VT Conference - In His Service
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Joan & Willard George
Subject: Re: RS: [Fwd: Does Anyone Have Ideas?]
Hi! Our theme is "In His Service". The scriptures we are basing
the meeting on are Matthew 25:34-46 ("Inasmuch as ye have done it unto
the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me."); Mosiah
2:17 ("When ye are in the service of your fellow beings you are only
in the service of your God"); Mosiah 18:8-10 (Being willing to comfort
those who stand in need of comfort, mourn with those that mourn, being
willing to share one another's burdens that they may be light, and
standing as a witness of God at all times and in all places); and D&D
81:5 (Succoring the weak, lifting up the hands that hang down,
and strengthening the feeble knees).
As the women come in we are serving them a small piece of quiche, mixed
fruit, and a heart-shaped cookie and a cup of water to take to their
seats. Small heart-shaped balloons in many colors will be tied in bunches
around the room to be given to each sister as she leaves. We
took a picture of the Savior from an Ensign cover and had it blown
up quite large at Kinko's copy place. Along the side of the room
that will hang with the theme written below it. Three very large
hearts will be filled with the ideas from the above scriptures illustrated
both by the Savior and today (i.e. the Savior feeding the 5,000
and some sisters taking in a casserole to illustrate I was an hungered and
ye gave me meat, Jesus healing the sick and some sisters visiting the
sick, etc.) I went through lots of Ensigns and New Eras to find
suitable pictures. Each of the hearts will show one of the scriptures--Matthew,
Mosiah and D&C 81:5 with the above-mentioned pictures adorning
them. I hope you can envision what I mean.
We are beginning the meeting with "Have I Done any Good In the World
Today?" There will be a few opening comments introducing the theme.
Then a brother will sing "A poor Wayfaring Man of Grief" (all verses).
We have a keynote speaker coming who will take about 35 minutes of
the 2-hour meeting to be held during Sunday School and Relief Society
times. (The Priesthood brethren are taking care of the Primary
and Young Women's classes so that all the women of the ward can attend.
Even though it is a V.T. Convention, we encourage all our sisters to
attend and even hand or mail a personal invitation to each one the
week before.)
After the keynote speaker we have a cute skit about Visiting teaching
done in Dr. Suess type verse which makes lots of points in a fun, painless
way. A sister will then sing "His Hands" and our V.T. Supervisor will
talk about D&C 81:5 and introduce our V.T. Supervisors. Another
soloist or a trio will sing "Come Ye Blessed". I will be the
concluding speaker hopefully tying all these threads together.
Our closing song will be "Called to Serve."
We are having a printed program with a printed agenda for the meeting
and also the poem "He Has No Hands But Our Hands" which someone from
the list kindly sent me. It will also list the V.T. coordinator and
the supervisors and have the following statement for each sister
to contemplate as she does her visiting teaching:
"I am a representative of Jesus Christ. I am called of God by
revelation. I have been selected as a personal representative of the
Lord Jesus Christ. And He has chosen me to represent Him, to say and
do what He Himself would say and do to the very people to whom He has
sent me. My voice is His voice. My words are His words.
My commission is to do what He wants done, to say what He wants said
and witness in word and deed His great Latter-Day work."
One of my counselors is doing the invitations and the other is doing
the program. The secretary is decorating the front table and the serving
table in the very back of the room and selecting the paper goods, flowers,
etc. Our budget is $50.00 for this convention. The V.T.
Coordinator and the supervisors are each helping either with the skit,
the cookies or in some way.
Good luck and God bless, Joan in California