Sparks Belonging Ceremony
Here's another great ceremony idea from Wendy
Baker! Thanks! She writes:
"Here is the ceremony we used last year.
I made a book with shiny wrapping paper and two pieces
of cardboard and paper punch and wool to hold it together. I called it my
Belonging Book. We had a tree and sprayed it gold and had the girls draw
pictures of themselves and we put them on the tree with pipe cleaner...."
SPARKS BELONGING CEREMONY:
- 1. Opening
- 2. Song
- 3. Have each group leader give out the pictures
- 4. Leaders tell who they are and put their picture
on the tree.
- 5. Leaders then come and stand beside Wendy
- 6. Wendy will read the names from her Belonging Book
- 7. Gives take turns putting their picture on the
belonging tree.
- 8. Come to Wendy and say their promise, other
Guiders to assist with pins
- 9. After they all are enrolled or receive their
first year pin, they we will join hands around the circle with tree in
middle and sing:
Here we go round the Belonging Tree, the Belonging Tree
- Here we go round the Belonging Tree, the Belonging
Tree
- We're all Sparks now.
10. Game - lead by Erica
- 11. Song - Tree in the hole lead by Sapphire
- 12. Refreshments Vivian - Cake Wendy - Tea, coffee
and drinking boxes
- 13. Songs if necessary - Princess Pat, Lion Hunt
- 14. Closing song
