One of the wards in our stake had truly caught the vision of what New Beginnings was all about and did an excellent job of taking the opportunity to teach at their New Beginnings. The cultural hall was set up to look somewhat like a living room (couch, chair, lamp, piano, etc.) The program was based all around a Family Home Evening with the Bishop sitting on the couch conducting the FHE. One of the YW leaders gave announcements and calendaring for the year. For the lesson a Laurel talked about one of her projects, a leader briefly told about the program, a Mia Maid and Beehive also very briefly took some time, but. . . the very best part of the evening was a hands on experience. For the activity part of the lesson, each girl had brought her personal progress book. The girls with her parents each went to different tables that had a picture of that family on the table and they were given about 15 minutes to work on personal progress together (YW, mother and father). I think this was probably the very first time some of the fathers had even seen the personal progress book. There was a lot accomplished, many goals set and talked about. Then they all got back together and for the game part of FHE. They had made a large jeopardy game with the seven value colors across the top and the categories and questions all had to do with YW's and Personal Progress. It was a wonderful evening and it wasn't just a program, but a lot was taught, learned and accomplished with the "hands on experience".

Personal Progress