February Lessons
February 1 Presidency Lesson
Teacher: Linda Owen
February 8 Joseph Smith Lesson #23 Leading in the Lord’s Way
Teacher: Kamilla Lloyd
February 15 Joseph Smith # 25 Truths from the Savior’s Parables in Matthew 13
Teacher: Ramona Ford
February 22 Teachings for our Times “
Go Ye Therefore, Sylvia Allred Nov. 2008 Ensign, pg 10
Teacher - Myrna Clark
February Visiting Teaching Understanding the Devine Role of Women (a copy can be found @ http://www.lds.org/ldsorg/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=2354fccf2b7db010VgnVCM1000004d82620aRCRD&locale=0&sourceId=bca69d9ff732f110VgnVCM100000176f620a____ & will be on the Newsletter blog site.) http://www.springviewreliefsociety.blogspot.com/
February Activities
February 16 President’s Day
February 21 7:00 A.M. Ward Temple Day
February 21 6:30 P.M. Ward Soup and Bread Dinner Night
February 22 Ward Conference
February 25 Enrichment Night 7:00 – Disaster Preparedness --
January 8-Feb 26 Women’s Basket Ball -6:30 for the Young Women – 7:30 for Relief Society Sisters @ the Brookshire Ward
February 14 Valentines – Remember there is so much more to Love than Romance. There is love for our Savior – which is followed by love for our fellow sons and daughters of our Heavenly Father.
1 Jn. 4: 7 Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.
Performing genealogical and temple work for those who have gone before us is also a form of love.
Mal. 4: 6 And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse.
The Lady of the Month
This month we are highlighting Sister Jenifer Tate. Sister Tate has generously provided an interesting story of her life. This fascinating story can be seen on the Newsletter blog site. As a side not Sister Tate had her baby girl on January 21, 2009 named Brynn.
Goal Setting
The first of the year seems like a good time to make resolutions and goals. As we have new goals as a ward I thought I’d put the in.
1. Proclaim the Gospel
a. Each Family Pass Out a Book of Mormon Each Month
b. 100% Home and Visiting Teaching
c. Each Family To Bring Back a less Active Family or a Convert Baptism
2. Redeem the Dead
a. Attend the Temple Regularly
b. Complete Four or More Generation Chart
3. Perfect the Saints
a. Daily Prayer, Scripture Study, & Weekly Family Home Evening
b. Complete the Book of Mormon as a Family by November
c. Save 4 Months of Expenses & 6 Months Food Storage
February Recipe
The following recipes are courtesy of the Enrichment Activity.
Simply Delicious Truffle
1 Package (any flavor) “chocolate chips” (i.e. chocolate mint, peanut butter chips, etc.)
1 can sweetened condensed milk
1 tsp. vanilla
Combine and heat in microwave for 1 minute. Mix and shape into balls. These balls can be rolled into coconut, cocoa powder, powdered sugar, a blend of cocoa powder and powdered sugar, etc.
Other recipes on the blog
Saturday, January 31, 2009
Sister Jenifer Tate
My family lived just above 900 E. on Elgin Ave. when I was born in August 1983. I even remember going down the steps to the primary room in the old building that used to sit where ours does now. About 5 years later we moved to Cottonwood Heights and in another 5 years to Holladay where my family still lives. I have 2 younger brothers: Michael (21) and Stephen (16).
I have always loved to sing and have had a bit of a flair for the dramatic. When I attended Olympus Jr. and Olympus High, I participated in every choir and performance group offered, in addition to school musicals and various performing opportunities with friends. I was fortunate enough to travel to New York with a select choir to sing in Carnegie Hall my sophomore year. I started to write my own songs and music in high school, just to dabble in the creativity of it.
After graduating from high school in 2001, I attended the University of Utah (a decision that was partly influenced by my sweet mom who would throw away all "out-of-state" college brochures before I had a chance to see them, partly by the full-ride academic scholarship they offered me, and partly because I have always been a UTE at heart) to double major in Public Relations and Vocal Performance. By the end of my first semester I realized that I didn't want to sing because I had to, but because I wanted to, so I dropped Vocal Performance and focused solely on Public Relations. In addition to full-time school, I worked full-time and started dating a cute boy who I sent off on a mission with the intention of "waiting for".
My first year of college, I rushed Epsilon, an LDS sorority through the Institute of Religion, got extremely involved, met some wonderful friends and did a lot of dating. The next year I was called to be the vice president, in charge of planning activities, and later in the year was called to be the president. One of the first "exchanges" I planned was a summer activity with a fraternity that many of my friends were in. We had breakfast up the canyon and I gave a ride home to a very cute boy named Seth. I asked Seth out to a sorotity date night the following week and we quickly started "dating". He was also "waiting" for a missionary. Seth and I continued dating for more than 6 months, became best friends, and fell in love. Then, we broke up so he could more diligently "wait" for his missionary and spent the next 7 months getting back together and breaking up at least 20 times.
We broke up for the last time when Seth decided to get back together with his missionary but stayed friends and continued to hang out. My missionary returned home 2 weeks later and informally proposed the night before I left on a trip to Lake Powell with some friends (including Seth). Knowing how much I had changed, I told him we would have to start by dating and go from there, so he promised to "woo" me until I was convinced. The following day, Seth broke up with his missionary and that night, in Lake Powell, proposed. I said yes, we got married 2 1/2 months later in October 2003 and it has been 5 years of wedded bliss since. We lived in an apartment across from the Salt Lake temple until we bought our home on 800 East in July 2004.
I graduated from the University of Utah in December 2004 and Morgan was born in April 2005. With Seth still in school, I went back to work and he did the stay-at-home dad thing. I was offered an amazing job doing Public Relations for FranklinCovey and worked there until Chloe was born in March 2007. When Chloe was born, I was able to stay home and become a full-time Mom. Our third baby, a girl, is due January 21 and we are excited to welcome her to our family. I currently serve as the 2nd counselor in the Young Women's Presidency and love working with the girls and the leaders and especially with my sweetheart as the Young Men's president.
Some of my hobbies include snowshoeing, hiking, boating, scrapbooking, photography, music, writing, camping, cooking, sewing, and home decor crafts. I am a major thrill-seeker and love roller coasters, cliff jumping, bunjii jumping and all sorts of adrenaline-pumping activities, but have gotten more cautious since becoming a mother. I have always been a planner and organizer and most would consider me a bit OCD, so motherhood is teaching me, by neccesity, to go with the flow!
I have always loved to sing and have had a bit of a flair for the dramatic. When I attended Olympus Jr. and Olympus High, I participated in every choir and performance group offered, in addition to school musicals and various performing opportunities with friends. I was fortunate enough to travel to New York with a select choir to sing in Carnegie Hall my sophomore year. I started to write my own songs and music in high school, just to dabble in the creativity of it.
After graduating from high school in 2001, I attended the University of Utah (a decision that was partly influenced by my sweet mom who would throw away all "out-of-state" college brochures before I had a chance to see them, partly by the full-ride academic scholarship they offered me, and partly because I have always been a UTE at heart) to double major in Public Relations and Vocal Performance. By the end of my first semester I realized that I didn't want to sing because I had to, but because I wanted to, so I dropped Vocal Performance and focused solely on Public Relations. In addition to full-time school, I worked full-time and started dating a cute boy who I sent off on a mission with the intention of "waiting for".
My first year of college, I rushed Epsilon, an LDS sorority through the Institute of Religion, got extremely involved, met some wonderful friends and did a lot of dating. The next year I was called to be the vice president, in charge of planning activities, and later in the year was called to be the president. One of the first "exchanges" I planned was a summer activity with a fraternity that many of my friends were in. We had breakfast up the canyon and I gave a ride home to a very cute boy named Seth. I asked Seth out to a sorotity date night the following week and we quickly started "dating". He was also "waiting" for a missionary. Seth and I continued dating for more than 6 months, became best friends, and fell in love. Then, we broke up so he could more diligently "wait" for his missionary and spent the next 7 months getting back together and breaking up at least 20 times.
We broke up for the last time when Seth decided to get back together with his missionary but stayed friends and continued to hang out. My missionary returned home 2 weeks later and informally proposed the night before I left on a trip to Lake Powell with some friends (including Seth). Knowing how much I had changed, I told him we would have to start by dating and go from there, so he promised to "woo" me until I was convinced. The following day, Seth broke up with his missionary and that night, in Lake Powell, proposed. I said yes, we got married 2 1/2 months later in October 2003 and it has been 5 years of wedded bliss since. We lived in an apartment across from the Salt Lake temple until we bought our home on 800 East in July 2004.
I graduated from the University of Utah in December 2004 and Morgan was born in April 2005. With Seth still in school, I went back to work and he did the stay-at-home dad thing. I was offered an amazing job doing Public Relations for FranklinCovey and worked there until Chloe was born in March 2007. When Chloe was born, I was able to stay home and become a full-time Mom. Our third baby, a girl, is due January 21 and we are excited to welcome her to our family. I currently serve as the 2nd counselor in the Young Women's Presidency and love working with the girls and the leaders and especially with my sweetheart as the Young Men's president.
Some of my hobbies include snowshoeing, hiking, boating, scrapbooking, photography, music, writing, camping, cooking, sewing, and home decor crafts. I am a major thrill-seeker and love roller coasters, cliff jumping, bunjii jumping and all sorts of adrenaline-pumping activities, but have gotten more cautious since becoming a mother. I have always been a planner and organizer and most would consider me a bit OCD, so motherhood is teaching me, by neccesity, to go with the flow!
Visiting Teaching Message February 2009
“Understand the Divine Roles of Women,” Ensign, Feb 2009, 67
Teach the scriptures and quotations that meet the needs of the sisters you visit. Bear testimony of the doctrine. Invite those you teach to share what they have felt and learned.
Julie B. Beck, Relief Society general president: “I have a testimony gained from pondering and studying the scriptures of a plan of happiness given to us by our Father in Heaven. That plan has a part for His daughters. We have the female half to take care of, and if we don’t do our part, no one else is going to do it for us. The half of our Father’s plan that creates life, that nurtures souls, that promotes growth, that influences everything else was given to us. We can’t delegate it. We can’t pass it off to anyone. It’s ours. We can refuse it, we can deny it, but it’s still our part, and we’re accountable for it. There will come a day when we will all remember what we knew before we were born. We will remember that we fought in a great conflict for this privilege. How do we meet this responsibility? We daily put our energies into the work that is uniquely ours to do.”
Elder M. Russell Ballard of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles: “The basic doctrinal purpose for the Creation of the earth is to provide for God’s spirit children the continuation of the process of exaltation and eternal life. …
“… Although there is simply not a more significant contribution you can make to society, to the Church, or to the eternal destiny of our Father’s children than what you will do as a mother or father, motherhood and fatherhood are not the only measures of goodness or of one’s acceptance before the Lord. …
“Every sister in this Church who has made covenants with the Lord has a divine mandate to help save souls, to lead the women of the world, to strengthen the homes of Zion, and to build the kingdom of God” (“Women of Righteousness,” Liahona, Dec. 2002, 36, 39; Ensign, Apr. 2002, 68, 70).
Elder David A. Bednar of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles: “By divine design, men and women are intended to progress together toward perfection and a fulness of glory. Because of their distinctive temperaments and capacities, males and females each bring to a marriage relationship unique perspectives and experiences. The man and the woman contribute differently but equally to a oneness and a unity that can be achieved in no other way” (“Marriage Is Essential to His Eternal Plan,” Liahona, June 2006, 51–52; Ensign, June 2006, 83–84).
Silvia H. Allred, first counselor in the Relief Society general presidency: “The Lord has blessed women with divine attributes of love, compassion, kindness, and charity. Through our monthly visits as visiting teachers, we have the power to bless each sister as we extend our arms of love and kindness and give the gifts of compassion and charity. No matter what our individual circumstances are, we all have the opportunity to edify and nurture others” (“Feed My Sheep,” Liahona and Ensign, Nov. 2007, 113).
President Spencer W. Kimball (1895–1985): “To be a righteous woman during the winding up scenes on this earth, before the second coming of our Savior, is an especially noble calling. The righteous woman’s strength and influence today can be tenfold what it might be in more tranquil times” (“Privileges and Responsibilities of Sisters,” Ensign, Nov. 1978, 103).
Teach the scriptures and quotations that meet the needs of the sisters you visit. Bear testimony of the doctrine. Invite those you teach to share what they have felt and learned.
Julie B. Beck, Relief Society general president: “I have a testimony gained from pondering and studying the scriptures of a plan of happiness given to us by our Father in Heaven. That plan has a part for His daughters. We have the female half to take care of, and if we don’t do our part, no one else is going to do it for us. The half of our Father’s plan that creates life, that nurtures souls, that promotes growth, that influences everything else was given to us. We can’t delegate it. We can’t pass it off to anyone. It’s ours. We can refuse it, we can deny it, but it’s still our part, and we’re accountable for it. There will come a day when we will all remember what we knew before we were born. We will remember that we fought in a great conflict for this privilege. How do we meet this responsibility? We daily put our energies into the work that is uniquely ours to do.”
Elder M. Russell Ballard of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles: “The basic doctrinal purpose for the Creation of the earth is to provide for God’s spirit children the continuation of the process of exaltation and eternal life. …
“… Although there is simply not a more significant contribution you can make to society, to the Church, or to the eternal destiny of our Father’s children than what you will do as a mother or father, motherhood and fatherhood are not the only measures of goodness or of one’s acceptance before the Lord. …
“Every sister in this Church who has made covenants with the Lord has a divine mandate to help save souls, to lead the women of the world, to strengthen the homes of Zion, and to build the kingdom of God” (“Women of Righteousness,” Liahona, Dec. 2002, 36, 39; Ensign, Apr. 2002, 68, 70).
Elder David A. Bednar of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles: “By divine design, men and women are intended to progress together toward perfection and a fulness of glory. Because of their distinctive temperaments and capacities, males and females each bring to a marriage relationship unique perspectives and experiences. The man and the woman contribute differently but equally to a oneness and a unity that can be achieved in no other way” (“Marriage Is Essential to His Eternal Plan,” Liahona, June 2006, 51–52; Ensign, June 2006, 83–84).
Silvia H. Allred, first counselor in the Relief Society general presidency: “The Lord has blessed women with divine attributes of love, compassion, kindness, and charity. Through our monthly visits as visiting teachers, we have the power to bless each sister as we extend our arms of love and kindness and give the gifts of compassion and charity. No matter what our individual circumstances are, we all have the opportunity to edify and nurture others” (“Feed My Sheep,” Liahona and Ensign, Nov. 2007, 113).
President Spencer W. Kimball (1895–1985): “To be a righteous woman during the winding up scenes on this earth, before the second coming of our Savior, is an especially noble calling. The righteous woman’s strength and influence today can be tenfold what it might be in more tranquil times” (“Privileges and Responsibilities of Sisters,” Ensign, Nov. 1978, 103).
Friday, January 9, 2009
If you would like some FANTASTIC geneology tips!
There's a 1 day seminar that has been put on for years. It is in Bountiful and is well worth the time effort to go to. I have included the website on my website list to the right.
Sunday, January 4, 2009
Getting back on Trek
One of my New Year's resolutions is to be more deligent with our Trek. The last actual mileage number I remember getting was 72 - but I know we're a lot higher than that.
I'm thinking that actually having a poster of the miles gone so far would be useful. I'm hoping I will have that by the 2nd week in January. There is a MapQuest map from the Springview Ward to the Nauvoo Temple with the 'Interesting Web sites'.
I set this up as a seperate blog so that anyone who would care to use the comment section to report their own mileage can do so. Also, if you would like to e-mail me your mileage, my e-mail address is patricia.a.wilson.84106@gmail.com.
I'm thinking that actually having a poster of the miles gone so far would be useful. I'm hoping I will have that by the 2nd week in January. There is a MapQuest map from the Springview Ward to the Nauvoo Temple with the 'Interesting Web sites'.
I set this up as a seperate blog so that anyone who would care to use the comment section to report their own mileage can do so. Also, if you would like to e-mail me your mileage, my e-mail address is patricia.a.wilson.84106@gmail.com.
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