FHE in Single's Wards

As some of you may know, I have been appointed as the "Grandma" of my single's ward here in Provo. Maybe because I am almost 26 and could almost be some of these girls' mother.  Granted, they don't use that word for the official calling, but thats prettymuch what it is, as I oversee the "parents".  I think FHE in a single's ward is one of the coolest callings, because basically you plan an activity for a small group of people each week, along with a spiritual thought/lesson and treats.  It is a great opportunity to reach out to individuals in the ward who may feel a little bit too shy to join into the huge activities.  It creates opportunities to build friendships, and I am happy to say because of some of the groups that we paired up, there are certain individuals who are going to be getting engaged soon! (that isn't the intention of FHE by the way...it just happened to go that way!)   It's also a great reprieve from the rest of the week.

So our second counselor went and got some FHE manuals for our leaders.  Did you know that the Church is still using those old school FHE manuals?  Ha!  So funny.....just flipping through the pages is entertaining!  Everyone needs to have one of these.  There is good stuff inside, though, don't get me wrong.

I was thinking, though, we really need manuals for single's wards.  After all, everyone is supposed to have FHE, regardless of whether or not we are married, and right now I'm not going to teach a lesson to 25 year olds about preparation for baptism.  Hopefully our leaders can get creative and bend the lessons to fit...or just use other articles or whatever.  I wonder if a single's program book can be suggested..hmm.....

Trouble about having FHE in single's wards:

• Awkward dating situations......so and so break up but are still in the same group....then maybe you have the whole peeing-in-the-kiddie-pool problem....but that happens in wards whatever the case
• No one wants to go because of Monday night football (or The Bachelor...which we record so that is no excuse)
• Someone in the group gets offended at the parent(s) and stop showing up
• People who are engaged never show up cause they are always with their fiancee who is invariably in Salt Lake...that's cool whatev
• For some reason the treat is always something that will make you fat. Ha!  oh gotta love the traditions we create in this LDS society....

Overall, though, its way fun and everyone should just go...regardless. :)