July/August Charity Chatter Newsletter

...is now ready for download. Click the link on the right side of the screen under "Charity Chatter--RS Newsletter".

Link List

I just put a list of web sites that you may want to visit on the right sidebar. They are already linked so all you have to do is click on them. If you find a web site that you think may be beneficial for the other sisters in the ward, let me know and I'll add it to the list. Thanks!

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.

Weight-loss Group

Our weight-loss group is going on summer vacation too. :) We'll let you know when we start it up again.

Mother's Day and Girls' Night Out

Sunday, the Relief Society will meet in the chapel for a short lesson and then move into the gym for a reception by the Priesthood. They are providing refreshments for all the sisters.

On the 18th is our Girls' Night Out. It will be held at the Hubbard's home at 6:30.

Happy Mother's Day!!

Newsletter links

The links to the newsletter have been down, giving you an invalid link message if you clicked on them. They are fixed now so try again. Happy downloading!! :)

May 4th Relief Society Meeting-6:30

This month we are focusing on the goals in the Family Relations section of the Relief Society University goals. Number 5 is "start a memory book with stories, pictures, family traditions, etc. Compile stories of ancestors to add to your book. Record your memories of your relatives and invite others to also do so." We are going to help you get started!! We have cut out the mini-books and have them ready for you to decorate and put together. All you will need to do on your own is to put your memories in them.

This is what they will sort of look like...I painted the inside cover of mine but we actually have paper to use on yours.



And see that lovely wrinkle in the cover on the top photo?? You won't have that either. I got a little Mod Podge and paint happy but I'm over that now. :D

We'll have extra paper for you to use if you want to decorate the inside pages. We'll also have some decorative scissors and paper punches for you to use. You are more than welcome to bring anything you want too!!

If mini-books aren't your kind of fun, then you can bring another project that you want to work on too. Just come and have fun!

One of the other goals is to complete 6 scrapbook pages about your family. We won't have time to work on those too so I'm putting a link for you to help you get started. There are 6 scrapbook page sketches plus a sample for each sketch to give you an idea of what you can do. If you want to bring your own supplies and work on these instead of the mini-book, you can do that too. You don't have to use the sketches to complete the goal though...these are just to help you if you need it.

Scrapbook Page Sketches

We will start at 6:30. Hope to see you there!!

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.

Gardening and Weight-loss

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