Class presidency/planning meetings

Our next BYC is Sunday, January 11th, and the bishop wants us to have a three-month calendar of our activities: January, February, March. Of course, some of the weeks are already taken care of, but we definitely need your input!

We will be having class presidency/planning meetings before BYC that Sunday at 5 p.m., so start thinking of good class & joint activity ideas, and bring them to share.

Sister Littlefield had a midnight epiphany!

Tonight I was tossing & turning in bed, trying to figure out how I could make/do/think/call/compute for New Beginnings while I am several states away & battling sometimes spotty wifi. Then it came to me ... move the date.

Move the date ?!?! Can it be done?

Yes, it can. It can indeed be moved. That is the beauty of January.

In light of this epiphany, we hereby decree that New Beginnings will be held on Wednesday, January 28th during our regular youth meetings instead of Wednesday, January 7th. We will still have joint YW Values Night on WEdnesday, January 7th, but it won't be New Beginnings.

I hope this doesn't disrupt anyone's January plans. It may even make it easier to get the word out!

I can't wait to see all of you in the new year!

Love,
Erin

New Beginnings

Our New Beginnings evening - parents invited! - will be Wednesday, January 7th during our regular activity time. We're literally going to kick off the new year with New Beginnings.

Spread the word to your mom and dad and fellow young women. We want to have a great turnout!

First Aid Night, 7-9 p.m.

Hi everybody ... I hope you're having a delicious Thanksgiving day filled with pie and turkey!

Don't forget that this Wednesday, December 3, we will have our joint YW First Aid night. It's going to be a great session with several people coming to train and teach us, including Brother Shawn Jensen. The neat thing is that this should also take care of our Girls Camp training, plus provide information for babysitting and future jobs.

Please remind your parents about the later pick up time!

Bonfire night & November calendar

Slight change of plans for our joint YM/YW activity in November. We were going to have our Dance Nite (and don't worry - it's still going to happen in 2009), but it works better to do the Miamaid bonfire at Sister Weaver's house that night.

Wait, that doesn't sound right! The Miamaids are planning the activity, not fueling the fire!


Wednesday, November 5th - joint YW: Dating & relationship panel
*be thinking of questions now that you'd like answered or discussed

Saturday, November 8th - "We Rejoice" song practice (to be scheduled)

Wednesday, November 12th - class activities

Saturday, November 15th - stake Young Women in Excellence

Sunday, November 15th - sing in Sacrament Meeting

Wednesday, November 19th - joint YW/YM: bonfire @ the Weaver's house

Wednesday, November 27th - no YW/Thanksgiving holiday!

Carnival

Carnival. Wednesday night. Be there, or be square.

Set up - 4:30 or whenever you can come. But there's tons to do!

Wear a costume (modest, maskless) and be prepared to have a great time with the little kids. They admire you all so much & love it when you pay attention to them.

Personal Progress

1st - please bring your Personal Progress books on Wednesday, Oct. 22nd. In the midst of planning for the carnival, I'd like to check on progress!

2nd - please be thinking of the project or experience you want to display at our Nov. 15th stake Young Women in Excellence program.

Lesson schedule

Here's our October - December lesson schedule ... mostly for leaders :)

Sunday, October 19 - #37 "The Word of God as a Standard"
Sunday, October 26 #38 "Good Health Habits"
Sunday, November 2 - STAKE CONFERENCE
Sunday, November 9 - Presidency Lesson (Janice McConnell)- General Conference message/#48 (TBD)
Sunday, November 16 - #41 "Being Dependable"
Sunday, November 23 - #42 "Preparing for Change"
Sunday, November 30 - #43 "Associations with Others"
Sunday, December 7 - Presidency Lesson - General Conference message (TBD)
Sunday, December 14 - #44 "Avoiding Crisis Living"
Sunday, December 21 - #45 "Choosing a Vocation"
Sunday, December 28 - #46 "Money Management"

We Rejoice

Just a reminder to listen to your rehearsal CD! Please play it at night or in the car or in your room. It will help you learn the music much more quickly.

We will try to sing through the song once on Sunday, then several more times on Wednesday, Oct. 22nd. Since that's a work night for the carnival, we'll have a little time to sing too.

:)

Yummy snacks

On Wednesday night, the Teachers quorum will be organizing our joint YM/YW activity: games-n-food. They have invited any young women (and young men) who want to contribute a snack to bring something to share on Wednesday night. It can be sweet, savory, salty, crunchy, or all of the above. You can bring a giant tray or a few samples. If you have a favorite treat or something you're good at baking, bring it on Wednesday night.

See you then!

Stake Young Women in Excellence

We will be providing more information about the stake Young Women in Excellence as it gets closer, but we want you to put it on your calendars now: the evening of Saturday, November 15th. It will be a fancy sit-down dinner at the stake center with young women and their fathers. Of course, the girls will be able to display projects and experiences too.

I can't wait!

updated October activity calendar

As always, changes do happen (as President Monson said yesterday!), but this is a calendar of what's planned thusfar this month.

Wednesday, October 15th - joint YM/YW (teachers in charge)

Saturday, October 18th - Stake Youth Dance
The dance time/location has changed from the stake calendar. It will be the 18th (instead of the 25th) and will be held in Huntsville (not Madisonville).
Yes, this is BHS's Homecoming. Hey folks, I don't do the scheduling, nor can they schedule activities around any one school district schedule. The number of school districts in our stake is high!
For those who want to attend, we will take them! For those who don't or can't ... well, no worries! Have fun at homecoming.

Sunday, October 19 - new schedule
We will have B.Y.C. at the Bryan chapel before the stake youth fireside, then carpool togethre to the stake center.
6:30 p.m.Stake Presidency youth fireside
This special fireside will start at 6:30 p.m. at the stake center; young women and young men 14 and up are invited to attend, as are parents and leaders.
Sunday dress, please!

Wednesday, October 22nd - class activities
Laurels, Miamaids, Beehives: ward Halloween carnival preparations

Wednesday, October 29th - Ward Halloween Carnival
The youth of the ward will be running the booths & activities. We will need all of our Young Women there to help out. It will be a blast!

We're singing on November 16th

We have an opportunity to sing on Sunday, November 16th and I have a GREAT three-part harmony hymn for us to perform. However, I don't think we will be able to learn it if we can only practice five minutes a week.

I want to offer a young women chorus time, right before YW on Wednesday nights, for those who can come and want to come. It's unofficial, so don't feel bad if you can't make it. If you can come one week, but not another, no problem!

We'll plan on singing in either the Primary or RS room (depending on where the Cub Scouts/Activity Day girls are) from 6:30-7:00:
Wednesday, Oct. 1
Wednesday, Oct. 8
Wednesday, Oct. 15
Wednesday, Oct. 22
Wednesday, Oct. 29 - No chorus since we'll have the Halloween Carnival in progress!
Wednesday, Nov. 5

Personality Profiling

It sounds like a job for an FBI agent, doesn't it?

Well, it's actually what we're going to do at this week's joint activity - Wednesday, October 1, 2008. Sister Mecham has a wonderful evening of personality surveys, skits and laughter for all of us.

Make sure to bring some "you" props, items that will work in a skit (like glasses, a soccer ball, a paintbrush or sheet music, depending on who YOU are).

Bryan 1st Ward Young Women

We will start a blog to share information about Personal Progress, upcoming activities, and other YW issues. We hope this will be a successful communication tool!