announcements...

*These families are in charge of cleaning the building this Saturday May 21st at 9:00- Miner, Kinder, Greenland, Jackson, B. Barlow, Brown, Murdock

*THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU............to everyone who helped and attended last month's evening activity. A big THANK YOU to Erica Bowman and Mary Bowman for teaching us the one hour bread method, and all the fun things you can make with this basic recipe. To Jodie Monson who demonstrated her awesome salsa. To Cami Speirs and Brandi Hawkins for their fun hair class. And to Shannon Abbott for showing us how to make trendy fabric tote bags and flower bracelets. We so appreciate you sharing your talents with us! We had such a great turnout and it was tons of fun to have the Young Women with us. It was such a great time together!

And THANK YOU to everyone who brought a talent to display. It was neat to have a large grouping of such varied talents, which helped us to learn more about each other.

Please Note: It was discovered during Erica's bread class that part of the recipe was scrambled when it came across through the e-mail and was then copied this way. We will put the correct recipes, as well as Jodie's salsa recipe, on our RS blog and make copies to put in the binders that circulate on Sundays.

May 26th 7:00- We will not be holding a regular RS Activity, but will be getting together at the church to tie quilts for our humanitarian efforts. Come join us for a relaxing evening of service and visiting!!!

* Back to the Basics Challenge- The world would like us to believe that the requirements for self-worth are beauty, youth, wealth, and success. But as Patricia Holland, former counselor in the Young Women general presidency, counseled women college students “[we are] becoming so concerned about having perfect figures, or straight A’s, or professional status, or even absolute motherly success that we are being torn from our true selves. We often worry so much about pleasing and performing for others that we lose our own uniqueness, that full and relaxed acceptance of ourselves as a person of worth and individuality.” (“The Soul’s Center,” given at a BYU devotional 13 January 1987.)

We all need to learn to recognize our worth to the Lord. As the Apostle Paul wrote, “We are the children o: And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ.” (Rom. 8:16–17.) That is the foundation upon which we should base our individual “worth”—not on what the world might think of us. (from 1989 V.T. message "The Worth of Souls Is Great")

This month, we challenge you to think about your potential as a Daughter of God and look for the qualities that He sees in you. Write your thoughts in your journal.

*Lesson for Sunday- TOT "The Transforming Power of ....."

Have a great week!

Love,

The Relief Society Presidency