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.

Christmas Presentation Link

Some of you have inquired about the Silent Christmas message Shannie presented Sunday in Relief Society.  Here is the You Tube Link to the presentation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2Yhu_yjIfY

Emma's Basket

I want to say a huge thank you to everyone who has contributed to our Emma's basket this year, as we have been collecting items for Layette kids for new moms in third world countries. We almost have enough supplies to make 12 kits...which is a huge feat since each kit requires so many items. We would love to get these kits finished before the end of the year.  To complete 12 kits we still need a few more items.

We need: 6 zip or button front jackets size 0-3 months (hood ok) AND 7 pajamas size 0-3 month (can be the pull over open end kind or the zippered with feet)

Please let me know as soon as possible if you are able to contribute either of these items.

You can email me directly at terilt@gmail.com or call/text me at 801-376-5978

Thank you again,

Teri Thompson