November 2008

November Lessons

November 2 Presidency Lesson (given by a member of the Relief Society Presidency)
November 9 Joseph Smith Lesson #19
November 16 Joseph Smith Lesson #20
November 23 Conference Talk - “The Way” by Elder Todd Christopherson given at the Saturday afternoon session
November 30 Bishopric Lesson (given by a member of the Bishopric)

November Activities

November 1 Clean the Ward
November 4 Election Day
November 7 Ward Thanksgiving Dinner:
Earthquake Lady

These are suggestions that we received from the Earthquake Lady.

Leave a pair of shoes by your bed but away from the window. If an earthquake hits at night you will need a pair of shoes to walk around in especially if the glass breaks

Get a whistle for everyone in the family. On family outings they can be used if one gets lost or loses sight of the group, this also applies to emergency situations.

Have a flashlight in every room. When the lights go out at night you’ll be in the dark and it is easier if there is one in every room rather than crawling through the house looking for one. There are all kinds of flashlights – shake ones or crank ones don’t need batteries.

Christmas is coming. You can give preparedness items as useful gifts. Space blankets are cheap, don’t take up much room and are great survival items.

Fun Trip

We are thinking about taking an imaginary relay trip. This should be a lot of fun. What we propose to do is to walk/jog/bike/treadmill from Springview Ward to the Nauvoo Temple. Each one who would like to participate will self report how much exercise they have completed each week. This will be added together in our group effort to get to Nauvoo. We will keep everyone apprised of our progress. Please let the Relief Society presidency

It’s Fall and so are the leaves (falling that is)

It’s that time of year again. If any of you older sisters need to have your leaves raked and removed please let the Relief Society Presidency know.

Recipe of the Month
Please feel free to submit your own.

Quick Beef and Rice

This is one of the easiest, quickest kid-friendly recipe around. It's not particularly healthy, although if you use low-fat ground beef or turkey and have some vegetables on the side, liked cooked carrots, it's not too bad.

1 pound ground beef or turkey
2 cups rice
1 package onion soup mix
4 cups water
1 15 oz. can cream of mushroom soup

Brown the ground meat and drain if necessary. Add soup mix, rice, soup, and water and bring to a boil. Cover and simmer for 20 minutes, till rice is done.
Options: You can leave out the cream of soup if you don't have it or just make a simple white sauce. If you don't have any onion soup mix, sauté an onion and add 2 tsp. beef bouillon instead.