I recently came from the Young Women's program so I thought it would be a good idea to have something like a YW in Excellence or New Beginnings night. It was just okay.
We made this night a little more formal. We invited the parents, had a program with song and prayer, I explained how Faith in God works, my other leader handed out completion certificates, and a member of the bishopric bore his testimony. We were done in less than 20 minutes. But we had cookies and mingled with the parents afterward.
Two lessons from this night: 1) It was a good idea but way too formal for this group. 2) December is much too busy of a month to expect even half the families to be able to attend an activity.
We will be rethinking this one for the future.
