Sisters of the Church, this blog is a call to arms. It is time for us to embrace what we do. To own who we are. However good (or bad) we are at it.
It is time to get good at it. (Yeah, that’s bad grammar. But that’s how serious I am.)
You see, there’s a war womanhood. And I’m sick of it.
I’m not talking about sexy media images.
I’m talking about apathy towards what we do.This political correctness towards what we do.
Guess what? I like to do my visiting teaching.
I enjoy Relief Society lessons.
I even look forward to serving in Primary when the kiddos are bouncing off the walls.
I. LIKE. TO. CRAFT.
And that’s really what makes me upset.
S.U.P.E.R. S.A.T.U.R.D.A.Y.
This is one of the coolest things Relief Society activities where you show up on Saturday and craft until your heart is content.
* Somebody else buys the supplies.
* Somebody else picks the crafts and sets it up.
* They may even plan snacks.
And as I started to plan my ward’s Super Saturday, my web research revealed that this ward activity is being axed systematically in branches, wards, and stakes across our Church.
And this makes me mad and I find it unacceptable.
Super Saturday- is about creating a home where the Spirit can be felt. It’s about creating Christmas gifts so you spend Christmastime with you family and not your glue gun.
In the throws of Super Saturday I have seen broken hearts healed after the loss of a pregnancy. I have seen sisters show up that never show up on Sundays. I have seen the pure purpose and motto of Relief Society be achieved: CHARITY NEVER FAILETH.
I don’t really know why it is, but Sisters- let’s quit the fit and sew a stitch! (ha. ha.)
Just embrace that part of having a place to feel the Spirit involves having a place that has cute stuff on the walls, blankets to cuddle up in, and easily made cookies from cookies in a jar (or pre-made Christmas gifts if that’s how you look at it).
This is my campaign to Save Super Saturday.
Will you join me?
There is plenty of time for complaining and bra burning Monday-Friday.
Treat one Saturday a year different.
Save Super Saturday.
I really do miss Super Saturdays
I’m sorry, but I’d rather run naked through sacrament meeting screaming obscenities than go to super Saturday, but to each their own 🙂
I agree 100% I joined the church 4 1/2 years ago and have heard about super Saturdays and have wanted to go to one but our ward wasn’t doing them. I want to keep Super Saturdays.
Hahaha! I’m with Lisa. Also, when I was a youth in the nineties, Stake youth activities were called Super Saturdays. I’ve never heard of it as a craft day before. Then again, I live in New England, so maybe this is a Utah thing?
I actually agree with you, that it’s fun and can be totally cathartic, but it’s all about the money. In some wards, a $5 fee per craft is no big deal. In my ward, and many others like it, $5 throws the budget completely out of whack. It alienates people who want to come, be with the sisters, but they feel like that $5 needs to go somewhere else, and it probably does, so they don’t come. In an attempt to prevent this, wards are asked not to require a fee for an activity, and most wards don’t have the budget to cover crafts for the whole ward. So, yeah, it’s sad, I miss them too, but it’s an initiative to be more inclusive.