Gather Joy

Sisters our Gather Joy Retreat is fast approaching. Please mark this on your calendar and call or email your R.S.V. P. to 307-548-2821 or at lovell5thward@gmail.com. Also we are hoping to put together a recipe booklet. So email that or pass a written copy onto the R.S. Presidency. And be thinking of your thought on what brings you Joy to write on you 3x5 card to share at the Retreat.

Linked in Love

Thank you to Sister Janice Hiser for the beautiful lesson given on Sunday. We had the opportunity to be reminded how important family is. Elder Nelson shares the importance of the Proclamation to the World. And our reason here on earth is to have families who are raised in the church, attend the temple and prepare for eternal families.

"When our hearts turn to our ancestors, something changes inside us,"

R.S. Dutch Oven Dinner

On September 17th, we had a very COLD but wonderful night of fun and Dutch Oven Dinners.
Brother Cheetam, Brother Frank Mickelson, Brother Zellar, Sister Kraft and Sister Cutler filled us with some amazing food.
We met at Constitution Park where the wind was blowing and the cold was a sure deal, Sister Bischoff who organized the activity even went home and got tarps to try and block the wind.
We wrapped in blankets, snuggled in close, had mini dutch oven cooking lessons and ate until our hearts were content.
What I believe I learned about dutch oven cooking is you start with a stick of butter or some really greasy bacon. No wonder we all love to eat it.
A special thank you to Cheri and all the volunteers who braved the cold and made a memorable night for us.

Welcome Kamree

Sarah and Shawn were blessed with the arrival of their 2nd daughter at 2:54 am on Thursday September 23.
Although she insisted on making an early arrival she is home and doing well. Kamree weighed 5lbs and is 18" long. Congratulations to the new family of 4.

She is here!

Congratulations to the Carpenter family.
Daisy Mae joined her family in the wee hours of September17th.
She weighed in at 8lbs1oz and is 20".
Mom and Dad though a bit tired are doing well too.

Welcome

We would like to welcome Gretchen Walker to the Relief Society Presidency. Gretchen was sustained yesterday as our new secretary. We are thrilled to be working with her and getting to know her better.

It's a BOY

Congratulations to the Parks Family.
Davis Parks has arrived. Sharla gave birth on
Sunday September 5th in the morning just after 6.
He weighed in at 6lbs 12 oz and 18".
Mom and baby are home and doing well.

Gratitude on Tender Mercies

We had a wonderful lesson given by Jill on Gratitude and Tender Mercies. How great it is to be reminded to be grateful for all that we have.
Jill had a great quote, about a person being grateful for soap. As they grew up in the depression and had to make their own soap. And though it got you clean, it was rough and had an awful smell. This is a wonderful example of things we might take advantage of  and how we should stop and appreciate the joy and beauty if what we have.
Heavenly Father blesses us daily with all the joy in our world. We need to take the time to appreciate what is out here. Notice the sun set/rise as Sister Ewart mentioned Brother Ewart is so great about. Take time to love and enjoy life.

Presidency Message

Elder Perry’s talk in General Conference of April 2008 painted a visual for me that I could really relate too as a homemaker. He talked about how cookbooks display picture perfect creations. Once we have the vision of the out come we have to “strictly follow” the recipe if we want a picture perfect meal. He stated, “It is important to begin with the end in mind, but the end represented by pictures in cookbooks is an end that is only possible if everything is done right.”
In his concluding remarks he focuses on the recipe step “Enduring to the End”. When baking cookies you actually don’t get a cookie if you stop with just mixing your ingredients--which is the quick part of the creation--you have to endure many sessions of opening the oven (refiners fire if you will) to get the completed recipe. This takes diligence, patience, and faith (that the treats will turn out because you followed with exactness the recipe given to you) to enjoy the morsels of your labors. Sometimes the most difficult part of baking and cooking is dealing with all the other distractions and duties of life that we face.
Elder Perry stated, “Enduring to the end is definitely not a do-it-yourself- project...each of us has a role to play, each of us is important, but in order to succeed we must be unified in our Savior.” Like a recipe, each ingredient is unique and strikingly its own entity, but when we mix the individual traits of sugars, flour, soda, butter, and chocolate--we get ingredients unified in one purpose; to make a delicious treat. As we love others accept their gifts and talents while not comparing ourselves to others so that our gifts and talents can shine through we become one in the Savior and the end product is incredible!!
In closing I quote Elder Perry, “May we be diligent in following the recipe for eternal life that is the Gospel of Jesus Christ.” so that we can taste the sweetness that Lehi explained as the most sweet above any he had ever tasted. This fruit is desirable and brings us happiness and joy. Each sister in our ward is needed to make our experience and growth in the gospel complete--"picture perfect!" We are so grateful for your individual talents, perspectives, friendship and endless service to others that bless and lifts each of us continually. ~Jill

That Our Children Might See the Face of the Savior

Thanks Jill for the wonderful lesson on thoughts from Sister Cheryl C. Lant's General Conference talk 
4-2010.
We we had a great discussion on ideas of how to make sure we are presenting opportunities for our children to see the face of the Savior.
Are we setting the example we want them to achieve.
Are they seeing us pray, read our scriptures and live a life according to the gospel.
We are so blessed to be given this time with our children. Making each moment count as they grow.
We all have the opportunity to bless a child's life. Rather you are the parent, grand parent, aunt, primary teacher, Sunday school teacher, neighbor or any other person touching the life of a child.

Retreat

Save the date ~ Saturday November 20, 2010
Sisters we are putting together a very special Retreat for you.
This day will be filled with Joy and goodness to fill your soul.
Please make plans now to save this date.

The Church of Jesus Christ in Former Times

We had a great lesson from Sister Bray this week the highlights of what she shared are listed below from lesson16.
Some Features That Identify the Church of Jesus Christ
Revelation
Authority from God
The Church Organization
First Principles and Ordinances
Ordinances Performed for the Dead
Spiritual Gifts
The Church of Jesus Christ in the Americas
Apostasy from the True church
A Restoration Foretold

Activity

Next Thursday August 12th is our Preservation night. Please come and share what you do.
Maybe you scrap book
Maybe you attach little quotes to your pictures
Maybe you like to keep your pictures in a photo albums
Maybe you do something we have no idea about.
Maybe you journal, scrap or blog on line.
Let's get together, share our ideas and help each other out. See you there!

Family History Night

I would like to express our appreciation to Kim Cutler and the presenters Brother Hultgren, Brother and Sister Corless and Sister Petrich for a great presentation on Family History. Kim worked really hard to show us how easy it is to work on our genealogy and help others along the way indexing. We had a nice turn out and took away some wonderful information. Kim also made herself available to help others in their home too. As it's sometimes difficult to learn at one place and then go home and try and recall all you learned, no less on a different system.
Way to go.
Remember we will be following up with preservation on August 12th, @ 7:30. Hope to see you all there.

Recipe for the Month

Dutch Oven cooking is fun and easy. Dutch oven recipes are abundant and adapting them from your favorite home recipes is easy. With a little experience you'll find that it is fairly simple to cook with your Dutch oven. Here are some easy Dutch oven recipes to try:


Easy Dutch Oven Mountain Man Hash
1 lb. Bacon or sausage
2 lbs frozen potatoes (shredded or southern style)
1 dozen eggs
2 cups shredded cheddar cheese
Cut bacon/sausage into smaller pieces (about 1"). Cook the bacon or sausage in the Dutch oven. Add potatoes, cover with lid with coals on top. Cook until potatoes are done, stirring occasionally. Mix eggs together in a bowl and pour on top of potatoes. Replace lid with coals on top and cook until eggs are done (shouldn't need a long time if the lid is hot). When eggs are done, sprinkle cheese on top, replace lid and bake until cheese is melted. Serve as is, or wrap spoonfuls in warmed flour tortillas to make breakfast burritos (provide salsa).

Presidency Message

Have I been Christ like today? Sisters when we think of Christ we know of a perfect being. Are we striving to be the servant the Lord wants us to be. If we saw Christ today, would he say good work faithful servant. Would we feel pleased with our actions and thoughts.
As President Uchtdorf reminds us; true love requires action. We can preach and encourage it, but we must manifest it through our actions.
Have you thought of your sisters today. Have you checked in on them, made a phone call just to say hi you are on my mind.
We have been blessed to be given the callings of Visiting Teachers. The blessings from Heaven are infinite, when we take time to do the small task the Lord would have us do.

Quiet Book

We have been meeting each Tuesday at 10am and 7pm to work on a wonderful quiet book. This has been a real joy getting together and doing a craft while visiting together. And the children have had a great time running about and playing together. Pictures to follow. Thanks Sister Wilkerson for your great idea.

Preisthood

Thank you to Sister Bray for the great lesson on the Priesthood. Helping us gain a better understanding of the responsibilities each one holds. The game gave us thought, knowledge and fun. What a great way to teach us.

Great recipes for the crock-pot

Using the crock pot is so handy. You can put it all in the night before, refrigerate it and pull it out in the morning and plug it in. Head out for the day and when you come home it's all ready to eat. Crock pot cooking is great for the summer days too, doesn't heat up the house.

Sweet Pork Tacos:


4-6 lbs. pork roast

1 jar Pineapple Peach or Mango Chipotle

Cook on low 4-6 hours or until pork is done and shreds easily

Shred pork and serve on tortillas with brown rice, cheese, black beans (rinsed) and sour cream

French Dip

1 Can Beef Consomme

1 Can French Onion Soup

1 Package Dry French Onion Soup Mix

Pour over beef roast and cook all day on low.

Shred meat and serve on buns. Use liquid for au jus
Convert your favorite recipes to slow cooker recipes


Taco Soup

1lb hamburger 2 cans water

½ chopped onion 1 can corn

1 large can Mexican style diced tomatoes 1 can black beans

2 small cans tomato sauce 1/3-1/2 pkg taco seasonings

Place all ingredients in crock pot cook on low 6-8 hours. Stir and serve over corn chips with sour cream and cheese.

Pulled Pork

4-6 lb pork roast 1 cup vinegar

1 sliced onion 2 bottles bbq sauce

Seasonings -salt, pepper@ garlic or your favorite rub

Place onions on bottom of crock pot, rub pork with seasonings place on top of onions, pour 1 ½ bottles of bbq sauce and vinegar over pork. Cook on low 8-10 hours. Shred with fork, eat on rolls or over rice.

Apple Crisp Slow-cooker solutions (Family Circle April 1-08 p.116)


8 servings

Prep: 10 minutes Cook: slow cook 2 hours on HIGH; 4 hours on LOW Ingredients

Topping:

1/2 cup flour

1/4 cup light-brown sugar

1/4 cup granulated sugar

1/4 teaspoon cinnamon

1/8 teaspoon nutmeg (I left out-I’m not a fan)

Pinch salt

4 tablespoons cold unsalted butter, cut into pieces

1/2 cup chopped pecans

(I added ½ cup quick oatmeal—I like oatmeal crisp topping)

Filling: (I used Better Homes and Garden’s Apple Pie fillingp.276)

3 tablespoons granulated sugar

2 teaspoons lemon juice

1-1/2 teaspoons cornstarch

1/4 teaspoon ground ginger

1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon

6 large Granny Smith apples,peeled, cored and cut into 1/2-inch wedges (10 cups)

Vanilla ice cream (optional)

Directions

1. Coat 2- to 4-quart slow-cooker bowl with nonstick cooking spray; set aside.

2. Topping: In a small bowl, mix together flour, sugars, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt. Add butter; work into flour mixture using a pastry blender or fingers until coarse crumbs form. Stir in pecans and set aside.

2. Topping: In a small bowl, mix together flour, sugars, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt. Add butter; work into flour mixture using a pastry blender or fingers until coarse crumbs form. Stir in pecans and set aside.


3. Filling: In a large bowl, whisk together sugar, lemon juice, cornstarch, ginger and cinnamon. Stir in apples; toss to coat.

4. Spoon apple mixture into slow cooker and sprinkle topping over it. Cover and cook on HIGH for 2 hours or LOW for 4 hours, or until apples are tender. Serve with vanilla ice cream, if desired.

240 Calories, 11 g fat (4g Sat.); 2 g protein; 37 Carbs; 4 g fiber; 41 mg sodium; 15 mg Cholesterol.

Prepared

Thank you Sister Nichols for the great lesson on the Blessings we receive for being prepared.
It seems as we talked, we all have great ideas on what to do. Praying, fasting, reading our scriptures. The Lord gives us all these opportunities to prepare ourselves if we just use the keys provided.
We appreciate all the comments shared. The inspirations we receive from each other is so helpful. Thank goodness the Lord saw need for Relief Society.

The Atonement

Sister Halverson shared the lesson on the Atonement with us on Sunday. She shared a beautiful testimony from a lady they met on their mission. This sister went through some really trying times with her father that no person should ever have to experience. We are so blessed Heavenly Father would sacrifice his son to take on the trials and tribulations of our life that we would not be able to manage our self. And for the opportunity given to us to experience these trials to prove our self worthy of the desire to return to him.
With so much information in this lesson, it seems we barely touched on it. I would encourage all of us to take time to read and ponder this lesson.
It's amazing how these lessons are prepared ahead of time, and yet the message is so pertinent to our present time.

The Life of Christ

Nice lesson given to us by Sister Caldwell. What a busy week she had. First talking in R.S. Conference and now on Sunday too. She has taken a very poignant motto out of this lesson. I know it's one I would surely like to follow.

"I do always those things that please him"

The Life of Christ Was Predicted Long Before His Birth

He Was the Only Begotten of the Father
What did Jesus inherit from His Father? What did He inherit from His mother?

He Led a Perfect Life
What does the Savior's life mean for us?

He Taught Us How to Love and Serve One Another
How did the Savior teach us how to love and serve one another?

He Organized the Only True Church
Why did the Savior organize His Church and ordain Apostles?

He Redeemed Us from Our Sins and Saved Us from Death
As you study this section, take time to ponder the events of the Atonement

His Sacrifice Showed His Love for His Father and for Us

Stake Relief Society Conference

Sisters I hope you had the opportunity to attend R.S. conference last night. We had the honor of hearing from President and Sister Caldwell talk about the blessings of being worthy to attend the Temple.
We are reminded to set aside time to do so. How blessed we are to have one so near us. Sister Caldwell reminded us to leave our watches off and forget about that Costco list, just surround our self with the blessings we are receiving. And the blessings being extended to those that have gone on before us.

President Caldwell told a couple jokes....You will have to ask him about them.
He also shared a beautiful story on the history of the Vernal Temple previously the Uintah Stake Tabernacle and how his family has such heritage with it.

We had beautiful music sang to us.

We finished off the night viewing all the beautiful pictures of families and couples posing in front of many different temples. Yummy punch, cookies and socializing.

Sisters we are all so busy. But the Lord wants us to make time for these special inspirations. To keep our cup over flowing with the desire to serve him and fulfill our testimonies.

Thank you to our wonderful Stake Relief Society for putting together this lovely evening.

Pillow Talk/ Pillow Make Over: June 29 7-8:30pm

Sisters,
Please start looking around your home for that pillow that needs a make over. What piece of fabric do you have that will brighten it up.
Is it a piece of fabric (you already have) a top in your closet you don't wear, a curtain, kitchen towel, part of an unfinished quilt, one of your sons first white shirts he out grew, a special dress you little girl wore? You know you must have something sentimental you could recover it with.
We need sisters to plan on bringing sewing machines that night too.
For those of you who think you can't come because you don't sew; think again... we will help you,  maybe yours can be done without even sewing.
I know we have very creative sisters. Put on your sewing/crafting hats and lets have a great time.

Service Coupons

6/10/2010 We had a nice morning getting together with sisters, sharing stories and planning future service we might give and or do.
Sister Cutler brought up the idea of doing an auction with the serivce coupons. Ideas and memories started flying.  So we have agreed to hang on to our service coupons for a future Relief Society evening. Let's pass around the word and, get everyone involved.
Thank you to all who were there. It's so nice getting know our sisters.

Commitment

Sister Kinser gave a talk on commitment today. It was wonderful to have so many sisters share their ideas about what helps them be committed to what they need to do. Maybe writing a list, keeping a calendar. What helps keep us on the right track. Starting the day with a conversation to Heavenly Father. We are reminded as women we can be hard on ourselves with our short comings. But it is very important to think of the time and place we are at in lives right now. Setting our priorities as Heavenly Father would want them to be.

Presidency Message

I have grown to love Sister Julie Beck. She is very aware of the sisters of the world and always right on target with her talks. This excerpet from her talk in the April Conference again is just what we need. She is aware of how busy our lives have become and our need to choose between good and good. It isn’t her observation of how busy we are, but the soulition that is so important.

“A good woman knows that she does not have enough time, energy, or opportunity to take care of all of the people or do all of the worthy things her heart yearns to do. Life is not calm for most women, and each day seems to require the accomplishment of a million things, most of which are important. A good woman must constantly resist alluring and deceptive messages from many sources telling her that she is entitled to more time away from her responsibilities and that she deserves a life of greater ease and independence. But with personal revelation, she can prioritize correctly and navigate this life confidently.

The ability to qualify for, receive, and act on personal revelation is the single most important skill that can be acquired in this life.” Julie Beck

I pray that we will all strive to seek that revelation. Have a great summer.
Susan Wilkerson

Picnic

May 25th, 2010Ok the weather teased us all day with pouring rain, but that sunshine came out right about 6:00 it warmed up  we gathered and had a wonderful evening of sisterhood.

Too many salads to choose from and yummy hamburgers to go with (When Jill got the BBQ flaming).

Thank you to all the sisters who worked and prepared to give us a nice evening. We have so many wonderful sisters who just keep on serving.

Stake Womens Conference

Sisters we have a great opportunity to be spiritually fed and spend time together. Please put this date and time on your calendar. Check in with your husband and make sure he has this evening on his calendar for a night with the youngins or call today to arrange for a babysitter if needed. This no doubt will be a memorable evening.

Help Them On Their Way Home

Kasi thank you for sharing that great lesson with us from President B. Eyring. We are reminded of all our important roles in teaching the Lords children. The responsibility we have to start when they are young and give them that strong foundation to go forth as good  people and great missionaries. I love the part of his talk when he says "Many bishops in the Church are inspired to call the strongest people in the ward to serve individual children in the Primary. They realize that if the children are strengthened with faith and testimony, they will be less likely to need rescue as teenagers. They realize that a strong spiritual foundation can make the difference for a lifetime."
It can be tough growing up. And even when we are grown up it can be tough. As many sisters shared in Relief Society it's important that we make sure each person knows how special they are and the Lord loves us all in spite of our weaknesses. If we just try.

Next week is a 5th week and will be a combined meeting.

Jennifer (Thomas) McDougall

Sisters the funeral for Jennifer will be on Monday the 24th at 10:00 am. If you are available to help out please contact Susan Wilkerson, Janet Kinser.
Thank you

Fast

Dear Sisters and Families,
We have had a request for a day of fasting for Brother and Sister Thomas, as they travel to Texas to attend a custody hearing in order to gain custody of their grand children.
They are in our hearts, prayers and minds at this extremely difficult time.

Memorial Fund

There has been a memorial fund set up for Jennifer Thomas' kids by the Class of '98 at First National Bank and Trust in Lovell. Please pass the information on to anyone you think would want to know. For more information please call Kim Cutler or Kathleen at the bank. Jennifer will be sadly missed, but hopefully we can help her kids out even a little!




May 17, 2010 1:06 PM

Loss of a Precious Daughter

Sisters it's with great sadness I am posting this. Our ward family Brother and Sister Thomas have lost their Beautiful Daughter of God to a very horrible and senseless death. Please keep this wonderful family in your prayers and thoughts.

Service Project

Although we had a small turn out for our service activity on Thursday, it did not hold us back from having a great time.
Many adorable bibs were cut, sewn and put together with a lot of love. Now we just need those little ones to come along and model them for us.
Thank you to those sisters who were able to be there, and for bringing all the supplies we needed to make it happen.

Please Come

Sisters our Potluck Picnic is coming up on the 25th. Oh and yes someone.....(J.K.) forgot to add the time. You sisters are quick, many of you noticed right away. It will be at 6:30. Can't wait to get together for some spiritual uplifting and a gab about great time.

Scriptures

Wow did you feel the spirit just radiating off Sister Bray. What a blessing we have in life to know we can look to the true scriptures to lead our way. The knowledge that the word of President Monson is scripture from the Lord.
Gospel Principles:
Studying the Scriptures
~What blessings can we receive when we study the scriptures?
We should each study the scriptures every day. We should share these truths with our children. We should read the standard works with our children so they will learn to love them and use them for the truths they contain.
Thank you for that beautiful lesson Sister Bray.

Prophets of God

Thank you Sister Echo Caldwell for a beautiful lesson on our Prophets. It was wonderful to hear the memories the sisters shared, while being inspired during the lesson.
Echo reminded us how fortunate we are to know we have a Prophet to lead and guide us today. And how hard it must be for those in the world who don't know.
Our lesson taught us:
No person except the chosen prophet and President can receive God's will for the entire membership of the Church. The Lord said, "There is never but one on the earth at a time on whom this power and the keys of this priesthood are conferred" (D&C 132:7)
(D&C 68:3-5) (when the Lord's servants speak as moved by the Holy Ghost, it is the mind, will, and voice of the Lord)

How should we sustain the Prophet?
Pray for him.
Study his words.
Follow his inspired teachings completely.

Have a great week sisters. Next weeks lesson is on Scriptures page 45 in your Gospel Principles manual.

Activities!

Tuesday  May 11th luncheon at Mary Jane Watsons 12:00
Thursday May 13th Service project Bib making 9:00 in R.S. room
Friday     May 14th Play Group 11:30 bring your sack lunch

Conversion By Sister Jill Carpenter

Jill this was such an inspired and beautiful lesson. Thank you for your time and effort. Sisters please take the time to see your visiting sisters. Reach for those blessings Heavenly Father is just waiting to pour down on you.

Sisters as we have met as the newly called Presidency of this wards Relief Society we have felt a deep appreciation for the recently released presidency for their labors in the Lords vineyard. For their tireless efforts to strengthen each of us through their service. I also testify to you that these sisters who are now called to serve, each have their own personal conversion to the gospel, sustain the Priesthood of God, and of the role of the Relief Society program under the direction of this priesthood. We still have much to learn and I am certain that we will be strengthened and gain a greater level of conversion as we serve in this capacity. It is now with our heartfelt love and concern that we want to be an instrument in the Lords hands to help you be strengthened in any way we can. We ask for your prayers, love, support and the contribution of your strengths, gifts, talents. As we share the divine attributes given to each one of us as sister in Zion, work side-by-side to build up God’s kingdom we will be edified, uplifted, refined, and converted to new principles of the Gospel as we accept the Lord’s invitation to come unto Him!

The survey we asked you to fill out telling us more about your interest and your gifts/talents, and where you are willing to share those gifts to serve and strengthen other sisters; can only help us know where we can better serve you and let us know what you are willing to strengthen others and to bring enrichment into each others lives.

I close repeating Sister Allred’s statement again, “Sisters the Relief Society Needs YOU! And you Need Relief Society.” as we work and serve together, pray for one another, and enjoy each others talents. As we work towards the goal of becoming the woman the Savior needs us to be; needs will be met, we will bring others unto Christ, lift many hands that hang down, strengthen our testimonies, and buoy-up each others spirits, through these experiences we will gain many blessings--personally which in turn will strengthen our families and homes.

May you know the love and concern we as a presidency have for each of you. May we each be converted that we are “Needed” in this great organization is my humble prayer. In the name of our everlasting strength; our ultimate example, our kind and compassionate friend, that of Jesus Christ. Amen

Measuring Success

Good women always have a desire to know if they are succeeding. In a world where the measures of success are often distorted, it is important to seek appreciation and affirmation from proper sources. To paraphrase a list found in Preach My Gospel, we are doing well when we develop attributes of Christ and strive to obey His gospel with exactness. We are doing well when we seek to improve ourselves and do our best. We are doing well when we increase faith and personal righteousness, strengthen families and homes, and seek out and help others who are in need. We know we are successful if we live so that we qualify for, receive, and know how to follow the Spirit. When we have done our very best, we may still experience disappointments, but we will not be disappointed in ourselves. We can feel certain that the Lord is pleased when we feel the Spirit working through us.9 Peace, joy, and hope are available to those who measure success properly.                                                                         Julie B. Beck

Why God Loves Us

A warm thank you to Sister Mary Alice Ewart for our Sunday lesson. Sister Ewart focused on a talk given by Elder Uchtdorf. On why God loves us.

God does not look on outward appearances. I believe that He doesn't care one bit if we live in a castle or a cottage, if we are handsome or homely, if we are famous or forgotten. Though we are incomplete, God loves us completely. Though we are imperfect, He loves us perfectly. Though we may feel lost and without compass, God's love encompasses us completely.

Sisters how blessed are we to know of all that love from our Heaveny Father.

Did You Think To Pray

Sisters we can't pray enough. Heavenly Father is just waiting for us to talk with him and receive the blessings he has in store for us.
Sister Bray offered some suggestions on preparing to pray:
Listening to hymns
Putting your thoughts in order
Finding a quiet place to pray
Praying out loud
Having a pencil and paper available for inspirational thoughts
Thank you Sister Bray for the wonderful lesson.

Survey Survey Survey

Sisters we have a new survey to fill out. Each of you are very important to us, so please take the time to fill it out and return it to one of the Relief Society Presidency members. Thank you so much.

Presidents Message

Welcome to our Blog Spot and News Letter. As your new Relief Society Presidency we are grateful for this opportunity to serve you. We are each trying to find our niche and discover how we can best serve you and our Heavenly Father in this new calling.

Kasi Asay is our secretary; she is very willing to serve and brings a youthful perspective to our meetings. I know you will grow to love her. Kasi will only be with us until they go to school in August, so enjoy her while you can!

Janet Kinser will be serving as the Relief Society weekday counselor. She is very capable and has a strong testimony of Relief Society. I am grateful for her knowledge and her "doing" attitude. We can look forward to learning new ways to fulfill the purposes of Relief Society during our weekday activities as we:
Increase our faith and personal righteousness.
Strengthen our families and homes.
And serve the Lord and his children.

Jill Carpenter is our new Education Counselor. Jill has been involved in church education for many years. She has served as an Especially for Youth councilor, and has a love of learning. I appreciate her willingness to share her talents with us as a presidency and with you also. She will be a great strength to our Relief Society.

I am Susan Wilkerson. I have had a love of Relief Society for as long as I can remember. At a very young age I remember attending Relief Society with my mother. What fun we had. As a teenager my mother served as Relief Society President and I was able to see first hand the love and service she gave. As a mother I have always felt a need to attend Relief Society, not just because it gave me needed time out of the house, but because I knew that I had friends at Relief Society and I knew they were trying as hard as I was to live the gospel.

I love Sister Allred's quote from the October 2009 General Conference
"Every righteous woman has a significant role to play in God's plan and the building up of His kingdom. Relief Society needs you, and you need Relief Society."

We are especially grateful for the loving care we have all received over the last few years from Sister Holzer, Sister May, Sister Emmett and Sister Bassett. Thank you for your many hours of service and for the love and concern you have shared with us. May God bless you with your needs and in your future callings.