I was recently made the enrichment counselor in my ward. The presidency has heard from many sisters in the ward asking for a monthly enrichment night again. Honestly it was becoming a problem trying to attend all of the different enrichment classes. They were almost every night!! So, after a lot of discussion with the RS presidency, the bishop, and the RS stake presidency we decided to hold a monthly enrichment night. The quartly meetings will remain the same. For the activites we will meet and have a little something to eat (part of the recipe class) and then break off into classes. One night, everyone gets to see eveyone else. When I presented this idea in Relief Society, we of course got a few murmurs of "that's going against the brethren". So, what do you think? Is this going against the brethren, a great idea, or just not going to work? I'm curious what others think, and how other wards do enrichment.
How is it going against the brethren?
ReplyDeleteThat's irritating.
I would much rather have 1 night with a choice then several nights. My family appreciates it too.
Go YOU!!! (I also don't think you need to feed the sisters.)
We have three or four classes that meet once a month on different weeks. You don't have to go to all of them.
ReplyDeleteI think the main point of the enrichment changes was to allow flexibility in meeting the needs of your sisters. I would not call the off months Enrichment Meeting though. We have our quarterly meetings, but most every other month we have Enrichment Activities on our enrichment night - they are simple affairs, usually some type of craft, recipe group, etc. These nights are usually lower attendance, but provide an outlet for those that still want to get out of the house once a month. We also have groups that meet at various other times like book club and playgroup.
ReplyDeleteI just think you're adorable and you should go for it. -Your hubby
ReplyDeleteI don't think I've been in enrichment since they changed things, so I don't know a lot, but from what I remember the point of changing it was to leave it up to the wards to determine the needs of the sisters, and hold as many meetings as needed. I might be wrong on that. But anyway, if that's the case, it looks like you're doing that, so sounds good to me!
ReplyDeleteI think it's a great idea! We will get to see more of the sisters from the ward and you know how I love to chat. My only problem is that I have to choose between the two groups I'm in! Not sure which to pick.
ReplyDeletehi angie!! I'm so glad that you found my blog! I have actually tried to email you a couple of times in the past few years, but I think I must have a bad email for you. I have really been wondering how you were, where you were, etc!
ReplyDeleteI was enrichment leader in my old ward, and we did end up doing one a month because of the sisters wanting to. We just had our 4 big ones a year, and then all of the other ones were small, pretty informal and very optional. (even though they were optional, we had good turn-outs). I think the sisters just want to be together. It worked out for our ward...
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ReplyDeleteI'm the enrichment leader in our ward and was able to recently review the instructions. They basically give you a framework and then say they can be modified to fit the needs of each ward. I'm pretty sure that would include doing monthly meetings if the need is there. Our last student married ward (activity rate=98%) had monthly meetings also due to a lot of interest and social need. This ward barely makes the quarterly meetings. I'm pretty sure the dudes that put the new outline together knew about wards like these... :)
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