Trek Activity Part 1

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Music for Trek

We are challenging the youth to learn all the verses to five hymns before the trek.  They are:

1.   Come, Come Ye Saints   (Hymns  pg. 30)

2.    Praise to the Man  (pg. 27)

3.    The Spirit of God  (pg. 2)

4.   How Firm a Foundation  (pg. 85)

5.    I Know that My Redeemer Lives  ( pg. 136)

The words for all verses of these songs are included in the attached songbook.  Will you please post those five on the blog so all participants can begin working on memorizing all the words. I would love to also challenge anyone with access to a harmonica to learn to play them.  This link is to the church music website for the music for their use http://lds.org/cm/catalogsearchseqrange/1,17930,4784-1-1,00.html.

Here are each of these five hymns transposed (from the lds.org site) to the key of G for use on G scale harmonicas. 

Come, Come, Ye Saints.pdf

How Firm a Foundation (in G).pdf

I Know That My Redeemer Lives (in G).pdf

Praise to the Man (in G).pdf

The Spirit of God (in G).pdf

You will find these especially helpful when we give the harmonicas out so you can reprint the music if needed. :)

**Important: All YW/YM Leaders!!!

Pioneer Stories to be used in Mutual

 

Many hours were taken to compile these pioneer stories.  It is our hope you will use them in your Mutual Opening Exercises. We want the youth, Deacons and Beehives included, to gain an appreciation of the pioneers and understand what they went through.  We also want to get them in the spirit of the whole Trek Experience. We hope that the youth will get in the Pioneer Spirit!

There are 13 pages of information and stories.  They go in order #1 through #13.  They are designed so that one or more of the youth can read ONE page during opening exercises of mutual. Please take advantage of this opportunity.  We have done the research for you.  Just print the stories out and assign someone to read the information; one each week!  A suggestion would be to divide it up.  Have a Young Men read the men's stories and a Young Women read the women's stories.  You could ask them to share their thoughts about what impressed them about the story after they read it.  Please use these stories starting this week!

 

Click on the following link to print these out asap:

 

Pioneer stories for Mutual

What (or who) is Johnny Cake?

Johnny Cake (or Johnnycake) is flat cornmeal bread. It was not named after any particular “Johnny.” In fact, it was not named after anyone at all. The original name was Journey Cake, but over time the name morphed into Johnny Cake. Slaves sometimes called this dish Hoe Cake because they would cook it over a fire on the back of a hoe when no kitchen utensils were available.

There are all kinds of variations of Johnny Cake. It can be cooked on a skillet, fried in bacon drippings, or baked in an oven or Dutch oven. Some variations may include eggs or leavening, but the pioneers likely kept their recipe pretty simple when travelling. Johnny Cake makes a good breakfast, and extra cakes could be cooked in the morning and saved for later in the day.

Johnny Cake is tasty with honey, sugar, syrup, or dipped in warm milk. It makes a great side dish for beans or soup, and has sometimes been used as a substitute for hash-browned potatoes.

Here’s a basic Johnny Cake recipe:

1 cup cornmeal

½ teaspoon salt

½ teaspoon sugar

1 ¼ cup boiling water

Combine dry ingredients. Pour boiling water over mixture and mix well. If necessary, add milk until batter is the consistency of mashed potatoes. Drop by spoonfuls onto a hot griddle or frying pan that has been greased with butter or bacon drippings. Cook five minutes, flip over, and cook five minutes more.

Do you have a favorite pioneer recipe? Share it with us! We’d also love to see your pictures of youth cooking (and eating!) pioneer recipes.