March 20th

Upcoming Events:
Stake Temple Night March 29th

Good News Minute:
Karren Fairbanks' son is back in the USA (he has been in Japan) and will we "home" for a while
Patti Gilbert's son and daughter in law are expecting, this will be Patti's first grandchild
Amy Slaughter's husband got a job promotion
Jodi Thacker is thrilled that BYU won.

Our lesson this week was given by Jodi Thacker, she did a great job. Listening to the testimonies of the youth in our church reassures me that our church is is good hands that there are well prepared future leaders!
Jodi's lesson was on Ch. 30 Charity. Charity is the pure love of Christ. The bible dictionary defines charity as the Highest, Nobelist, and Strongest kind of Love.
Christ taught us by example how we should live our lives. Before He gave His life for us He said:
"This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loves you."
"Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends"
Charity is the greatest of all virtues because it allows us to give back for all Christ has given to us.
The parable of the Good Samaritan teaches s that we should give to those in need, regardless of whether they are our friends or not. We should not try to decide whether someone really deserves our help or not. If we have taken care of our own family's needs first, then we should help all who need help. In this way we will be like our Father in Heaven, who causes rain to fall on the just and the unjust alike.
We can become more charitable by:
1- studying the life of Christ and keeping His commandments
2-pray to have greater charity
3-love ourselves
4-avoid thinking we are better than other people
"The nearer we get to our heavenly Father, the more we are disposed to look with compassion on perishing souls; we feel that we want to take them upon our shoulders, and cast their sins behind our backs"
Make it a great week sisters, we love each one of you!!!