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 Ideas For Meeting The Needs
of The Single Sisters In The Ward
by: rosaltha1
This is the list that I put together to give the Bishop and the RS
Pres in my ward. I think that Enrichment can be a real help to
single sisters.
1. The first step to meeting the needs of the single sisters is
to find out what they are by asking the sisters. This could be done by
putting together a short survey asking them such questions as:
How would you rate the ward at meeting your needs?
What are your biggest struggles as a single woman?
How can the ward help single women?
You will get more accurate information if these are filled
out anonymously. One way of doing this could be to have the surveys
go to the sisters by their home teachers with an addressed returned
envelop to the bishop's address. This way the sisters will feel that
they can give honest answers without being judged.
2. Give the single sisters the best home teachers available.
Good home teachers are much more than someone who goes once a month
and gives a lesson. Good home teachers are proactive and look and
listen for clues to the needs of the sister. Special needs families
should have tried, tested and true home teachers. The home teacher
could ask for a list of things around the house that need to be
fixed. and arrange a work party. Single women with children need
special home teachers to fill in for the missing parent.
3. Don't push singles to attend activities. If they don't attend
they have their reasons. Pushing never accomplishes anything and no
one likes to be pushed into anything.
4. Give the single sisters good Visiting Teachers who have
similar interests and who can become their FRIENDS and not just a
token visit each month. As with the home teachers, they need to be
proactive enough to look for ways to help. Special needs people,
especially, should not have to beg for help.
5. Don't say "let me know if there is anything that we can do
for you". If you see something just "do it". Tell the sister there
will be a work party at her home on Sat morning and to have a list of
things that need to be done.
6. Give single sisters a good strong VT companion who can be her
friend.
7. Holidays are hard. Look for ways to make them brighter for
the special needs families by special service projects, etc. Also,
birthdays can be hard on single sisters. Usually attention on
special days come from the spouse, if there is no spouse the sister
needs someone to fill in.
8. Make sure that Enrichment Meetings have classes that would be
beneficial to the single woman....home repairs, etc.
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