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Ward Activity Planner Kit
Plan Linger Longers, ward meals, holiday parties, picnics, game nights, and service activities with food and volunteer signups in one place.
Build a practical signup plan for your Latter-day Saint ward or branch’s own activity calendar. Give food contributions, attendance, and helper assignments their own clear purpose, then share the links people need for the next gathering.
Templates for your work
Each template opens separately as your own editable draft. Choose what fits; adjust names, dates, places, and instructions before sharing.
Plan a Linger Longer or Munch & Mingle with light refreshments, drinks, serving supplies, and setup or cleanup helpers.
Balance mains, sides, bread, and desserts for a break-the-fast meal. Set the serving quantity per contribution.
Coordinate dishes and drinks for a General Conference breakfast, with the actual date and serving time.
Plan the ward Christmas party’s dinner, decorations, program, children’s activities, setup, and cleanup.
Trunk-or-Treat Hosts
FREERecruit trunk-or-treat hosts and helpers. Add arrival, parking, and activity instructions for your event.
Ward Easter Brunch
FREECoordinate Easter brunch dishes, drinks, serving help, and cleanup as a meal signup.
Recruit helpers for an Easter egg hunt when your local celebration includes one; keep these activity jobs separate from brunch contributions.
Thanksgiving Dinner
FREEAdapt the dinner choices for a ward Thanksgiving gathering, with clear servings and meal arrangements.
Ward Summer Picnic
FREEOrganize a summer, Pioneer Day, or Independence Day picnic with food, games, equipment, and volunteer crews.
Adapt helper roles for a Valentine’s social, New Year’s gathering, Mother’s Day or Father’s Day appreciation event, or another holiday party.
Ward Chili Cook-Off
FREECollect chili entries, cornbread, toppings, and cook-off helper assignments. Explain the judging arrangements separately.
Game Night RSVP
FREEInvite game-night RSVPs. Set the attendance limit and state whether one submission represents one person or one group.
Coordinate a holiday caroling night, including the meeting point, route or locations, and preparation.
Organize Giving Tree gift commitments while keeping recipient-identifying details private.
Coordinate Thanksgiving food-drive contributions and drop-off instructions with the receiving organization.
Adapt cleanup jobs for a ward service activity, with the actual work areas, equipment, and meeting instructions.
Talent Show Sign-Ups
FREEPlan a ward talent night’s acts and backstage or event helper roles. Add the program’s time and preparation details.
A plan for your role
Match signups to the activity plan
Choose the gathering’s date, location, coordinator, and responsibilities through your usual ward or branch planning process. Separate attendance places, food contributions, and volunteer jobs so the counts stay meaningful.
Build the food and coverage plan
State servings per food contribution, helper arrival times, and what equipment people should bring. Set capacities for each choice and review which names or answers participants can see.
Share this activity and prepare the next
Share the relevant Clipform links or a public folder catalogue of current activities. Invite the organizers who need management access, then archive finished gatherings and update the next activity’s instructions.
Before sharing a ward activity signup
- Confirm the activity date, location, coordinator, and preparation through your local planning process.
- Use distinct links or clearly labeled choices for attendance, food contributions, and helper assignments.
- State the requested servings, quantity, arrival time, or task commitment for every choice.
- Check the plan for setup, welcome, activities, serving, equipment return, and cleanup.
- Review contact-field and response visibility, and share private coordination details only with the people who need them.
- Test the participant link and keep the public folder catalogue focused on current activities.
Messages you can make your own
Copy a draft and replace the details in brackets before sending it through your usual email or messaging app.
Leave the next organizer ready
- Archive completed activities and remove outdated opportunities from the public catalogue.
- Record the useful serving quantities, equipment arrangements, and helper responsibilities for next time.
- Invite incoming activity coordinators and review outgoing organizer access.
- Create fresh dated signups for the next event; review the plan instead of carrying old participant responses into a new activity.
Questions about this kit
Does this include Linger Longer and Munch & Mingle signups?
Yes. The Linger Longer template covers light refreshments and helpers; Break the Fast is available for a fuller shared meal. Adjust the food categories and servings to fit your gathering.
Which holiday activities can I plan?
The kit includes Christmas, trunk-or-treat, Easter brunch and egg-hunt help, Thanksgiving, holiday caroling, and summer picnics that can be adapted for Pioneer Day or Independence Day. Use the holiday-party helper template for Valentine’s Day, New Year’s, appreciation events, or another local celebration.
Can I keep several ward activities under one link?
Yes. Put the relevant published Clipforms in a folder and choose whether to publish its catalogue. Invite collaborators separately when they need management access.
Does Clipform replace the Church calendar or approve an activity?
No. Clipform collects the signup choices you configure. Continue using your local planning, facility, and calendar processes for the activity itself.
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