Walk with Christ 2012

Don't forget the Christmas Relief Society meeting on December 6th! As part of the meeting we'll be sharing a list of activities to make your Christmas season more centered on the Savior. You can pick and choose which activities work best for you, because there are plenty on the list!

You can find the list of activities here. You can print it off, cut out the activities you like, and use them for your advent calendar.

Or you can access the list in a cute format here. You'll need to copy and paste the activities you like into the template.

We'll include the original documents in an upcoming email so if you don't like the google doc version, just hold tight!

Best wishes for a merry and Christ-centered holiday season.

November Visiting Teaching Message

The holidays are already upon us. What a fun, busy time of the year this is. Many of us are
enjoying extra time with family, shopping for presents, cooking delicious food, and many more
delightful things. In the excitement of it all, let’s remember one more enjoyable and gratifying
activity: our visiting teaching. This is the busiest time of the year. However, for some of us, it
is also the hardest time of the year. For many different reasons, this time of year might be the
most difficult for some of the sisters entrusted to our care. For instance, when I was a baby, my
grandpa passed away on the day after Christmas. Obviously it didn’t affect me too much, but
for my dad and his family, Christmas is still a somber time of the year. There are many, many
reasons why the holidays can be challenging.

Those you visit teach know this is a busy time of the year. They may be struggling inwardly, but
may be reluctant to ask for help when they know you are so busy. Make time to seek out each of
your sisters and really find out what you can do for them during this busy season. We have all
heard the miracle holiday stories: families who would not have had gifts for Christmas but for
the unknown someone who heard the promptings of the Spirit and acted. We must pray for our
sisters, be in tune to the Spirit, and seek them out in order to know what unspoken needs they
may have.

President Monson said: “Giving, not getting, brings to full bloom the Christmas spirit. Enemies
are forgiven, friends remembered, and God obeyed. The spirit of Christmas illuminates the
picture window of the soul, and we look out upon the world’s busy life and become more
interested in people than things. To catch the real meaning of the “spirit of Christmas,” we need
only drop the last syllable, and it becomes the ‘Spirit of Christ.’”

May we all feel the Spirit of Christ and share it with our sisters!

Nadene Kunz

December RS Meeting Craft List

Our next RS meeting will be Thurs. Dec. 6th @ 7:30pm. We will focus on the Savior-- the reason for the season-- and we will also be making Christmas crafts. These crafts are BYOS (bring your own supplies) so please plan ahead!

Painted Ornaments

led by Julie B. 

Supplies to bring:

Clear ornaments (glass or acrylic)

Craft paint
Optional:
Glitter
Glue dots
Glue pen

Yarn Wreaths

led by Catherine L.

Supplies to bring:

yarn (up to 2 colors)

1 sheet green felt (if you want your leafs to have more rigidity buy 2 sheets of green felt and some pelon and iron them together)

red pom poms

straight pins (get the kind that are straight/ plain that seamstresses use)

ribbon

wreath form (you can order these through Catherine if you contact her BEFORE NOV. 25th. After that you'll have to bring your own.)

embroidery thread (if you want to stitch around your holly leafs)

sewing needle (again, if you are planning on stitching around your left)

Yarn Trees

led by Maryann H.

 

Supplies to bring:  

styrofoam trees (cone shape; available at AC Moore)

yarn -size & color of your choice 

hot glue gun 

felt 

toothpick 

star foam stickers  

little bells or pom poms

RS Meeting Recap: Organization 101 by Marni

“Organize yourselves; prepare every needful thing; and establish a house…a house of order, a house of God.”    (D&C 88:119)

A big thanks to Marni for teaching us how to get organized in October! You can view Marni's organization Powerpoint (in full color!) here.  Here's a recap if you missed it:

MARNI’S TIPS FOR GETTING (AND STAYING) ORGANIZED

1. Recognize your stuff-to-space ratio.

2. Throw stuff out!

3. Shelving and clear plastic containers are your friends—but don't go
overboard.

4. Have one (small) "catch-all" shelf, drawer, or cupboard.

5. Get rid of stuff!

6. Rotate kids’ toys every 3-6 months.  Hold back some of the gifts given at
Christmas and birthdays and work them in later, especially for younger
kids.

7. Don't keep clothes you haven't worn for more than two years unless
they're really, really specific (like a formal dress).

8. Spend 15-20 minutes cleaning up at the end of every day.

9. Require your kids to clean up their toys, clothes, dinner dishes, etc.

10. Throw stuff out!

October Visiting Teaching Message

This month our visiting teaching message comes from Susan H:

As I read the visiting teaching message each month, I stand amazed at how inspired this program is“…designed to reach each member of the Church each month, both the active and the less active…”President Ezra Taft Benson, Ensign, September 1987

Earlier in the year, I invited the sisters in my group to make visiting teaching a goal for 2012. “[The Lord] said unto [Peter] the third time, Lovest thou me? And [Peter] said unto him, Lord, thou knowest all things; thou knowest that I love thee. Jesus saith unto him, Feed my sheep” (John 21:17).

Through visiting teaching, we have a unique opportunity each month to provide not only spiritual nourishment but to minister to the sisters of the Shirlington Ward."Ministering can take many forms -some large and some not so large. Often small acts of service are all that is required to lift and bless another: a question concerning a person's family, quick words of encouragement, a sincere compliment, a small note of thanks, or a brief telephone call. If we are observant and aware, and if we act on the promptings which come to us, we can accomplish much good....Countless are the acts of service provided by the vast army of Relief Society visiting teachers."President Thomas S. Monson, Ensign, January 2012

I know through personal experience that visiting teaching is a calling from the Lord and that today, I have a stronger testimony of its importance. I firmly believe through our careful ministering, we can touch the lives of the sister in the Shirlington Ward and we can be an example to others. I would encourage you to making visiting teaching a priority, set aside time each month to read the visiting teaching message so that you are better prepared to meet the needs of your sisters.

 

August Announcements

Playgroup
Every Wednesday at 9am, Fairlington Park (3308 S. Stafford St. in Arlington)

Relief Society Meetings
Thurs. Aug. 2 @ 7:30pm, King Street Building-- Fitness Night! We'll learn about fitness and put it into practice with boot camp, zumba, and pilates. Come in workout clothes and bring a yoga mat if you have one.

Thurs. Sept. 6 @ 7:30pm, King Street Building-- Mormonism 101. Come learn how to answer the top 10 questions asked about our faith, just in time for the election!

August Visiting Teaching Message

Our visiting teaching message from Lindsey N.:

Right away when we moved into the Shirlington Ward (which was then the Crystal City Ward) three years ago I was struck by the caliber of women. I was impressed with how well educated, successful, and eloquent they were. When it came to visiting teaching I found myself a little intimidated. The thought ‘what could I possibly teach you?’ was overwhelming. When I mentioned to my mom one afternoon on the phone my feelings of inadequacy she told me that visiting teaching is just one of the ways we show Heavenly Father that we are his disciples. At first I thought that was a funny answer to what I had just shared with her and did not understand what it had to do with what I had just shared with her. The more I thought about her response, I realized that was exactly what I needed to hear.

President Uchtdorf taught in the 2009 General Conference, “The first step on the path of discipleship begins in the exact place where we stand! We do not have to prequalify to take that first step. It doesn’t matter if we are rich or poor. There is no requirement to be educated, eloquent, or intellectual. We do not have to be perfect or well-spoken or even well-mannered. You and I can walk in the path of discipleship today.” From the general conference address “The Way of the Disciple,” Ensign, May 2009, 77–78.

We serve the Lord by serving others. He does not ask that we are perfect before we can be his disciples. When we serve, listen, talk, laugh, and be that shoulder for a sister to cry on we are acting as the Lord’s servants to help one another on the path to return to His presence. As individual children of our Heavenly Father, we each have our own strengths and talents. It is our common goal to return to our Father in Heaven that unites us.

I would like to close with a quote from Jane McBride Choate, “I’ve learned that the composition of visiting teaching is much like that of a symphony. The common melody of the gospel allows us to harmonize. However, the differences among us create an exquisite counterpoint, one all the more beautiful for its occasional unexpectedness. As each strain of the symphony is heard, a common theme emerges—one of love and compassion among sisters, strengthening each other and bringing us closer to our Heavenly Father.” Jane McBride Choate, March 1995 Ensign

Tips & Dip Recap

In case you missed it, here are the great tips that were shared at the last RS meeting. It was better than Pinterest!

• Keep a sharpie marker in your fridge and mark all your food as you open it so you know how old it is. It will save money!
• Enjoy each age & stage of your children-- Enjoy the moment!
• To clean your stove burners/grates, put each in a Ziploc bag with a few drops of ammonia. Seal them and put them in the farthest corner of your house for a day or two where you won't have to smell them. The fumes will loosen the junk off and then they will clean up easily.  
• Take frozen chicken breasts and cook them up in a slow cooker with water or broth and shred, freeze, and use for all your recipes.
• You can shred cooked chicken (make sure it's not too hard and cold) in your KitchenAid mixer with the paddle attachment!
• Use a clean/dirty sign on the dishwasher to avoid confusion.
• Trust your judgment when raising your kids because each kid is different. When in doubt about an issue just google it.
• Make a positive association for yourself for mundane or unlikeable tasks. For example, call a friend when doing the dishes, read your favorite book while nursing, give yourself a treat when you potty train your kid, etc.
• To make chicken more tender, top with lime juice about 5-10 minutes before cooking.
• To make pork more tender, mix with tapioca starch and egg yolk about 15-20 min. before cooking.
• Use lemon Pledge on mirrors, bath tile, glass, shower doors, vinyl siding. Prevents steamed up surfaces!
• For traveling, loop your necklace through a straw to keep it from tangling.
• Use hand wipes (like WetOnes) for instant spot removal.
• Use liquid Tide for cleaning window blinds.
• Shave your legs with conditioner.
• Use a Bounce sheet as mosquito repellant. Just stick a sheet in your pocket.
• Use cheap hairspray to remove ballpoint pen marks from fabric.
• Use a king- or queen-sized sheet under your towel at the beach to prevent sand from going everywhere.
• A good lesson for life: Be consistent!
• Maybelline Full-N-Soft Waterproof Mascara is the best.
• Just breathe. Be still.
• Vaseline makes eyelashes grow.
• Powdered milk makes good chicken fried steaks. Boil milk in water, add vinegar to water to curdle. Smooth out water with 2 plates and hands. Mix with chicken or beef bouillon, dredge with flour, and fry like a steak. Add gravy.
• When draining grease from a pan, put aluminum foil in a bowl and pour the grease into it. When it hardens, roll up the foil and throw it out.
• Men are that they might have joy.
• Clean your bathtub with equal parts Dawn liquid dish soap and white vinegar. Let it soak for about an hour before scrubbing it off.
• Assess daily: contact with friends, God and family; hobbies; etc.
• Live life to the fullest.
• When running errands, drive to the farthest destination first. This will warm up your engine for peak efficiency.
• Summer heat is worse for car batteries than cold.
• Black, white, and silver cars are worth $300 more after trade in.
• Don't put it down, put it away.
• The one question that can save your marriage: What's it like to be married to me? (Can help in any relationship!)
• Don't wait for somebody to make you happy!
• How to clean a washing machine: 1 cycle with 1 cup of vinegar, another cycle with 1 cup of bleach.
• Myfitnesspall iPhone/smart phone app to lose weight and track calories.
• Clean your lint trap in your dryer with hot water and soap. The dryer sheets create a film that can cause your dryer to overheat and can burn your clothes.
• Find hot keys! Alt + Tab: switch between Windows. Windows & M = minimize all.
• Remember to stretch when you work out.
• When you drop your cell phone or camera into water, if you get it out quick enough and put it in a tub of dry rice it will take the water out. Keep it in the rice for at least 24 hours.
• Freeze shredded cheese, use a little as needed.
• When kids fight, teach them first to say "I'm sorry" and the other to say "I forgive you" rather than "It's okay."
• Use baby powder to get sand off your body after the beach.
• If your cookies get hard, toss them in something airtight (Tupperware, Ziploc bag, etc.) with a piece of bread and it will soften them up.
• Cameras add ten pounds (or more!) but you can help the photographer get the best shot and help you look slimmer if you give them an angle by turning your body slightly to the side or especially by leaning toward the camera. Engage the camera and it will love you back because the shadows that the light creates when you turns on an angle will slim you down visibly.
• Use mint.com to make budgeting simpler.

July Announcements

TIPS & DIP RS MEETING: Thursday, July 12th at 7:30pm at the King Street Building. Come prepared to share the best tip or advice you’ve ever received. It can be any type of tip-- housekeeping, parenting, financial, relationship, whatever! Contact Bethany D. if you’ll need babysitting.

PLAYGROUP: Wednesdays at 10 am
July 4: Fairlington Park (3308 S. Stafford St. Arlington, VA 22206)
July 11: George Mason Elementary School playground (2601 Cameron Mills RoadAlexandria, VA 22302)
July 18: Beverly Park ("The Pit") (620 North Overlook Drive, Alexandria, VA)
July 25: Penrose Park (2200 6th St. South Arlington, 22204)

June Visiting Teaching Message

Our visiting teaching message from Brooke M.:

When I was 22 and just graduating from college, my mom was very unexpectedly diagnosed with a very aggressive form of lymphoma. She was diagnosed with cancer in July and died in October. I felt alone and didn’t know other young women who had lost their mothers.  And yet, while I was going through this terrible time, I felt distinctly that while I was experiencing this loss younger than most, everyone would eventually experience the loss of a parent and I would know how that felt. 

 

In DC 122:7 the Lord says to Joseph Smith the following: “Know thou, my son, that all these things shall give thee experience and shall be for thy good. “

 

I believe that one of the tender mercies of the Lord is that while we cannot always pinpoint at the time a reason for our difficult and trying experiences, we are often placed into circumstances where we can draw upon those memories to mourn with those who mourn, comfort others and help bear burdens. One of the clear ways this happens is through visiting teaching. Through inspiration we can be assigned to visit someone who on the surface may seem to have had very different life experiences, but to whom we can become tethered to as we learn about their struggles and share compassion and understanding.  It is truly mutually beneficial!

 

I have seen this pattern of the Lord work so intricately and mysteriously in my own life.  I had a visiting teaching companion who had lost her father at an early age and we visited a sister who experienced a sudden and devastating loss of a family member. I have prayed with sisters who were struggling with infertility, and have been able to draw upon their experiences to help me in my own life. I have experienced returning to work full-time after having a baby and have been able to support another sister trying to handle that same difficult balance.  Think about your own experiences with education, professional trials, family health or financial difficulties. Our experiences can be for our good and the good of others.

 

Sister Elaine L. Jack, the twelfth Relief Society General President taught: “In visiting teaching we reach out to each other. Hands often speak as voices can’t. A warm embrace conveys volumes. A laugh together unites us. A moment of sharing refreshes our souls. We cannot always lift the burden of one who is troubled, but we can lift her so she can bear it well.”

 

Please reach out to your sisters, try to get to know them, think of ways to serve them and pray for them. Opportunities will come for you to serve and for you to be greatly blessed for your service and find meanings in your own trials. I bear you this testimony in the name of Jesus Christ.

Safeguarding Our Homes

For our June Relief Society Meeting Officer Adams, from the Arlington police, met with us at the Fairlington Community Center to discuss how to keep our homes and family safe.

A=Awareness

• jog/walk with a friend or dog
• be observant
• hold purse and bags tight
• have keys and phone accessible
• look for suspicious behavior (ex. person wearing hoodie in hot weather)

B=Be Prepared

• carry a whistle, pepper spray/mace or a noise alarm

C=Control

• shout "Get Off Me!" or "Get Away From Me!"
• if a person demands property give it to them
• put up the best fight you can
• try not to bite (unknown things in blood)
• scratching is good and so is a groin shot
• use elbow, knees, back of hand to hit shins, eyes, chin and stomp on foot.

D=Don't Give Up

• give 100% in a fight

Safeguard Homes

• dogs are good
• trimming bushes and trees
• motion sensor lights
• neighborhood watch
• when leaving for vacation stop mail and uses timers for lights
• write down all your serial numbers of all your products (tv, computer, etc.)

Arlingtonalert.com

Arlington Dispatch (non emergency): 703-558-2222

Thanks Julie B. for taking notes for those of us who couldn't be there!

RS Lesson from June 2

Here are some notes from the Relief Society lesson last week:

Counsel from Elder Bednar to Area Bishops, 5 May 2012
1. We will live in family units in the celestial kingdom. Recognize that everyone has different preparation for that.
2. Do not allow fear to impede your progress.
3. Claim the blessings of the temple and the priesthood.

Jenny R.'s thoughts:

President Henry B. Eyring: "In Their perfect love for you, Heavenly Father and the Savior want you fitted to be with Them to live in families forever. Only those washed perfectly clean through the Atonement of Jesus Christ can be there." (“Mountains to Climb,” Ensign, May 2012, 26.

We can find peace and fulfillment now in knowing that our individual lives and challenges fit us for the future. Through the atonement, we can be filled, made complete, and made whole in whatever ways we need. We cannot allow our fears to prevent us from progressing or feeling peace and love. And no matter what chaos our lives may be in, we can always seek moments of clarity, eternal identity, and divine assistance as we attend the temple, where we all have access to priesthood and revelation and the presence of our Father.

Thanks for the great lesson Jenny R.!

June Announcements

It's June already, can you believe it?!!  Here are the announcement for the next month:

Playgroup-- Weds. @ 10am
June 13 Virginia Highlands Park (1600 S. Hayes St. Arlington, VA 22202)
June 20 Drew Spraypark - (3514 22nd St. S. Arlington, VA 22206). The water should be on so have your kids bring their swimsuit!
June 27 Towers Park (801 South Scott Street, Arlington, VA)

Don't forget about our Emergency Preparedness RS Meeting, Thursday July 12th @ 7:30pm, King Street Building

Relief Society Meeting

If you missed the Relief Society meeting last week here are some ideas from fellow sisters on what we can do to connect with our families:

• B.S.: Create a google doc with extended family's contact information.
• M.V.: Hold a weekly conference call with your siblings.  You can use conferencecall.com.
• A.W.: Create a family website where you can add in family history stories and photos, using sites such as archlife.com
• H.C.: Family get-togethers at a cabin
• M.B: Extended family production of the Messiah
• Sister H.: Monthly family newsletter
• Sister P.: Weekly family dinner
• J.R.: Family reunions with traditions like testimony meetings, baseball games, bbqs
• M.W.: Video chat with cousins with Tango app
• H.V.: Cousins' facebook group, laminated photos of family members for kids
• J.F.: Family camping trip, sharing songs around the camp fire
• C.W.: Phone calls, texts, letters
• P.F.: Facebook, family reunion
• D.S.: Monthly FHE on Skype, October family gathering in Park City (not during a holiday)
• M.R.: Birthday cards, video chat on Tango to share bedtime routine, family prayer
• M.H.: Message board family website
• J.B.: Photo of the day emailed every day
• B.K.: Family lobster feasts at Christmas, Thanksgiving, Father's Day
• K.C.: Assigned seats at monthly birthday parties
• R.A.: Work parties to accomplish big tasks for different families; coloring book with family history stories and pictures 
• K.G.: Girls' sleepover, birthday cards to cousins
• M.B.: Family reunion photo book, photo magnets
• S.C.: Family calendar with photos from the past year
• K.B.: Costco family calendar
• N.K.: Holiday packages with activities, frequent phone calls

May Announcements

Next RS Meeting:"Safeguarding our Homes"-- Thurs., June 7th, 7:30pm @ King Street Building
Playgroup-- Wednesdays at 10am
May 9- Beverly Park ("The Pit"), 620 North Overlook Drive, Alexandria, VA
May 16- Penrose Park (2200 6th St. South Arlington, 22204)
May 23- Douglas Park (1718 S. Quincy St. Arlington 22204)
May 30- Bluemont Park (601 North Manchester St. Arlington, VA 22203)

May Visiting Teaching Message

A Visiting Teaching Message from Melarie W.

I love the Relief Society motto, “Charity Never Faileth” because it always reminds me that everything we do in the Relief Society is all about love.  So often we think of charity as merely the giving of goods or service. The Apostle Paul taught, “And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing (1 Cor. 13: 3). It is not the giving of goods that makes it charity, it is the love that we have for those that we serve.  Charity is the pure love of Christ, an unlimited loving kindness. I have found that the visiting teachers who have helped me the most are those that develop charity, a Christ-like love, for the sisters that they visit. Sometimes I might be hesitant to ask my visiting teachers for help if I don’t know them well because I don't want to bother them, even though I know I shouldn't feel that way. I have felt most comfortable asking for help from a visiting teacher when I know that they are my friend and do love me. When I feel that kind of love from my visiting teachers I have no problem calling on them for help. Most recently, my washing machine broke and I had a giant pile of dirty baby clothes to launder that smelled like sour milk and newborn poo.  Instead of panicking that my little one might run entirely our of clean clothes before  a new washing machine could be installed, I called my wonderful visiting teachers who I consider my friends,  and by the next afternoon I had clean baby clothes again.  A key to being an effective visiting teacher is to remember that it's not about the numbers and getting a visit done every month, it's about getting to know your sisters so that you see them as Christ sees them and love them as Christ loves them. That is what it means to have charity.

April Visiting Teaching Message

I am so grateful for the thoughtfulness of a visiting teacher. Being a visiting teacher is a gift from our heavenly father. It not only enriches the lives of those we serve but it also gives us a chance to enrich our lives through service. I think back to my first semester of college. I had just moved into a new apartment, and realized that it housed primarily graduate students who were understandably not excited about hanging out with hyper 18 year old. I was working a lot hours, and as a result, was having a hard time keeping up with my course work. To top it off my father was suffering from a chronic illness that had taken a turn for the worse, and he was spending a great deal of time in and out of the hospital. I was worried about his welfare as well as my mom’s, who was still taking care of four kids at home. While at school and at church I was a happy content freshman, but the reality was I was lonely, homesick, and overwhelmed. I can remember lying on the couch praying to my heavenly father that I could have the strength to face the day. It was at this precise moment when I heard a knock on the door. It was my visiting teachers. They had dropped by to introduce themselves and give me a copy of the recent general conference that they had so thoughtfully had bound into a book for me. They only stopped by for a minute, but their wonderful act of thoughtful service had helped ease my burden. After they left I dropped to my knees and thanked my Heavenly Father for these wonderful sisters who had unknowingly given me the strength to continue on. I know that if we think back on our lives over the past few years we can all think of time where we have felt overwhelmed by a trial. I also know that there are times that we have let others know what is troubling us and then there are those times in which we decide to keep it to ourselves. As visiting teachers we have the awesome opportunity to serve the women that we visit teach during the good times, the difficult times, and even during the difficult times that we may not even know about. I pray that we may all strive to magnify our callings as visiting teachers. We will never know how a smile, an act of friendship, a kind note, or in my case a quick stop by can change the lives of the women that we visit teach. Sister Julie Beck sums it up perfectly, “ I feel a certainty that as each sister does her part to ensure that the purposes of Relief Society are fulfilled, angels will be our associates and we will be participants in amazing miracles.”


Jane M.

9-Generation Fan Chart

This link,  https://createfan.com/,  will create a 9-generation fan chart from the information in your new.familysearch.org account.  To use, you need to enter in your LDS account login information and then press the button "create."  It's done in a matter of seconds and is displayed in a PDF format - which you can save.  It also includes information on different ways to print it out if you should so desire.  


It is critical to keep in mind that this will only draw information from YOUR new.familysearch account.  If you haven't started your family tree in new familysearch, you won't come up with anything, even if your mother, cousin, uncle or whomever has oodles of info.  To start, you can enter your information, and those for your parents, etc.  For all people no longer living, you should search for an existing record in new.familysearch before you enter in your own.  By adding an existing record for that person (instead of creating one), you will be able to tap into the family work that other relatives have already done.


Thanks Molly for this wonderful information!!!

April 20 - Announcements

Spiritual Thought:  "Don't be limited in your views with regard to your neighbors' virtues....You must enlarge your souls toward others if you would do like Jesus....As you increase in innocence and virtue, as you increase in goodness, let your hearts expand - let them be enlarged towards others - you must be long suffering and bear with the faults and errors of mankind.  How precious are the souls of men!"  - Sylvia Allred quoting Joseph Smith in her talk "Charity Never Faileth" (this week's lesson)

Sunday Lesson: Patti P. will be teaching from the Teachings for our Times curriculum on the topic of charity.  The talks are from October 2011 Conference and include: President Eyring's "A Witness" and Sylvia Allred's "Charity Never Faileth"

Announcements:

Tonight, April 20, Friday, 7:30 pm - Mt. Vernon Stake Women's Conference at the stake center.  President and Sister Swinton from the DC temple will speak 

 

April 25, Wednesday, 10:00 am Play group at Fort Scott Park - 2800 S. Fort Scott Dr., Arlington
 
May 3, Thursday,  7:30 pm - Relief Society Meeting - Emergency Preparedness

May 6, Sunday,  10:00 am - There will be a special Stake Conference.  The conference will be at the stake center and will be broadcast at the Mt. Vernon and 23rd St. buildings.  Consequently, we will observe fast Sunday April 29th.

2012 Mount Vernon Stake Women's Conference

2012 Mount Vernon Stake Women’s Conference

Friday, April 20, 2012

7:30 p.m.

Mount Vernon Virginia Stake Center

(Refreshments will be served.)

What you can do to prepare and participate:

• Attend the temple on Saturday, April 14 (Stake Sisters Day)

on Thursday, April 19, 8:00 p.m. session (Stake Temple Night)

or anytime during the week prior to the conference

• Do gardening on temple grounds starting at 9:00 a.m. on Saturday, April 14 (contact your RS president)

• Prepare names for the temple

• Do indexing

• Write personal or family history

• Get your recommend renewed

• Do genealogical research

• Donate to the General Temple Patron Assistance Fund or to the Temple Building Fund

See you there!

BYU Womens Conference 2012

The BYU Womens Conference is coming up.  It will take place April 26-27.  For more information and to register go to http://womensconference.byu.edu.

March/April Announcements

Announcements

Wednesday, March 28, Playgroup, 10-12, King St. Building (watch your emails in case there is a change)

Saturday,  March 31-Sunday April 1, General Conference

Thursday, April 5, Relief Society Meeting, 7:30, Gardening from a master gardener (stay tuned for details)

Saturday, April 7, Shirlington Ward Easter Egg Roll -- bring fresh fruit to share, contact Julie B. if you would like to help

Friday, April 20, Stake Relief Society Conference, 7:30, stake center

Walton Feed Order

It's time for another Walton Feed Group Order!  The deadline is March 26.  If you are interested please contact Judy H.

What is Walton Feed?  

It is a company is Idaho that sells storable foods.  You can buy their bulk food in bags to use now, or sealed in  #10 cans or buckets for long-term storage.  Food storage items include baking supplies and mixes, whole grains, beans, legumes, dehydrated/freeze dried foods, sprouting supplies, etc.  They also carry some survival books, water storage solutions, emergency supplies and food processing equipment, etc.

Why a group buy?

Buying in a large group significantly reduces the shipping cost and gives discounts off Walton Feed’s regular retail prices. See waltonfeed.com for retail prices.

This group buy is part of a larger order from groups in several eastern states.

Are the prices always better?

Not necessarily. The Bishop’s Storehouse has the best prices but a very limited inventory.  Costco may have better prices on some items.  It is recommended that you take the time to compare prices before ordering.

Nutritional Meal Planning RS Meeting

Last week we heard from Debbie, a corporate wellness instructor, about healthy meal planning. She taught us about My Plate, which replaces the out-dated food pyramids and is a lot easier to interpret. Half of your plate at every meal should be fruits and vegetables.

 

A big thanks to Debbie and the meetings committee for motivating us all to eat better!