We had our new beginnings a few weeks ago and I thought I'd post a few things that we did. We got the theme idea from the blog Go Forward with Faith. Our girls loved it! The invitations We made these 4x6 invitations And attached them to the cute "tickets" Found HERE. This was the invitation for the night We had a "playbook" for all the girls when they came in. (The parents LOVED this) Here are a few things we put in their playbooks Important dates for the year A team roster a list of the combined YM/YW activities for the year The Pregame Pep Talk Schedule (lesson Schedule) And a Practice Schedule (Activity schedule) The Mia Maids were in charge of the Game for the night. They did a great job. They had questions about Personal Progress, and the new Strength of Youth booklet. We were just in our RS room so we didn't go too crazy with decorations. The Sunday before New Beginnings I had all the classes set Goals for the Year. I had them displayed at New Beginnings and talked a little about them. We have this hanging in our YW room every Sunday to remind them to work on their goals! For Food we served YUMMY Nachos. We just had chips, cheese, salsa, guacamole, Cafe Rio Style Chicken and Sweet pork, Sour Cream, Olives, etc... We just had water bottles for the drink. The night was a Huge Success and everyone had a great time!
