The Gathering Program!!!!

***Program info for the first..... “Tim & Rona Otis Gathering”.

July 2nd, 2009 /Thursday/; Arrive at the Temple, early, about 5:30 pm, then be dressed and up stairs in the chapel by 6:10 pm. The rooms load approx at 6:20. The session is about 1 & ½ hours, putting us out about 8 to 8:30 pm. Sessions run every half hour, so make sure you are on the 6:30 session and not the 6 etc.

After about 6 pm the Temple gets a lot more busy (ie. the Provo and West Jordon Temples are closed, making the American Fork Temple even more busy than usual), so please arrive early. Due to the high potential of being caught and going into overflow, or having to wait, we will put off the picture taking sessions until the dinner on Friday. Trish & I work on Tuesday nites. On last Tuesdays shift, the wait for endowment sessions started to run into overflow with about a 45 minute wait around the 7:00 session for the rest of the nite. Another problem with the high activity is being able to find a locker and rent clothes with the high number of people going through........ So plan to arrive early!!!



July 3rd, 2009 /Friday/; Please be at the stake ctr. (about 500 N 500W, Orem, the one in Cliff’s stake) before 6:00 pm. The back door on the north east side will be open. The cultural hall is on the left, Kitchen is further down the hall.
Take a seat in the cultural hall. The goal is to have every one seated and ready by 6: 10 pm.

The program will consist of an opening song, prayer & blessing on the food, and presentations while we eat. The opening songs (Pop-Corn Popping & I am a child of God), under the direction of Heather & Jared. Each family will be given a packet with the following items in it:
a.) Short life sketch on Marion & Sohpie prepared by Cheryl & Ron.
b.) Short life sketch on Clarence, Elmer, & Eva prepared by Trish.
c.) Written Reports on Tim & Rona prepared by Tim & Rona.
d.) Contact info, goals, and a brief summary of family doings.
e.) A family organizational sheet prepared by Erica & Scott.

During the eating time, Tim & Rona will field and answer questions about their lives, what is was like, and what advice they feel impressed to pass on to their posterity. During this special time, hopefully parents who have noisy kids, or loud and obnoxious mates, will greatly encourage them to be reverent and listen. In the cultural hall sound carries and some of us have big time hearing problems, and would like to hear. Across the hall is the baptismal room where executions will be conducted on offenders.

After about 20 to 30 minutes, we will sing two more songs under the direction of Heather & Jared (I Love to See the Temple & Families Can Be Together Forever); have a closing prayer and a blessing on the games.

The time will then be turned over to Michael & Amanda for games: These games may include:

Inside Games:

Red Rover (Good name recognition game)

Police Lineup: divide into 2 teams. The team to "Line Up" first, wins!
Line up by: height, tallest to smallest hair color, light to dark birthdays, Jan to Dec Alphabetically by first name How many books read in the last 2 months size of favorite animal, smallest to largest etc.
Guess the Voice: Kids back to back with parents. Give parent a phrase to read and kids must guess if it's their parent.Then kid reads phrase and parent has to guess if it's their kid.
Family Hunt: "Find someone who..." has green eyes, has lived outside the US, has lived in California, served a mission, etc....first person to fill out all the questions gets a prize.

Outdoor Games:
Water Balloon toss
Sponge Relay: 2 buckets, one filled with water, one empty. Using a sponge, take water from one bucket and squeeze the water into the other bucket. First to fill it wins.

A table will be set up at the beginning for writing notes to our missionaries, under the direction of Kallie & Mackay. The intent is for everyone to make their mark. These will them be mailed to Andy & K.C.

Around 7:30 or so, we are all invited to help in clean-up and putting the church back in order.

I hope everyone will come and participate, this year and every year after. I will mail one of these packets to those who have conflicts, with hopes you will attend next years activities. This will be a yearly event, about the same time each year.

One thing we might discuss & vote on next year is a Family motto. The theme for this years’ get together is best illustrated with a plaque that Matthew & Jen gave us this past year with the words written on it:

“OTHER THINGS MAY CHANGE US,
BUT WE START & END WITH FAMILY.”

Eats

Hello everyone, I was informed that we are moving the BBQ to the great Stake Center at (Dad's) church... I am in charge of food assignments. This will change things a bit since we can't cook in the church, instead of bringing meat to cook we will need to bring our own dinner and a salad to share, Cliffs kids i.e. Mike and Amanda, Matt and Jen, and Rob and I-- will bring dessert. There should be about 40ish people there, Sound Good?? Fill free to bring chips, dip, or any other snack with your salad. Thanks! I will get the paper plates, cups, and napkins. Let me know if there are any concerns thanks!

Crystal

p.s.for example- Rob and I are bringing a pizza or sandwiches for our family for dinner-- you cannot cook at the church but you can warm something up