\we had our ward relief society christmas party tonight and it was a hit! i have been so lucky to have so many people who helped out and worked so hard for it to be a success. i wanted something a little different from the ordinary christmas decorations being that we are celebrating christmas in australia and it's hot! so i had my lovely mum bring some gum tree branches from the farm, which we placed up and down our tables. it looked incredible and smelled amazing too!
we were also able to borrow some white chair covers and red sashes from some sisters in the ward, which really allowed us to make things look elegant and festive.
we began the evening with my two councilors and then myself sharing a christmas tradition from our home. mine was that my father used to read the christmas story (luke 2:1-20) to us on christmas eve before we went to bed. i then had our bishop step in and read it to our sisters before sharing his testimony and leaving a christmas wish with us all. it was a lovely moment for us all as he's not been bishop for long and it gave him a chance to address most of our wards sisters at once.
we had three activities (a nativity embroidery, cookie decorating and a christmas version of pass the parcel) for the sisters to do on the evening in a round robin (15-20 minutes per station) and i could hear lots of laughter and fun as i walked around the building. i'll cover them in my next blog post which you can read here.
we ended the evening with the introduction of our ward relief society program for 2018 "light our world" (full credit to the lovely heather taylor from the facebook group lds relief society presidencies for generously allowing us and others to use her beautiful handouts) enclosed in sweet journals we purchased for all of the sisters. see here for more details
we finished with the "light the world 2017" video a closing prayer and supper. (we had all of our sisters bring a favourite treat to share and there was plenty to go around!)
drinks were water with frozen strawberries and mint, and a fruit punch.
it was such a wonderful night. i am so lucky to be serving in relief society and for the joy it brings to me and others.
merry christmas to all... and to all a good night! ♥
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