"Let There Be Light" given by Annie Bush
Annie gave this lesson based on a talk by Elder Cook from the October 2010 Conference. She talked about how over history we had the Dark Ages, then the Reformation and Renaissance, then the Restoration of the Gospel and now is the Last Days. She talked about how when she was a little girl they had "Black Out" every night in France so the bomber planes wouldn't be able to find their targets at night and it was such a dark time in the history of the world during the war.
There are so many things in the world that try to stifle the light of Christ. There are so many opposing forces to light and truth, so how do we make sure to fight against the dark and stand for the light?
- Pam Slaughter said we need to be proactive and stand for what we believe. She recommended writing to our politicians about issues that we want to stand up for.
- Karen Maughan said we need to Teach children how to recognize the light of Christ. We can ask them how they feel when they listen to different types of music, for example.
- Be Honest - people who are opposing our beliefs will take any chance they can get to jump on our imperfections, so these kinds of people watch carefully to make sure we are honest. If we are being honest, they will know that we represent Jesus Christ.
By sanctifying ourselves, our homes, our families, by basking in the light of Christ, we can accomplish much in maintaining light, hope, and morality. The reward will be peace in troubled times.
Annie closed with this quote by Elder Cook, "Free hearts will sing when the light comes on again."
Thanks Annie! I really enjoyed your lesson and appreciated your hard work and preparation!
Sunday, June 5, 2011
Announcements for May 29th
Happy Birthday this week!
May 29 - Denise Martin and Barbara Shaw
Food For Thought: Summer Desserts at Kari's house will be June 7th at 7 pm.
If you are interested in hosting one or a couple Korean Students (ages 21-22) contact KC Lee at 801-380-4682. There are 14 students who will be interns at MountainView High School for four weeks. You will receive $500 per student for this service
May 29 - Denise Martin and Barbara Shaw
Food For Thought: Summer Desserts at Kari's house will be June 7th at 7 pm.
If you are interested in hosting one or a couple Korean Students (ages 21-22) contact KC Lee at 801-380-4682. There are 14 students who will be interns at MountainView High School for four weeks. You will receive $500 per student for this service
Lesson Review for May 29th
"Courageous Parenting" taught by Pam Slaughter
Pam gave a really great lesson about how to be a courageous parent. One of the first things she referred to is the 5 Steps to Fortify our Youth which are
1. Family Prayer
2. Family Scripture Study
3. Family Home Evening
4. Family Dinner
5. Personal Interviews
She quoted Joe Christiansen by saying "Parenting isn't a popularity contest". Sometimes parents are afraid to counsel children because they don't want to offend them, or they want to seem like they are "buddies" with their kids and are afraid their Parenting will ruin that friendship. When you take the easy way out by saying nothing you may be enabling wrong behavior. President Packer said "When Morality is involved, we have a right and responsibility to step in and teach. To be a courageous parent we need to start when they are young. Margaret Wilde said that her mom was always at the crossroads for her. It takes time to teach, takes time to get to know our children, know their friends, listen to their music, read their books, takes time to go places together. Take time to talk about rules and guidelines. Quoting from the April Ensign, "Scriptures are parenting manuals from our Heavenly Father."
Pam closed her lesson by asking us to read a poem by C.C. Miller titled The Echo so I posted it here:
Pam gave a really great lesson about how to be a courageous parent. One of the first things she referred to is the 5 Steps to Fortify our Youth which are
1. Family Prayer
2. Family Scripture Study
3. Family Home Evening
4. Family Dinner
5. Personal Interviews
She quoted Joe Christiansen by saying "Parenting isn't a popularity contest". Sometimes parents are afraid to counsel children because they don't want to offend them, or they want to seem like they are "buddies" with their kids and are afraid their Parenting will ruin that friendship. When you take the easy way out by saying nothing you may be enabling wrong behavior. President Packer said "When Morality is involved, we have a right and responsibility to step in and teach. To be a courageous parent we need to start when they are young. Margaret Wilde said that her mom was always at the crossroads for her. It takes time to teach, takes time to get to know our children, know their friends, listen to their music, read their books, takes time to go places together. Take time to talk about rules and guidelines. Quoting from the April Ensign, "Scriptures are parenting manuals from our Heavenly Father."
Pam closed her lesson by asking us to read a poem by C.C. Miller titled The Echo so I posted it here:
| 'Twas a sheep not a lamb That strayed away in the parable Jesus told, A grown-up sheep that strayed away From the ninety and nine in the fold. And why for the sheep should we seek And earnestly hope and pray? Because there is danger when sheep go wrong: They lead the lambs astray. Lambs will follow the sheep, you know, Wherever the sheep may stray. When sheep go wrong, It won't take long till the lambs are as wrong as they. And so with the sheep we earnestly plead For the sake of the lambs today, For when sheep are lost, What a terrible cost The lambs will have to pay Thanks Pam for that great lesson! |
Monday, May 16, 2011
Announcements for May 15th, 2011
Happy Birthday!!!
20 - Judy Brimhall
23 - Michelle Rogers
25 - Michelle Leonard
26 - Charity Jordan
28 - Michelle Barker
Stake Conference May 21st and 22nd
Adult Session: Saturday 7pm at the Stake Center
Priesthood Leadership Meeting: Sunday 7:30 am in our ward building
General Session: Sunday at 10am at the Stake Center, also broadcast to our ward building
Choir Practice
We are singing in Stake Conference with the 6th ward. Please come join us! We will be practicing Sunday morning at 8:30 at the Stake Center
20 - Judy Brimhall
23 - Michelle Rogers
25 - Michelle Leonard
26 - Charity Jordan
28 - Michelle Barker
Stake Conference May 21st and 22nd
Adult Session: Saturday 7pm at the Stake Center
Priesthood Leadership Meeting: Sunday 7:30 am in our ward building
General Session: Sunday at 10am at the Stake Center, also broadcast to our ward building
Choir Practice
We are singing in Stake Conference with the 6th ward. Please come join us! We will be practicing Sunday morning at 8:30 at the Stake Center
Lesson Review for May 15th
"Developing Talents" lesson #34 taught by Ester Grover
Esther's lesson about talents was really great! Her lessons are always interesting and fun. Here are some of the notes I took:
God gave us talents to benefit ourselves and others. Some talents are easy to spot in others or ourselves, such as musical talent, athletics, making things with our hands, etc. But some talents aren't as obvious, like a talent for leadership, cheerfulness, sympathy , or patience.
How can we develop talents? Some suggestions from the sisters were to serve in the church, and to practice. In the manual it lists 6 ways to develop talents. They are on p. 197-198:
1. Discover talents, helps if you ask family and friends what they think you're talents are
2. be willing to spend the time and effort
3. Faith in yourself and faith that Heavenly Father will help you
4. Be willing to learn the skills necessary by taking a class, asking a friend for help, etc.
5. Practice. "The mastry of a talent must be earned"
6. Share. It is by using our talents that they grow.
Because we are mortal, we have weaknesses. But God can help us overcome our weaknesses. Ether 12:27, 37 Talk about how our weaknesses can be made strong. One example Esther gave was of Beethoven who composed some of his greatest works after he was deaf. Also, Enoch was slow of speech, but he was a great prophet (Moses 6:47)
Esther told the story of Shelly Mann who was an Olympic Gold Medalist swimmer. When she was 5 years old, she was diagnosed with Polio. But she still wanted to swim. She started off by just swimming the length of the pool, then added more and more distance until she was a great swimmer. Years later, she won the Gold Medal doing the Butterfly stroke, which is the most difficult stroke.
Esther then invited Lori Francis up to tell the parable of the Talents in her own words. Lori told about the three servants who received talents, and they each did something different with their talents. The servant who did nothing with his talent had that talent taken away. Lori said you don't just get blessings in heaven, but you get blessings from sharing your talents with others.
Next we had three sisters share their talents with us. Sandra Chatterly read us some of her poems that she has written. An artist friend of hers once told her that "sharing your work is like riding a bike down the middle fo the street with no clothes on", and we all got a good laugh because it is so true! Next, Maureen Beeston showed us her balloon animals and told a story about a little girl she sat next to in the waiting room at her Doctor's office last week. She made the little girl a pink flower with balloons and the little girl hugged it and smiled, and said "I've really been having a rotton time lately, and this flower just made my day." Maureen said how happy it makes her to see the children happy and smiling because of the balloon animals she makes them. Next, Jenny Rasmussen played a beautiful piano piece by Edward Grieg called, "The Butterfly" It was really fun and uplifting to see all these sisters among us share their talents with us.
Esther displayed an amazing quilt she made. She made the quilt during a time in her life when her husband was going through school, so making the quilt brought her peace and comfort, and she could feel the Lord helping her as she worked on her talent. She closed by saying that talents are "filling our own needs, and filling the needs of others".
Thanks to Esther for that wonderful lesson!
Esther's lesson about talents was really great! Her lessons are always interesting and fun. Here are some of the notes I took:
God gave us talents to benefit ourselves and others. Some talents are easy to spot in others or ourselves, such as musical talent, athletics, making things with our hands, etc. But some talents aren't as obvious, like a talent for leadership, cheerfulness, sympathy , or patience.
How can we develop talents? Some suggestions from the sisters were to serve in the church, and to practice. In the manual it lists 6 ways to develop talents. They are on p. 197-198:
1. Discover talents, helps if you ask family and friends what they think you're talents are
2. be willing to spend the time and effort
3. Faith in yourself and faith that Heavenly Father will help you
4. Be willing to learn the skills necessary by taking a class, asking a friend for help, etc.
5. Practice. "The mastry of a talent must be earned"
6. Share. It is by using our talents that they grow.
Because we are mortal, we have weaknesses. But God can help us overcome our weaknesses. Ether 12:27, 37 Talk about how our weaknesses can be made strong. One example Esther gave was of Beethoven who composed some of his greatest works after he was deaf. Also, Enoch was slow of speech, but he was a great prophet (Moses 6:47)
Esther told the story of Shelly Mann who was an Olympic Gold Medalist swimmer. When she was 5 years old, she was diagnosed with Polio. But she still wanted to swim. She started off by just swimming the length of the pool, then added more and more distance until she was a great swimmer. Years later, she won the Gold Medal doing the Butterfly stroke, which is the most difficult stroke.
Esther then invited Lori Francis up to tell the parable of the Talents in her own words. Lori told about the three servants who received talents, and they each did something different with their talents. The servant who did nothing with his talent had that talent taken away. Lori said you don't just get blessings in heaven, but you get blessings from sharing your talents with others.
Next we had three sisters share their talents with us. Sandra Chatterly read us some of her poems that she has written. An artist friend of hers once told her that "sharing your work is like riding a bike down the middle fo the street with no clothes on", and we all got a good laugh because it is so true! Next, Maureen Beeston showed us her balloon animals and told a story about a little girl she sat next to in the waiting room at her Doctor's office last week. She made the little girl a pink flower with balloons and the little girl hugged it and smiled, and said "I've really been having a rotton time lately, and this flower just made my day." Maureen said how happy it makes her to see the children happy and smiling because of the balloon animals she makes them. Next, Jenny Rasmussen played a beautiful piano piece by Edward Grieg called, "The Butterfly" It was really fun and uplifting to see all these sisters among us share their talents with us.
Esther displayed an amazing quilt she made. She made the quilt during a time in her life when her husband was going through school, so making the quilt brought her peace and comfort, and she could feel the Lord helping her as she worked on her talent. She closed by saying that talents are "filling our own needs, and filling the needs of others".
Thanks to Esther for that wonderful lesson!
Sunday, May 8, 2011
Announcements for May 1st, 2011
"Gone to Pieces" quilting class will meet on Wed. May 11th at 1pm at Karen Maughan's home. You will learn how to make a flannel receiving blanket, or you can just come visit or work on your own project. To make a receiving blanket you will need: 1 1/8 yds of flannel for the back and 7/8 yd of contrasting flannel for the front.
Stake Conference May 21st and 22nd
Adult session: Saturday 7pm
Priesthood leadership mtng: Sunday 7:30 am
General Session: Sunday 10 am
Ward Choir will sing at Stake conference on May 22nd. The choir practices each Sunday after church in the RS room.
Stake Conference May 21st and 22nd
Adult session: Saturday 7pm
Priesthood leadership mtng: Sunday 7:30 am
General Session: Sunday 10 am
Ward Choir will sing at Stake conference on May 22nd. The choir practices each Sunday after church in the RS room.
Lesson Review for May 1st
Cindy Rees gave a great lesson derived from Julie B. Beck's talk from Women's Conference 2010. Here are some of my notes and things I liked. She talked about being a "Lioness at the Gate" meaning that whatever good happens in the home, happens because the woman helped make it happen. One quote I liked went something like this, "Oh how we need each other, young need old and old need young." You have been placed in a ward family.
Cindy went to Women's Conference and realized that she already knew the things that people were teaching about. Every woman there had already heard those things before, but the reason for repeating the lessons was so that the women could learn and apply. Cindy talked about the "Essential, Necessary, and Nice to do" things in life. As women, and as the "Lioness at the Gate" we need to realize what things in our lives are essential, such as prayer, scripture study, taking the Sacrament, "basking in the Spirit", and doing other things that will help us have eternal life. We also need to prioritize time wisely and realize that we can't do all the shifts. Cindy told a story of a woman who realized the importance of the "afternoon shift" when people get home from school or work and they are hungry, tired, etc. This is a special time that people are also the most teachable, so maybe this is the "shift" that we could put the most effort into. She said "Don't expect to use your strength on all the other shifts"
"The only person you have to be better than is the person you were yesterday." The Lord knows you, he knows your responsibilities, and he knows how you can fulfill them. There are so many good tings we can do with our time, but we have to prioritize essential, necessary, and nice to do in order to truly be a "Lioness at the Gate".
Thanks for the wonderful lesson Cindy!
Cindy went to Women's Conference and realized that she already knew the things that people were teaching about. Every woman there had already heard those things before, but the reason for repeating the lessons was so that the women could learn and apply. Cindy talked about the "Essential, Necessary, and Nice to do" things in life. As women, and as the "Lioness at the Gate" we need to realize what things in our lives are essential, such as prayer, scripture study, taking the Sacrament, "basking in the Spirit", and doing other things that will help us have eternal life. We also need to prioritize time wisely and realize that we can't do all the shifts. Cindy told a story of a woman who realized the importance of the "afternoon shift" when people get home from school or work and they are hungry, tired, etc. This is a special time that people are also the most teachable, so maybe this is the "shift" that we could put the most effort into. She said "Don't expect to use your strength on all the other shifts"
"The only person you have to be better than is the person you were yesterday." The Lord knows you, he knows your responsibilities, and he knows how you can fulfill them. There are so many good tings we can do with our time, but we have to prioritize essential, necessary, and nice to do in order to truly be a "Lioness at the Gate".
Thanks for the wonderful lesson Cindy!
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