Relief Society Activity

Our next evening Relief Society Meeting will be held on Thursday, Feb. 24th at 7:00 p.m. It will be a “Service Swap”. What’s a “Service Swap” you ask. We will be playing a game and winning acts of service provided by us! So please bring an act of service wrapped or in a gift bag to be exchanged that night. If it’s a commitment for a future act of service, please write the description of the service on a notecard, along with your name. Or you can bring the actual item wrapped. We will then exchange the items by playing a game. Kind of like a ‘white elephant’ exchange, there could be trades, and steals, and the fun part comes when someone snatches your service won and hands you another. This should be a lot of fun! We’re looking forward to seeing you all there! IDEAS FOR SERVICE (try to choose something simple that can be completed in about a months’ time): Pedicure Birthday cake Homemade jam, cookies, or cards FHE treat Babysitting for a temple session Haircut Free lesson for digital scrapbooking Help with geneology Primary substitute teacher (so a Primary teacher could attend a Sunday Relief Society meeting) Mending of clothes Tutoring hair flowers or headbands holiday decoration homemade blanket hairbraiding cricut die-cuts cleaning photography lesson Be creative! There’s so many options for different ways we can serve each other. It’ll be fun to see what you come up withJ If you have any questions please ask Jennifer Vick or Shirlene Barlow

Announcements...

1. These families are in charge of cleaning the building Saturday at 4:00 p.m.-- Blackhurst, Reese, Speirs, Ostler, Gardner, Evans, Clinton, Hampton, Barney.

2. Women’s Basketball--February 3rd, 10th, and 17th, at 9:00 pm at the Stake Center. No basketball on February 24th.

3. Back to the Basics Challenge

In February we invite you to look for simple acts of kindness you can do each day. A kind word, a smile, a friendly wave, a listening ear, a thank you, and other simple gestures take very little effort but do a lot to brighten the lives of those around us. As you continue to study the New Testament, look for ways the Savior interacted with others. Pray to be filled with the love of Christ and try to emulate His example.

4. Choir practice- Sunday 3:15-4:00 at the Gibsons. Sopranos are especially needed, however, the alto section has diminished as well. Please join us and share your talents!

5. Thursday, Feb. 24th at 7:00 p.m. will be our Service Swap at the church. A service swap will be a fun way for us to share our talents and creativity in serving one another. We would like each sister to bring one item of service they would be willing to donate to another sister. Some ideas might be sewing badges on a scout uniform, tutoring, a baked item, homemade cards, hair accessories or braiding, a FHE treat, homemade jam, or a commitment for future service (watching children while sisters visit the temple). Be creative! Please bring your act of service wrapped that night. We will be "swapping" the service in an entertaining way. If your item is a future act of service, please bring a description of the service wrapped that evening.

6. Next week's lesson- GP #26 Sacrifice.

Have a great week!

Love,

The Relief Society Presidency

This weeks announcements...

**Congrats to Leah and Brody Kinder on the birth of their baby girl. They named her Paisley Ann, and she weighed 7 lbs 15 oz, and was 20 in. long. Mom and baby are doing great!

1. These families are in charge of cleaning the building Saturday at 6:15 p.m.-- Shumway, DuMoulin, Roylance, Bowman, Matt Smith, Belliston, Cordner, Ewer.

2. Women’s Basketball--February 3rd, 10th, and 17th, at 9:00 pm at the Stake Center. No basketball on February 24th.

3. Back to the Basics Challenge
Noted psychiatrist and author Elizabeth Kubler-Ross said, "I have never met a person whose greatest need was anything other than real, unconditional love. You can find it in a simple act of kindness toward someone who needs help. There is no mistaking love. You feel it in your heart. It is the common fiber of life, the flame that heals our soul, energizes our spirit and supplies passion to our lives. It is our connection to God and to each other."
In February we invite you to look for simple acts of kindness you can do each day. A kind word, a smile, a friendly wave, a listening ear, a thank you, and other simple gestures take very little effort but do a lot to brighten the lives of those around us. As you continue to study the New Testament, look for ways the Savior interacted with others. Pray to be filled with the love of Christ and try to emulate His example.

4. Choir practice- Sunday 3:15-4:00 at the Gibsons. Sopranos are especially needed, however, the alto section has diminished as well. Please join us and share your talents!

5. Mark your calendars, our next Relief Society mid-week activity will be Thursday, Feb. 24th at 7:00 p.m. at the church. We will be doing a "service auction". A service auction will be a fun way for us to share our talents and creativity in serving one another. We will be sending a sign up sheet around for you to sign what service you'd be willing to donate (it should all be service---no money). Some ideas might be sewing badges on a scout uniform, tutoring, baked item, homemade cards, FHE treat, homemade jam. Be creative! We have so many talents in this ward! The items will be "auctioned" off the evening of Relief Society. These acts of service can be pre-made (like jam), or a commitment for future service (watch your children while you visit the temple). So look for the sign-up sheets, we'll make sure it makes it to each auxiliary. This is going to be super fun!!!

6. Next week's lesson- Presidency Message.

Have a great week!
Love,
The Relief Society Presidency