A Year of Family Service

DARE TO DO IT

A Year of Family Service

Sign up for my challenge on Facebook
Facebook Page for SHARE LOVE SERVE:

SHARE Love SERVE - A Year of Family Service
or
Email me at jodirobinson2182@hotmail.com

Reward
Attend a Service Celebration in 2014 to share with other Studio 5 viewers.
(TBA later)

Watch Here
 Jodi's segment on KSL's Studio 5

Aired  January 7, 2014
1 p.m. - 2 p.m.

  

email --  jodirobinson2182@hotmail.com

Post on FB or share withe me your photos and successes!

 I'm excited to hear from you!

With love and friendship,

Jodi

Sweet Service with Candy Posters

Okay, all you Young Women Leaders!  Activity Day Leaders!
And MOMS needing a fun service-oriented Family Home Evening!
Get ready for some SWEET SERVICE.

Here is a fanstaticaly FUN service activity!  That won't seem boring at all.  (And yea, sometimes youth think service is boring.  But it's not!  And this is a great way to spark some interest in reaching out and uplifting others.)

Make CANDY GRAMS.  Here's how.  

1) Buy 10 Candy Bars (or how every many you like) and 2 large posters.
2) Divide the girls into two groups.
3) Tell the girls they are in charge of creating a "Candy Gram" for a person in the neighborhood.  Choose someone who is in particular need of an uplift.  Perhaps someone having health issues, or just in need of a little encouragement.  It can even be someone who needs a "sweet" thank you!  Or someone who just had a new baby.
4)  Give each group 5 or more candy bars, depending on how many you bought.
4)  Challenge the groups to write a "Candy Gram" message using the candy bars as words, as seen below.
5)  Set a timer so there is an element of racing against the clock.
6)  With markers, have the groups write their message on a poster board and glue the candy bars in the right spots.
4)  Deliver the "Candy Grams"!!!  And feel the sweet spirit of service!!!

Making Candy Bar posters is a tradition at my house.  Birthdays.  Fathers Day.  Congratulations.  Inspiration. Believe me! I can make a Candy Gram for any occasion!  Here is one of them we made for neighbor who had cancer. My kids really enjoy making them.  :))

This next one, I didn't make, but loved it!  It is a congratulations to a young women who finished her personal progress.  So fun!

To check out this one, CLICK HERE.  It's a graduation Candy Gram.  

For more ideas visit Sugardoodle   And enjoy your SWEET SERVICE!  

Moving Story and Video--Use it in a Lesson

This young man's story moved me to tears!!!  I wanted to share it with my family.  Here is how I turned it into a Family Home Evening lesson.

First, I read D&C 18:9.  "Remember the worth of souls is great in the sight of God."  Then I asked, "What does great mean?  And how would you define great?"  I let everyone share their ideas for a moment and then told them my experience with this scripture. 

Seminary Teacher John Hills taught me the answer to the question 'what is the worth of a soul?'.  After I had finished speaking at a fireside Bro. Hills gave the closing remarks.  He said the answer to what "great" means is found in the verse that follows verse 9.
 

11 For, behold, the Lord your Redeemer suffered death in the flesh; wherefore he suffered the pain of all men, that all men might repent and come unto him. 

Then Bro. Hills said, "so...your life...is worth...the life . . .  of  a  God.  That is the true worth of a soul."
Then I played the following video.  Everyone watched and did not move. 

After watching this video you will have no doubt what the worth of a soul is because...you will feel it.  Best 15 minute Family Home Evening we've had in a long time!   I hope it turns out for you as good as it did for me.