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As RS Secretary, I’m looking for ways to have better communication with the sisters serving in Primary – taking attendance, seeing that newsletters, Enrichment info, etc. reach each of them. We pass around a notebook, containing all the handouts, etc., but it never seems to reach all of the sisters. Any suggestions greatly appreciated!
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Our RS President comes to third hour primary and gives the announcmentts.If for some reason she can’t one of her conunselors will. Since Our Primary schedule is so different this year they also go to second hour sharing time. We gratefully appreciate their efforts to keep us informed!
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I think it would be helpful to create an email group of those sisters that serve in primary and young women. Then send them a quick email right after church each Sunday with announcements, signups (they can reply to you to sign up), and other applicable updates.
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I was new to young womens and had just came from a move to a new ward, and was also put on the lds (enrichment) relief society committee. I was surprised and impressed that the young women in our ward had taken the first sunday or the second, I’m not to sure, and they went into primary and taught the primary lesson that one sunday a month so that the teachers could go to relief society and catch up with all the announcements. The relief society made sure that all of the primary women were present and really made them welcome and aware of what was coming up. It also gave us leaders and advisors a chance to attend relief society too. We only did it for six months, but the young women enjoyed it and learned important things too!
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I’ve been on both ends of your problem and it is frustrating. As the RS Secretary I would take one week a month and stand in Primary, Jr. and Sr. until every Sister saw the book. In between I went to Nursery. It took time and patience but our Primary sisters felt more involved and came out more. I also rotated sign up and missionary lists so that Primary and Y.W would get them first on occasion. Hope this helps.
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One thing I’ve found that helps ensure that handouts reach everyone is to write the names of everyone on their handout. It’s easy to know who didn’t get a copy that way.
I really appreciate the emails our RS secretary sends out, too.
We also keep an unofficial email list where women can ask for or give help ( who is a good doctor, here is my vegetable planting calendar, I have a tv I’m getting rid of, etc).
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Hi! This sounds like a good solution, however, having served in two YW presidencies, we were informed that YW were not allowed to teach/sub in Primary. As per instructions from Church headquarters we were taught that the girls needed the spiritual support and guidance from the YW lessons as outlined by the general authorities.
If I were YW president, and it were up to me, I would allow YW counselors and advisors to go to RS on the Sunday when we had the combined lesson. This lesson is usually taught by a member of the YW pres- the attending member of the bishopric could be invited in for this meeting as well.
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I know that when I served in Primary, I felt left out. I talked to the RS President and she started coming in to opening exercises and sharing the announcements and handouts. She would only take a few minutes and that really helped us as primary workers feel like we were a bigger part of RS. Our RS president also send out email announcements which is very helpful. I hope this helps you.
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I know that when I served in Primary, I felt left out. I talked to the RS President and she started coming in to opening exercises and sharing the announcements and handouts. She would only take a few minutes and that really helped us as primary workers feel like we were a bigger part of RS. Our RS president also send out email announcements which is very helpful. I hope this helps you.
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* write the sisters’ names on the announcement handout so you’ll know who has gotten one and who hasn’t.
* a big poster of activities/announcement sitting the front of the primary room
*take a binder to each of the nurseries
* keep in good contact with the primary presidency
* have a quick briefing of R.S. announcements with whoever is conducting in primary that Sunday so they can pass along announcements
* don’t plan your bulletin during Sunday School – come to church with all announcements and bulletins ready b/c announcements in Primary happen at the beginning of “Sunday School” time
—hope this helps! From the view of a long time members of a primary presidency and nursery teacher and primary teacher :) -
I’ve been on both ends of this problem also. The best solutions I’ve seen are:
1. We have a chalkboard in the Primary room. The RS, Elders, and HP can write their announcements on the board and leave their hand-outs there with a magnet. We do not use ANY Primary time for adult announcements.
2. The RS has an e-mail list–they send out announcements via e-mail.
3. The RS uses a little alcove in the hallway to place posters/displays about things they are doing.
In regard to longing for being in RS–I don’t. My attitude is that there is no place where I can learn and grow more than by serving where the Lord calls me. Since before the General Authorities declared it–I have wholeheartedly agreed with the recommendation that it is completely and utterly inappropriate to ask YW/YM or anyone else (Priesthood, etc.) to “relieve” the Primary staff from fulfilling their stewardship. Why would we need to be given a “breather” from the honor of being an instrument in the Lord’s hands to go sit in RS? It isn’t better there–it is just a different assignment. -
We have notesbooks for our RS for each organization (YW, Primary, Nursery, & RS) that contain the newsletter & any upcoming activity announcements/sign-up sheets. Plus our RS secretary types up the announcements for each of the groups not in RS meeting on Sundays. It’s a 3×5 piece of paper & I love getting it. I’m in nursery & it helps me feel “connected” to my sisters. Hope this helps!!
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We have occasionally had the YW sub in Primary as a service for the RS as well, and the question of propriety comes up. While I agree that it shouldn’t be a regular occurrence, there isn’t anything in the handbook prohibiting YW from subbing in Primary. I have also been unable to find anything on the Church’s website either.
It’s unfortunate that the Q&A sessions from the Open House leadership trainings aren’t published online or broadcast. I suspect the information Deaunna is referring to came from one of those annual Open Houses in Utah. I have no idea if this stuff is policy or not. Remember the “no personal progress at mutual” directive from the Open House a few years back? That’s gone. “No Personal Progress Leaders” — also not in the handbook, but provision is left for specialists to be called.
While I agree that YW should not regularly sub in Primary, I don’t know of any official written instruction flat out prohibiting it. I would say anything that comes from “Church headquarters” must have a written source, or it should not be considered general policy or referred to as such.
Great suggestions on how to involve sisters in other organizations in RS, everyone! Keep em’ coming!
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This is a great attitude — I wish all felt in our hearts that serving where we are called is an honor. For some, though, it’s not a matter of where we serve, but how frequently that causes the trial.
Again, let me say that I know of no official written source stating that is prohibited or inappropriate for young women to teach in Primary, though it is my opinion this should be done very rarely. If you know of a source, please post a link to it so that we can all be edified. Any decision to have subs should be made in counsel with the Bishopric or Branch Presidency.
These ideas on RS announcements in other auxiliaries are great! I love the chalkboard one!
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To make sure all handouts reach the teachers, see if you can put them in the roll. Also, our enrichment leader for the extra RS meetings makes a separate poster for the teachers as they walk in to the Primary room and places one in the nursery so the nursery workers are not excluded. For sign up sheets, a member of the Primary presidency comes in to each class with the sign up and gives it to the teachers and waits for it to be signed then goes to another room. This helps.
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I think the best way to keep Primary and YW sisters informed and involved in RS is to have RS Primary Angels. These are sisters who attend RS regularly and every Sunday call an assigned Primary Sister or YW sister to give them a brief overview of the lesson and relay announcements. The lesson info is brief, just the main idea and direction the discussion took the lesson, just the highlights. Most important is announcements, sign-ups, and asking the teachers to provide enough hand-outs so the Primary and YW sisters can have one.
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I think the best way to keep Primary and YW sisters informed and involved in RS is to have RS Primary Angels. These are sisters who attend RS regularly and every Sunday call an assigned Primary Sister or YW sister to give them a brief overview of the lesson and relay announcements. The lesson info is brief, just the main idea and direction the discussion took the lesson, just the highlights. Most important is announcements, sign-ups, and asking the teachers to provide enough hand-outs so the Primary and YW sisters can have one.
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Nice thought, but I see a problem if there are children who have behavioral issues, special needs or do not handle a change of teacher well, also, as much as there are great YW out there, not all are experienced enough to handle for example 8 Sunbeams, 12 CTR 4’s or 15 Valiant 10’s as we have in our primary.
Our RS keep us informed about upcoming events, birthdays, etc. through an e-mail newsletter. -
Let visiitng teachers “care” for their absent sisters. I teach a refugee class during both Sunday School and Relief Society time slots, so I never attend adult classes. I am blessed to have this calling. And my visiting teacher fills in the communcation gap, by giving me flyers, announcements, etc. She also goes with me to special activities so I feel I belong. We sometimes forget to use the very purpose for which the Lord instituted the visiting teaching program.
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