January Newsletter

Presidency Message
This year, Relief Society sisters and Melchizedek Priesthood holders will study Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Joseph Fielding Smith.  This manual will help ensure that President Smith’s inspired teachings will be available for current and future generations, since he died in 1972 when Church membership was just over 3 million.  Few who are now living will have a personal memory of President Smith’s exemplary life, but all may be lifted and inspired by the power of his teachings.
As you prayerfully study and ponder President Smith’s teachings, you will discern how the Lord used him as a spokesman to clearly teach principles that bring immeasurable blessings when they are applied.  You will study subjects such as these:
Our relationship to our Father in Heaven and our Savior
The influence of the Holy Ghost in our lives
The mission of the Prophet Joseph Smith
The importance of temple covenants
How to be in the world but not of the world
How to prepare for the Second Coming of Jesus Christ by being true and faithful
You are encouraged to study the chapter before the lesson and bring your books with you each second and third Sundays. If you do so, you will be better prepared to participate in discussions and edify one another.
Manuals are provided by the Relief Society Presidency or can be found online at LDS.org and for mobile devices at mobile.lds.org.
To quote President Joseph Fielding Smith, “Let us be true and faithful always, with a desire to keep the commandments of the Lord and honor Him and remember the covenants we have made with Him.”
We wish you all a very Happy New Year and look forward to studying the life and ministry of President Joseph Fielding Smith together this coming year.
Sincerely, Sue, Amy, Lisa, Debbie and Jenny

Birthdays
  5  Kimberly Brown
  6  Ranya Kelly
  6  Linda West
  9  Janet Bunn
  9  Linda Spano
 22  Nancy O’Berry       
23  Larkin Harman
23  Debbie Orvin
30  Diana Dahlberg
30  Suzi Erekson  
31  Susi Maximoff

Lesson Schedule
Jan 5 Presidency message taught      by Jenny Maxwell
Jan 12 Chapter 1 “Our Father in Heaven” taught by Kristen Tanner
Jan 19 Chapter 2 “Our Savior, Jesus Christ” taught by Kay Bashford
Jan 26 Oct 2013 Conference talk “The Windows of Heaven” by David A Bednar

Upcoming Events
Jan  8       Lunch Bunch at 11am meet at Chipotle (64th & Ward)
Jan 15   Ward Temple Day
Jan 20-Feb 2 Temple closed
Feb 16   Ward Conference
Mar 13   Relief Society Birthday Party
Mar 19   Stake All-Day Temple Day

Articles of Faith 1:1
We believe in God, the Eternal Father, and in His Son, Jesus Christ, and in the Holy Ghost.

Dry Pack Canery is now the Home Storage Center

Here is an article that appeared in the Church News about the Dry Pack Canneries.

Over the past several weeks, misinformation and unnecessary concern has been circulating on blogs, over social media channels, and by email regarding changes in operations at the Church’s home storage centers, which are located in the United States and Canada. Here are some important facts:

No home storage centers are being closed.

In 89 of the Church’s 101 home storage centers in the U.S. and Canada, patrons will no longer self-can products, but they may purchase these same items pre-canned or prepackaged at no additional cost.

While many individuals have enjoyed self-canning at the Church’s home storage centers, the advantages of providing pre-canned or prepackaged goods include:

· It’s more efficient and cost effective for the Church to produce and ship high-quality, pre-canned or prepackaged goods in bulk rather than ship the same goods and empty cans to a location where individuals can them on their own.

· By offering the goods pre-canned or prepackaged, the Church utilizes less warehouse space.

· Pre-canned and prepackaged operations allow for higher quality and safer preparation of home storage food.

· It is much more costly to maintain and upgrade facilities that must meet food production standards (such as in a self-canning operation) than it is to maintain a facility that simply distributes pre-canned and prepackaged food. 

             · Volunteer personnel time can be used more efficient.

Link to the original article

Link to the order form for the Home Storage Center

December 2013 Newsletter

Presidency message

We hope everyone had an enjoyable Thanksgiving and we want to wish each of you a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.

President Thomas S Monson said, ‘The Temple provides purpose for our lives. It brings peace to our souls – not the peace provided by man but the peace promised by the Son of God when He said, ‘Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you.’  I think there is no place in the world where I feel closer to the Lord than in one of His Holy Temples. To paraphrase a poem:

How far is heaven?

It’s not very far.

In temples of God,

It’s right where we are.’

We, the Relief Society Presidency, would like to encourage each of you to include a visit to the Temple in your busy December schedule.  You and your family will be blessed.

Love, Sue, Lisa, Amy, Debbie, Jenny

December Birthdays

  1  Tammy Rose

  9  Deanna Sumner

11  Jennifer Fulton

12  Stephanie Clements

14  Mindy Cornelsen

14  Terry Maupin

16  Loretta Robbs

17  Sue Schilling

19  Jessica Humrich

           

 

Lesson Schedule

Dec 1   Presidency message taught by Lisa Larson

Dec 8   Chapter 24 Reflections on the Mission of

              Jesus Christ taught by Kay Bashford

Dec 15  Chapter 23 Prophet Joseph Smith

             

Dec 22  Oct Conference “Decisions for Eternity”

               taught by Jacque Gardner

Dec 29  Relief Society & Priesthood combined

              Bishop Instruction  

UPCOMING EVENTS

Dec 7   Ward Christmas Party   5:30 PM   Alkire Bldg

Dec 8   1^st Presidency Christmas Devotional   6:00 PM

Dec 12 Relief Society Christmas Social   6:30 PM   Quail Bldg

Dec  14 & 15   Christmas Nativity    6:30 PM   Alkire Bldg

Dec 18    Ward Temple Day

             

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