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.

Gardening and Weight-loss

Susan Holder found these two web sites that you may find helpful: Garden Guides and Meals Matter.

April 6th Relief Society Meeting

From Samantha Moss:

Please mark your calendars and plan to attend our monthly Relief Society meeting next Tuesday, April 6 at 6:30

We will be having mini classes on the following subjects:

Gardening 101

72 Hour kits

1st Aid

3 Month Supply

We will also have an encore performance from our Relief Society Cheerleaders.

Compete dinner will not be provided- only finger foods and samples.

If you would like to bring something, please bring a finger food or receipe that we can sample using items from your food storage if possible. Please come even if you don't want to bring anything.

Please contact Samantha Moss if you have any questions. 479-414-2369

Young Women's Pancake Breakfast

The Young Women are trying to earn money for Girl's Camp this summer. They are having a pancake breakfast on April 10th from 8am to 10am. They would really appreciate all who can come!

Calorie Link and Sunday's Announcement

Want to know how many calories are in the food you are about to eat?? Look it up on Calorie Connect. Thanks for the link Susan!

Now for the announcements...

Volunteers are needed at St. John's (6th and B) to help make sandwiches tomorrow at 1:00. Please contact Susan Holder if you are able to help and with any questions.

The ward activity is Wednesday night at 6:30. The Cub Scouts will be showing off their pinewood cars as they race them in the Pinewood Derby.

Be sure to get your Visiting Teaching done this month so we can reach our goal of 100% the Stake Presidency asked us to make. If you are unable to finish it, please let someone in the RS Presidency know by Monday so it can be done for you. If you do have it completed, Sister Condren will love to get a phone call from you! ;)

Don't forget about General Conference next weekend! Check your email for a ward email with a conference packet for your kids.

Our next Relief Society meeting is April 6th at 6:30. We will be doing mini-classes to help out with our Relief Society University goals.

Beginning with the May newsletter (Charity Chatter), we will have a Question of the Month. May's question is this: How do you save money/cut costs in your family? You can email or write out responses to Kim Hackworth.

Family Search and a Yummy Recipe

Susan Holder found this on the Family Search website. It's online classes to help you learn how to research your family. It looks like an easy way to get started! Family Search Education

Now to the yummy recipe! I made this for Becky Bowman's baby shower last night and Jen Houston asked me to post it to the blog. You can also find it on the packaging for Hormel's Real Crumbled Bacon.

BLT Dip

1 cup mayonnaise
1 cup sour cream
1 (4.3 oz) package of Hormel Premium Real Crumbled Bacon
1 cup diced tomatoes
1 cup shredded lettuce
Assorted crackers, for dipping

In bowl, combine mayonnaise, sour cream, bacon, and diced tomatoes. Place in large pie plate or on platter. Chill until serving time. Before serving, place shredded lettuce around the edges. Sprinkle with additional bacon or tomatoes, if desired. Serve with assorted crackers for dipping.

Ok...that's what the package says but this is what I do to mine. I put mine in a bowl, not a messy pie plate. Also, I mix the shredded lettuce up in the dip instead of placing it around the edges. And I just use whatever looks right with the lettuce instead of making sure it's a cup. I really love using the flavored crackers with this (like Ritz's vegetable crackers). I also don't substitute Miracle Whip for the mayo and I don't substitute the fake bacon bits either. If you use the real bacon bits instead of cooking your own and crumbling them up yourself, it will be less fattening.

If you are someone who hates mayonnaise and/or sour cream by themselves, you will still like this! I hate both of those but I eat this dip up like it's going out of style. So give it a try!!

Scripture Reading

I found this site today while I was working on finding a handout for our March Visiting Teaching Message. It's called Read the Scriptures. If you sign up, then you will receive reading schedules from any of the Standard Works, Preach My Gospel, the Gospel Doctrine schedule, or the Seminary schedule. You can also make your own customized schedule. After you complete your reading assignment, then you click the Completed button at the end of the email and you will be sent the next one. I'm hoping this will help me with my reading! You can also have teams to help motivate and encourage each other on it. If any of you have any ideas on how to motivate ourselves to read our scriptures like we are supposed to, please email me and I will post them here on our blog.

Fun Blog

I found this blog somewhere...probably linked off of Sugardoodle. Anyway, it's a fun blog full of fun craft ideas including some precious scripture totes. You can find it here...Brown Paper Packages. Have fun!

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.

Fort Smith and Spanish Missionaries Need Help

If anyone has any spare twin-size beds and/or some decent mattresses, please contact the missionaries. They would really like to have them! And they deserve a good night's sleep for doing the work they do. :) You can also call Kim Hackworth at 646-7638 and I can pass the information along. Thanks!