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Visiting Teaching Message for the Month

September 2011 Visiting Teaching Message 

Strengthening Families by Increasing Spirituality

Study this material and, as appropriate, discuss it with the sisters you visit. Use the questions to help you strengthen your sisters and to make Relief Society an active part of your own life.

Strengthening Families by Increasing Spirituality

Julie B. Beck, Relief Society general president, said: “There has grown in me an overwhelming testimony of the value of daughters of God. … I have felt that there has never been a greater need for increased faith and personal righteousness. There has never been a greater need for strong families and homes.”

Sisters can help create strong homes and families as they act on personal revelation. “The ability to qualify for, receive, and act on personal revelation is the single most important skill that can be acquired in this life,” Sister Beck continued. “Qualifying for the Lord’s Spirit begins with a desire for that Spirit and implies a certain degree of worthiness. Keeping the commandments, repenting, and renewing covenants made at baptism lead to the blessing of always having the Lord’s Spirit with us. Making and keeping temple covenants also adds spiritual strength and power to a woman’s life. Many answers to difficult questions are found by reading the scriptures because the scriptures are an aid to revelation. … Daily prayer is essential to having the Lord’s Spirit with
us.”¹

We also strengthen our family members spiritually as we help them understand Heavenly Father’s eternal plan. “What can we do to better prepare our children spiritually for their eternal roles?” asked Elder M. Russell Ballard of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. “Perhaps the most inclusive answer is: Teach them how to live the principles of the gospel.” This teaching comes through daily prayer, scripture study, and family mealtimes as well as weekly family home evening and Church attendance. Elder Ballard explains: “We prepare each day, right now, for eternal life. If we are not preparing for eternal life, we are preparing for something less, perhaps something far less.”²

From the Scriptures

Proverbs 22:6; 1 John 3:22; Doctrine and Covenants 11:13–14; 19:38; 68:25

From Our History

The Prophet Joseph Smith taught the sisters in an April 1842 Relief Society meeting that they had a solemn obligation to seek their own salvation. He said, “After [my] instruction, you will be responsible for your own sins; it is a desirable honor that you should so walk before our heavenly Father as to save yourselves; we are all responsible to God for the manner we improve the light and wisdom given by our Lord to enable us to save ourselves.”³ He taught them to be righteous individuals, to become a holy people, and to prepare for temple ordinances and covenants.

What Can I Do?

1. How can I help my sisters increase in spiritual self-reliance?
2. How can I improve my own ability to recognize and respond to the Holy Spirit?

For more information, go to www.reliefsociety.lds.org.

Notes

1. Julie B. Beck, “And upon the Handmaids in Those Days Will I Pour Out My Spirit,” Liahona and Ensign, May 2010, 10, 11.
2. M. Russell Ballard, “Spiritual Development,” Ensign, Nov. 1978, 65, 66.
3. Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Joseph Smith (2007), 355.

What we Believe:

The Sealing Ordinance Links Families Eternally

While on earth, we can make sacred covenants (promises) with God in the holy temple through priesthood authority. Among these covenants is the opportunity for husbands and wives to be sealed (married for eternity) and their children to be sealed to them. This means that if we keep our covenants with the Lord and each other, death cannot permanently separate us. This sealing ordinance is an essential part of our Heavenly Father’s plan for us to live with Him eternally. (See D&C 128:9–10; 132:19.)

Once we have made temple covenants for ourselves, we can gather our family history and perform temple ordinances for our deceased ancestors. This makes temple covenants available to them (see D&C 138:29–37).

The priesthood power to seal families was prophesied anciently (see Malachi 4:5–6) and in modern times (see D&C 2). Both prophecies revealed that the prophet Elijah “shall plant in the hearts of the children the promises made to the fathers, and the hearts of the children shall turn to their fathers” (D&C 2:2).

Elijah’s promised return was fulfilled on April 3, 1836, in the newly dedicated Kirtland Temple in Ohio, USA, when Elijah among others appeared and gave his priesthood keys to the Prophet Joseph Smith (see D&C 110:13–15).

Currently, there are 134 temples in operation throughout the world, where worthy Latter-day Saints can make covenants with God and be sealed as families for eternity. They can return to serve as proxies for their deceased ancestors, thus fulfilling the prophecy that the hearts of the children will be turned to the fathers.

We must receive certain covenants and ordinances in order to return to live with our Heavenly Father:

1. We are baptized and confirmed (see Matthew 3:16–17; John 3:5; 2 Nephi 31:5–18).
2. Men receive the Aaronic Priesthood and later the Melchizedek Priesthood (see D&C 128:11).
3. In the temple we make additional covenants associated with the endowment.
4. Husbands and wives are sealed (married) in the temple for time and all eternity.
5. Children born to a sealed couple are born “in the covenant.” Children who are not born in the covenant may be sealed to their parents.
6. We then prepare the names of our ancestors for temple work and perform necessary ordinances for them in the temple (see 1 Corinthians 15:29; D&C 128:15–16, 24).

For more information, see Gospel Principles (2009), 207–11; True to the Faith (2004), 44, 61–64, 97–101, 170–74; and “Being Worthy to Enter the Temple,” Liahona, Aug. 2010, 12–13; Ensign, Aug. 2010, 8–9.

“And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven” (Matthew 16:19).v

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Summer Salad Soiree

Thursday, June 9th 2010

Summer Salad Soiree

Plus Couponing Presentation

We had so much fun planning and preparing for this RS mtg. 

Thanks so much for coming and hanging-out with your fellow sisters. 

Here are some fun pics from the night and we hope to have many more just like this or better :)

And a big thanks to Rachel for the fabulous presentation on couponing

 

January Relief Society Activity

Centennial Ward Relief Society

Invites You to Share Your Recipe in a Pinch

Thursday, January 13, 7:00PM, Creekside Building

Just remembered Missionaries are coming tonight?  A sister in the ward is in need of a dinner for her family?  Need to make due with what is in your pantry to make it to Pay Day?  What do you make?

Please bring your go-to dinner you prepare in a pinch along with the recipe card.  We'll sample each other's dishes and share our recipes. 

You only need to bring one recipe card.  All the recipes will be gathered together and combined into one document.  The gathered recipes will be handed out the Sunday following our activity.

In addition to our sampling of recipes and visiting with one another, we will have the opportunity to hear from Sister Michelsen.  She will be talking to us about the importance of food storage and preparation.

Please feel free to join us even if you do not have the time to prepare a dish.  As always, you are encouraged to invite friends to our monthly activities.

Hope to see you there!

Relief Society Christmas Dinner Pictures

Our Relief Society Christmas Dinner & Program this past Thursday was such a lovely evening.  The atmosphere was elegant thanks to the talents of Sisters in the Ward who decorated the tables.  It was so nice to have each table have its own special touch.  I am including pictures of each table for your viewing pleasure.

Before all of the Sisters had arrived, I had an opportunity to take a quick video to capture the ambiance.  It never ceases to amaze me how Sisters can transform a gymnasium into such a beautiful room.

For those in attendance, we hope you had a wonderful evening.  For those that were unable to make it, we hope that you'll be able to join the Centennial Ward Sisters for our January activity.

Relief Society Christmas Dinner

Centennial Ward Building 

Thursday, December 9 ~ 6:30 PM

Please join us this Thursday for a lovely evening where we will gather as Sisters and celebrate the birth of our Savior Jesus Christ.  Our evening will include an elegant dinner and beautiful Christmas program.  Please invite family, friends, and neighbors to this special evening. 

Nursery will be provided.

"We rejoice in Christ"

2Ne 25:26

 Erica Garcia, a recent investigator in our ward, has decided to get baptized this Saturday, December 4th, 2010 at 2:00 pm. The baptism will be at the Stake Center 522 West Francis Street, 

Ontario, Ca 91761.

Please come to welcome and support the newest member of our ward!

Recipes -Easy Breakfast Quiche

Everyone was asking Sister Sudds for the Breakfast Casserole she made for Super Saturday...so here it is:

Easy Breakfast Quiche                                                         Carolyn Feikama (Barbara Sudds)

1 doz eggs
1 cup milk
18oz carton light sour cream
18oz pkg cheddar cheese (I use sharp) Shredded
2 small green onions, chopped
1 tsp salt
1/2 tsp pepper
1 tube sausage, cooked
4 slices white or wheat bread (I use multi grain and removed the crust).
   Break bread into small pieces.

Beat together eggs, milk and sour cream. Fold in remaining ingredients and pour into a large glass baking dish. Preferred 9x13 pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 50 minutes uncovered.

Save the Date

DECEMBER 9th -- Relief Society CHRISTMAS PARTY

more information to follow soon...

Super Saturday

It was a Hit!

It was great to see everyone who came and you guys 

sure made it a fun craft day to remember :)

Everyone had such great energy to get crafting, 

even those who don't craft at all still came and gave it a shot :) 

The presidency wants to send a great big "thank you" 

for all the help and participation we had from everyone...

without you this day would not have happened!

IT IS HERE!!

RELIEF SOCIETY SUPER SATURDAY 

COME JOIN IN THE FUN AND TAKE

HOME BEAUTIFUL PROJECTS

When: October 23rd    Time: 9am-1pm

Where: Creekside Building

If you were not able to sign-up for a project 

call Katie Nemrow @909.548.9348 to place your order

we still have 2 or 3 ceramic pieces available 

if you are interested in painting "Jesus on the Rock" $18

Also we have the Flower Pin Project $8

(Sorry no pictures)

The Frame Project would make a beautiful Christmas present 

Family Proclamation $11 Bring your own family pics and we'll supply the rest

The Living Christ $16.50 with Dewey art work 

And the Temple $15.50 with new Temple Pics

And last put not least we have an 8x8 glass block $18

There will be some fun freebies 

my mother-n-law is coming to demonstrate Candy Carmel Apples 

and their will be enough for each sister to take one home...

Also i will have some fun holiday papers out so you can make some gift tags for the upcoming Holidays

Please contact Katie Nemrow for any questions!!!!

Welcome!!!

Welcome sisters to our Ward Relief Society Blog!
we wanted to set this up so that it can be easier for you to catch up on our RS news each week.
we will be posting up a monthly calendar starting January 2011 and updating each month on the Visiting Teaching message.