Family Week: What?

The week of June 28th through July 4th has been designated as Stake Family Week.
The Stake Presidency wants to dedicate a week when interruptions to family activities and events and distractions like TV, the internet, electronic gaming stuff, etc, are minimized.

Things to do in general:
Nature: hike, camp, or work together in your garden
Service: take dinner to a neighbor, participate in community service activities, help with fund-raising drives, or help a neighbor with their yard work
Spritiual: read scriptures and pray together
Social: go out for ice cream, go on a picnic, have parties with family and friends
Sports: attend a sports event, play backyard games, roller skate, ride bikes, fish, boat, or dance
Work: clean and maintain your home and yard, prepare meals, paint a room, plant a tree
Learn: visit historic sites, museums, zoos, or library

Remember, Family Week provides an excellent opportunity to coordinate Personal Progress activities. Many of the Value Experiences and Projects involve parents or the entire family.
You can get a TON of Personal Progress DONE! Just check out your Personal Progress book and get started! :D

June 25th Mutual Clarification

Hello beautiful YW & Leaders,
Just popping in to clarify our Thursday night Mutual activity 6/25- I heard it from the bishop just yesterday that he wants us all to attend the Court of Honor at 7:00- and afterwards we will enjoy a special guest speaker, Sister Morrison, as she speaks to us about effective communication with our parents.
So- if you heard that the fireside was cancelled- IT IS NOT- we will just piggy back the fireside on top of the Court of Honor….so we’ll see you all tomorrow night!
--Sis Evans

EFY Line Dance, Anyone? :)

Just in case anyone wanted to know the EFY line dances, here's an official video for the counsellors. (Thank you Kelsey Evans!)
http://video.msn.com/video.aspx?mkt=en-us&vid=6dbc10b0-eee6-4d45-a85d-ba8ebb040c23

What to Bring to Youth Conference

*Sleeping bag and pillow
--we are not sure who will have beds and who will be on the floor.
*Toiletries
*Clothes (no, really??)
Friday clothes:
Boys--polo or button down shirts and pants below the knee
Girls--blouses, nice tops and pants below the knee.
Saturday clothes:
We will provide a special T-shirt
Boys and girls: pants below the knee
No sloppy jeans and no T-shirts except what we provide on Saturday

iPods and all cellphones are not to be used during activities
--if there are any problems we keep them until conference is over.

Youth Conference Schedule

Youth Conference this year will be held at the stake center during the day. It will be like a mini EFY. During the night, we'll be sleeping at nearby members' houses with our groups. Some of the host families are in the Thompsons' Station ward, so you might see a familiar face!
If you don’t have a ride, call one of your leaders and we will be happy to arrange transportation for you.

Theme: Extreme Faith / Book of Mormon Challenge

Here is the latest schedule of Youth conference Activities:

Friday, June 19, 2009
3:30 – 5:00 Registration and forming of Challenge Groups and creating group banners
5:00 – 5:30 Opening Prayer (to be assigned) & Welcome by President Welsh
5:30 – 6:30 Dinner – Blue Coast Burrito
6:30 – 6:40 Song: Army of Helaman / Sisters of Zion
6:40 – 7:15 Keynote Speaker(s) – President & Sister Sager (?)
7:30 – 10:00 Youth Dance
10:00 – Host Families to Pick-up their assigned Youth
Saturday, June 20, 2009
8:00 – 8:30 Breakfast at the Stake Center - Stake YM Presidency to provide
8:30 – 9:00 Kick-off meeting – President Welsh
9:00 – 12:00 Six (6) Challenges
12:00 – 1:00 Lunch – Chick-Fila
1:00 – 3:00 Four (4) Challenges
3:30 – 5:00 Testimony Meeting
5:00 – 6:00 Dinner – Logan’s Roadhouse or O Charley’s
6:00 – 7:30 Keynote Speaker – Anthony Sweat co-author of Why
7:30 – 8:00 Distribute autographed copies of Why to the youth
8:00 End of Youth Conference – Go Home