The Complete Guide to Singles Wards FHE

“‘Refreshments’ will be served right?”

Yes, or else no one will come, am I right?

Family Home Evening was something my family routinely engaged in when I was growing up. Since coming to college, I’ve still engaged in my FHE groups made up entirely of individuals my own age who I have no relation to. Many of our leaders hope it will help us become engaged in other ways. However, I’ve been in enough FHE groups that haven’t seen any marriages, let alone friendships, that I’ve compiled a list of why I think our family bonding never quite happened.

Getting to Know Who?

If I have to play Two Truths and a Lie one more time . . . I may just forget how many lies I’m supposed to be telling. Get—to—Know—You Games are a must when a new FHE group comes together for the first time, right? Wrong.

While these activities may help the group leaders feel like the ice is being broken, for many individuals it increases the chill factor. Why? Because they lack sincerity. Individuals desire to be known and appreciated for who they are.

“Tell us something interesting about yourself!” Can be the hardest request to fulfill. Too often when asked this question the response we hear is, “There’s really nothing that interesting about me.” While this may feel true to the individual saying it, for the rest of us who don’t know the individual, any sort of information is new with the potential to be interesting. But in a group of 10-20 strangers all trying to remember names, hometowns, majors, favorite colors, apartment number..remembering anything of substance can be a challenge.

Instead of planning an evening of Two Truths and a Lie, plan a service activity where individuals will have the opportunity to work side by side with one another and share information about one another that