The Stake Presidency would like us to join them in celebrating, protecting, and strengthening our Families during the month of May! The goal they have set is:
100% FHE
100% Family Prayer
100% Family Scripture Study
They ask us to please pray for guidance, help, and direction, as we prepare for 'Family Month'. As President Gordon B. Hinckley advised: '..follow the whisperings of the the Spirit to guide you in the most serious of all responsibilites, for the consequences of your leadership in your home will be eternal and everlasting.'
LET'S GET IT DONE!!
Monday, May 10, 2010
May Presidency Message
The opening paragraph of 'The Family: A Proclamation to the World' states, "WE THE FIRST PRESIDENCY and the council of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, solemnly proclaim that marriage between a man and a woman is ordained of God and that the family is central to the Creator's plan for the eternal destiny of His children."
It is through marriage that we have the potential for our greatest happiness and even exaltation. Because Satan knows this, he is relentless in his attacks upon our homes and families. Husbands and wives have been charged by the Lord to love and care for each other. Yet, in the words of Elder Russell M. Nelson, '...some married couples fall short of their full potential. They let their romance become rusty, take each other for granted, allow other interests or clouds of neglect to obscure the vision of what their marriage really could be.' (Nurturing Marriage, Ensign, May 2000).
We can strengthen our marriages and enrich our personal lives as we seek to live gospel principles such as selflessness, patients, service, forgiveness, charity, and hope. Line upon line, precept upon precept, relying upon the Lord to strengthen and guide us, we can build relationships that are sweet, uplifting, and holy.
We love you, and ask the Lord to bless you.
The Relief Society Presidency
It is through marriage that we have the potential for our greatest happiness and even exaltation. Because Satan knows this, he is relentless in his attacks upon our homes and families. Husbands and wives have been charged by the Lord to love and care for each other. Yet, in the words of Elder Russell M. Nelson, '...some married couples fall short of their full potential. They let their romance become rusty, take each other for granted, allow other interests or clouds of neglect to obscure the vision of what their marriage really could be.' (Nurturing Marriage, Ensign, May 2000).
We can strengthen our marriages and enrich our personal lives as we seek to live gospel principles such as selflessness, patients, service, forgiveness, charity, and hope. Line upon line, precept upon precept, relying upon the Lord to strengthen and guide us, we can build relationships that are sweet, uplifting, and holy.
We love you, and ask the Lord to bless you.
The Relief Society Presidency
May Lesson Schedule
1st Sunday- Presidency Message, by Pat Melessa
2nd unday- Praying to our Heavenly Father, (GP8) by Laura Klarman
3rd Sunday- Prophets of God- (GP9) by Jan Hunsaker
4th Sunday- Ask, Seek, Knock, (Elder Nelson) by Amanda Whitney
2nd unday- Praying to our Heavenly Father, (GP8) by Laura Klarman
3rd Sunday- Prophets of God- (GP9) by Jan Hunsaker
4th Sunday- Ask, Seek, Knock, (Elder Nelson) by Amanda Whitney
Saturday, April 10, 2010
April Presidency Message
Recaps of April 2010 Conference:
Elder Ballard- 'Look to your faithful mothers for a pattern to follow. Model yourselves after them, not after celebrities whose standards are not of the Lord's standards, and whose values may not reflect an eternal perspactive. Look to your mother. Learn from her strengths, her courage, and her faithfulness.'
President Eyring- 'Heavenly Father has addigned us to a great variety of stations to strengthen and, when needed, to lead travelers to safety. Our most important and powerful assignments are in the family. They are important because the family has the opportunity at the start of a child's life to place feet firmly on the path home.'
Sister Beck- 'A good woman knows that she does not have enough time, energy, or opportunity to take care of all of the people or do all of the worthy things her heart yearns to do. Life is not calm for most women, and each day seems to require the accomplishment of a million things, most of which are important. A good woman must constantly resist alluring and deceptive messages from many sources telling her that she is entitled to more time away from her responsibilities and that she deserves a life of greater ease and independence. But with personal revelation, she can prioritize correctly and navigate this life confidently.'
Elder Holland- 'Surely it would guide our actions in a dramatic way if we remembered that every time we transgress we not only hurt those we love but we also hurt Him who so dearly loves us. But if we do sin...we can be rescued by that same magestic figure, He who bears the only name given under heaven whereby any man or woman can be saved.'
President Monson- 'My beloved brothers and sisters, in our hour of deepest sorrow, we can receive profound peace from the words of the angel that first Easter morning, 'He is not here: for he is risen.'....As one of His special witnesses on earth today, this glorious Easter Sunday, I declare that this is true.'
How blessed we truly are to have a living prophet and apostles of Jesus Christ on the earth today. We pray that you will have a great desire to read and study, and to ponder their words that were spoken at conference. We know and testify that your lives will be peaceful, happy, and blessed as you do.
The Relief Society Presidency
Elder Ballard- 'Look to your faithful mothers for a pattern to follow. Model yourselves after them, not after celebrities whose standards are not of the Lord's standards, and whose values may not reflect an eternal perspactive. Look to your mother. Learn from her strengths, her courage, and her faithfulness.'
President Eyring- 'Heavenly Father has addigned us to a great variety of stations to strengthen and, when needed, to lead travelers to safety. Our most important and powerful assignments are in the family. They are important because the family has the opportunity at the start of a child's life to place feet firmly on the path home.'
Sister Beck- 'A good woman knows that she does not have enough time, energy, or opportunity to take care of all of the people or do all of the worthy things her heart yearns to do. Life is not calm for most women, and each day seems to require the accomplishment of a million things, most of which are important. A good woman must constantly resist alluring and deceptive messages from many sources telling her that she is entitled to more time away from her responsibilities and that she deserves a life of greater ease and independence. But with personal revelation, she can prioritize correctly and navigate this life confidently.'
Elder Holland- 'Surely it would guide our actions in a dramatic way if we remembered that every time we transgress we not only hurt those we love but we also hurt Him who so dearly loves us. But if we do sin...we can be rescued by that same magestic figure, He who bears the only name given under heaven whereby any man or woman can be saved.'
President Monson- 'My beloved brothers and sisters, in our hour of deepest sorrow, we can receive profound peace from the words of the angel that first Easter morning, 'He is not here: for he is risen.'....As one of His special witnesses on earth today, this glorious Easter Sunday, I declare that this is true.'
How blessed we truly are to have a living prophet and apostles of Jesus Christ on the earth today. We pray that you will have a great desire to read and study, and to ponder their words that were spoken at conference. We know and testify that your lives will be peaceful, happy, and blessed as you do.
The Relief Society Presidency
April Calendar
3&4- General Conference
4- Easter
6- Pack Meeting
7- Activity Days, 4:00pm
21- Activity Days, 4:00pm
22-Ward Temple Night
27- RS Sisters Temple Night
4- Easter
6- Pack Meeting
7- Activity Days, 4:00pm
21- Activity Days, 4:00pm
22-Ward Temple Night
27- RS Sisters Temple Night
April Lesson Schedule
4- General Conference
11- The Fall of Adam and Eve (GP6), by Amanda Whitney
18- The Holy Ghost (GP7), by Jan Hunsaker
25- Our Perfect Example (Pres. Henry Eyring,p.70), by Laura Klarman
11- The Fall of Adam and Eve (GP6), by Amanda Whitney
18- The Holy Ghost (GP7), by Jan Hunsaker
25- Our Perfect Example (Pres. Henry Eyring,p.70), by Laura Klarman
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