Fireside Report

The fireside in Nauvoo last night was good- for a presentation. It was presented by the Single Adult rep from Fort Madison. She gave a wonderful presentation about how to use our talents to serve others. She had several objects on a table and called up volunteers to take something from the table to explain how they could use their talents and help others. For example, Brandon chose some pliers and said he could help someone fix their bicycle if the chain came off. It was a good presentation and she focused on some good principles. However, it was just that- a presentation.

We (Brandon, Amanda and I) had a discussion about this on the way home. The last few firesides have not been very spiritually oriented, which is what I want when I attend them. I go for the spiritual nourishment, but have been kind of disappointed the last several firesides.

Just so everyone knows, our ward has the responsibility for the fireside in February, which will be February 8th. We were throwing around some ideas on the way home...well, I guess I was just spewing out random thoughts. We thought of doing a musical fireside, using all the musical talents in the ward and possible other wards in the stake. We also thought that maybe it would be neat to have President and Sister Peterson (the Temple President and matron) to speak. We have some connection with them because they are Sister Connelly's parents. Any other ideas?

Another thing about the February fireside is that it's the first one that will NOT have a single adult rep meeting beforehand. They thought that since we do have this change it may detract from the number of people who attend if it's not "something special." They just wanted us to keep that in mind while planning. We'll have to kick around some ideas next time we get together.