Opening Ceremony

Gives a rap with the gravel, signaling the officers and members to stand and say:

President: We are the members of Family, Career and Community Leaders of America. Our mission is to promote personal growth and leadership development through family and consumer sciences education.

Officers: Focusing on the multiple roles of family members, wage earners and community leaders, members develop skills for life through character development, creative and critical thinking, interpersonal communication, practical knowledge and career preparation.

Members: As we work toward the accomplishments of our goals, we learn cooperation, take responsibility, develop leadership and give service.

President: This meeting of the _________________ chapter of Family, Career and Community Leaders of America is now in session. You may be seated.

Closing Ceremony

President: Members, please stand.

FCCLA members, we are challenged to accept the responsibility of making decisions that affect our lives today and the world tomorrow. Let us repeat our creed.

Members in Unison:
We are the Family, Career and Community Leaders of America.
We face the future with warm courage and high hope.

For we have the clear consciousness of seeking old and precious values.
For we are the builders of homes, homes for America’s future, homes where living will be the expression of everything that is good and fair, homes where truth and love and security and faith will be realities, not dreams.

We are the Family, Career and Community Leaders of America.
We face the future with warm courage and high hope.

President: This meeting of the ___________ chapter of the Family, Career and Community Leaders of America is now adjourned, (Rap gavel once).