic. I just found it on Pinterest and would love the information. I'm a new RS 1st counselor and I'm over activities! My email is ny9806@gmail.com THANK YOU!

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  37. please email me details jettinjulie at hotmail dot com

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  38. I'd love some more info on this! abyington@live.com Thanks!!

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  39. I just got called as the extra meeting coordinator and would love, love some additional information about your great activity! My email is: jennifer@olysys. com
    Thank you so much!

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  40. I would LOVE details!! da_hydster@yahoo.com

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  41. I would love more information on this! brookegbowers@hotmail.com. Thank you for sharing!

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  42. Would you PLEASE email me the details of this activity?? kristinmabb *at* gmail.com *dot* com

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