Comments on: General Conference Preparation

By: yvonne

yvonne — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 15:52:56 +0000

I LOVED the broadcast. It was so uplifting. I love to hear President Eyring so it was a treat to have him speak. I thought talking about the Legacy of Relief Society was wonderful. As a convert of many years, I think a great deal about converts and I think reminders like that are fantastic.

I also loved how Sister Beck reminded us that RS was organized after the pattern of the Priesthood and that we should always carry our membership with us. I’ve pondered about that and I think it’s a great concept. I also loved when she said Visiting Teaching is never finished.

Your ideas for those with children are wonderful. I’m passed that stage. I remember having a little “bingo-like” card with all sorts of words like “tithing” “temple” “family” “sabbath-day” and the kids would put candies on the spot each time they would hear a topic. They loved it and it kept them listening.

By: Becky @ scripture mom

Becky @ scripture mom — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 03:46:31 +0000

I like the puzzle idea in one of the above comments. I also like giving the kids the assignment ahead of time to find a story they can share during FHE the upcoming Monday. They usually come up with more than one each.

I enjoyed the RS broadcast, too. What I got out of it was that the RS works with the priesthood–equally–to fulfill the Lord’s needs.

By: Ramsam

Ramsam — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 01:56:04 +0000

Now that boys are too old to be happy coloring, but too young to sit still on their own , we started buying a new puzzle that we work on as a family- usually 1000 pieces will last us all 4 sessions. While we aren’t perfectly quiet, I notice my children listening and asking me questions much more than they used to.

Of course, treats and conference BINGO cards are always fun to have handy too.

Now, I am going to go out on a limb here and admit something. Yesterday was a hard day. I had a hard week and yesterday it all hit me. A long bath only brought me to tears and left me worked up, so I ended up in bed and couldn’t muster up the strength to go to the RS meeting. I saw that the BYU channel is airing it and so I am going to try to catch it later this week. One of those moments when emotions and motherhood overwhelmed me and definitely got in the way of my divinity!

By: Terresa Wellborn

Terresa Wellborn — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 23:51:58 +0000

Yes, it was great. It was also the first time I’ve attended the RS broadcast in years…maybe not since college? Yikes, I don’t know. But it was amazing, great, uplifting.

By: Cindy

Cindy — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 23:37:09 +0000

LOL–I did our family night last week about having a good experience during conference (our kids are 17, 14, 9, 9, and 9) and your article was one that I read in preparation for FHE! Thanks for the good ideas. 2 of my 3 little ones like the packets, and we are also going to have a conference quiz for FHE the following Monday. Everyone is supposed to come up with 3 questions. I just need to be sure to prepare myself now.

By: Shantel

Shantel — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 22:02:07 +0000

Thanks for the packet. I was going to ask for it.
We’ll see how every goes this year –
I am really looking forward to the messages.

By: Shantel

Shantel — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 22:01:17 +0000

Date night trumps RS!!! It is actually really cool to know that you and hubby still do that.

By: anordinarymom

anordinarymom — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 21:42:55 +0000

The General Relief Society Conference last night was just what I needed. I liked all the messages, but Sister Thompson’s and President Eyring’s talks really stood out to me. I liked how Sister Thompson admonished us to learn how to recognize the Lord’s approval in our lives and to learn how He accepts our offering. In President Eyring’s remarks, I liked how he told us we can find joy in our lives even when our own unmet needs are great. I also enjoyed how he said that often times your determination to serve the Lord in faith will take you into the storms of life, not around them.

I am greatly looking forward to hearing conference this weekend! I need the spiritual recharge!

By: TheQueen@TerrorsInTiaras

TheQueen@TerrorsInTiaras — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 21:20:58 +0000

You have some great ideas, and we do some of them. It works best around here if we change it up for each session (our girls are 10, 10, and 12). Last conference we did Bingo for one session, and the different treats for one. Our most successful sessions were the ones where we had our girls come up with one or two questions to ask the family about each talk they heard. Not only did they get more out of each session, they were so excited about getting the questions right and trying to stump us that they forgot about the candy reward that they were supposedly working for. They took scrupulous notes and recorded some things I even missed. It was awesome.

I loved the RS Broadcast. I always do. I think I came away thinking that I need to “mind the gap” in living the gospel. Try harder to do better and make an extra effort to minister to each of the sisters on my visiting teaching route. (There’s a great talk on ministering in the October Ensign, but the way.) Even very small things make a big difference if we follow promptings from the Holy Ghost. I can’t wait for more lessons to be learned next weekend!

By: Kristina P.

Kristina P. — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 19:31:45 +0000

I don’t know how I completely spaced the Relief Society conference. They had talked all about it in church and RS the week before. Adam and I finally had a night off at the same time, so we had a date night, but I plan to watch or read it today.

General Conference preparation is something I can be better at, but this week, I plan to read some of the previous talks as well as make sure I read my scriptures for 15 minutes everyday.

By: MommyJ

MommyJ — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 19:21:06 +0000

I loved the Relief Society broadcast. I loved President Eyring’s remarks. So humble, and so full of love. I also thought Sister Beck was great. It was funny cause when she first started talking, I thought, “goodness, she is talking really fast!” But then I realized she had SO much to say, she had to talk fast! I also got the message of simplify. Don’t feel overwhelmed, just do the very best you can. Think about people. Open your heart to spiritual promptings… oh, it was all so good.

Can’t wait for conference next week! I start to get excited for conference at the beginning of August… I can FEEL it getting closer and closer!