Relief Society Meeting July--Let's Move!!

Join us Thursday, July 12th for some yoga and exercise fun!

We'll also have a healthy food exchange, where you will bring your favorite healthy snack, cereal, fruit, etc. and come home with someone else's favorite!

See you there!

Childcare provided.

Thanks for Supporting the Women's Conference

A special thanks to all those sisters who came to Waco to support the Stake Women's Conference.

It was a special program about how our lives are stitched together like quilts---sometimes we have a plan for the way things should turn out, but most times it is a little chaotic and haphazard.

It was fun chatting over some taco salad and then we went into the chapel for some guest speakers.

Sister Lunt and Sister Smith both talked about how we can get through hard times and how we don't have to be perfect.

Here's one of the quotes from the meeting that I enjoyed.

I think we can all use a reminder that we all are going through hard things, and the Lord is mindful of us.

If you're looking for a good read, check out Elder Worthlin's talk....it's surely one to put things in perspective.

Service Auction Overview

Service Auction Overview

Out on the Town:

·         Healthy lunch out

·         Food fight for kids

·         Babysitting for 2-3 hours

·         Morning babysitting

·         Morning babysitting and homemade tortillas

Food/Goodies:

·         Puff corn

·         Homemade, fresh baked whole-wheat bread

·         Ward-famous Christmas Crunch Chex mix

·         Maple Scones

·         German Chocolate Cake

·         Chocolate Chip Cookies

·         Pizza for your Family

·         Chocolate Chip Brownies

·         Big Pot of Mexican Charro Beans

We Got Skills:

·         Help put up Christmas decorations

·         Genealogy help

·         Hair hi-light and trim

·         20 Page Photobook

·         Math tutoring (2.5 hours or three 1 hour sessions)

·         A drawing of your favorite temple

·         15 minute massage

·         Swedish Massage  + Deep Tissue (3)

·         FHE Lessons about Deaf Culture (2)

·         A Room Redo

·         Pet sitting 

Second Annual Service Auction in May

Our 2nd Annual Sister Service Auction will happen on Thursday, May 10th at 7:00 at the church. All sisters ages 12 and older are invited to attend. This is such a great opportunity to get to know one another better as we play together and serve one another in many unique ways. It may also help our young women transition into RS in a few years if they are aware that WE HAVE FUN... sometimes!! (Why do they assume that RS is boring?)

Here's how it works: next week we will again hand out certificates and ask you to fill out at least one certificate for the auction. You may also email the description of your service item to this email address and we will fill out a certificate for you. These certificates will list a service that you are willing to perform for another sister in the ward sometime during the coming year. Despite what you may believe, the possibilities for you to perform a valuable service are endless! Here are a few examples of items from last year that were auctioned: dinners prepared for a family, the oil changed in a car, hand crafts, baked yummies, babysitting hours, lunch out with a friend, help with genealogy, massages. . . what else? As you can see, everybody has something they can offer. 

The currency we use at the auction is points. Everyone who attends the auction will fill out a survey when they get to the auction. They answers to the survey questions will earn you a certain number of points. Don't worry--everyone will have plenty of points to spend! The auctioneer will describe an auction item and let the bidding begin! It is a fun time and the services rendered over the next several months provide opportunities for sisters to get to know and love each other better. Please join us!

Join us for April's RS Parenting Meeting

Traveling Heart Baskets

Sisters,

A quick explanation about our TRAVELING HEART basket.

First, our goal is to value sisterhood and serve each other.

Our theme this year is from Acts 4:32—

“And the multitude of them that believed were

of one heart, and of one soul...they had all things in common."

If the Traveling Heart has found you,

Please:

1. Write down what act of service was done for you in the journal,

*sign your name or leave it anonymous.

2. Find a sister in our Relief society you can reach out to.

*We’ve included a directory if you need help deciding on someone

3. Do something kind for them

*Drop by a note, watch her kids, bake a goodie, help in her yard, etc.

4. Leave or deliver the basket, journal and notepad to the sister you served!

*Please do this in a timely manner. However, there are no restrictions on who, when or where…be creative in your service!

5. We will recap some of the amazing things that the sisters have done at the weekday meeting each month.

*If you have the TRAVELING HEART, please come and bring it along to the weekday meeting held on the second Thursday of each month!

From the birthday party...

Many thanks to everyone who attended and helped make last night's RS dinner a lovely event.

We were served great food by the young men.

Then we had a wonderful talk by Jody Ebert about the importance of visiting teaching...

A beautiful musical number by Gretchen that moved many to tears...

Fun table decorations....

And lots of time to talk and visit...

Happy Birthday Relief Society!

Mormonism 101 Infographic

For those of you who are interested, the Church has put together a great info-graphic to share with friends or family members who are curious about our beliefs.

Enjoy!

Click here to view: http://www.mormonnewsroom.org/article/mormonism-101#C3

Forget Not

Sisters,

Just wanted to share this with you, if you'd like to print it off as a good reminder of President Uchtdorf's talk to the women last September titled, "Forget Me Not."

He tells us five things that we must never forget.

Join us for a Dinner