Relief Society e-news Nov. 4 - 10

Relief Society E-news Nov. 4 - 10 

Hi Sisters,

 

Welcome to November!

Dates to Remember:

Nov. 4: Fast Sunday

Nov. 8: Primary program practice 3:30 - 5:30 p.m.
Nov. 11: Primary program

Nov. 14: Ward Cannery Assignment in Fountain Valley 5:45-8 p.m.

Nov. 15: Stake Temple Day 7 - 8:30 p.m.
Nov. 22: Thanksgiving

Nov. 29: Relief Society Meeting Night 6:30 p.m.

Visiting Teaching:

This month's message is taken from a conference talk of your choice. You can print read or watch conference here

 

Relief Society Meeting Night:

 

Come join us for our annual Christmas program! We'll spoil you with a delicious dinner and beautiful music as we celebrate the beginning of the Christmas season. Nov. 29 at 6:30 p.m.

 

Temple Work:

 

Brother Kane read a letter from the First Presidency in Sacrament meeting today reminding us of the importance of doing temple work. If you're looking for an opportunity to heed that call, Cheri Haggard and Tania Robertson will be attending the 8:30 session on Nov. 8 and would love to have you come along! They are hoping to do temple work for Brenda Briney, a sister who died soon after joining the church about a year ago. Contact Cheri at cheri@FamilyHistory123.com if you're interested.

 

Missionaries:

 

If you would like to feed the missionaries serving in our ward, please contact Lauri Rex at laurirex@yahoo.com or 589-2929.

If you'd like to write to any of the missionaries from our ward, here are there addresses:

Elder Patrick Carlile

Germany Berlin Mission

Zerbster Straffe 42

12209 Berlin

Germany

Hermana Danielle Anderton

Chile Concepcion South Mission

O'Higgins 940, Oficina 503

Concepcion Bio-Bio

Chile

Elder Landon Gold

South Africa, Durban Mission

Suite 4, 2 Derby Place

Derby Downs Office Park

Westville 3630, South Africa

Elder Brendan Hong

Bacolod Philippines Mission

P.O. Box 660

Bacolod City

Philippines

Whether you know them or not, they would love to hear from you!

Members in the Military:

In addition to our missionaries, we have two young adult members of our ward currently serving in the military who could also use your letters and support. Here are their addresses:

LCPL, Ryan, Sean, M.

P.O. Box 349000 #696

Kailua, HI 96734

RCT Joyce, Jessica, M

4th RTBN, PLT 4027 Co, O

P.O. Box 16435

Parris Island, SC 29905-6445

(Jessica has completed boot camp and is home for a few weeks. I will update her address when she goes back out, but make sure to tell her hello while she's here!)

Temple Theme:

One of our goals as a Relief Society Presidency and the focus of our Stake Relief Society Presidency is to get sisters to the temple, so when I found this video of President Monson talking about the purpose and importance of temples, I had to share it. Please watch it when you have a chance!

Lesson Schedule:

 

Nov. 4: Visiting Teaching Conference

Nov. 11: George A. Smith ch. 21 The Power of Kindness

Nov. 18: George A. Smith ch. 22 Bringing Up Children in Light and Truth

Nov. 25: TFOT Of Regrets and Resolutions by President Uctdorf

Lesson Recap: Visiting Teaching Conference

 

It was so nice to have nearly all of the sisters in our ward join us for our Visiting Teaching Conference.

 

Sister Clark introduced the theme from our conference which came from Mosiah 18:8-9. "As you are...willing to bear one oanother's burderns, that they may be light; yea, and are willing to mourn with those that mourn; yea, and comfort those that stand in need of comfort.

Some things we can do to be better visiting teachers are found in Daughters in My Kingdom:

* Pray daily for the sister(s) you visit and her family

* Seek inspiration to know her and her family.

* Visit her regularly to learn how she is doing and to comfort and strengthen her.

* Stay in frequent contact through visits, phone calls, letters, e-mail, text messages, and simple acts of kindness

* Greet her at church meetings.

* Help her when she ahs an emergency, illness, or other urgent need.

* Teach her the gospel from the scriptures and the visiting teaching messages.

* Inspire her by setting a good example.

 

Sister Jacobson talked to us about the divine calling of visiting teaching. You never know how much someone else needs you. Even though you may think you can't do much for the women you visit, there is always something. Sometimes it's not the act of service that is needed but the knowledge that someone is willing to serve. Being willing to serve someone fills their need to feel loved.

Sister Alice Montierith talked to us about our duty to watch over and care for every sister. She also gave us the following guidance: Pray daily for our sisters. Visit regularly. Take time to listen. Greet her at church. Let them know you love and care about them. Most importantly, don't judge them. In the words of Mother Theresa, "If you judge people you have no time to love them." We need to look for the good in our sisters. 

 

Brother Kane from our bishopric also spoke to us, bearing his testimony of the visiting teachers who reached out to his mother during a very difficult time in their family. There efforts didn't keep his family together, but he remembers and appreciates the love they showed to his mother and family.

 

It was so wonderful to be reminded through the words of these sisters and brother and through the musical number by Shaylynn Johnson, Sher Knudsen, Katie Anderson, Brooke Kane of the important role each of us fills as a visiting teacher.

 

Thank you to everyone who participated in our conference!
 

Brittany Larsen

brittanylarsen73@hotmail.com

Presidency members:

Judie Clark - President judieclark@cox.net

Jalane Hong - 1st Counselor john_jalane@msn.com

Melanie Jacobson - 2nd Counselor melanie53@hotmail.com

Cindy Porter - Secretary cindyporter@cox.net