By Brittney Kucnick, Stake Primary President
Home-Centered, Church-Supported Service
This year the Stake Primary Presidency provided a brownie packet for each family that had a child in primary and/or nursery in place of doing a service project on the ward or stake level. With the brownie packet came a challenge to prayerfully consider someone (member or non-member) who would benefit from a sweet treat and encouraged families to include cards created by those primary members and/or visit with the person they chose. The flexibility of this service allowed families to use this opportunity according to how they, as a family, felt prompted by the Holy Spirit.
A member of our stake shared the following experience her family had: “We asked our five-year-old son who we should take the brownies to. At first, he wanted to take them to everyone and anyone! Then we talked about who would need a little extra something, and he decided it should be someone who was sick or who hadn’t come to church in a while. He decided upon two girls from his class that were not in church on Sunday. We talked about picking one, and I suggested that he pray, asking Heavenly Father who we should give the brownies to. After his prayer, we talked about checking how he felt now that he had a moment to think about it. Our three-year-old son also became involved and both agreed on the same person. We made the brownies, adding marshmallows, graham crackers, and chocolate chips, to create s’mores brownies. Then both boys made cards. The five-year-old wrote his name and “I Love You” in the card – it was very sweet. Then we all got in the car and drove to her house, and our five-year-old and his father went to the doorstep and were invited into the house. My husband told the family about how our son wanted to show their daughter that she was missed at church by bringing her brownies, and the little girl’s face lit up with a big smile. The parents were also very happy. My son felt good inside.”
The Stake Primary Presidency hopes that many others throughout the stake are having or have had great experiences serving with their family.
(Russell M. Nelson, “Becoming Exemplary Latter-day Saints,” Oct. 2018 general conference)
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