New Beginnings

Our New Beginnings evening was a great success.  It was the first one I've been in charge of in 20 years, and I'd quite forgotten how to do it.  Luckily our manual has instructions as to who is to be involved in the planning and what needs to be included, so it was all good.  The girls chose the theme from some choices I put together off of Pinterest, all of our leaders pitched in to help paint the plaques and decorate with the cute travel theme (the cute cake was made my Sister Corey), and the new Beehives (six of them!) were adorable.  Jenna, Lauren, and Sarah were twelve just before, and just after the evening which made for perfect timing.  The rest of the girls come in around summer.

For anyone reading this who doesn't know, when a young woman turns 12, she enters the Young Women's program in our church, a group for young women ages 12-18.  The New Beginnings evening introduces the program to all of our new girls.  There is a theme, logo, motto and they have weekly activities as well as age appropriate Sunday services.  There is a values program called Personal Progress that they work on during those six years similar to the scouting program.  It's a big deal and some of the most fun years of their lives in and out of the church.  We're so happy that our girls are choosing to embrace the program and further lay the foundation for their life-long faith.  We love this program!