I hope you all had a wonderful Easter! What a great way to start Spring Break!
Dates to Remember:
April 8: Easter
April 17: Relief Society Night 6:30 p.m.
Relief Society Night:
Come join us for an "Up-lifting" night! For our monthly mid-week meeting in April our topic will be Finding Joy in Everyday Life. Dan Fuller from the Mission Lake Ward, a former member of our stake presidency, will be speaking to us. If you have kids in seminary or have heard him speak before, you know what an incredible teacher he is. Dinner will be served and babysitting will be provided. April 17, 6:30 p.m.
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:
Here is a link for this month's visiting teaching message. Remember to get it done early and to prayerfully consider the message your sisters need to hear. Also, here is a link to a cute handouts to take with you if you like.
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.
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:
April 8: George Albert Smith chapter 7 The Immortality of the Soul
April 15: George Albert chapter 8 Temple Blessings...
April 22: Teachings for our Times lesson to be announced
April 22: Teachings for our Times lesson to be announced
Unfortunately, I didn't get to hear Sister Flint's lesson today, so I've included a quote from the manual from each section of this week's lesson
From the Life of George Albert Smith
George Albert Smith was blessed with a firm understanding of the purpose of life, and this enabled him to encourage others as they faced adversity. He frequently reminded the Saints that “we are living eternal lives”—that eternity doesn’t begin after this life but that mortality is a crucial part of eternity. “I sometimes have said to my friends when they seemed to be at the crossroads, uncertain as to which way they wanted to go, ‘Today is the beginning of eternal happiness or eternal disappointment for you.’"
Teachings of George Albert Smith
We lived as spirits before we came to earth, and our spirits will continue living after we die.
I am thankful that there has been revealed to us and made plain in this latter-day that this life is not the end, that this is but a part of eternity, and that if we take advantage of our privileges here, that this is but the stepping stone to greater and more desirable conditions.Our purpose here on earth is to prepare ourselves to live with our Heavenly Father.
Some believe that when we pass from this sphere of existence, that is the end. It seems incredible to me, when we look into the works of nature, when we investigate the organism of man, the perfection of his body, the pulsation of his heart, the building and strengthening from childhood to manhood, then the gradual decline until this life is ended—that it is possible any of our Father’s children can believe that human beings have been born into the world only to live to manhood and womanhood, pass to old age, and die, without some purpose in their having lived here.
During this life we should seek after those things that are of eternal worth.
Isn’t it a singular thing that what the world has struggled for from the beginning, wealth, power, all those things that make men comfortable, are to be had in abundance today—better and more clothing than ever before, more food than can be consumed, more wealth of all kinds than the world has ever had before. Our homes are more comfortable. The conveniences of life have been multiplied marvelously since the Gospel came upon the earth, and today everything that we have struggled for we have. Education has arrived at its highest point. More knowledge of the things of this earth is possessed by men than ever before. Everything mankind has struggled for from the beginning of time that is considered most desirable is upon the earth today; and notwithstanding that, there is doubt and dread of what the future has in store.
Let us not be lulled to sleep, let us not be deceived by the abundance of good things of this world; for what doth it profit a man though he should gain the whole world and lose his own soul? [See Mark 8:36.] Let not the object of our creation be overlooked; but let us labor for the salvation of our souls.
Because of Jesus Christ, we will be resurrected.
The Saviour’s righteous life is a perfect example to all, and His resurrection was the first assurance to humanity that we, too, shall come forth from the tomb.
Our knowledge of the immortality of the soul inspires, encourages, and comforts us.
Oh, how sad we would be if we thought that death terminated our career. If, when our life’s labor on earth was finished, we had no opportunity to go on developing, there would be little to inspire us to live as we should here. The knowledge that all the good we accomplish here, and all the development we make, will enhance our happiness eternally, encourages us to do our best.
Have a great week!
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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