Stake Women's Conference

Just a reminder that Women's Conference is tomorrow, Saturday Feb.26th from 10am-noon at the Stake Center. The author of "To the Rescue" will be speaking and President Argyle and his wife. We will be serving "Cafe Rio" salads and have yummy desserts afterward.


Hope you all can make it!!! It doesn't matter if you signed up or not just come!!!

2011 Teachings For Our Times - Jan - May

January:
Cleansing The Inner Vessel - President Boyd K. Packer
Courageous Parenting - Elder Larry R. Lawrence

February:
Pride and the Priesthood - President Dieter F. Uchtdorf
He Teaches Us to Put Off The Natural Man - Elder Juan A. Uceda

March:
Avoiding the Trap of Sin - Elder Jairo Mazzagardi
O That Cunning Plan of the Evil One - Elder M. Russell Ballard

April:
The Three Rs of Choice - President Thomas S. Monson
Agency: Essential to the Plan of Life - Elder Robert D. Hales

May:
Of Things That Matter Most - President Dieter F. Uchtdorf

2011 Book of Mormon Challenge

 We have been challenged to read three pages each day from the Book of Mormon with our spouse and Mark the verses where the Savior is referenced.  Our Young Men and Young Women have also been given a challenge.  This is the Schedule we were given:

December Craft Activity

We did a Tile Nativity picture for our December Activity.  Here are a few pictures from the night!

We wiped off our tiles to make sure they were dust free

Positioned the picture

Pulled the white backing sheet off the picture and made sure it was still positioned correctly

Rub the picture down firmly with a scraper (like the Pampered Chef Brown Scrapers or a credit card)

Peel the clear sticker off slowly (If the black comes up, press it back down and rub some more.)

October Newsletter

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My Favorite Things

Thanks to everyone who came!  We had a GREAT time!
Some of the things that were shared were:

http://www.melskitchencafe.com/

http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/

Indexing names for FamilySearch

www.familysearch.org/eng/indexing/frameset_indexing.asp

or go to http://www.familysearch.org/ and click on indexing.

We talked about Books, chocolate, recipes, Halloween Decor, Angels, drink mixes, bread, soup, water aerobics, a rice cooker, Ikea Utensils, grilled garlic bread, the cricket, painting walls, hair bows, gem stones, websites, Scentsy and the Kindle!

My Favorite Things

Just like on Oprah
with Prizes and Things to Try and to Taste

Come tell us about your "Favorite Things!"
When: Wednesday, October 13 @ 7:00
Where: at the Stake Center (We will NOT be in the gym)
Why: Because we ALL like Things!

For more information Please Call Wendy at 967-3167!

Visiting Teaching Conference

We are all daughters of God.

Heavenly Father wants us to watch out for each other.
That is why we have the program of Visiting Teaching.

A Tribute
I'm just a visiting teacher, I heard a sister say,
But Oh how golden was the key that she had used today.
It had opened doors of comfort and doors of hopefulness,
For lonely hearts and troubled minds and brought them happiness.
A sweetly-worded message that she had humbly left inside,
And every home she visited seemed sweetly purified.
No Idle words of gossip, no ugly thought was left to scar.
No wonder God was pleased as he watched her from afar.
So she is "just a visiting teacher," how little does she know
How valuable, how welcome, her monthly visits grow!
As she turns the key of service that fits in every lock,
Of every precious sister whom she visits on her block.

~ Bernice C. Harding

(May 1969 Relief Society Magazine)

Stake Treats from the General Relief Society Broadcast

I hope all of you took the opportunity to listen to the Relief Society Broadcast last weekend! There were some wonderful talks and we definately came away spiritually fed! For those of you who were unable to listen, it is now posted at http://lds.org/broadcast/grsm/0,6220,285,00.html. For those of you who came to the Stake Center, these are the recipes for the wonderful Trifles that we had after the broadcast.

Together - We Can Accomplish Anything

As covenant women, we come from all walks of life, all ages, marital statuses, incomes, education levels, race and ethnic backgrounds - but together, we speak the same simple testimony, we comfort each other and sustain each other in our mutual faith. Our testimony of Jesus Christ crosses all boundaries - political, racial, economic, national. We are the same, as covenant daughters of God. That doesn't mean we are the same in all of our life decisions, or even in how we live the principles of the gospel.

The world wants to believe that we can never be perfect.

Perfectly joined together, we are unstopable.

Individually, we all have different talents and strengths, but together - we can accomplish anything the Lord needs us to do.

Quotes taken from: http://ce.byu.edu/cw/womensconference/archive/2010/pdf/Renata_Forste_2010.pdf

This is the phone book clip we watched:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOt‐D_ee‐JE

Back to School Activity

We had a great time at the Back to School Activity!

Thanks to all who came and joined us!

We did a map in geography

A Spelling Bee, using words from the Scriptures,

Jumped Rope to Cinderella..., and Hula Hoops for Recess!

Synonyms Charts to help in our Writing Skills:

Next, We did a Human Boggle Game

Then we had Sack Lunches with Yummy Chicken Salad Sandwiches, Treats and Love Notes!

There were lots of Prizes and Wendy provided us with some fun Homework Websites to check out!

June Newsletter

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Enrichment: Rice and Beans Class

For Enrichment tonight, Suzi Brewster, Our Stake Food Storage Specialist, taught us about Rice and Beans. We tasted Brownies made from a boxed cake mix, chocolate chips, and a can of pureed black beans (including liquid). We also had lemon Rice, Rice-A-Roni, Bean Dip, Frito Bean Salad, Really Good Pinto Bean Pie, Egg Foo Yung, Spicy Garbanzo Bean Crunchies, Flourless Chocolate Cake, Bean Burgers and Jessica Seinfeld's Chocolate Chip Cookies.

Donna Stockebrand also made us a yummy Persian Lentil and Rice Soup! Called AASH in Persia. Suzi taught us that cooking with Rice and Beans doesn't have to be intimidating. We discussed bean nutrition, cooking and soaking and Rice history, facts, tips, types and nutrition. As usual, Suzi outdid herself and did a wonderful job! Thanks to Donna, Cara and Suzi for all their help and hard work! Thanks also to Nicol and Amber for being willing to work in our Nursery.

Monthly Teachings For Our Times Topics

May
Continue in Patience - President Dieter F. Uchtdorf
http://lds.org/conference/talk/display/0,5232,23-1-1207-20,00.html

June
Healing the Sick - Elder Dallin H. Oaks
http://lds.org/conference/talk/display/0,5232,23-1-1207-17,00.html
The Power of the Priesthood - Elder Boyd K. Packer
http://lds.org/conference/talk/display/0,5232,23-1-1207-2,00.html

July
Our Duty to God: The Mission of Parents and Leaders to the Rising Generation - Elder Robert D. Hales
http://lds.org/conference/talk/display/0,5232,23-1-1207-30,00.html
Watching With All Perseverance - Elder David A. Bednar
http://lds.org/conference/talk/display/0,5232,23-1-1207-15,00.html

August
You Are My Hands - President Dieter F. Uchtdorf
http://lds.org/conference/talk/display/0,5232,23-1-1207-23,00.html
Our Path of Duty - Bishop Keith B. McMullin
http://lds.org/conference/talk/display/0,5232,23-1-1207-4,00.html

September
Act in All Diligence - President Henry B. Eyring
http://lds.org/conference/talk/display/0,5232,23-1-1207-21,00.html
When the Lord Commands - Elder Bruce A. Carlson
http://lds.org/conference/talk/display/0,5232,23-1-1207-14,00.html

October
Help Them On Their Way Home - President Henry B. Eyring
http://lds.org/conference/talk/display/0,5232,23-1-1207-7,00.html
Tell Me The Stories of Jesus - Elder Neil L. Anderson
http://lds.org/conference/talk/display/0,5232,23-1-1207-35,00.html

May Newsletter

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Ward Cookbook

Sisters,

We want to compile a Ward Cookbook this fall, in time for the holidays. We would like to include 2-3 recipes from each house within the ward. Please get them to a member of the Relief Society Presidency. You can e-mail them to dmaakar@yahoo.com. Also, if you have shared a recipe for a Relief Society Activity, Newsletter or something else and would prefer not to have it included, please contact Marilyn. Thank you.

Mormon Message

Bishop Bybee mentioned that he was touched and enlightened as he watched the most recent "Mormon Message" on the Church's website. It is titled "My new Life". It made a strong impact on him and he felt impressed that the sisters in our ward should view this clip during this Mother's Day season. He would like each of us to view this message during the next couple of days. It takes about 8 minutes.
http://www.lds.org/ldsorg/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=bd163ca6e9aa3210VgnVCM1000003a94610aRCRD&locale=0

Thank You!

We've had a lot of changes in Relief Society the last little while and want to say Thank you to Linda Beck, Risa Anderson, Susan Allen, Sherrie Wright and Cheri Jacobson! We want you to know how much we love and appreciate you and let you know that we will miss you serving in Relief Society! Good Luck in your new callings!

April Newsletter

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