July 18 Announcements and Lesson Link

Please let Susan Holder know if you can help out today with the sandwiches. It's at 1:00 at St. John's (6th and B).

July 24th is the FS Stake Pioneer Day celebration. Parking will at East Side Baptist with the activity taking place across the street at First Luthern School both of which are on Massard.

Girls' Night Out will be canceled this month.

Instead we encourage you to attend Andrew Hubbard's Missionary Farewell Party on the 27th at 6:00 at the Stake Center. He is asking that Relief Society bring finger foods.

The Stake Women's Conference is August 14th. Our ward has been asked to have a table of talents. Start thinking about what talent you want to display and let one of the RS Presidency know.

Steph Gibson taught our lesson yesterday on Priesthood Organization. Please click the link if you are interested in reading it.

RS Sunday Lesson and Announcements

Steph Gibson did our lesson using Elder Bednar's talk from the October 2009 General Conference, "More Diligent and Concerned at Home."

Announcements:

Tuesday, May 4, is our next Relief Society meeting. It will be at 6:30 at church. More on that in the next post. ;)

The Fort Smith missionaries are needing beds. If you have any to donate, please contact Susan Holder.

Our next Girls' Night Out will be on the 18th. We'll have more information later.

Friday, the 7th, the Elder's Quorum is having a volleyball and dodgeball activity at the church.

Don't forget the special Stake Conference on the 16th...it will be from 10:00-12:00.

And as usual...if you can help make sandwiches on Monday afternoons, please let Susan Holder know. And the weight-loss group will be meeting on Wednesdays at 6:30 in the RS room.

Have a great week!!

April 18th RS Lesson and Announcements

Today's lesson was taught by Sister Armstrong from the Gospel Principles manual. It was Chapter 8: Praying to our Heavenly Father.

Girls' Night Out will be Tuesday, April 20th at 6:30 at Liz Johnson's house.

If you can help make sandwiches tomorrow for St. John's, please let Sister Holder know.

The weight-loss group will meet Wednesday at 6:30 in the RS room.

May Newsletter Question of the Month: How do you save money/cut costs in your family? Send responses to Kim Hackworth to be included in the May newsletter.

March 14 Announcements and RS Lesson

Announcements:

Volunteers are needed every Monday at 1:00 to make sandwiches at St. John's (6th and B).

The weight-loss group will meet Wednesday at 6:30 in the RS room. Men are welcome to attend too!

Visiting Teaching interviews are being held this month. Emails have been sent out with your time. If you need to change your time or find out when it is, please contact Kim Hackworth.

Be sure to get your Visiting Teaching done this month and reported to Sister Condren or Sister Holder. The Stake Presidency is asking for 100% completion this month.

Our Ward Temple day is March 20th.

Don't forget to work on your Relief Society University and/or Personal Progress.

Steph taught our lesson on the Creation out of the Gospel Principles manual. You can access it here.

5th Sunday Combined Priesthood/RS Meeting

I wasn't able to attend today...sick kiddos...but Brannon said that Bishop Bardin taught the lesson this week. He told me that it was about forgiveness and reaching out to less active members of the Ward. He also showed a conference talk by Elder Bednar. I think this may be the link to the article out of the Ensign (November 2006). Somebody please correct me if this isn't it! The article is called "And Nothing Shall Offend Them".

The group was also given a handout outlining the goals for the Fort Smith Arkansas Stake for this year.

Proclaim the Gospel

--Follow President Hinckley's admonition to double convert baptisms (120 stake wide)
--Pray daily to have opportunities to share testimony of Jesus Christ.
--2 Missionary referrals per family

Perfect the Saints

--Increase faith in Jesus Christ by studying scriptures and having personal and family prayer each day
--Be a 100% Home Teacher/Visiting Teacher-THEN RETURN AND REPORT
--Maintain a healthier lifestyle by better adherence to the Word of Wisdom as per Section 89 of the Doctrine and Covenants
--March and September-100% Home Teaching/Visiting Teaching months for every unit in the Stake


Redeem the Dead

--Schedule and participate in Ward Temple Days
--Participate in Stake fill the Temple Day and submit a minimum of 5 names for family file work
--60% of endowed Adults with Temple Recommends

Sunday Lesson--Jan 24 and Announcements

Susan Holder did our lesson today in Relief Society. She used Ann Dibbs talk from General Conference (October 2009) called Hold On. It was a great lesson!!

Here are our announcements for this week:

Volunteers are needed to help make sandwiches at St. John's on Monday.

The weight-loss group meets Wednesday at 6:30 in the Relief Society room. Men can come too!

The new Visiting Teaching routes will be available next Sunday.

Don't forget to finish your Visiting Teaching for January! Please let Sister Condren or Sister Holder know when you are finished. There are VT reports in the folder that is passed around on Sundays that you can fill out and give to them too.

If you would like to complete your Young Women in Progress and receive your medallion, contact the Young Women's Presidency. They are letting the Relief Society work with the girls to accomplish their goals. This is a great opportunity to get to know our future Relief Society sisters and to strengthen our own spirituality at the same time!

Spiritual Thought:

"The purpose of Relief Society, as established by the Lord, is to organize, teach, and inspire His daughters to prepare them for the blessings of eternal life.

"To fulfill the purpose of Relief Society, the Lord has commissioned each Relief Society sister and the organization as a whole to:

"1. Increase in faith and personal righteousness.

"2. Strengthen families and homes.

"3. Serve the Lord and His children.

"Each one of these responsibilities supports and reinforces the other two. When we increase our faith, the result of that effort strengthens our family. When we serve the Lord and His children, our faith and capacity for righteousness increase."

Julie B. Beck, "Fulfilling the Purpose of Relief Society," Ensign, November 2008, 109