Relief Society Activity: Family Home Evening Throughout the Seasons of Life

for June's Relief Society activity, we wanted to focus on strengthening the family-particularly through family home evening. im fairly new to our ward, so i wasn't sure of the needs of our women. i felt a little overwhelmed, and wasn't sure where to start. my husband was sweet enough to remind me to pray. DUH! one night, the thought of "seasons" popped into my head. and it just got the ball rolling! i was so thankful to have the inspiration on our theme, "FHE throughout the seasons of life." it all just worked out perfectly. we had 4 stations: the spring station (newlyweds/young couples without children/young singles), summer station (families with young children), fall station (families with teens), and winter station (empty nesters/older couples/ singles).

we had the chairs in the center of the gym with the 4 seasonal tables/stations surrounding them. in two of the corners, we had a punch table with a FHE quote that i loved, as well as a FHE resource table. as we traveled throughout the "seasons of life," the women just turned their chairs to face the next table. it was a lot easier to do it that way than to have 30 chairs at each station or to have the women carry their chairs from station to station.

 

i asked two women to help at each station. one to make a treat to share (either favorite FHE treat or favorite corresponding seasonal treat) and one to give some tips, ideas, advice, ect.

 

it was a very budget friendly activity, since we had four women bring treats and i took care of the punch. we also used seasonal decorations from my storage, my in-laws, my relief society advisor (1st or 2nd counselor?), and the relief society closet. we also just used some fabric we had in the r.s. closet for table cloths. so the only things i purchased were the posterboard to make signs, sherbet, and soda. you can definately go all out for this kind activity, the sky is really the limit. i had visions of sugar plums dancing in my head! but, we had a budget goal of spending <$30, and i think it worked out wonderfully!!

 

so, here's a glimpse of our fun night!

 

 punch table- as you can tell, i got nervous i was running out of room for the quote lol.

we started off with the spring station.

 moved to summer...

 then fall...

 At the fall station, the speaker decided to incorporate a fun game into her station-since games are a good way to teach your teens. she did the good ol' shaving cream and cheese ball game!

 (by the fall station, chairs weren't as neat as they were at the beginning. PLUS it looks like there weren't very many women. BUT, there were several people standing to the sides. we had 26 women show up! from what i heard, that is an awesome attendance number!)

lastly, the winter station.

i had so much fun planning this activity! it was great getting to know more of the women, as well as share ideas to help strengthen our families. a big thanks to all of the wonderful women who helped and who came! : )