Sunday's Lesson

Sunday's Lesson will be Chapter 22: Carrying the Gospel to the World. You can access it here: https://www.lds.org/manual/teachings-of-presidents-of-the-church-ezra-taft-benson/chapter-22-carrying-the-gospel-to-the-world?lang=eng

Save the dates....

The Ward Christmas Party will be Saturday, December 5th at 6:00 pm at the church.

The Relief Society Christmas Social will be Thursday, December 17th at 6:00pm at the church.

Reminder...

Please report your visiting teaching to your district supervisor as soon as you have visited your sisters. We would like to make sure everyone is visited for the Month of Perfection.

Sunday's lesson will be "The Gift of Grace" by President Uchtdorf. You can access it here: https://www.lds.org/general-conference/2015/04/the-gift-of-grace?lang=eng

Thanks!

Upcoming on the calendar

We have two upcoming activities:

- November 11th will be the next boo club held at Robin Call's home at 7 p.m.  The book for this month is "All the light you cannot see" by Anthony Doerr.

- November 12th will be the Relief Society activity.

Special Stake Conference

We have been informed that our Stake will be holding a special Stake Conference on October 25th, 2015 at 10:00 am at our Stake Center. This is not a regularly scheduled Stake Conference. Elder Jeffery R. Holland will be presiding and speaking. We have been instructed not to hold any other meetings that day. This is a wonderful opportunity and we hope everyone will be able to attend.

October Presidency Message

Dear Sisters,

We have been in the Relief Society Presidency for a little over two months now and you probably have noticed some changes. Some of you are wondering why we are sitting in front. We want you to know that it was not our idea. We were asked to sit in front by our stake leaders. We were told that we are to preside over our meeting. We wanted to know more on presiding and found a talk given by President Boyd K. Packer titled,Principles of Leadership (Teachers Manual Religion 180R Conducting Successful Meetings…). We would like to quote some things he said: “Paul told the Corinthians that “all things” were to be done “decently and in order” (see 1 Cor 14:40; emphasis added).”

President Packer: “I will be speaking about what I call the unwritten order of things. My lesson might be entitled “The ordinary things about the church which every member should know.” Although they are very ordinary things, they are nevertheless, very important. I give my first illustration of this unwritten order of things so simple a thing as this: The one who presides in a meeting should sit on the stand and sit close to the one conducting. It is a bit difficult to preside over a meeting from the congregation. The one who presides is responsible for the conduct of the meeting and has the right and the responsibility to receive inspiration and may be prompted to adjust or correct something that goes on in the meeting. That is true whether it be an auxiliary meeting presided by the sisters or any of our meetings.”

As uncomfortable as we feel sitting in the front, we have seen the wisdom in it. We were told by our stake leaders we would be inspired. As we look into your beautiful faces on Sundays, we have been blessed with wisdom and have been inspired. We call it revelation.

So Sisters, let’s work in harmony, goodwill, peace, concord and mutual understanding. Let’s move forward in unity and love.

With Love,

The Morningside Relief Society Presidency

Oriana Erekson

Toni Gull

Maxine Radcliffe

Julie Christie

Sunday's Lesson

Sunday's Lesson will be "The Eternal Perspective of the Gospel" by Elder Pino. You can access it here.  It is an excellent talk. Please read it before Sunday, if you have the chance. 
Also, here is the link to the video that Toni used in her lesson about Stephanie Nielson, just in case you missed it, would like to watch it again or share it with others. 

Reminders...

Just a reminder that book club is tonight, Wednesday, September 9th, at 7:00 pm at Amy Lockhart's home: 5205 Morning Crest Drive.

Thursday, September 10th is the Earthquake Lady presentation at our ward house, 7:00 pm. Please remember to bring cookies if you signed up.

We are in need of a couple of volunteers for the Stake Day of Loving Service that takes place in February. If you are interested, please contact a member of the presidency.

Also, just a reminder for the Neighborhood Picnic next Wednesday, September 16th at 6:00 at Millrace Park. We still need volunteers to sign up to bring green salads and beans. Please see the sign-up section in the binder.

Sunday's lesson will be Chapter 16: The Elderly in the Church. You can access it here:
https://www.lds.org/manual/teachings-of-presidents-of-the-church-ezra-taft-benson/chapter-16-the-elderly-in-the-church?lang=eng

Pictures

Thanks to all of you who participated in the visiting teaching video.   We didn’t have much time to put it together and that didn’t give you much time to get the pictures to us.
   

In the spirit of visiting teaching, we would like to continue collecting photos to share.   They are so fun to see.   These can be pictures of sister companions, or with the sisters that they visit, performing service or just having a laugh during a visit.  Please send your photos to rsmorningside@gmail.com.

Any photos provided will likely "go down in history" since they will be shared with our ward historian, Bobbie Ingram!

Education Week Volunteers

Neighborhood Children's Parade

Summer Social

This week's announcements....

* Just a reminder the activity is coming up next week! For the month of April on the 23rd at 7pm we will have finish your project night. If you have had the blasted project you have wanted to finish for months come finish it with us! And eat yummy treats!  Also for those of you who have the ladder here is the new spring kit very cute!! it is $26 with everything provided. If you would like to get a ladder it is $12 and it is unpainted, so you would have to paint it most likely at home but can finish the kit at the church! Let me know if any of you would like to order any of these to finish that night otherwise see you on the 23rd with your own project!

* This month for Emma's Basket for Helping Kids with Cancer we are collecting Small legos, small blocks, small puzzles, etc.. for ages 0-11 Boy or Girl to be put in the stockings. As a reminder they must be new and must be able to fit in a standard Christmas Stocking. We will be collecting these items all month. If you still have some things for previous months you are always welcome to bring those as well. Thanks so much for your help with this great charity!

* On Tuesday, May19th we will be meeting at Bobi Whitlock's home at 6:30 pm to carpool and head over to Rhodes for a fun evening. Please plan to be on time as we need to be there by 645. This activity is with the Young Women as well so plan on bringing your daughter(s) if they are 12 or older. We are covering the cost of the baking demo, they will however be selling their cookbook at a discounted rate only that night for $5 normally $10 and you would need money with you that evening to purchase it. This will be our May activity we did move it to a Tuesday so we can be with the YW, come and have some fun and learn some great tricks from Rhodes!

* LDS General Conference Challenge - We wanted to pass this on to you in case any of you wanted to take it on too. https://sites.google.com/site/ldsgeneralconferencechallenge.  Here is a second schedule if you are interested: http://www.thepersonalprogresshelper.com/2015/04/general-conference-spring-2015-study.html

Teachings of Ezra Taft Benson: Lesson 6

We hope you all enjoyed your Easter Sunday and Conference Weekend. We look forward to seeing you all at church this Sunday. Please take a moment this week and read Chapter 6: Jesus Christ, Our Savior and Redeemer for our Relief Society lesson.

https://www.lds.org/manual/teachings-of-presidents-of-the-church-ezra-taft-benson/chapter-6-jesus-christ-our-savior-and-redeemer?lang=eng

Thanks and we hope to see you all soon!

Finish your project night

For the month of April on the 23rd at 7pm we will be finish your project night. If you have had the blasted project you have wanted to finish for months come finish it with us! Also for those of you who have the ladder here is the new spring kit very cute!! it is $26 with everything provided. If you would like to get a ladder it is $12 and it is unpainted, so you would have to paint it most likely at home but can finish the kit at the church! Let me know if any of you would like to order any of these to finish that night otherwise see you on the 23rd with your own project!

Emma's Basket

Don't forget Emma's Basket this month. This month is a reading book ages 0-11, either bring to Church on Sunday or to Bobi's house 5204 S. Bright Morning Cir. We will be collecting these all month. If you still wanted to donate last months item of coloring combo that is great too.

Reminder everything must fit in a standard Christmas stocking and everything is for a boy or a girl and must be NEW!

Thanks!!!!

Sunday's Lesson

Our lesson this Sunday will be Chapter 5: Principles of true repentance. 

We encourage all sisters to read the lesson ahead of time, even if you aren't attending Relief Society.

Thanks!

Emma's Basket

Hi everyone don't forget Emma's Basket this month. This month is a reading book ages 0-11, either bring to Church on Sunday or to Bobi's house 5204 S. bright morning Cir. We will be collecting these all month. If you still wanted to donate last months item of coloring combo that is great too.

Reminder everything must fit in a standard Christmas stocking and everything is for a boy or a girl and must be NEW!

Thanks!!!!

Tickets to the General Women's Session

Update on Service Auction

Hi this is in regards to the Relief Society Birthday SERVICE Auction. We just want to reiterate and clarify that this is strictly for SERVICE items to be donated. Our ward youth have an auction every year and that is a way for them to earn money for their programs throughout the year. We do NOT want to take away from that.  So please make sure that you are donating a SERVICE that a Sister can bid on. This is all for fun for a great night to gather as Sisters, and we are trying to uphold to the values of Service that our Relief Society Organization believes in. 

We will be bidding on various SERVICE items throughout the night that are donated. It will be a point system for bidding. You will add up your points during dinner and then bid with points on items. There will be no money exchanged or taken that night. Please save those types of items for the Youth auction in April!! 

This will be a fun fun event to celebrate our Relief Society and what better way than by serving one another.

Relief Society Birthday Celebration - Service Auction

On March 19th at 630 we will be celebrating the birthday of our Relief Society!! We will have a nice dinner and a service auction so please plan to donate a service. We will bid on these items with points that you will add up during dinner. We would like these items to be service oriented so as not to take away from the youth auction in April. Here are some ideas of services you can donate:

Sew on scout patches for a year,    Authentic Mexican Dinner,    2 dozen freshly baked dinner rolls-made to order,    A sink of dishes,    One free night of babysitting,    Hem 5 pants or skirts, Sewing Lesson,    Deep clean ALL of the bathrooms in your house,    1 hour sewing lesson, Computer/genealogy lesson,    3 course dinner,    Piano lesson,   Voice Lesson,    Made-to-order Ice Cream Cake,    Haircut, Sew Christmas PJs (winner will provide fabric and pattern),    1 Hour Aerobic Kickboxing Class,    Made-to-order Pie,    Blog Lesson,    Carpet Cleaning,    FHE Kit (lesson, treat, etc.), FHE treats for a month,    Birthday Cake,    Yard Work,    Snow Shoveling and much much more!

Please contact Bobi Whitlock 801-895-6817 or email me bobiwhitlock@gmail.com for your service donation or any questions you have.  It should be fun!

Emma's Basket

Hi Sisters - As many of you know we have been collecting items for Emma's basket for charity for the past several years. This year we have a new charity we want to introduce you to. It is called Helping Kids With Cancer (HKWC) they are a 501(c)(3) non-profit charity with a mission to assist with critical needs for kids and their families.

Each month as a Relief Society we will be collecting an item to place in a stocking. We have attached that at the bottom. For February we will be collecting a coloring book with crayons of some sort Ages 2-11. Keep in mind these have to be able to fit in a standard Christmas stocking.  These items are no more than $5! You can also donate a stocking, they can be store bought or made. They judge the stockings and do prizes for winners it’s a lot of fun! ALL items must be NEW!  The last day for items to turn in is going to be Sunday, November 29^th All items per month are for a BOY or a GIRL either is fine. 

March is going to be a story book of some sort that they can read Ages 0-11.

Every year this charity makes Christmas special for kids going through something terrible in their lives. This charity helps families with the help of Social Workers from Primary Children's Hospital deliver stockings to children who are suffering from cancer. They also help families with gas cards, and overnight bags when in need. We have attached what the charity is about and how we can help. There is also a video that you can view from the stocking delivery in 2014. The first part of the video shows the event night where they raise more money for the charity and viewing of the stockings, and then you will see the delivery of stockings to the kids.

Lesson Preparation

This year we are encouraging each sister to read the lesson prior to Relief Society on Sunday. There are bookmarks available to help you follow along with our study of President Benson on the 2nd and 3rd Sundays and the teaching of our times lessons on the 4th Sunday. We will also be sending out an email each week to remind you of the reading material and to inform you of the reading material for the 1st Sunday. If you have not yet received a bookmark, please see Julie Henricksen.

The Relief Society lesson this Sunday will be on personal testimonies. The lesson will be drawn from 2 conference talks: Elder Uchtdorf and Elder Hales. 

January Annoucements

BOOK CLUB PLANNING MEETING: Wednesday, January 14th at 7:00 p.m.  The meeting will take place at Amy Lockhart's home.

STAKE CONFERENCE: Saturday and Sunday, January 17/18.  Saturday Adult Session 7 p.m.  Sunday Session 10 a.m.

RELIEF SOCIETY DAY OF SERVICE: Saturday, February 7th from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.  Young Women are invited to attend.  Nursery provided.