September Newsletter

Presidency Message by Lisa Lara
We recently went hiking as a family. As you can imagine, hiking with our five children can be a struggle at times. I'll admit, before we even left I wondered if I had the energy to tackle it all while we were out. My faith was weak in the task at hand. The hike proved to be beautiful, there wasn't much complaining, and the weather was wonderful. While we were hiking, our son's shoe broke, which meant he had to be carried the rest of the way. When my daughter saw his shoe, she said, "Oh Dad can fix it!" Her faith in her father and his ability to fix her brother's shoe was greater than my faith was in my family to have a successful hike. I learned that our faith can be strengthened if we just take that leap and try.

Someone who always kept trying was Theodore Roosevelt. As a child he was frail and nearsighted, always tormented by near-fatal asthma attacks. As a teenager, he worked to overcome his ill health through rigorous exercise, weight-lifting, and boxing. When he was in his 20s, his wife and mother passed away on the same day, leaving him heartbroken. After college he entered politics, winning and losing elections over the next decades. Through it all, he maintained a zest for life. He went on to become the youngest person ever to serve as president of the United States; he won the Nobel Peace Prize; and today, his image is carved on the massive granite of South Dakota’s Black Hills.

As Roosevelt said, “Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in the gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat.” We see past that gray twilight whenever we keep trying, go forward, and take even one small step of faith. If our faith is anchored in our Savior, Jesus Christ, it will grow and we and those around us will truly be blessed.

Birthdays
1 Jonie Bowler
5 Kelly Kadunc
9 Anna Carbone
20 Sandy Crane
21 Mary Kay Bashford
23 Tiffanie Huntley
24 Carmae Hiller
27 Senta Miller

Lesson Schedule – (Howard W Hunter)
Sept 4 Presidency message by Marty Rozeski
Sept 11 #17 “Preserve and Protect the Family”
Sept 18 #18 “We Believe in Being Honest”
Sept 25 “Opposition in All Things” by Dallin Oaks

Upcoming Events
Sept 8 Relief Society Meeting 7:00
Sept 21 Ward Temple Day
Sept 24 Women’s Conference
Oct 1 & 2 General Conference
Oct 16 Ft Collins Temple Dedication

Other Opportunities
Sept 13 Lunch Bunch at 11:30 Panda Express
Sept 14 Book Club at 7:00 at Samantha Phillip’s “Ross Poldark #1” by Winston Graham
Saturdays 8 am basketball Stake Center
Mon & Wed 9 am Aerobics