Announcements July 2013

Announcements:

 

1.    We want to thank Gretchen Edwards for her hard work as our Night Relief Society Committee Chairman. We will miss you.    Good luck with your new calling as the Primary President. You will be great!!

 

      

2.    Welcome to our new Committee Chairman, Lael Gilbert.  We are looking forward to working with you.

 

3.     Thank you to all who attended our Relief Society Activity last Thursday evening.  We played games, visited, had ice cream and had a      

      very enjoyable evening. 

     

4.     This Sunday (30th) will be our combined R. S. and Priesthood lesson in the chapel. We will not hold our first meeting in the R. S. room.

 

5.     The temple will be closed July 2 - 13th for cleaning.

 

6.     July 18th - Hidden Treasures - Take-it Night.     Clean out your closets and unclutter your home. Everyone please bring good used items you     no longer want. Everything will be displayed for the sisters in the ward to look through and take as they desire.  This evening activity will be a lot     of fun! 

 

7.     This is the last week of the month.  Please complete you Visiting Teaching and call the member of the presidency for which you've been    assigned.  Thanks so much.

Lesson summary June 23, 2013

     lesson summary:

               

Loye gave her lesson from the May Ensign of 2013 talk by Elder Quentin L. Cook entitled "Personal Peace: The Reward of Righteousness."                                                              
                     Even with trials of life, because of the Saviors Atonement and His grace,  
                                   righteous living will be rewarded with personal peace.


    Recent experiences have caused me to reflect on the doctrine of peace and especially the role of Jesus Christ in helping each of us obtain lasting personal peace.

A recent event that has touched me deeply was when I spoke at the funeral for Emilie Parker, a precious six year old who lost her life along with 25 others, including 19 young children, in a tragic shooting in Newtown, Connecticut. I mourned with her family and recognized that a many had been deprived of peace, but I found strength and faith in  her parents, Robert and Alissa Parker. Events often occur that rob us of peace and heighten our sense of vulnerability.

 

        I have been impressed with the doctrinal difference between universal or world peace and personal peace.  At the birth of the Savior, a multitude of the heavenly host praised God and proclaimed, "Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men."  Yet, as recited in the 10th chapter of Matthew, the Savior instructed the Twelve and acknowledged that His mission would not achieve universal peace in this mortal life. The Spirit of Christ which is given to every person who comes into the world, "shall not always strive with man."  therefore "peace shall be taken from the earth."  Prophets have declared that peace has indeed been taken from the earth. Lucifer has not yet been bound and he exercises power in this dominion.

 

          President Heber J. Grant described the Savior's peace this way: "His peace will ease our suffering, bind up our broken hearts, blot out our hated engender in our breasts a love of fellow men that will suffuse our souls with calm and happiness." In my meetings with Emilie Parker's parents, I saw that the Savior's peace has eased their suffering and is helping to bind up their broken hearts. It is notable that immediately after the shooting, Brother Parker expressed forgiveness to the perpetrateor.  As President Grant said, the Savior's peace can "blot out out hates."

 

           What are the sources of peace? Many search for peace in worldly ways, which never have and never will succeed. Peace is not found by attaining great wealth, power, or prominence. The answer is the Savior, who is the source and author of peace. He is the Prince of Peace."

 

            How do we stay close to the Savior? Humbling ourselves before God, praying always, repenting of sins, entering the waters of baptism with a broken heart and contrite spirit, and becoming true disciples of Jesus Christ.

 

            The Church is a refuge where followers of Christ attain peace. The temples are also a source of peaceful refuge from the world.

 

            The Savior promised His Apostles that they would be blessed with the "Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost" and then uttered these important words: "Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you." Then just before His Intercessory Prayer Christ said: "These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.

 

Thank you Loye for your wonderful lesson .

Lesson Summary June 16, 2013

Tithing, a Law for Our Protection and Advancement                                                   

                         "The law of tithing is one of the most important ever revealed to man. . . 
                             Through obeying this law the blessings of prosperity and success 
                                                        will be given to the Saints,"
                               

        In May of 1899, President Lorenzo Snow felt prompted to visit the city of St. George and other settlements in southern Utah. He quickly began organizing a group of people, including several General Authorities, to take the long trip with him.  "When we left Salt Lake," he later said, "we did not know just what we were going to visit these southern settlements for."  But on May 17, 1899, soon after the travelers arrived in St. George, the Lord's will was "clearly manifested" to His prophet. 

 

        In a meeting held on May 18, President Snow declared, " The word of the Lord to you is not anything new; it is simply this: The time has now come for every Latter-Day Saint, who calculates to be prepared for the future and to hold his feet strong upon a proper foundation, to do the will of the Lord and to pay his tithing in full. That is the word of the Lord to you, and it will be the word of the Lord to every settlement throughout the land of Zion. There is no man or woman that now hears what I am saying who will feel satisfied if he or she fails to pay a full tithing."

 

        In his previous 50 years as an Apostle, President Snow had rarely mentioned the law of tithing in his sermons. That changed in St. George, Utah, because of the revelation he received. "I never had a more perfect revelation, than  [the revelation] I received on this subject of tithing."

 

        President Snow had repeatedly assured the Saints that they would be blessed individually, both temporally and spiritually, as they obeyed the law of tithing. That promise was partially fulfilled in August 1899, when the people of St. George enjoyed temporary relief from their drought; their faith was rewarded with 2.93 inches of rain, more than they had received in the previous 13 months combined. President Snow had also promised that obedience to the law of tithing would bring blessings to the Church as a whole. He felt certain that the tithes of the faithful would enable the church to break free from its indebtedness.  

 

        The law of tithing is one of the most important ever revealed to man . . .  Through obeying this law the blessings of prosperity and success will be given unto the Saints. If we will keep that law . . . the land will be sanctified, and we shall be counted worthy to receive the blessings of the Lord and to be sustained and supported in our financial affairs and in everything we do, temporal as well as spiritually. The temporal salvation of this Church depends upon obedience to this law.

 

         " .... I require it at your hands, not only to obey it, but to teach it to the children of the Latter-day Saints, and to impress it upon the tablets of their memories, so that when they shall grow into years of discretion, it may be said they were taught it, and that they obeyed it from their youth up."

 

 

           Thank you, Jan, for all the work you put into this lesson; it was wonderfully taught and we could fell the Spirit present.

                    

Announcements

Announcements:

 

                  June 20th - Relief Society Evening Activity - Games and Ice Cream

                  June 28th-29th - Father & Son's Overnight Activity

 

Believe it or not, it's nearing the end of the month. Please complete your Visiting Teaching and make a call to the member of the presidency to whom you report.

If you are not sure who you report to, please ask a member of the presidency and we will let you know.  Thank you to each Visiting Teacher for all you do.

 

Lesson Summary June 9, 2013

Sarah Bodrero gave lesson #11 "I Seek Not Mine Own Will, but the Will of the Father."
 
      On March 31, 1899, President Lorenzo Snow traveled to Brigham Young  Academy where Latter-day Saints had gathered to commemorate his 85th birthday. As part of the afternoon meeting, 23 children "marched upon the rostrum, and facing President Snow, sang two songs . . . , after which each child presented the President with a bouquet of flowers." President Snow expressed his gratitude to the children and pronounced a blessing  upon them. Then eight Brigham Young Academy students came to the stand, one at a time. They presented a carefully prepared tribute to the prophet. In response to these words of affection and admiration, President Snow said some words of gratitude. In part he said:

 

    "It is the Lord that you honor when you honor me and my counselors and the Quorum of the Twelve. We have discovered that a long time since, every one of us, that of ourselves we could do nothing. Only as far as we followed that principle which Jesus followed when He was in the world has success followed our efforts; and it will be so with you."

 

       President Snow taught: "The Church has passed through very strange experiences, and the people have made great sacrifices....  and as a people there has been no failure. Why has there been no failure? Because the people, as a whole, have had their minds fixed upon the true principles of life, and they have conformed to their duty.... The people generally have had the Spirit of the Lord, and have followed it.  Hence there has been no failure. So it may be with individuals. There is a course for every person to pursue in which there will be no failure. It will apply to temporal as well as spiritual matters. The Lord has given us the keyword in these verses from the Doctrine and Covenants:"

 

    "If your eye be single to my glory, your whole bodies shall be filled with light, and there shall be no darkness in you, and that body which is filled with light comprehendeth all things. Therefore sanctify yourselves that your minds become single to God."[D&C 88: 67-68.]

    "We have been called to act in God's name, and we acknowledge His hand in all the good we do. We came into the world for a great purpose, the same as Jesus, our elder brother, to do the will and works of our Father; in this there is peace, joy and happiness, an increase of wisdom, knowledge and the power of God; outside of this there are no promised blessings."  

 

    "Thus let us devote ourselves to righteousness, help each and all to be better and happier; do good to all and evil to none; honor God and obey His Priesthood. 

Cultivate and preserve an enlightened conscience and follow the Holy Spirit; faint not, hold fast to what is good, endure to the end and your cup of joy shall be full even to overflowing, for great shall be your reward for your trials and your sufferings, our God will give you a crown of unfading glory." 

 

       Thank you, Sarah, for the sweet spirit you brought to the lesson, we are going to miss you and your cute family. Good luck in our life and may God bless you.

        

Gay's Granola Recipe

Gay's Granola

Mix together in large bowl

1/4 cup plus 2 Tbs. Brown Sugar

1/4 cup plus 2 Tbs. Maple Syrup

1/4 cup Vegetable Oil

3/4 tsp. (or less) Salt

Add

3 cups Rolled Oats (old fashioned)

1 cup Slivered or Chopped Almonds

1 cup Shredded Sweet Coconut

Stir until all is well coated

Preheat oven to 250 degrees

Separate mixture and place on 2 cookie sheets

Cook for 1hr. & 15min. stirring every 15 minutes.

I like to cook for 1/2 hr. stirring twice, then turn the oven off and let the Granola stay in the oven without stirring for 1 hour.

Can add Raisins etc. after it is cooked.

June 2013 Announcements

Announcements:

June 13th, 20th -  Women's Futsal games at the 15th/16th bldg (100 W. 700 No.) - 8:00pm

June 16th -           Father's Day - Linger Longer following Sacrament Meeting - ice cream for everyone

June 20th -           Relief Society Evening Activity - Ice Cream Social / Games - 7:00pm

 

Cache West Stake Singles

Family Home Evening

(single adults, ages 31 plus)

Monday, June 10, 2013

6:00 pm

3rd/17th Ward Building

250 North 400 West

Relief Society Room/Cultural Hall

Alaska’s Inside Passage

With our own tour guide, Martha Hurd

Prayers needed for Bishop Trujillo!

We ask for your thoughts and prayers in behalf of Bishop Trujillo who suffered a stroke this morning (Monday). He is in good hands at Logan Regional Hospital and will be back with us soon. If you have a need for the bishop, please call Brock Moss (208-479-8286) and an appointment will be made for you with the appropriate authority. 

Announcements for June 2013

   June  6th, 13th, 20th - Women's Futsal games at the 15th/16th building - 8:00pm

                  June  9th  - Lesson #11 "I seek not mine own will, but the will of the Father"  taught by Sarah Bodrero

                  June 12th - (Wednesday)Ward Temple Day, evening session 6:30pm  

                  June 16th - Father's Day - Linger Longer following Sacrament Meeting - ice cream for everyone

                  June 20th - Relief Society Evening Activity 
                  June 28th-29th - Father & Son's Overnight Activity

 

Lesson Summary June 2, 2013

 Kathy Chee gave her lesson from the BYU Devotional by Donald W. Parry (July 31, 2012)
   

"Angels, Chariots, and the Lord of Hosts" 

 

 

    The ministry of Angels has been on the earth since the days of Adam and Eve. They have had significant responsibilities in the Lord's great plan of happiness. Angles figure prominently in ancient and modern scripture. They have ministered to or communicated with such notables as Daniel, Mary the mother of Jesus [Luke 1:26-38] Mary Magdalene, Salome, Joanna, Mary the mother of James, other women [Mark 16:4-6; Luke 24:2-4; John 20:11-12], Peter, Paul, John the Revelator, and many others. Angels have also ministered to the prophets in the Book of Mormon.

 

        In our own dispensation prophets and apostles have testified of the eminence and considerable standing of angels. It has been a period of extraordinary angelic activity. Joseph Smith received dozens of communications from angels. Additional Church authorities and others have been recipients of angelic communications. The Gospel was restored, in part, when angels imparted revelations and truths to the Prophet Joseph Smith. In the Doctrine and Covenants it tells of the voice of Michael, the archangel; the voice of Gabriel, and of Raphael, and of divers angels, from Michael or Adam down to the present time, all declaring their dispensation, their rights, their keys, their honors, their majesty and glory, and the power of their majesty and glory, and the power of their priesthood. [D&C 128:21]

 

         The title "Lord of hosts" is so important that it is found some 250 times in the Old Testament; Isaiah alone used the term about fifty times. This title, then, is a frequent reminder that the Lord has hosts of angels. "And I beheld, and I heard the voice of many angels round about the throne . . . :and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands." [Revelation 5:11] 

 

          We have help from both sides of the veil. When disappointment and discouragement strike--and they will--we need to remember that if our eyes could be opened, we would see horses and chariots of fire as far as the eye can see, riding at great speed to come to our protection. They will always be there, these armies of heaven, in defense of Abraham's seed. Joseph Smith wrote that Elder Roger Orton saw a mighty angel riding upon a horse of fire, with a flaming sword in his hand, followed by five others, encircle the house [Temple], and protect the Saints, even the Lord's anointed, from the power of Satan and a host of evil spirits, which were striving to disturb the Saints.

 

 

          Most of us will never be protected by angel in a lions' den, nor will the majority of us be privileged to see horses and chariots of fire. But we should bear in mind that angelic communications are not reserved for those who lived during the time of Old Testament or the Book of Mormon. Church authorities have clearly taught that we who are laypersons may receive angelic communications or help from them according to the divine will of our loving Heavenly Father.

           It is my testimony that angels are agents of love, light, and power. The Lord's angels exist because of Jesus Christ and His infinite Atonement. I testify that angels appeared to the Prophet Joseph Smith. I also testify that the sacred work of angels continues in our day.
 
Thank you Kathy for your very interesting and enlightening lesson.