My ward planned a Relief Society activity where several different ladies from the ward were asked to prepare ideas and things that have helped them at different stages with watching General Conference. Despite being new to the ward, I was asked if I could prepare and share some…
I’m currently serving in the Young Women’s presidency and it’s been so much fun. Last year, my sweet Young Women’s president suggested we might do a Passover Seder as a combined Young Women activity. She wondered if it would be too hard to pull off. That’s where I…
A small group of ladies from my ward host a scripture study group and love to study different books together. Our most recent book we decided to delve into is The Second Coming of the Lord written by Gerald Lund. This is a new edition of his original…
I was in charge of a fun daddy daughter dance for my Young Women’s group for girls ages 11-18 this past week. When we were planning the event, there was some worry about spending the entire activity time on just a dance, so we added in some fun…
Coming to the end of a worldwide pandemic hopefully taught us all a lesson or two. One thing we learned, as a global community, is how quickly things can change. Over a couple short days we went from normal, thriving communities to a closed down, frightened, and sheltering-in-place…
Early in 2021 I decided I should probably pull out my really old 72 hour kits and work on updating and perfecting our kits as one of my goals for the year. With seemingly endless natural disaster news coverage, there’s no surprise why this was at the top…
We all know the Primary answers to read the scriptures and pray every day. But even though the call to read the scriptures is easy in theory, it is something that we often need to make a renewed effort to keep up with. This post was originally given…
March brings with it the time to work on a new song – If the Savior Stood Beside Me! Today, I’ll be sharing 7 different singing time ideas you can use and incorporate in your own Primary singing time lesson plans! *This post has also been republished on…
This article is republished on my new PRIMARY blog — PrimarySinging.com! Head over there to see loads of resources and printables for Primary music leaders! Today, it’s all about the tips and tricks for singing time flip charts! When I was first called as a Primary Singing Time…
Nursery Singing Time can be so much fun! Using a few simple props makes singing time a blast with the littlest members of the ward. It will take a few weeks to help the kids learn the expectations (handing back the props) but they catch on so quickly….
When I first got started as a Primary music leader, I would fumble through the songbook, even with the little paper tabs, trying to make my way to the different songs. I was a mess of sticky notes, a pile of papers, and it was hard to stay…
**This post has been updated with an editable song list following the new Come, Follow Me format and republished on my singing time ideas blog, Primary Singing! Head over to see that new post with printable Monthly Song List! This is my second year as a LDS Primary…