Hey ladies-
During this Christmas season, there are so many people who need our help. The Relief Society presidency is unable to assess the needs of all the sisters in our ward without our help. We have been asked to take care of our visiting teaching as early as possible this month to make sure the presidency can know of anyone who needs some extra help around the holidays. Please be aware of anything you can help them with as well. Thanks for all your hard work and service to your sisters. The visiting teaching message is linked below:
http://www.lds.org/liahona/2012/12/visiting-teaching-a-work-of-salvation?lang=eng
Monday, December 3, 2012
Tuesday, November 13, 2012
Zumba postponed until next Wed., Nov. 21st
Zumba has been canceled for this Wednesday because the instructor is sick. Please plan on attending the class on the 21st of November next week. Hope to see you there!
Saturday, November 10, 2012
Updates on Movie Night and Zumba
Here is more info for the upcoming movie night and also the Zumba class. Hope to see you there!
Movie Night - We're going to see The Odd Life of Timothy Green at the Sandy Cinemark 9 Dollar Theatre on 9539 S. 700 E. It plays at 5:10pm and 7:40pm. We are having two nights you can choose from - Monday Night (Nov 12) for those without families to hold Family Home Evening, and Wednesday Night (Nov 14). The cost for Wednesday is $1.25. The cost on Monday is $1.25 for Seniors and $1.75 for anyone else. Make sure to email Kathy Christensen @ kathychristensen@rocketmail.com and let her know which day, which showing, and make sure to give her your cell phone # and email address. She will email you to let you know who else is going in your group and other details you'll want to have.
We have had a request for Zumba to be held at the ward building. Until we have enough sisters who are interested and committed to coming each time, we've been invited to join a new group starting up this Wednesday, November 14 @ 5:30pm. It will be held at 6965 Union Park Center #160. That's the big glass & granite building on the corner of Fort Union and 1300 East. The first class is free. The teacher will determine price, etc. once she see's if there is enough interest to hold classes every Wednesday at that location. Wear loose fitting clothes and shoes with not much tread. It will be on the main floor and there will be signs directing you. Email Jan Norton (mama.jan@msn.com) if you think you might be coming.
Movie Night - We're going to see The Odd Life of Timothy Green at the Sandy Cinemark 9 Dollar Theatre on 9539 S. 700 E. It plays at 5:10pm and 7:40pm. We are having two nights you can choose from - Monday Night (Nov 12) for those without families to hold Family Home Evening, and Wednesday Night (Nov 14). The cost for Wednesday is $1.25. The cost on Monday is $1.25 for Seniors and $1.75 for anyone else. Make sure to email Kathy Christensen @ kathychristensen@rocketmail.com and let her know which day, which showing, and make sure to give her your cell phone # and email address. She will email you to let you know who else is going in your group and other details you'll want to have.
We have had a request for Zumba to be held at the ward building. Until we have enough sisters who are interested and committed to coming each time, we've been invited to join a new group starting up this Wednesday, November 14 @ 5:30pm. It will be held at 6965 Union Park Center #160. That's the big glass & granite building on the corner of Fort Union and 1300 East. The first class is free. The teacher will determine price, etc. once she see's if there is enough interest to hold classes every Wednesday at that location. Wear loose fitting clothes and shoes with not much tread. It will be on the main floor and there will be signs directing you. Email Jan Norton (mama.jan@msn.com) if you think you might be coming.
Wednesday, November 7, 2012
Upcoming Events
Here are some upcoming events that we can all look forward to. Make sure to mark them on your calendars and come for some fun.
ZUMBA will start on Wednesday, November 14 at 5:30. The cost for your first time is FREE. The address is at 6965 Union Park Center #160. This is in the big office building on the corner of 7200 S. and 1300 East. Just come in on the main floor and there will be signs directing you. Wear loose clothes you can move in and shoes with very little tread on the bottom because we might be on carpet - we might be on the granite floor. Nicka Hiramoto, an amazing Zumba instructor, has invited our ward to join with the ladies that work in the building.
Cami Evans has graciously agreed to moderate our book club. The first book we're reading is The Winter Sea by Susannah Kearsley. Both Cami and Jan Norton have epub and mobi ebook copies to email you if you have Nooks, Ipads or Kindles to read on. The book is Jan's suggestion - one of her favorite books of all times. Because of the holiday season, Cami suggests that we give everyone until the first of the new year to read it. Contact Cami at 801-960-5815 or camialane@gmail.com. Make sure to email Cami if you are interested in being included in the group so she has your email.
We are hoping to find someone to take charge of a cooking class. We've had requests to meet at the church kitchen once a month and learn a new family friendly recipe that we can construct there and take home to cook for our families.
We have had requests for a "cheap chicks" dinner group, &/or a pot luck dinner group. We have had requests for a play group for pre-school kiddos. We have had requests for a Wednesday night game night (Bunco, Uno - whatever). We have had a request for a Sunday Night dessert night. So - if any of you are interested in helping us get any of those groups up and going, please let a member of the RS Presidency know.
Movie Night has been postponed till this coming Monday - November 12. It had originally been planned for Monday, November 5th, but the movies we had to select from were pretty meager. We are accepting suggestions for this Monday. Call or email Kathy Christensen at 801-566-8924 or kathychristensen@rocketmail.com. Make sure to email her your email address if you want to be contacted with the movie choice, meeting place and time. Watch the blog for Kathy's suggestion for the movie. We'll pick one from the dollar movie's if we can.
ZUMBA will start on Wednesday, November 14 at 5:30. The cost for your first time is FREE. The address is at 6965 Union Park Center #160. This is in the big office building on the corner of 7200 S. and 1300 East. Just come in on the main floor and there will be signs directing you. Wear loose clothes you can move in and shoes with very little tread on the bottom because we might be on carpet - we might be on the granite floor. Nicka Hiramoto, an amazing Zumba instructor, has invited our ward to join with the ladies that work in the building.
Cami Evans has graciously agreed to moderate our book club. The first book we're reading is The Winter Sea by Susannah Kearsley. Both Cami and Jan Norton have epub and mobi ebook copies to email you if you have Nooks, Ipads or Kindles to read on. The book is Jan's suggestion - one of her favorite books of all times. Because of the holiday season, Cami suggests that we give everyone until the first of the new year to read it. Contact Cami at 801-960-5815 or camialane@gmail.com. Make sure to email Cami if you are interested in being included in the group so she has your email.
We are hoping to find someone to take charge of a cooking class. We've had requests to meet at the church kitchen once a month and learn a new family friendly recipe that we can construct there and take home to cook for our families.
We have had requests for a "cheap chicks" dinner group, &/or a pot luck dinner group. We have had requests for a play group for pre-school kiddos. We have had requests for a Wednesday night game night (Bunco, Uno - whatever). We have had a request for a Sunday Night dessert night. So - if any of you are interested in helping us get any of those groups up and going, please let a member of the RS Presidency know.
Wednesday, October 10, 2012
Super Saturday--Oct 27th
Hey All You Wonderful Ladies!
Our Super Saturday is just around the corner on October 27th, and we need to know what crafts you are planning on making so we can order enough supplies. Please let Katy Glazier know which crafts you are going to sign up for by this Sunday Oct. 14th. We will also have sign-up sheets available on Sunday for you. You can call Katy at 801-979-9791 or email her at kglazier13@comcast.net. The pictures of the crafts we're doing are attached and the prices are below:
- Temple block - $4 for the temple picture, $3.50 if you bring your own picture (the picture can't have a glossy finish)
- Monogram letter (you may choose any letter you would like) - $4
- Birthday organizer - $4.50
- Nativity - $7.50
We will have the crafts on display Sunday as well so you can take a closer look at them.
Please contact Keri Hull, Katy Glazier, or Marquelle Wilkinson if you have any questions. Thank you!
Tuesday, September 4, 2012
Visiting Teaching Message for September
Special Needs and Service Rendered
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“The needs of others are ever present,” said President Thomas S. Monson, “and each of us can do something to help someone. … Unless we lose ourselves in service to others, there is little purpose to our own lives.”1
As visiting teachers we can sincerely come to know and love each sister we visit. Service to those we visit will flow naturally out of our love for them (see John 13:34–35).
How can we know the spiritual and temporal needs of our sisters so we can render service when it is needed? As visiting teachers, we are entitled to receive inspiration when we pray about those we visit.
Maintaining regular contact with our sisters is also important. Personal visits, telephone calls, a note of encouragement, e-mails, sitting with her, a sincere compliment, reaching out to her at church, helping her in time of illness or need, and other acts of service all help us watch over and strengthen each other.2
Visiting teachers are asked to report the well-being of sisters, any special needs they have, and the service rendered to them. These kinds of reports and our service to our sisters help us demonstrate our discipleship.3
From the Scriptures
John 10:14–16; 3 Nephi 17:7, 9; Moroni 6:3–4
From Our History
Serving one another has always been at the heart of visiting teaching. Through ongoing service we bring kindness and friendship that go beyond monthly visits. It is our caring that counts.
“My desire is to plead with our sisters to stop worrying about a phone call or a quarterly or monthly visit,” said Mary Ellen Smoot, the 13th Relief Society general president. She asked us to “concentrate instead on nurturing tender souls.”4
President Spencer W. Kimball (1895–1985) taught, “It is vital that we serve each other in the kingdom.” Yet he recognized that not all service need be heroic. “So often, our acts of service consist of simple encouragement or of giving … help with mundane tasks,” he said, “but what glorious consequences can flow … from small but deliberate deeds!”5
What Can I Do?
1. Am I seeking personal inspiration to know how to respond to the spiritual and temporal needs of each sister I’m assigned to watch over?
2. How do the sisters I watch over know that I care about them and their families?
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“The needs of others are ever present,” said President Thomas S. Monson, “and each of us can do something to help someone. … Unless we lose ourselves in service to others, there is little purpose to our own lives.”1
As visiting teachers we can sincerely come to know and love each sister we visit. Service to those we visit will flow naturally out of our love for them (see John 13:34–35).
How can we know the spiritual and temporal needs of our sisters so we can render service when it is needed? As visiting teachers, we are entitled to receive inspiration when we pray about those we visit.
Maintaining regular contact with our sisters is also important. Personal visits, telephone calls, a note of encouragement, e-mails, sitting with her, a sincere compliment, reaching out to her at church, helping her in time of illness or need, and other acts of service all help us watch over and strengthen each other.2
Visiting teachers are asked to report the well-being of sisters, any special needs they have, and the service rendered to them. These kinds of reports and our service to our sisters help us demonstrate our discipleship.3
From the Scriptures
John 10:14–16; 3 Nephi 17:7, 9; Moroni 6:3–4
From Our History
Serving one another has always been at the heart of visiting teaching. Through ongoing service we bring kindness and friendship that go beyond monthly visits. It is our caring that counts.
“My desire is to plead with our sisters to stop worrying about a phone call or a quarterly or monthly visit,” said Mary Ellen Smoot, the 13th Relief Society general president. She asked us to “concentrate instead on nurturing tender souls.”4
President Spencer W. Kimball (1895–1985) taught, “It is vital that we serve each other in the kingdom.” Yet he recognized that not all service need be heroic. “So often, our acts of service consist of simple encouragement or of giving … help with mundane tasks,” he said, “but what glorious consequences can flow … from small but deliberate deeds!”5
What Can I Do?
1. Am I seeking personal inspiration to know how to respond to the spiritual and temporal needs of each sister I’m assigned to watch over?
2. How do the sisters I watch over know that I care about them and their families?
Wednesday, August 8, 2012
Visiting Teaching Message for August
Taking Action in Time of Need
As visiting teachers, one of our purposes is to help strengthen families and homes. The sisters we visit should be able to say, “If I have problems, I know my visiting teachers will help without waiting to be asked.” In order to serve, we have a responsibility to be conscious of the needs of the sisters we visit. When we seek inspiration, we will know how to respond to the spiritual and temporal needs of each sister we are assigned to visit. Then, using our time, skills, talents, prayers of faith, and spiritual and emotional support, we can help give compassionate service during times of illness, death, and other special circumstances.1
Through the help of reports from visiting teachers, the Relief Society presidency identifies those who have special needs because of physical or emotional illness, emergencies, births, deaths, disability, loneliness, or other challenges. The Relief Society president then reports her findings to the bishop. Under his direction, she coordinates assistance.2
As visiting teachers we can have “great reason … to rejoice” because of “the blessing which hath been bestowed upon us, that we have been made instruments in the hands of God to bring about this great work” (Alma 26:1, 3).
From the Scriptures
Matthew 22:37–40; Luke 10:29–37; Alma 26:1–4; Doctrine and Covenants 82:18–19
From Our History
In the early years of the Church, membership was small and centralized. Members could respond quickly when someone was in need. Today our membership is over 14 million and is spread throughout the world. Visiting teaching is part of the Lord’s plan to provide help for all His children.
“The only system which could provide succor and comfort across a church so large in a world so varied would be through individual servants near the people in need,” said President Henry B. Eyring, First Counselor in the First Presidency.
“… Every bishop and every branch president has a Relief Society president to depend upon,” he continued. “She has visiting teachers, who know the trials and the needs of every sister. She can, through them, know the hearts of individuals and families. She can meet needs and help the bishop in his call to nurture individuals and families.”3
For more information, go to reliefsociety.lds.org.
What Can I Do?
1. Am I using my gifts and talents to bless others?
2. Do the sisters I watch over know that I am willing to help them when they have a need?
As visiting teachers, one of our purposes is to help strengthen families and homes. The sisters we visit should be able to say, “If I have problems, I know my visiting teachers will help without waiting to be asked.” In order to serve, we have a responsibility to be conscious of the needs of the sisters we visit. When we seek inspiration, we will know how to respond to the spiritual and temporal needs of each sister we are assigned to visit. Then, using our time, skills, talents, prayers of faith, and spiritual and emotional support, we can help give compassionate service during times of illness, death, and other special circumstances.1
Through the help of reports from visiting teachers, the Relief Society presidency identifies those who have special needs because of physical or emotional illness, emergencies, births, deaths, disability, loneliness, or other challenges. The Relief Society president then reports her findings to the bishop. Under his direction, she coordinates assistance.2
As visiting teachers we can have “great reason … to rejoice” because of “the blessing which hath been bestowed upon us, that we have been made instruments in the hands of God to bring about this great work” (Alma 26:1, 3).
From the Scriptures
Matthew 22:37–40; Luke 10:29–37; Alma 26:1–4; Doctrine and Covenants 82:18–19
From Our History
In the early years of the Church, membership was small and centralized. Members could respond quickly when someone was in need. Today our membership is over 14 million and is spread throughout the world. Visiting teaching is part of the Lord’s plan to provide help for all His children.
“The only system which could provide succor and comfort across a church so large in a world so varied would be through individual servants near the people in need,” said President Henry B. Eyring, First Counselor in the First Presidency.
“… Every bishop and every branch president has a Relief Society president to depend upon,” he continued. “She has visiting teachers, who know the trials and the needs of every sister. She can, through them, know the hearts of individuals and families. She can meet needs and help the bishop in his call to nurture individuals and families.”3
For more information, go to reliefsociety.lds.org.
What Can I Do?
1. Am I using my gifts and talents to bless others?
2. Do the sisters I watch over know that I am willing to help them when they have a need?
Sunday, February 19, 2012
Visiting Teaching Experience for the Month
Since each sister’s circumstances are different, visiting teachers need specific guidance from the Holy Ghost so they can know how best to help each one. Florence Chukwurah of Nigeria received such guidance when she “was assigned to visit teach a sister who was having difficulties in her marriage and in her home, making it necessary to meet at the marketplace for a visit. After listening to and observing this sister’s challenges, Sister Chukwurah asked her husband for a priesthood blessing so that she might know how to help this troubled sister. Following the blessing she felt prompted to discuss with this sister the importance of tithing. ‘She tearfully told me that she did not pay her tithes because she was not making enough money,’ Sister Chukwurah remember[ed]. ‘I suggested that she and I discuss Malachi 3:10 and that we do so in my house so we could relax and be alone for the discussion. She consented. After our discussion I encouraged her to exercise her faith and pay her tithes for at least six months. I bore my testimony to her by the Spirit.’
“… Within a few months of this meeting, this sister’s circumstances changed dramatically. Her daughter received a scholarship to complete her high school education, her husband worked with the bishop to become active and accept a calling, husband and wife teamed up to improve their financial situation and their relationship, and eventually they became an inspiration to others.” – Daughters in My Kingdom, Ch. 7, p. 115
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