Upcoming lesson announcement

This week is General Conference!

Advertisement Thursday

This is Sarah Maria

Go check out her Mormon.org profile and then go check out her Blog!

http://spirituallythinking.blogspot.com/

She also has an option where you can get Daily Quotes emailed to you!

Mid-Week Pick-Me-Up

It's Wednesday, and time for another mid-week pick-me-up!

"At times we may rationalize that the Lord will understand our disobedience because our special circumstances make adherence to His laws difficult, embarrassing, or even painful. However, faithful obedience, regardless of the apparent size of the task, will bring the Lord's guidance, assistance, and peace." -Bruce A. Carlson

Weekly Activity Update

Time for another weekly activity update!

YOGA

When: Thursday September 29th at 7:30

where: Orchard Street building

WALKING GROUP

When: Mon-Fri at 9:00am

Where: Meet in the Orchard Street building Parking lot

PLAYGROUP

When:Every Friday at 10:00am

Where: Orchard Street building

Here are some pictures from the service project

Thanks to all who came!

Saturday Suggestions

Still looking for suggestions for Advertisment Wednesday and the mid-week pick-me-up!

Feel free to comment or to e-mail them to Molly Stark --MollyJoStark@Gmail.com

QUESTION FOR YOU ALL

what family home evening lessons would you and your family be most interested in

A few examples would be;

missionary work

prayer

honesty

.....etc.

Thanks for your help ladies!

Thursday Advertising

This LDS woman makes and sells some really cute pieces of jewelry. I think she is pretty talented...Check her out!

http://www.etsy.com/shop/ThePinkPersimmon

She also has a blog that she describes as --

an odd mix of Etsy blogging meets parenting/self-discovery/funny stuff.

http://www.thepinkpersimmon.blogspot.com/

She just had twin girls and so she said she hasn't updated her blog in a while but plans to soon.

Hope you all enjoy!

RS broadcast and sleep in on Sunday!

This Saturday there is a Relief Society General Broadcast

Here is the breakdown for the day...

RELIEF SOCIETY GENERAL BROADCAST:

2 pm Service Project

4 pm Dinner Served

5 pm Broadcast starts

Also, this Sunday is WARD CONFERENCE so church starts at 12 pm!!!!!!!

Mid-Week Pick-Me-Up

It's Wednesday, and time for another mid-week pick-me-up!

This weeks suggestion came from Lana Wood.

THANKS LANA!

She said, "I thought seeing as how General Conference is coming up that we could have a pick me up from last October's to get us in the mood for what is to come. I picked the topic of love because you can never get enough!"

"Love … comforts, counsels, cures, and consoles.” Joseph B. Wirthlin

"Feeling the security and constancy of love from a spouse, a parent, or a child is a rich blessing. Such love nurtures and sustains faith in God. Such love is a source of strength and casts out fear (see 1 John 4:18). Such love is the desire of every human soul" David Bednar

Activity Update

Time for another weekly activity update!

RECIPE GROUP

When: Wednesday September 21st at 6:30

Where: Samm Child's house

Tomason Place Apartments

685 NE Terre View Dr. #101

Theme: crock pot dishes!

RELIEF SOCIETY VOLLEYBALL!!!!!

Volleyball will be every week until mid-October

When: Saturdays. This week it is at 11:00am

Where: Moscow Building

Check out our team from last week!

GO PU2!!!

YOGA

When: Thursday September 22th at 7:30

where: Orchard Street building

WALKING GROUP

When: Mon-Fri at 9:00am

Where: Meet in the Orchard Street building Parking lot

PLAYGROUP

When:Every Friday at 10:00am

Where: Orchard Street building

Suggestion Saturday

Still looking for suggestions for Advertisment Wednesday and the mid-week pick-me-up! Feel free to comment or to e-mail them to Molly Stark --MollyJoStark@Gmail.com

Upcoming lesson announcement

This Sundays lesson will be out of the Gospel Principles Manual.

Lesson #40 - Temple work and Family History.

Thursday Advertising

Advertisment Thursday

We have a many VERY talented crafters in our ward :)

This is just one of them...

If anyone already didn't know, Courtney Mattoon has a craft blog where she posts pictures of some of her AWESOME crafts that she does.

You can check it out here:

http://watchmesew.blogspot.com/

She's amazing!

Project Group

Ashley Teare will be at project group this Thursday to help anyone that would like to know how to knit, or needs help with knitting.

Just bring your own supplies and she can help.

Project group is Thursday September 15th

at the Orchard Street building at 8:00

Ward Activity CORRECTION

There was a little miscommunication about the ward party.

It starts at 6, not 5, and there is only a baked potato bar, no pizza. (Sorry guys!)

Also there will be a nursery/ kid games during the adult game so feel free to bring the kiddos!

Sorry about any confusion!

Mid-Week Pick-Me-Up

It's Wednesday, and time for another mid-week pick-me-up!

"My dear sisters, do not pray for tasks equal to your abilities, but pray for abilities equal to your tasks. Then the performance of your tasks will be no miracle, but you will be the miracle." -President Thomas S. Monson

Sunday Lesson Recap

This past Sunday we received a special training from the Stake on an upcoming launch of a new emphasis on Mormon.org. Here is a basic rundown of at least what I caught!

The Leaders of our church have made the valuable decision to use money from our tithing to begin an ad campaign in our area (Spokane, Pullman, Moscow, etc) surrounding the media tool of Mormon.org and "I am a Mormon".

Purpose: to help people learn about our beliefs and dispel misunderstandings about our church and its members through the LIVES of the members of the church. (and) basically to plant seeds in peoples hearts - yet another way to learn about the Gospel!

I didn't get the exact quote or who said it, but basically, back in the day, each town had a "town square". That is where people went to learn about what important things were going on at the time, and that is where our missionaries began preaching the Gospel. In our day in age, the "town square" is the media - the internet, television, radio, etc. On Mormon.org, people can see profiles of members of the church (including ourselves) as well as explore answers to questions they may have on a variety of different subjects. Also on Mormon.org is a smattering of different television ads that will air, promoting the "I'm a Mormon" campaign.

For this reason, we as members are invited to:

-Become familiar with the website www.mormon.org

-Create a profile on mormon.org and share it with your friends and family

-Share the "I'm a Mormon" pass along card with your friends (has a reference to Mormon.org)

-Ask family and friends if they've seen the advertisements

-Answer questions that friends and family have with faith and a sincere heart. Refer those that are interested in learning more to the full-time missionaries

-Invite friends and family to do a chapel tour with you and the local missionaries

I encourage each of you to think about how and when you will be involved in this effort - if we do nothing, it will fail. It simply depends on us.

We love you, sisters! We will see you again on Sunday, if not before!

Weekly Activity Update

Time for another weekly activity update!

We have a WARD ACTIVITY this week! YAY!

When: Friday, September 16th at 5:00pm

Where: Orchard Street building

Pizza and Baked Potato bar...YUMMMY

It is going to be SUCH a fun activity!

Don't miss it!

PROJECT GROUP

When: Thursday September 15th

where: Orchard Street building at 8:00

YOGA

When: Thursday September 15th

where: Orchard Street building at 7:30

WALKING GROUP

When: Mon-Fri at 9:00am

Where: Meet in the Orchard Street building Parking lot

PLAYGROUP

When: Every Friday at 10:00am

Where: Orchard Street building

Sunday Lesson Recap

This week's lesson was given by Emily Walker and focused on the what it means to Take Upon us the Name of Christ.

Here is a summary:

Each week, those that have been baptized as members of our church take a sacrament to renew the covenants that they made when they were baptized. One of those covenants is that we are willing to take upon us the name of Jesus Christ.

However, sometimes (as often happens when we do something again and again) we forget to think about the significance of what that really means.

So: let's talk about the Savior's Name, What it means to take His name upon us, and How we do it:

His Name: In Matthew 21:12 it reads: “In His name shall the Gentiles trust”. In HIS name... if you pause for a moment and just Think of his name... Jesus Christ. Think of it in you mind. Say it softly to yourself.

It seems almost too sacred to be said outloud. When we say it, it is softly, and with almost a whisper, a wave of the Spirit washes over us. Amazing to me that we feel such solemn sacredness toward this name, yet when we pray or end our testimonies, it sometimes blows past our lips without a second thought.

Say it softly and with respect and love – It is a sacred name, and a name in which we can trust.

The Gentiles, along with all of us, can trust in this name because it is through this name that we come unto salvation.

Now - think about it - it is such a sacred name and we have been invited to take that name upon ourselves! what a privilege! What an honor!

But what exactly does that mean?

The scriptures give us more understanding.

One reference in the Topical Guide points us to a well-known scripture in Matthew 11:28-30.

In this scripture, what are the things that Christ is asking us to do?

1. “come unto me”

2. “Take my yoke Upon you” – yoke = equally yoked with Him – walk with Him

3. “Learn of Me” – 2 meanings – learn with me and learn about me.

To make things a little more clear:

turn to 1 John 2:6

To abide in Him, or be one with Him, we must “Walk even as he walked”.

So – to take His anme upon is us to literally become like Him – Do as he does, say as he would say, love as he Loves –

THAT, sisters, is what we are covenanting to do.

When full-time missionaries are set apart, they are called, literally, to take upon them the name of Jesus Christ. This is done not only as they strive to walk as He walked, but symbolically as they put a nametag on each morning that has the name "Jesus Christ" written in large letters on it. To remind his missionaries of their sacred duty to represent the Savior, Bruce R. McConkie gave this to his missionaries when he was serving as a mission president:

"I am called of God. My authority is above that of the kings of the earth. By revelation I have been selected as a personal representative of the Lord, Jesus Christ. He is my Master, and He has chosen me to represent Him. To stand in His place, to say and do what He himself would say and do if He personally were ministering to the very people to whom He has sent me. My voice is His voice, and my acts are His acts, my words are His words, and my doctrine is His doctrine. My commission is to do what He wants done, and to say what He wants said, to be a living, modern witness in word and deed of the divinity of His great and marvelous latter-day work. How great is my calling!"

We aren’t called to serve as full-time missionaries. BUT WE ARE CALLED, just like them, to take His name upon us. We won’t be wearing a nametag, but it will be inscribed on our hearts.

As such – we are called exactly to do this as well -

Are we willing?

We covenant that we are WILLING. But at WHAT POINT do we ACTUALLY take the name of Christ upon us?

Really, it is a life-long process.

HOW – how do we do this??? How do we become like Him? One with Him?

We live as he would – but this is a big task for natural men like ourselves! So we just need to work on it one principle at a time. Once principle that the Savior taught us is above all of the others is LOVE.

Again and again in the scriptures, the Savior emphasizes that we must love others, EVEN AS He does! (See John 13:34-35, John 15: 9-10, 12, 17, 1 Corinthians 13:2-3, 1 John 4:7)

Also, the Lord made it clear that love – His love in OUR hearts – pure love – is essential in becoming one with Him.

When we come to love others as He loves them, we not only grow closer to those people, but we grow closer to HIM – and we become more like Him. (1 John 4:12)

So How do we learn to love others as He would?

-Desire – the Lord will grant you those things that you truly, righteously desire

-Focus on the good – don’t give yourself a reason NOT to love!

-pray for love – He is the source! He will grant it unto you. Moroni 7:48 teaches us that we must pray with ALL the energy of heart – it is that important.

I can personally testify that the Father grants his Love unto those that truly seek it - I testify that as we strive to LOVE others and BECOME LIKE HIM daily, consistently, we will come to know Him.

Remember it is a PROCESS – but as we strive, we gain a little bit more light each day. And the more we strive now, the more we will come to know Him in this life, that when we meet him again, we too will know by which name we are called – for we shall be called His sons and daughters, and we will know Him and he will know us.

At that time, all things will be made known unto us:

D&C 88:49-50 “The light shineth in darkness and the darkness comprehendeth it not; nevertheless, the day shall come when you shall comprehend even God, being quickened in him and by him. Then shall ye know that he have seen me, that I am, and that I am the true light that is in you, and that you are in me; otherwise ye could not abound.”

He is with us, He loves us. What a privilege it is to be able to take His name upon us!

Sisters - you are all loved :)

Weekly Activity Update

Here are the activities going on this week!

STAKE ACTIVITY

When: September 9th at 6:00

Where: Sunnyside Park

This will be a Sloppy Joe and ice cream social. YUM!

Hope to see everyone there!

Also, don't forget about YOGA!!

Same time, same place

(Thursday at 7:30 - Orchard Street Building)

Suggestion Saturday

We really need suggestions for the Advertisement Thursday posts...

If you know of any websites/books/magazines/music...etc....

that you think other sisters in the ward might enjoy...PLEASE let us know!

Upcoming lesson announcement

This Sunday is fast Sunday!

We will have a message from the Relief Society Presidency.

Advertisment Thursday

I used to listen to this woman's CD when I was younger. She has an amazing voice. I believe some of her songs are on the EFY CD's as well.

http://www.juliehanks.com/