FHE rant

I've got 20 minutes with nothing to do, and I'm waiting for a friend to get out of class so we can study, so I'm going to rant about FHE.

I guess this is because I have a different approach to FHE than what our current FHE coordinator has. Of the past five weeks, only one was gospel related. They didn't even bother to include a five minute spiritual thought. So we've done dodge ball(where I dislocated my shoulder), the next week was some physical activity I didn't attend, the next one was prophet night. I actually initiated this one a year and a half ago. Once a month we'll do a prophet night. We're going through the Old Testament right now. Last week was the dating game. Usually they act out Book of Mormon characters, but they didn't even bother doing that, just straight dating game, then sent the couple out with a gift certificate to a restaurant. This week, they're learning massage therapy from one in our branch. Perhaps it's just because I'm not very fond of touching other people, but that just seems wrong to me on so many levels. I'm not going to go. No, no, no.

Now, obviously, college FHE is different from a regular FHE. But there are certain parts that are included in that. Like a lesson. Is that such a hard concept? For some I guess it is. Granted, I never did focus on having any type of activity while I was on the committee, but I figured most people got together afterwards and had their own activities and could socialize during refreshments. FHE shouldn't be another Friday night activity. At least I don't think so.

Okay, my last rant on the subject. I'm sitting at the piano, ready to play whatever number she decides on a she runs her first FHE. In her exact words, "Whenever we did Family Home Evening as a family, we always sang 'Families can be Together Forever' every time, so that's what we're going to do." My mind reared it's ugly head wanting to scream in protest, but I am no longer on the committee because of time constraints. I can remember one meeting where we've sung something different since the end of what I considered FHE. There was one time she didn't even do a song. Course I think that's because I the week before I was sitting at the piano, and while she was bearing her testimony and about to cry, I was playing the piano without hitting keys and accidentally hit one, to which that just drove her testimony and the Spirit out the door. I think that time she was just getting me back for that. Oh well. Well, my friend is here and it's time to start studying.