Easy Enrichment Ideas: Thinking Outside The Green Gelatin Box

Does your Relief Society ever talk about how to manage finances wisely?
Financial preparedness is a part of learning to be self-reliant and blessing our families and other people in our lives.

One of the aspects of the new changes in our Sunday lessons in Relief Society is the ability to meet our sisters' needs and provide helpful resources.

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Another great review for my newest Relief Society
book has just been posted!  Check it out!
The original can be found on Cathy Jeppsen's blog
"My Book a Day" 

Thanks Cathy!

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Fun #contest awards my new book #ReadyResource for #ReliefSociety to the best answer: How has #ReliefSociety blessed your life?

Leave your answer in the comment below or jump into the conversation on Twitter at +Trina Boice 

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I love writing books to help Mormons live more valiantly and magnify their callings with more job. I thought you might like to see some of my more recent published books! My next one hits stores next month!

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I'm so excited to announce that my newest book "Ready Resource for Relief Society - Teachings of the President Joseph Fielding Smith" will launch on November 19, 2013!  Woohoo!  It will be available for purchase in stores and online on that date.  Yay!



Here is a sneak peek at the lesson topics for next year's Relief Society and Priesthood lesson manual for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.  My book will offer creative and fun ideas to help teachers with object lessons, visual aids, video suggestions, artwork, handouts, inspiring quotes, article links, as well as 3 new features: Seminary Scripture Mastery tie-ins, Preach My Gospel pages, and personal challenges for every chapter!

Topics for 2014 include:

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Great news! The 2014 "Ready Resource for #ReliefSociety" is out!

Well, it's not on store shelves just yet, but you can pre-order your copies on Amazon today!

The picture shows a cover similar to last year's edition, but it will actually be blue in 2014.  This handy resource book makes lesson preparation so much easier so that you can spend more time focusing on the Spirit and meeting the needs of your specific class.

There are 3 new features in this new edition:

* Scripture Mastery verses that help parents memorize the same scriptures as their teenagers in Seminary.  Each lesson focuses on the Scripture Mastery references that relate to the same topic.

* Preach My Gospel page references to help the class become more familiar with this terrific missionary tool. President Monson said in the Fall 2013 General Conference "Now is the time for members and missionaries to work together..." The page references will help readers learn how to incorporate missionary work and focused studies on the topic.

* A weekly challenge to deepen learning and increase application of the topic.

The 2014 edition still includes the favorite features you love to help you prepare your Sunday lessons during Relief Society and Priesthood:

* Object lesson ideas

* Hymns and music that go along with the theme

* Suggested artwork and visual aids

* References to articles in Church magazines and General Conference talks

* Ideas for showing videos to correlate with each week's topic

* A handout that can be copied and given to everyone in the class I think you're going to LOVE this new book!

If you're interested in any of the previous year's issues, they can also be purchased online at Amazon for a new low price! They're TERRIFIC for Family Home
Evening lessons and youth topical lessons for Sunday School!  


 

Ready Resource for #ReliefSociety

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This blog is all about making your calling easier in Relief Society!  
Serving in the Church should be a great blessing and truly ENRICH our lives.

I'd love to hear from YOU!  What Relief Society activities have you been having this summer?
What activities have been great successes?   Which ones were terrible bombs?

Sometimes when we start to plan a Relief Society activity we feel overwhelmed with all that needs to be done.  Here is some encouraging advice....

                                                               

 

Max Lucado's newest book Great Day Every Day has some excellent advice for all of us searching for success in any endeavor. The following is a short excerpt that reminds us how we can reach our goals one baby step at a time:


"An accomplished Ironman triathlete told me the secret of his success.  He said, “You last the long race by running short ones.”   Don’t swim 2.4 miles; just swim to the next buoy.  Rather than bike 112 miles, ride 10, take a break, and bike 10 more.  Never tackle more than the challenge ahead."

"Didn’t Jesus offer the same counsel?  He said in Matthew 6:34, “So don’t ever worry about tomorrow.  After all, tomorrow will worry about itself.  Each day has enough trouble of its own.” 
When asked how he managed to write so many books, the author explained that he’d never written a book.  All he did was write one page a day."

"Face challenges in stages.  You can’t control your temper forever, but you can control it for the next hour.
Remember, you last the long race by running the short ones!"

Great advice, Max!  Thanks for the reminder!

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How about a Relief Society activity that helps moms find ideas for Family Home Evenings?  You could offer classes on games, lessons, refreshments, activities, field trips, crafts, service projects, and even how to inspire a family testimony meeting at home.

Many women hope their husbands will take the lead on holding Family Home Evening, but are often disappointed.  Just in time for Father's Day, my newest book is SIMPLE and helps dads to put together a Family Home Evening in just minutes!  Yay!  Each chapter teaches a gospel principle by using object lessons, games, activities, pictures, songs, and even Church videos.  Easily adapted to any age group, the suggestions for each lesson can be quickly tailored to fit your family.

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Does your Relief Society have a book club?  If not, how about featuring one night where the sisters can share their favorite books from last year?

While I dream of having one of those cool personal libraries so large that it requires a ladder to reach the top shelves, my husband is in the anti-clutter mode, so I have been selling my old books online, using www.bookscouter.com to find the best prices.

One of the companies that buys back books is Powell's, creator of the "Puddly Awards", their version of the Oscars for books. They ask their readers to determine which titles were their favorites during the previous year. Here are the results for their 2012 awards:

Best Fiction: The Help by Kathryn Stockett



 You can purchase The Help here







 Best nonfiction: Unbroken by Laura Hillebrand




 You can purchase Unbroken here






Have you read either of those two books? I have to confess that I only had time to see the movie "The Help" but I absolutely loved it. Some of the actresses in the flick are already slated to win an Oscar. What did YOU think of the book? How did it compare to the movie?

How about "Unbroken"? I haven't talked to anyone who has read it. Have you? What did you think? Do I need to carve out some time to read it because it's that good?

If we were the one to decide the book awards, which books would YOU choose to win?
Host a book awards night for your Relief Society activity!  Invite a local author to share a few messages about writing and reading good literature.

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