Tips for Celebrating Birthdays

Remembering someone’s birthday shows them that you care. But, anytime you publicly recognize one person’s birthday in your Home Group, you run the risk of forgetting someone else’s. To avoid unnecessary hurt feelings, you might want to consider a more simple method to the madness.

Choose the 1st or 4th HG of the month to be your day to celebrate all birthdays for that month. Here are some suggestions to help you pull this off:

-Make it special, but keep it simple.
-Put a candle on any dessert that was brought to Home Group.
-Gather the birthday folks in the middle of your group, dim the lights and sing HappyBirthday loud and proud.
-Blow that candle out and end with a prayer of blessing on each of them.

Remember to have fun. Avoid embarrassing people and make it something that they look forward to each month. In this way you will show everyone in your group that they are special. And please save a piece of cake for me.