“Service in the Relief Society magnifies and sanctifies each individual” ~Julie B. Beck
“During His ministry on the earth, Jesus Christ spent His time serving and helping others. True disciples of Jesus Christ do likewise. The Savior said, “By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another”(John 13:35)”
Well, if you weren’t there, you REALLY missed out! We had a BLAST, and hope to be able to do this again! This month the theme for Enrichment was “Service”, so after much thought and research, we finally decided on a “Service Auction”! Each sister that came was asked to either donate a service, or bring a homemade goodie to share (service being the time they spent making it). We had so many wonderful services donated. Then, we handed out a survey for each sister to complete..it consisted of things we have done in the past day/week/month/life..and for each one you could answer YES to..you would get the points next to it! For example: Came to the service auction: 10 pts. Read the Book of Mormon every day for the last week: 15 points, Visiting teaching already completed: 15 pts, Said morning prayers: 10 points, 5 pts for every child you have, 2 pts for every grandchild, Served a mission: 10 pts… and so on. The list was quite long. THEN, we used the points as our ‘bidding cash’. Brother Naylor (recently RM) Was our Auctioneer and did a FANTASTIC job!! Thanks Bro. Naylor! Everything started at 10 points and went up from there.
Types of things that were donated:
Pre-Made~ Plates of Cookies, O’Henry Bars, Salsa, Banana Bread
Babysitting for the evening, Babysitting all day or all night!
A couple Haircuts, Jewelry Making lessons
Art work for the walls, Help painting walls
Baked goods to be made: Pie, cake, cinnamon rolls etc..
Picture of the Temple (Personally taken)
Free Pet Wellness check-up, Substitution for Primary/RS
Life Story book, Journal Jar
Dinners to be made: Mexican, Filipino, and Guatemalan
and so much more!
We had so much fun, and everyone got something before we even asked to make sure! I hope more people can make it out next time. I believe EVERYONE has talents and things they can do/share. I know that “When you are in the service of your fellow beings, you are only in the service of you God”! (Mosiah 2:!7)
Going Once, Going Twice, SOLD for 165 points!
I think the smiles just say it all!
I came home with a jar of AMAZINGLY DELICIOUS HOMEMADE SALSA and a HAIRCUT! (~Well, I can’t cut my own! ;))
THANKYOU THANKYOU to all who came and participated! We hope to see more next time!
2 comments:
how cute!! We did this in my ward and I wanted to tell someone back home about it--i'm so glad you guys did it! How fun!!!
Oh, I miss my brother Joseph!! I can't believe I haven't seen him yet! I loved seeing all the smiles and joy in the pictures! I miss you all, you wonderful OP1 people!!
It was SO MUCH FUN! I wasn't sure how it was all going to work until I got there, but it turned out so great! I was seriously so impressed!
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