CIRCLED IN SEWING

Where:  Kay J. home,
When:  Tues, April 24th @ 7 pm.
Bring:   Mending or projects, or COME MAKE A WONDER OVEN or work on humanitarian projects. If you are making a Wonder Oven, bring 3 yards of 100% cotton, or flannel or a flat bed sheet and a sewing machine if you have one. Let Martha know if you are making one, so she can prebuy the stuffing

Mommy Mingle This Tues. Apr 24th @ 10am

Our next Mommy Mingle will be Tuesday, April 24^th at Val Vista HOA park at 10:00 am. Behind the Thompsons (north end) Bring your kids to play & moms get to relax and visit.

Lupe's Notes - Apr 22, 2012

Good afternoon sisters, what a beautiful day and what a wonderful meeting, meetings we were able to enjoyed today.

THOUGHT:

“Imagine, Jehovah, the Creator of this and other worlds, 'astonished'! Jesus knew cognitively what He must do, but not experientially. He had never personally known the exquisite and exacting process of an atonement before. The cumulative weight of all mortal sins—past, present, and future—pressed upon that perfect, sinless, and sensitive Soul! All of our infirmities and sicknesses were somehow, too, a part of the awful arithmetic of the Atonement. The anguished Jesus not only pled with the Father that the hour and cup might pass from Him, but with this relevant citation. 'And he said, Abba, Father, all things are possible unto thee; take away this cup from me' “Had not Jesus, as Jehovah, said to Abraham, 'Is anything too hard for the Lord?' Had not His angel told a perplexed Mary, 'For with God nothing shall be impossible'? “Jesus' request was not theater! “In this extremity, did He, perchance, hope for a rescuing ram in the thicket? I do not know. His suffering—as it were, enormity multiplied by infinity—evoked His later soul-cry on the cross, and it was a cry of forsakenness. “Even so, Jesus maintained this sublime submissiveness, as He had in Gethsemane: 'Nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt'

Neal A Maxwell

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

1. MOMMY MINGLE, Tuesday, April 24^th at Val Vista HOA park at 10:00 am. Behind the Thompsons (north end) Bring your kids to play & moms get to relax and visit.
2. CIRCLED IN SEWING at Kay Johnson's home, Tues, April 24^th – 7 pm. Bring mending or projects, or COME MAKE A WONDER OVEN or work on humanitarian projects. If you are making a Wonder Oven, bring 3 yards of 100% cotton, or flannel or a flat bed sheet and a sewing machine if you have one. Let Martha know if you are making one, so she can prebuy the stuffing.
3. RS BIRTHDAY BRUNCH – Sat, April 28^th – 11 am (Sisters with birthdays Jan – March) will celebrate, eat and enjoy visiting at Megan's home.
4. GUILT FREE CELEBRATION OF MOTHERHOOD Thurs, May 10^th 7 pm by Amy Waldron. Please fill out one of her 'success forms' and return.
5. Check out our RS BLOG http://manila12thwardrs.blogspot.com
6. To get to know one another better, look forward to answering 10 questions about yourself – which will be a fun “Spotlight” delight on our RS blog!

BIRTHDAYS: April 24^th Shelly Dailey and April 25^th, Petra Chou. Happy Birthday to you both.

Our lesson today was taken from President Monson's Conference address “Stand in Holy Places” and it was presented by Lynette Anderson. We were honored by the presence of the Laurels.

Lynette showed a cartoon that had an announcer with the word “And now for today's top ten commandments”

What does this mean today?

Andrea C: Well the world is always changing.

Lupe's Notes - Apr 15, 2012

Is it Spring yet? Maybe this week. Hope you are enjoying your Sabbath.

THOUGHT: “In the garden and on the cross, Jesus saw each of us and not only bore our sins but also experienced our deepest feelings so he would know how to comfort and strengthen us”.

Elder Merrill J Bateman

ANNOUCEMENTS:

1. STAKE WOMAN'S CONFERENCE – Saturday, April 21, 10:00-12:00 (including luncheon) Meet in the Chapel for “Look unto me in every thought: doubt not, fear not”. You can attend any 2 classes. 1. “Maintaining Perspective and focus in today's world through small & simple things” 2.”Receiving Daily Revelation” 3.”It cost how much? Manage your money before your money manages you” 4.”Looking at mortality through spiritual Eyes”. It might be nice to car pool.
2. STAKE SEMI ANNUAL 5K & ½ Mile Fun Run – Sat., the 21^st at 8:00 am Deerfield Elem. Parking lot. Any questions, call or e-mail Ben Higbee (801) 471-8165; benhigbee@gmail.com
3. MOMMY MINGLE, Tuesday, April 24^th at Val Vista HOA park at 10:00 am. Meet at the park behind the Thompsons (north end) Bring your kids to play & moms get to relax and visit.
4. CIRCLED IN SEWING at Kay Johnson's home. Tues, April 24^th – 7 pm. Bring mending or projects, or come make a wonder oven or work on humanitarian projects.
5. RS BIRTHDAY BRUNCH – Sat., April 28^th, 11 am (Sisters with birthdays in Jan, Feb, & March) will celebrate at Megan Duckworth's home.
6. Thurs, May 10^th – y pm “GUILT FREE CELEBRATION OF MOTHERHOOD by Amy Waldron. Please fill out one of her “success forms” and return to her.
7. Check out our RS Blog. Http://manilla12thwardrs.blogspot.com

BIRTHDAYS: April 18^th – Lupe Lee. Happy Birthday to me.

Today's lesson was from George Albert Smith, lesson 8 “Temple Blessings for Ourselves and Our Ancestors” taught by Amy Waldron.

I want to thank Eliza Jane for her testimony about the temple. She expressed that “being in the temple helps e feel close to the Spirit of God. It helps me to know that the Savior loves me and everybody. Doing work in the Temple helps me feel good.” This is a difficult topic for me because it can get out of hand. One Sunday when I was teaching on a fourth Sunday, the topic given to me was a talk by Elder Oaks on Divorce. I usually put the title and info on the board, but that time I felt the need to ease into the topic. We will ease into this topic also.

Lupe's Notes - Apr 8, 2012

THOUGHT: “Listen to him who is the advocate with the Father who is pleading your cause before him--

“Saying: Father, behold the sufferings and death of him who did no sin, in whom, thou wast well pleased, behold the blood of thy Son which was shed, the blood of him whom thou gavest that thyself might be glorified;

“Wherefore, Father, spare these my brethren that believe on my name, that they may come unto me and have everlasting life”

(D&C 45:3-5)

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

1. Thank you to all who participated in our RS Birthday Celebration. If you would like to share your recipes, please e-mail them to Sarah Heiner, sarah77heiner@yahoo.com, and she will put them in the RS Blog http://manila12thwardrs.blogspot.com
2. STAKE WOMAN'S CONFERENCE – Saturday, April 21, 10:00 am – 12:00 with a light luncheon. “Look unto me in every thought: doubt not, fear not” It would be fun to car pool and enjoy the friendship of the sisters.
3. Stake semi annual 5K 7 ½ mile fun run – Sat. April 21^st @ 8:00 am at Deerfield Elementary parking lot. Bring your kids. It'll be fun for the whole family? There will be fun prized awarded. Any questions, call or e-mail. Ben Higbee (801) 471-8165 benhigbeel@gmail.com
4. “Circled in Sewing” - Thursday, April 24^th, 7 pm at Kay Johnson's home. We'll be sewing blankets, making wonder ovens, & doing humanitarian work or bring a project you are working on.
5. Please be sure to report your visiting teaching to your supervisor. If you don't know who she is, you can contact any member of the Relief Society Presidency.
6. If you have a chance, please read the March Ensign article “ Visiting Teaching Understanding the Power of Ministering. The Church is focusing more on the principle of ministering to our sisters.
7. On April 28^th Sister Megan Duckworth will host the first Birthday Brunch. Those with birthday in Jan., Feb., and Mar, put it on your calendars. More information coming.
8. “Guilt-Free Celebration of Motherhood” - Thursday, May 10^th at 7 pm.

Special Announcement from Karen Moon:

Sisters,I'm putting this announcement in the R.S. newsletter because I know it will be read by everyone quicker.  As I have reviewed some of the concerns that were given back to me on the  questionnaires from our party last Thursday I realized I had left some things of importance out of the Preparedness Binders.  Mostly having to do with filling and emptying the large blue water barrels.  Several of you had questions in that area.  I have learned that there are 25 foot long 1/2" diameter white drinking water hoses available.  Two can be connected to make it longer if your barrel is too far from a faucet.  Fill the barrel with hard water.  No need to add chlorine or anything to the water.  If it is stored for long periods of time it can be put through a charcoal filter and used, never having to drain and refill the barrel.  If you don't want to worry about the filter then drain and refill annually.  Use the water on flowers and gardens.  The best time to drain the barrel would be in the summer but I remind you in November in case you haven't gotten it done yet.  At our house we have the barrel near our indoor manifold which is in our furnace room.  We have a short hose that is drinking water safe that attaches to the manifold for refilling.  We drain the barrel into the floor drain which is also in the furnace room.  These types of hoses and connections that will fit the manifold are available at Macey's grocery store.  You can add this information to your binders for future reference.  Also, many of your questions can be answered in the Binders so be sure to look there.  www.providentliving.org is so helpful a website.  Click on Becoming Self Reliant, then click on Home Storage and then chose from a variety of subjects.  Between the Binders and this website you will find a wealth of information to help you with becoming prepared.

GOOD NEWS:

1. Angie Gardner had her baby girl on April 7^th.
2. Rebecca Ingram is engaged. Wedding will be July 27^th