Saturdays - 9am - Women's basketball
2nd Sunday - Singles 31+ religion class - 7pm
March 4 - CES fireside - 6pm
March 8 - Relief Society Birthday Party, 6:30pm
March 18 - Stake General Priesthood Meeting - 7am
March 24 - YW General Meeting - 6pm
March 25 - Fast Sunday
March 25 - CES fireside, 6pm
March 31 - General Conference, 10am, 2pm
March 31 - General Conference Priesthood Session - 6pm
Thursday, March 1, 2012
Daughters in My Kingdom
We are daughters of our Father in Heaven. He knows us, loves us, and has a plan for us. Part of that plan includes coming to earth to learn to choose good over evil. When we choose to keep God’s commandments, we honor Him and acknowledge our identity as daughters of God. Relief Society helps us remember this divine heritage.
Relief Society and its history strengthen and support us. Julie B. Beck, Relief Society general president, said: “As daughters of God, you are preparing for eternal designations, and each of you has a female identity, nature, and responsibility. The success of families, communities, this Church, and the precious plan of salvation is dependent on your faithfulness. … [Our Heavenly Father] intended Relief Society to help build His people and prepare them for the blessings of the temple. He established [Relief Society] to align His daughters with His work and to enlist their help in building His kingdom and strengthening the homes of Zion.”
Our Father in Heaven has given us specific work to help build His Kingdom. He has also blessed us with the spiritual gifts we need to accomplish this specific work. Through Relief Society, we have opportunities to use our gifts to strengthen families, help those in need, and learn how to live as disciples of Jesus Christ.
President Dieter F. Uchtdorf, Second Counselor in the First Presidency, said of discipleship: “By patiently walking in the path of discipleship, we demonstrate to ourselves the measure of our faith and our willingness to accept God’s will rather than ours.”
Let us remember we are daughters of God and strive to live as His disciples. As we do so, we will help build God’s kingdom here on earth and become worthy to return to His presence.
From the Scriptures
Zechariah 2:10; Doctrine and Covenants 25:1, 10, 16; 138:38–39, 56; “The Family: A Proclamation to the World” (Liahona and Ensign, Nov. 2010, 129)
From Our History
On April 28, 1842, the Prophet Joseph Smith said to the sisters in Relief Society: “You are now placed in a situation in which you can act according to those sympathies which God has planted in [you]. … If you live up to your privileges, the angels cannot be restrained from being your associates.”
Recognizing the power of Relief Society to serve others and to help individuals increase in faith, Zina D. H. Young, third Relief Society general president, promised the sisters in 1893, “If you will dig in the depths of your own hearts you will find, with the aid of the Spirit of the Lord, the pearl of great price, the testimony of this work.”
What Can I Do?
1. How can I help my sisters reach their potential as daughters of God?
2. How can I apply in my life the counsel and warnings given to women in Doctrine and Covenants 25?
Relief Society and its history strengthen and support us. Julie B. Beck, Relief Society general president, said: “As daughters of God, you are preparing for eternal designations, and each of you has a female identity, nature, and responsibility. The success of families, communities, this Church, and the precious plan of salvation is dependent on your faithfulness. … [Our Heavenly Father] intended Relief Society to help build His people and prepare them for the blessings of the temple. He established [Relief Society] to align His daughters with His work and to enlist their help in building His kingdom and strengthening the homes of Zion.”
Our Father in Heaven has given us specific work to help build His Kingdom. He has also blessed us with the spiritual gifts we need to accomplish this specific work. Through Relief Society, we have opportunities to use our gifts to strengthen families, help those in need, and learn how to live as disciples of Jesus Christ.
President Dieter F. Uchtdorf, Second Counselor in the First Presidency, said of discipleship: “By patiently walking in the path of discipleship, we demonstrate to ourselves the measure of our faith and our willingness to accept God’s will rather than ours.”
Let us remember we are daughters of God and strive to live as His disciples. As we do so, we will help build God’s kingdom here on earth and become worthy to return to His presence.
From the Scriptures
Zechariah 2:10; Doctrine and Covenants 25:1, 10, 16; 138:38–39, 56; “The Family: A Proclamation to the World” (Liahona and Ensign, Nov. 2010, 129)
From Our History
On April 28, 1842, the Prophet Joseph Smith said to the sisters in Relief Society: “You are now placed in a situation in which you can act according to those sympathies which God has planted in [you]. … If you live up to your privileges, the angels cannot be restrained from being your associates.”
Recognizing the power of Relief Society to serve others and to help individuals increase in faith, Zina D. H. Young, third Relief Society general president, promised the sisters in 1893, “If you will dig in the depths of your own hearts you will find, with the aid of the Spirit of the Lord, the pearl of great price, the testimony of this work.”
What Can I Do?
1. How can I help my sisters reach their potential as daughters of God?
2. How can I apply in my life the counsel and warnings given to women in Doctrine and Covenants 25?
Happy Birthday!
2 - Victoria Fritz
3 - JoDee Keyes
4 - Lorraine Vause & Candice Kunz
5 - Charlene Christensen, Kim Thorpe & Linda Dabb
7 - Jeanette Stones & Jennifer Keener
12 - Jill Wheelwright
17 - Shamara Hartmann
19 - Lorrie Goldsberry
22 - Shanna Dayton
24 - Marcell Kearney, JoAnn Cordova & Liandra Dittmore
25 - Catherine Anderson & Lorene Little
27 - Pamela Rischen
29- Lori Lucero, Michelle Elzinga & Rashae Swain
31 - Lynette Love & Julie Montgomery
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Happy Birthday!
1 - Mary Ann Peterson & Jenifer Argyle
2 - Melody Stuart
4 - Cynthia Ford & Carol Fuhriman
6 - Shannon Jeffords & Jann Keefer
8 - Jeanette Sandstrom & Rykki Neale
9 - Kit Garcia
10 - Monica Sparrow
11 - Marla Hamilton & Julie Fisher
12 - Erin Jeffords, Dawn Workman & Logan Stringfellow
14 - Ruth Fishburn
15 - Clela Madsen & Jamie Waite
18 - Lessa Pittman
19 - Elaine Barton
20 - Linsey Kunzler & Mellissa Kuns
24 - Pam Thompson & Gloria Mansfield
February Announcements
Feb. 9 - Evening R.S. activity - Your Happily Ever after - decorated valentines cookies and lots of fun and friendship
Feb. 14 - Valentines Day
Feb. 17 - Ward Dinner 6:30 - Cultural Hall
Feb. 18 - Ward Temple Day, Bountiful Temple, meet in the Temple Chapel at 10am.
Feb. 19 - Ward Conference
Feb. 22 - Book Club: The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, 6:30 - ward building
Ongoing announcements
North Ogden Single Adult Coordinating Council Religion Class - 2nd Sunday at Mt. Lewis Stake Center, 7p. Refreshments
Women's Basketball - Saturday mornings, 9 at Stake Center
Feb. 14 - Valentines Day
Feb. 17 - Ward Dinner 6:30 - Cultural Hall
Feb. 18 - Ward Temple Day, Bountiful Temple, meet in the Temple Chapel at 10am.
Feb. 19 - Ward Conference
Feb. 22 - Book Club: The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, 6:30 - ward building
Ongoing announcements
North Ogden Single Adult Coordinating Council Religion Class - 2nd Sunday at Mt. Lewis Stake Center, 7p. Refreshments
Women's Basketball - Saturday mornings, 9 at Stake Center
Guardians of the Hearth
“You are the guardians of the hearth,” said President Gordon B. Hinckley (1910–2008) as he introduced “The Family: A Proclamation to the World” in the general Relief Society meeting in 1995. “You are the bearers of the children. You are they who nurture them and establish within them the habits of their lives. No other work reaches so close to divinity as does the nurturing of the sons and daughters of God.”
For almost 17 years now this proclamation has reinforced that our most significant responsibilities are centered in strengthening families and homes—no matter our current circumstances. Barbara Thompson, now second counselor in the Relief Society general presidency, was in the Salt Lake Tabernacle when President Hinckley first read the proclamation. “That was a great occasion,” she remembers. “I felt the significance of the message. I also found myself thinking, ‘This is a great guide for parents. It is also a big responsibility for parents.’ I thought for a moment that it really didn’t pertain too much to me since I wasn’t married and didn’t have any children. But almost as quickly I thought, ‘But it does pertain to me. I am a member of a family. I am a daughter, a sister, an aunt, a cousin, a niece, and a granddaughter. I do have responsibilities—and blessings—because I am a member of a family. Even if I were the only living member of my family, I am still a member of God’s family, and I have a responsibility to help strengthen other families.’”
Fortunately, we are not left alone in our efforts. “The greatest help,” says Sister Thompson, “we will have in strengthening families is to know and follow the doctrines of Christ and rely on Him to help us.”
From the Scriptures
Proverbs 22:6; 1 Nephi 1:1; 2 Nephi 25:26; Alma 56:46–48; Doctrine and Covenants 93:40
From Our History
“When Sister Bathsheba W. Smith served as the fourth Relief Society general president [from 1901 to 1910], she saw a need to strengthen families, and so she established mother education lessons for Relief Society sisters. The lessons included counsel on marriage, prenatal care, and child rearing. These lessons supported President Joseph F. Smith’s teachings about the Relief Society helping women in their roles at home:
“‘Wherever there is ignorance or at least a lack of understanding in regard to the family, duties of the family, with regard to obligations that should exist and that do rightfully exist between husband and wife and between parents and children, there this organization exists or is near at hand, and by the natural endowments and inspiration that belongs to the organization they are prepared and ready to impart instruction with reference to those important duties.’”
What Can I Do?
1. How can I help the sisters I watch over to strengthen families?
2. How can I be a righteous influence in my family?
For almost 17 years now this proclamation has reinforced that our most significant responsibilities are centered in strengthening families and homes—no matter our current circumstances. Barbara Thompson, now second counselor in the Relief Society general presidency, was in the Salt Lake Tabernacle when President Hinckley first read the proclamation. “That was a great occasion,” she remembers. “I felt the significance of the message. I also found myself thinking, ‘This is a great guide for parents. It is also a big responsibility for parents.’ I thought for a moment that it really didn’t pertain too much to me since I wasn’t married and didn’t have any children. But almost as quickly I thought, ‘But it does pertain to me. I am a member of a family. I am a daughter, a sister, an aunt, a cousin, a niece, and a granddaughter. I do have responsibilities—and blessings—because I am a member of a family. Even if I were the only living member of my family, I am still a member of God’s family, and I have a responsibility to help strengthen other families.’”
Fortunately, we are not left alone in our efforts. “The greatest help,” says Sister Thompson, “we will have in strengthening families is to know and follow the doctrines of Christ and rely on Him to help us.”
From the Scriptures
Proverbs 22:6; 1 Nephi 1:1; 2 Nephi 25:26; Alma 56:46–48; Doctrine and Covenants 93:40
From Our History
“When Sister Bathsheba W. Smith served as the fourth Relief Society general president [from 1901 to 1910], she saw a need to strengthen families, and so she established mother education lessons for Relief Society sisters. The lessons included counsel on marriage, prenatal care, and child rearing. These lessons supported President Joseph F. Smith’s teachings about the Relief Society helping women in their roles at home:
“‘Wherever there is ignorance or at least a lack of understanding in regard to the family, duties of the family, with regard to obligations that should exist and that do rightfully exist between husband and wife and between parents and children, there this organization exists or is near at hand, and by the natural endowments and inspiration that belongs to the organization they are prepared and ready to impart instruction with reference to those important duties.’”
What Can I Do?
1. How can I help the sisters I watch over to strengthen families?
2. How can I be a righteous influence in my family?
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Word of Wisdom
WHAT the Word of Wisdom is About:
• For the benefit of the saints
• Not by commandment or constraint
• Adapted to the capacity of the weak
• In consequence of evils of conspiring men
Not for the Body:
• Wine
• Strong drinks (alcohol)
• Tobacco
• Hot drinks (coffee/tea)
For the Body:
• Wholesome herbs in their season
• Fruit in their season
• Flesh of beasts and fowls (sparingly)
• All grain
Blessings:
• Health
• Wisdom
• Strength
• Destroying angel shall pass by
WHY to exercise
Spiritual: “There is a close relationship between physical health and spiritual development. When one’s physical health is impaired by disobedience to God’s eternal laws, spiritual development will also suffer.” (Elder Delbert L. Stapley, Oct. 1967)
Emotional: “Emotional and physical endurance are inseparable. So-called physical fatigue can destroy personality, shorten the concentration span, and make us impatient, unable to focus on the problems at hand and incapable of expressing love, kindness, and inspiration to those we serve.” (Clarence F. Robinson)
Psychological: Dr. Leonard Himler, a noted psychiatrist stated, “I have never in thirty-five years of practice treated a man or woman who has had a recreational hobby that involved regular large muscle exercise. And what’s more, I never will, because physical exercise provides the escape for pent-up emotional pressures.”
Relationships: I have found that participating in physical activities with people can bond you in a way that other things can’t. Going on walks with your kids and spouse can create opportunities for conversations that you wouldn’t have otherwise.
Confidence: Ann Madsen, grandmother of four, who was using swimming as therapy to overcome a crippling back problem said, “Any woman who can swim a mile nonstop can pass exams or write a thesis,” and she did – first the mile, then the master’s graduate exams, then the thesis. “In an interesting way, swimming has given me greater confidence and discipline in all aspects of my life.”
Parenthood and leadership: “To lead youth, you must keep ahead of them. You cannot drive them or push them from behind and really be a leader. Youth are drawn naturally to the teacher, the adviser, the bishop who can keep pace with them”.
Opportunities:
Stake athletics are every Saturday morning at the stake center at 9:00 a.m. Currently we are playing basketball. That will continue until the end of February. I am hoping to start a mix of pilates, yoga, zumba, aerobics, etc. in March some time. More details to come – make sure and give me (Janis 801-645-6837) your input, and your expertise so you can come help us out. We are also looking into playing futsal (indoor soccer).
Every morning from 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 a.m. on BYUtv is an excellent program called Total Body Workout, a mix of yoga and aerobic workouts. These are free, cover a broad range of ability, and no one is wearing a teeny leotard.
Other ideas to help overcome the obstacles of lack of time, money, desire, etc.:
Have kids?: Find someone else that has kids and trade off watching the kids while one swims laps in the pool, runs around the track, or goes to a zumba class.
Feel too old?: Remember that physical activity actually slows the effects of aging and will help keep your strong and flexible to prevent injury. Of course adapt to your current physical abilities. You may not be able to do everything you used to, but I bet you can still do a lot more than you realize, if you build up to it.
No time?: It just may be worth getting up an hour earlier once or twice a week, because exercise really does overcome fatigue and give you more energy. You may just find yourself less tired than before (after exercising regularly for a few weeks). There may be something you can get rid of in your life that would benefit you more if it was replaced with exercise. Also, consider multi-tasking, such as a stationary bicycle while doing homework, or walking or biking to work.
No money?: It doesn’t take money to exercise. Be creative. And the classes offered at the city rec. center are surprisingly cheap, around $2 a class. But there are plenty of opportunities surrounding us with our mountain out the back door for hiking, and the bike path within minutes.
General tips:
Warm up, stretch, do some aerobic (at least 15 minutes, three times a week is suggested), and then some strength training, and remember to cool down. Drink water. Have fun. Don’t overdo it. Work around your own personal interests and limitations.
(Thank you Janis for putting together some wonderful information we all can use!)
• For the benefit of the saints
• Not by commandment or constraint
• Adapted to the capacity of the weak
• In consequence of evils of conspiring men
Not for the Body:
• Wine
• Strong drinks (alcohol)
• Tobacco
• Hot drinks (coffee/tea)
For the Body:
• Wholesome herbs in their season
• Fruit in their season
• Flesh of beasts and fowls (sparingly)
• All grain
Blessings:
• Health
• Wisdom
• Strength
• Destroying angel shall pass by
WHY to exercise
Spiritual: “There is a close relationship between physical health and spiritual development. When one’s physical health is impaired by disobedience to God’s eternal laws, spiritual development will also suffer.” (Elder Delbert L. Stapley, Oct. 1967)
Emotional: “Emotional and physical endurance are inseparable. So-called physical fatigue can destroy personality, shorten the concentration span, and make us impatient, unable to focus on the problems at hand and incapable of expressing love, kindness, and inspiration to those we serve.” (Clarence F. Robinson)
Psychological: Dr. Leonard Himler, a noted psychiatrist stated, “I have never in thirty-five years of practice treated a man or woman who has had a recreational hobby that involved regular large muscle exercise. And what’s more, I never will, because physical exercise provides the escape for pent-up emotional pressures.”
Relationships: I have found that participating in physical activities with people can bond you in a way that other things can’t. Going on walks with your kids and spouse can create opportunities for conversations that you wouldn’t have otherwise.
Confidence: Ann Madsen, grandmother of four, who was using swimming as therapy to overcome a crippling back problem said, “Any woman who can swim a mile nonstop can pass exams or write a thesis,” and she did – first the mile, then the master’s graduate exams, then the thesis. “In an interesting way, swimming has given me greater confidence and discipline in all aspects of my life.”
Parenthood and leadership: “To lead youth, you must keep ahead of them. You cannot drive them or push them from behind and really be a leader. Youth are drawn naturally to the teacher, the adviser, the bishop who can keep pace with them”.
Opportunities:
Stake athletics are every Saturday morning at the stake center at 9:00 a.m. Currently we are playing basketball. That will continue until the end of February. I am hoping to start a mix of pilates, yoga, zumba, aerobics, etc. in March some time. More details to come – make sure and give me (Janis 801-645-6837) your input, and your expertise so you can come help us out. We are also looking into playing futsal (indoor soccer).
Every morning from 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 a.m. on BYUtv is an excellent program called Total Body Workout, a mix of yoga and aerobic workouts. These are free, cover a broad range of ability, and no one is wearing a teeny leotard.
Other ideas to help overcome the obstacles of lack of time, money, desire, etc.:
Have kids?: Find someone else that has kids and trade off watching the kids while one swims laps in the pool, runs around the track, or goes to a zumba class.
Feel too old?: Remember that physical activity actually slows the effects of aging and will help keep your strong and flexible to prevent injury. Of course adapt to your current physical abilities. You may not be able to do everything you used to, but I bet you can still do a lot more than you realize, if you build up to it.
No time?: It just may be worth getting up an hour earlier once or twice a week, because exercise really does overcome fatigue and give you more energy. You may just find yourself less tired than before (after exercising regularly for a few weeks). There may be something you can get rid of in your life that would benefit you more if it was replaced with exercise. Also, consider multi-tasking, such as a stationary bicycle while doing homework, or walking or biking to work.
No money?: It doesn’t take money to exercise. Be creative. And the classes offered at the city rec. center are surprisingly cheap, around $2 a class. But there are plenty of opportunities surrounding us with our mountain out the back door for hiking, and the bike path within minutes.
General tips:
Warm up, stretch, do some aerobic (at least 15 minutes, three times a week is suggested), and then some strength training, and remember to cool down. Drink water. Have fun. Don’t overdo it. Work around your own personal interests and limitations.
(Thank you Janis for putting together some wonderful information we all can use!)
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