2008 Sahuarita 2nd Ward Relief Society
As promised in my last post, here is a quick re-cap of the RS Birthday commemoration dinner Sheri put on for the Sisters in our ward.
The theme for the dinner was the parable of the ten virgins. She had a great turnout, and was grateful to have her mom Sandra, and my mom Mona there to help with the decorations, food prep, childcare, and everything else that goes into making a night like this successful.
I felt especially blessed this time, because I got out of kitchen duty for enough time to sit down and watch the program the Sisters had put together. The program consisted of ten sisters playing the roles of the ten virgins, and a narrator. Each of the virgins told, and sang their own story. Some were humble, faithful, and prepared, while others were busy, well intentioned, or otherwise consumed with 'other' things. It was amazing to watch each of the Sisters in the room relate to each of the ten virgins, and their strengths and weaknesses. It was equally amazing, and heartbreaking when the bridegroom came, and five of the ten virgins were not prepared with enough oil in their lamps. During the program I recognized that the five 'foolish' virgins, weren't bad people. They probably had the best intentions in the world, but let the world, and daily life get in the way of their preparation for eternal progression. It was humbling to ask myself (and watch most of the sisters asking themselves) am I prepared? If the Bridegroom comes tonight, am I physically and spiritually ready? I don't feel that I am yet, but do feel that I am on the path to preparedness, and have a pretty amazing wife that I can count of to drag me the rest of the way there!
Below is a montage with the decorations. I don't have pictures of the actual program, with all the Sisters there, but it was really a sight to behold, and if I can get a hold of some I'll include them later.
At the end of the Montage, you'll see a picture of a bucket of flowers with a little 10 virgins card, and Thank You notes. Someone in the Ward left this bucket of flowers with the note that you can see on the bucket, just to say thanks to all those who worked on the Program and the Dinner, and made the night such a memorable evening for the Sisters. I thought that was a pretty neat thing for someone to do anonymously... just because they felt like it!
3 comments:
It looks nice and sounds like a great program.
Really nice. Mom told me about the program, and how moving it was. Way to go guys.
Way to go President Cluff! We are proud of you! Sam
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