Fabulous Friday

We are super excited about our Fabulous Friday coming up!!

Mark your calendars... Oct 22nd from 6-10pm @ the Stake Center

We will start the evening with a yummy dinner and then we'll spend the rest of the night crafting and getting to know the sisters in our ward better.

We have several great options this year!!

{Easy and Cheap gift ideas}

Please have all of your $$ to Andrea Ashley by Oct 10th.

You can pick up an order form at church on Oct 10th or print one off from the e-mail sent to you.

Click HERE to see the list of crafts with prices or click on the Fabulous Friday Crafts tab above.

Good Afternoon Sisters! I hope you all had a great week. I can't believe that we are already approaching the end of September. Boy time flies!!
A few announcements:

• Apples are available for purchase. They are $10 for a half bushel and Gala and Jonagold are available.
• Food drive will be on the 25th. The Elders will be around between 9-10am to pick up food
• General Relief Society broadcast 25th. 5:00 dinner 6:00 broadcast

• Tuesday canning sugar and bring your oats if they need to be resealed
• Be sure to check out the table outside the RS room for our Fabulous Friday crafts!
  

Good News Minute:
Amy Bush's Grandpa turned 105 this last week!!! wow we want his secrets.

This weeks lesson was Chapter 18 "Faith in Jesus Christ"
Heather led a great discussion how we build faith, what is faith?, and what does it mean to have faith in Christ as opposed to just having faith. Hebrews 11:1 says faith is "hope for things which are not seen, which are true. The comment was made that faith is a principle of action. We must study, learn and act for us to increase our faith.
Why is it so important to have faith is Christ? without faith in Christ all other things we do are useless. The atonement would have no meaning for us. Ask yourself how having faith in Christ influences how we perform in our church callings, jobs, daily actions and our hope for eternal life. Matthew 17:20 is the blessing that we can do anything if we only have the faith of a mustard seed. Just like planting a garden, we plant the seeds and have faith that they will grow, but faith alone won't do anything. The ground needs to be worked, nourished and cultivated to grow. Once we see the fruits of our faith we are more willing to take more leaps of faith and then our faith becomes knowledge, something that we know!
I'd like to thank Elaine for her music that she provides, it really sets the spirit for the lesson!
We have lots of activities this week, look forward to seeing you all throughout the week.
Make it a great one!

Hello Sisters! I hope you all enjoyed Stake Conference, and especially enjoyed a little break from your weekly Sunday callings. haha. I just wanted to send out a quick reminder that orders for sugar are due this Thursday. Chelsi is out of town as of Wednesday so bring orders over to Andrea. Also, even if your not canning sugar and need to fix your oat cans you can do that on Tuesday the 21st. And last but not least stop by the Relief Society hall this Sunday we will have the projects for our 2nd Annual Fabulous Friday on display!!! We have some great ideas for yourself and for gifts for the holidays.
Make it a great week and we'll see you all Sunday!

Sister that need to fix your can of oats, we will do this on September 21st when we have the canner and doing sugar.

Thanks for you understanding as we learn along with you!

Happy Labor Day weekend Sisters! We may have been few in numbers today, but always strong in Spirit! Karen Fairbanks gave the Visiting Teaching message for this month and shared with us the great examples of her mother and grandmother were in her raising, and giving her a strong foundation in the church. As you prepare to go visiting this month think of people that have nurtured you that you may be able to share with the sisters you teach.
Adrianne Morris gave a great lesson today from the talk given by Elder Bednar "Watching With All Perseverance" this is a great talk that is well worth reading again! He talks of early warning systems that are in place in society and in our bodies to warn us of danger. Adrianne shared an experience she had with her son having a fever, that warned her of pneumonia. The Lord has given us a spiritual warning system that contains three components: read and discuss the Book of Mormon, bearing testimony and inviting children to act not merely to be acted upon. Several sisters shared ideas for having spontaneous discussions on gospel principles and sharing your testimony and being an example of doing what you teach. The most important aspect for us to learn is to listen to the promptings of the Holy Ghost and act upon those promptings.

Hello Sisters- I wanted to send out a quick update about the can of oats that were done on Thursday. It has been brought to my attention that some of the cans didn't get sealed properly. Check your cans to be sure that they are tight and that they got reversed sealed. Not being reversed will leave a lip on the sealing lid. We will be getting the canner again so we can fix this problem. Be patient with us as we get this figured out. Look for info on sugar for September.

Remember today is the last day to order oats. Chelsi is out of town but Andrea can take your order and checks. Also bring childrens clothing for the clothing exchange.
We were blessed today to have Cindy Kemp and her sister Rebecca play a beautiful flute and piano number for us. Music invites the Spirit and really sets the tone for a great lesson. Which today was given by Karen Wilkins. It was from the conference talk given by Elder Christofferson, "The Blessing of Scripture". Karen asked, "with all the distractions in the world, how are we to make time for scripture study?" The sisters suggested; setting aside a specific time, listen to them on CD while commuting and to also let your children see you read your scriptures so that they learn how important they are to you. Karen asked a few sisters to share their testimony and favorite scripture from the four standard works:

• Niki Brady choose the Bible. She loves the examples of strong, valiant women that are found in the Old Testament. She shared a funny story about Lee making her recite this scripture during the delivery of their first child, look it up and you can get a good laugh also; it's Romans 8:18
• Rita Biggers shared her testimony of the Book of Mormon and how after just reading a bit of it knew of it's truth and committed to being baptized. She also reminded us that;You talk to God through prayer and He talks to us through the scriptures.
• Jan Thacker loves the Docterine and Covenants because it is modern day revelation. The words found in the D&C prepares us for the second coming. She finds comfort in hard times by reading D&C 122. What a great man the Prophet Joseph Smith was!
• Cindy Bailey shared with us the loves of the Pearl of Great Price that her mother passed on to her. She finds it remarkable how the scrolls that were written in Egypt from Abraham and found their way into the hands of Joseph Smith. She loves Abraham 1:16 because its message is repeated throughout the scriptures. She also reminded us that the Articles of Faith are found in The Pearl of Great Price.

Karen reminded us how blessed we are to have the modern scriptures and how richly they bless our lives. But reminded us that "where much is given, much is required"
Thanks to all sisters that serves throughout the ward. We love you and are always in our prayers! We look forward to seeing you Thursday for the canning and clothing exchange and Saturday at the Ward BBQ!