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Speed Friendshipping is a great Relief Society Activity Ideas and a fun way to get to know each other. Lots of laughs are guaranteed!
You can find other fun Relief Society Activity ideas here.
Several months ago I got a new job at church or we call it a calling. I am a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and am a counselor in the Relief Society Presidency. This is the organization that oversees and serves all the women 18 years and older. I get to help plan the Relief Society Activity Ideas. We usually have Relief Society meetings or activities each month which is focused on the sister’s getting to know each other better, having a good time together and learning something new. This month we learned more about each other.
Relief Society Activity Idea
I have a great committee that works with me and helps carry out the activities. For this month we planned a dinner and a Speed Friendshipping Activity. Speed Friendshipping is like Speed Dating. Of course any activity/party needs to start with a pretty invitation and we had one! I have a really talented committee member who makes all our great invites for us!
We started the evening off with a yummy dinner and served Cafe Rio Sweet Pork Salad with all the trimmings!
We cooked the tortillas up fresh and warm right there at the serving table.
Flowers were the theme of the evening so we decorated the tables with pretty paper flowers that a friend had made for her granddaughter’s wedding.
I also made some fun, big tissue paper flowers to decorate the backdrop with.
The food was served buffet style and everyone built their own salad.
Speed Friendshipping Activity
After dinner we had our Speed Friendshipping activity. We set up long tables all in a row with chairs on both sides. After the ladies were done eating they carried their chair over to fill in the other side of the table.
On the table were jars full of paper flowers with questions on them. The sisters that were sitting across from each other then asked each other the question on the flower. (Note: I do not have a list of the questions available. I borrowed the flowers from another ward but if you Google friendshipping questions, a bunch will come up)
April was our official timer with her big old bell. When the time was up the sisters on one side of the table stood up and moved down one chair so that they were in front of a new person. The other side of the table stayed seated.
They then picked a new flower and asked a new question. There were lots of laughs and giggles. It was so fun to see the older sisters, younger sisters and middle sisters all visiting together, laughing and having a good time getting to know each other better.
Of course we couldn’t conclude the evening with a pretty and delicious dessert. Another member of my committee made these lovely little lemon tarts topped with a raspberry!
Although I miss my Activity Day Girls I am loving getting to know the grown up sisters in our ward better!
Breanna says
How long of a timer did you do veggie switching partners?
Leigh Anne says
We played by ear at first to see how it went – 3-4 minutes
Carla says
Does each jar have the same questions? do both sisters answer the same question to one another? Thanks for a wonderful idea! 🙂
Leigh Anne says
Every flower is a different question and they ask each other the question and when the timer goes off one side of the table stands up and moves down a seat and they pick a new flower.
Sydney says
Great idea! Do you have a list of the friendshipping questions I could use?
Leigh Anne says
Sydney. I borrowed the flowers from another ward but if you Google Friendshipping questions a bunch of different lists will pop up.
Kari says
Here’s an example of questions I used.
Leigh Anne thanks for sharing such a wonderful activity with details and pictures. I did this two years ago and it was a hit! I just had someone ask me about it again because it’s such a fun activity.
Callings
What callings have you had?
Favorite calling and why?
Hardest calling?
What have you learned from serving?
Jobs/Career
What was your first job?
Do you have a favorite job?
Least favorite?
What would be your dream job?
Animals
Are you an animal lover?
Do you have pets?
If so, how many and how long had you had it?
Favorite animal?
Least favorite?
Holidays
What is your favorite holiday?
Do you travel or stay home?
Any traditions you’ve kept from childhood?
Least favorite holiday?
Education
Did you attend college?
What did you study?
Did you go to school locally or far away?
Favorite subject?
Least favorite?
Books
Are you a bookworm?
Reading anything right now?
Favorite genre of book?
Favorite book/author?
Recommendations?
People
Who has been the biggest influence on you?
What famous person would you like to meet?
Who inspires you?
Who makes you laugh?
Games
Do you like to play games?
What games did you play as a child?
Favorite board game?
Favorite game show on television?
Missions
Did you serve a mission?
If so, where?
Did you have kids that served? Where?
Have you ever wanted to serve?
Where would you go if you could choose?
Audrey says
Hi. Do you have a list of the questions you used?
Leigh Anne says
I don’t but if you google it you will find lots of lists of questions
Emily says
Hi! I’d love to do this in my ward! Would you mind sharing your list of “flower” questions? Thank you so much! It looks absolutely beautiful on here!
Leigh Anne says
Emily, I borrowed the flowers with the questions on them from another ward so I don’t have a list of the questions. If you just google friendshipping questions you should be able to find several lists . Have fun!