March 2010 Newsletter

March Lessons

March 7 Presidency Lesson
March 14 Gospel Principles Lesson #4 “Freedom to Choose”
Teacher: Myrna Clark
March 21 Gospel Principles #27 “The Creation”
Teacher: Judy Paxton
March 28 Teachings for our Times Oct. 2009 General Conference “More Diligent and Concerned at Home” Elder Bednar Nov. 2009 Ensign, pg 68
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Teacher - Ramona Ford
March Visiting Teaching Message“Strengthening Faith in God the Father and Jesus Christ through Personal Scripture Study” Ensign, Mar. 2010, p 8 http://www.lds.org/ldsorg/v/index.jsp?locale=0&sourceId=e2ecea00a8bf6210VgnVCM100000176f620a____&vgnextoid=2354fccf2b7db010VgnVCM1000004d82620aRCRD Full message on the Blog

Relief Society Presidency
We have had a change in the Relief Society Presidency. Sister Karen Brown, President, Sister Linda Owen, 1st Councilor, Sister Sandy Levinson, 2nd Councilor, and Sister Kristy Gellerson, Secretary, have been released. They have done a fantastic job and we all want to thank them for the way that they have magnified their callings. I’m sure that they would appreciate a warm hug and a sincere “Thank You.”
Our new Relief Society Presidency is Sister Sherrie Marriott, President, Sister Erin Taylor, 1st Councilor, Sister Paskett, 2nd Councilor and Sister Kayelyn Birch, Secretary. We need to remember that when we raised are hands to sustain them; we need to sustain them in our daily actions.

The Sister of the Month

This month we are spotlighting Sister Barbara Stout. She has also provided us story about her Great-great grandparents. We want to thank her for sharing.

Genealogy Tips

With Melanie Owens’ fabulous enthusiasm concerning genealogy, I thought that it would be nice to include some genealogy tips.

March is a Green Month
When we think about March we usually think about St. Patrick’s Day – and green. With this in mind, I found a couple of web sites concerning going green – “Green Spring Cleaning Tips” and “Going Green and Saving Green”

The start of Spring
Since March 20th is the first day of spring (vernal equinox), I thought it would be nice to have some tips on gardening; early spring yard and lawn care and tips on gardening with children.

Disasters
There are several disasters that have happened. Hopefully there are certain things that we have learned from them. It is my opinion that Heavenly Father has a mirror on us in regards to self reliance. He holds it up facing us to show our responsibilities for our own self reliance. We have had counsel to become self sufficient, get out of, and stay out of debt, and prepare for emergencies. However, He also holds the mirror in such a way that it shines a light on our reaction to other’s needs. He is also very clear in what we need to do there.

Mosiah 4:16 And also, ye yourselves will succor those that stand in need of your succor; ye will administer of your substance unto him that standeth in need; and ye will not suffer that the beggar putteth up his petition to you in vain, and turn him out to perish.
17 Perhaps thou shalt say: The man has brought upon himself his misery; therefore I will stay my hand, and will not give unto him of my food, nor impart unto him of my substance that he may not suffer, for his punishments are just—
18 But I say unto you, O man, whosoever doeth this the same hath great cause to repent; and except he repenteth of that which he hath done he perisheth forever, and hath no interest in the kingdom of God.
19 For behold, are we not all beggars? Do we not all depend upon the same Being, even God, for all the substance which we have, for both food and raiment, and for gold, and for silver, and for all the riches which we have of every kind?

In regards to the latter, we have good opportunities to help in various parts of the world. We can go to www.lds.org and we can also contribute on our tithing slip. As to the former, I have included an article about emergency preparedness for the times we’re away from home. I have also included an article about what we have learned from the Haiti Earthquake on the blog.

March Recipe
Although March is a Green month, I thought it would be good to go over the beneficial aspects of grapes. I find it interesting that, although there has been reports concerning the virtues of drinking wine, this article shows us that the healthy benefits can be received from simple grape juice.
Also, since the Olympics in Canada are coming to an end, I have included, on the blog, an article with a small tidbit about the Olympics with a couple of recipes.