I'm so excited about General Conference next weekend. Check your cable listings to see what channel it will be on. It will air at 9 a.m. and 1 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday. Priesthood session will be shown at the Stake Center at 5p.m. Please encourage your husbands, fathers, brothers, sons, home teachers, and/or any male over the age of 12 to attend!
If you have a hard time getting your kids or teens to watch conference, go here for fun conference activities that will help keep them interested. My kids have loved watching conference since I started using them. (Bribing them with candy and letting them do "church" in their p.j.'s also helps).
Dates to Remember:
March 29 - Solar oven demonstration 10 am at Peggy Nelson's in the Santa Margarita Ward. Please contact her at 949-459-1911 or peggymnelson@hotmail.com to RSVP and for directions.
Mar. 31 & Ap. 1 - General Conference.
April 8 - Easter. The church has released new videos about the Savior's life you can find here.
Monthly Demo Class:
We will be offering demos monthly that can help strengthen our families and homes. Here is the schedule for the next few months. The times and dates change depending on the teacher, so take note of when demos are offered.
April 24th- Food Nanny- 7:30pm with Geralene Beckett (at her home)
May 3- California Rolls- with Jane Boihem- 11am at Geralene Beckett’s home
May- Food Dehydration with Elaine Gold- Date and Time TBD
If you have a skill you would like to learn or a skill you would be willing to offer, please contact Katie Anderson or Geralene Beckett and we will get it on the schedule for the second half of the year. If you would like a copy of these dates to print out, you can find it here.
Visiting Teaching:
This is the last week of the month, so if you haven't visited your sisters yet, please do.Here is the lesson for March. You can go here for a cute handout too. Be sure to report to your supervisor before April 2.
Primary Presidency Message:
As you may know, we in the Primary have made a concerted effort to safeguard the children during Primary. We are mindful of the fact that our building is open and that there are many people throughout the building, especially on Sundays. We have noticed that sometimes children are using the bathroom alone during Sacrament meeting. We would like to encourage parents to reinforce the steps we have taken in Primary so that the same safety message is consistent while they are in the church building. These steps include: in the case of older children to use the buddy system, or in the case of younger children, to have an adult accompany the children to the restroom, to get a drink of water, etc. We are grateful for your children and want to ensure both their physical and spiritual safety.
Primary Presidency Message:
As you may know, we in the Primary have made a concerted effort to safeguard the children during Primary. We are mindful of the fact that our building is open and that there are many people throughout the building, especially on Sundays. We have noticed that sometimes children are using the bathroom alone during Sacrament meeting. We would like to encourage parents to reinforce the steps we have taken in Primary so that the same safety message is consistent while they are in the church building. These steps include: in the case of older children to use the buddy system, or in the case of younger children, to have an adult accompany the children to the restroom, to get a drink of water, etc. We are grateful for your children and want to ensure both their physical and spiritual safety.
Alison Bennett
Eileen Stidham
Dawn Curry
Ronnetta Johnson
Missionary News:
If you would like to feed the missionaries, please contace Lauri Rex at laurirex@yahoo.com or 589-2929.
Don't forget to keep not only the elders serving in our ward in your prayers, but also the elders serving from our ward. Patrick Carlisle is in the Berlin, Germany mission and Landon Gold is serving in Durban, South Africa.
Also, our own Ash Coleman will be returning from the New York City, New York mission on April 12! We can't wait to hear all about her experiences and how her testimony has grown.
Lesson Schedule:
Missionary News:
If you would like to feed the missionaries, please contace Lauri Rex at laurirex@yahoo.com or 589-2929.
Don't forget to keep not only the elders serving in our ward in your prayers, but also the elders serving from our ward. Patrick Carlisle is in the Berlin, Germany mission and Landon Gold is serving in Durban, South Africa.
Also, our own Ash Coleman will be returning from the New York City, New York mission on April 12! We can't wait to hear all about her experiences and how her testimony has grown.
Lesson Schedule:
Mar. 25: TFOT, President Henry B. Eyring's talk A Witness.
April 1: General Conference- no meetings
April 8: George A. Smith chapter 7, The Immortality of the Soul
April 8: George A. Smith chapter 7, The Immortality of the Soul
Lesson Recap: A Witness by Henry B. Eyring
Sister Shellie Griffith taught us today from President Eyring's October conference talk, A Witness. In this talk, President Eyring pointed out the three things we promise at baptism:
First, we promised to become charitable. Second, we promised to become witnesses of God. And third, we promised to endure. The Book of Mormon is the best guide to learn how well we are doing and how to do better.
Sister Griffith led us through each of these promises, pointing out examples from President Eyring's talk and the Book of Mormon itself.
1. Become charitable. President Eyring said the following about keeping this baptismal promise:
"It was King Benjamin who said to his people, 'Learn that when ye are in the service of your fellow beings ye are … in the service of your God.' 'And it was Mormon who taught in his words in the Book of Mormon, “Charity is the pure love of Christ, and it endureth forever; and whoso is found possessed of it at the last day, it shall be well with him.' The Lord is keeping His promise to you as you keep yours. As you serve others for Him, He lets you feel His love. And in time, feelings of charity become part of your very nature. And you will receive the assurance of Mormon in your heart as you persist in serving others in life that all will be well with you."
2. Become Witnesses of God
This promise is part of the YW motto that many of us memorized as teen-agers or as we've worked in the Young Women's program. It's important for us to not forget it. We also can look to prophets from the Book of Mormon for examples of how to stand as witnesses.
Nephi stood as a witness even as his family rejected him because of it.
Abinidi stood before King Noah and was burned to death for his witness.
The sons of Mosiah fought against the church but after their conversion, preached to the Lamanites for fourteen years at great risk to their own lives.
2. Become Witnesses of God
This promise is part of the YW motto that many of us memorized as teen-agers or as we've worked in the Young Women's program. It's important for us to not forget it. We also can look to prophets from the Book of Mormon for examples of how to stand as witnesses.
Nephi stood as a witness even as his family rejected him because of it.
Abinidi stood before King Noah and was burned to death for his witness.
The sons of Mosiah fought against the church but after their conversion, preached to the Lamanites for fourteen years at great risk to their own lives.
Sister Johansson shared the story of how she stood as a witness for her grandsons. She took them to church so they would have the gospel in their lives and through her efforts they eventually decided to serve missions.
President Eyring said, ...the effect of the Book of Mormon on your character, power, and courage to be a witness for God is certain. The doctrine and the valiant examples in that book will lift, guide, and embolden you.
3. Endure to the End
Of enduring to the end, President Eyring gives us the example of Moroni saying, You can take courage as I do from the example of endurance given us by Moroni. He was alone in his ministry. He knew the end of life was near for him. And yet listen to what he wrote for the sake of people not yet born and the descendants of his mortal enemies: “Yea, come unto Christ, and be perfected in him, and deny yourselves of all ungodliness; and if ye shall deny yourselves of all ungodliness, and love God with all your might, mind and strength, then is his grace sufficient for you, that by his grace ye may be perfect in Christ.”7
Sister Griffith asked Jennifer Knerr to share her conversion story with us. Sister Knerr was introduced to the church one day when she saw a neighbor painting. This neighbor told her she was doing the work for her church. She then invited her and her children to the activities. Sister Knerr joined the church, but for many years was the only member in her family until her son was recently baptized. Although it's been difficult for her, the blessings that have come from her membership are worth the sacrifices.
President Monson said in last night's General Young Women's Conference that to endure means "continuing with courage."
Sister Griffith concluded her lesson her testimony of the Book of Mormon and the following quote from President Eyring:
Prayerful study of the Book of Mormon will build faith in God the Father, in His Beloved Son, and in His gospel. It will build your faith in God’s prophets, ancient and modern.
It can draw you closer to God than any other book.
Have a great week and enjoy conference!
Brittany Larsen
brittanylarsen73@hotmail.com
Presidency members:
Geralene Beckett - Presidentbeckettbunch@cox.net
Diane Smith - 1st Counselordianebsmith.smith5@gmail.com
Katie Anderson - 2nd Counselorkatiewoodanderson@gmail.com
Shannon Lo - Secretaryfoxymomsml@cox.net
Presidency members:
Geralene Beckett - Presidentbeckettbunch@cox.net
Diane Smith - 1st Counselordianebsmith.smith5@gmail.com
Katie Anderson - 2nd Counselorkatiewoodanderson@gmail.com
Shannon Lo - Secretaryfoxymomsml@cox.net
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