100 Dresses

May's Activity was the Night of The 100 Dresses.

The theme from the activity was taken from a story by Elenor Estes titled "The Hundred Dresses."

It tells the story of a young girl who, although she wore the same faded blue dress every day- had dreams that were bigger than her circumstances as she surprised her classmates and inspired them with her 100 dresses, all lined up in a row.

For a few months we've been asking the sisters to go through their closets and donate unused dresses to be donated to a local women's organization that helps provide women with suitable clothing as they re-enter the work force after sometimes some very bad situations. They also help these women to have something to wear to church, as in some situations these women leave a bad situation with only the clothes on their backs.

The goal was to collect 100 Dresses and the T-ville 9th ward ladies really went above and beyond and we collected 163 dresses over the course of a few months. The shelter was thrilled to have such a large donation of exactly what they were in need of and the women of Salt Lake County have been blessed by your efforts and love, Sisters.

And we were all blessed with a fashion show by the Primary girls, showing off some of those dresses.

What beautiful girls we have!

The evening was finished off with cupcakes, people were asked to bring 1 dozen of their fanciest, most creative cupcake. There were orange cupcakes, fresh carrot with maple frosting, coconut lime, strawberry and so many more amazing sweets. 

Next month's activity will be focused on Visiting Teaching, followed in July by the yearly garden party at June Thacker's. 

Fine Young Men

Saturday the Young Men held the annual Scouting For Food Drive.
Thank you so much to our amazing young men and leaders for getting up and out there on a Saturday and thank you to all of those who donated to this great cause.

Happy Birthday!

Last week we held our Relief Society Birthday party, it was loads of fun!

The theme was "My Favorite Things" and we enjoyed a great meal of baked potatoes, salad and lemonade.
Everyone had a fun time visiting and sharing their own favorite things in the gift swap. We even had a few gifts from past presidents of the General Relief Society and learned some fun things about their lives.

We'd  like to send out a very big thank you to Becky Davis, Betty's daughter, for blessing us with her amazing voice as she sang "These Are a Few of My Favorite Things."

To those who helped out and brought food and just came to share an evening of sisterhood and laughter--thank you!

February Announcements

(Thank you Kathy for sending these out)

RELIEF SOCIETY ANNOUNCEMENTS from February 26, 2012 

 

Our dear Sister KARIN HOLMGREN has undergone a knee surgery.  She is doing well and recovering in the Compass Rehabilitation Center in South Jordan. 

RELIEF SOCIETY BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION, "FAVORITE THINGS" DINNER PARTY, MARCH 14, 2012

What you need to do to get ready:

Think of what your FAVORITE THING is, and then plan a way to present it as a gift for another sister.  This gift has a price limit of $3.00 or less and an EXPLANATION as to why this is a favorite of yours.

IDEAS: 

You like movies?  a gift of popcorn and red vines with a list of your favorite movies

Like to do canning?  a gift of homemade jam and bisquits

Like to make cards?  a gift of some of your generic cards

Like to do family history?  a gift of 3 hours of helping someone with their family history

If you don't have any ideas of how to share what you like in a gift form you can just tell us what your favorite things are.

BE SURE TO PICK UP AN INVITATION FROM THE RS TABLE IN THE HALL ON SUNDAY FOR EACH OF THE SISTERS YOU VISIT TEACH WHO MAY WANT TO COME!

 

LETTER FROM FIRST PRESIDENCY read in Sacrament Meeting today:  All members are ENCOURAGED TO ATTEND the Utah Presidential Election PARTY CAUCUSES.  The Caucuses will be held on March 13th and March 15th.  NO church activities are to be scheduled on those dates. 

Information on how to find your Party's Caucus Location: 

For Utah Democratic Party, contact:

          801-328-1212 or www.utdemocrats.org

            Caucus date is Tuesday, March 13th at 7:00 

For Utah Republican Party, contact:

          801-533-9777 or www.utgop.org

         Caucus date is Thursday, March 15th at 7:00; registration at 6:15 

These websites will also give you information about what to expect at a caucus.

The locations should be printed in community newspapers.

Location for the Republican Party is as follows:

Thursday, March 15th

District 34:

Valley JR HS

4195 S 3200 W

WVC, UT 84119

Registration begins at 6:15 pm.

  

LESSONS FOR MARCH:

4th:    Presidency Message, teacher, Kathy Grothaus

11th:  Lesson 5, "The Holy Priesthood - for the Blessing of God's Children", teacher, LouAnne Schwendiman

18th:  Lesson 6, "Sustaining Those Whom the Lord Sustains", teacher, Karen Evans

25th:  Teaching for Our Times lesson, "A Witness" by President Henry B. Eyring, from the Sunday Morning Session in the November Ensign, teacher, Terry Butt

 

Please note the ATTACHMENT for the SINGLE MOTHER'S SEMINAR.  Please share this information with anyone you know who could benefit from it. 

 

Please let someone in the RS Presidency know if you need a Manual for this year. 

USED EYEGLASSES - Please contact the PASKETTS if you have any used eyeglasses you can donate.  Eldon and Mary's daughter, Kate and her husband will be going to Mexico in the Spring while he is in Optometry School.  Please bring your used glasses to their house or to church within this month so that they can send them to Mississippi, where they are currently residing.  Thank you to all those who have already brought them glasses!

As you are going through your old clothes to give away, SAVE OUT THE DRESSES and bring them to church to give to someone in the Relief Society Presidency.  Our goal is to collect 100 DRESSES to DONATE all at once.  Save out dresses for all ages, including children. 

DON'T FORGET TO CHECK THE RS TABLE IN THE HALL FOR CARDS TO SIGN AND SIGN UP SHEETS.

December Relief Society Meeting

Thanks to those who came out to our December Meeting and for those who are showing such patience  as the year ends and the new presidency works to get things on track.
We had some great handmade cards put together that will be mailed to http://www.give2thetroops.org/

We also had fun decorating sugar cookies (sorry they tasted like frosted hockey pucks, Sister Olson makes great candy, but lousy cookies) and delivered them to the bishopric and a few other homes in the ward.

FYI--we're going to have a nursery available from now on for all Relief Society Night activities, if nobody shows up to use it by 7:30, we will close it up and send our helpers home.

There were quite a few different types of cookies and hot cocoa and it was a nice, quiet time to just visit and relax.

Starting in January, we're going to be doing visiting teaching interviews and making a few changes to the routes.

We really appreciate those who extended prayers and fasting for Sister Thayne this month, she said she felt the support and her pain was lessened by it. While she is in the Legacy Center, she really could use some company, she's unable to read or crochet due to how much it hurts to put any pressure on her hip, and the TV shows are getting pretty boring.
Those of you who can, please go stop by and say hi to her and Don, or swing by the house and make sure Betty has her chocolate needs met. :)

The Fowers family moved this week to California-- just when we all got to know them!! We will miss them and the energy and compassion Nikki brought to our ward in the short time they were here.
We really have an amazing ward and while it's been a year filled with changes, some big losses and trials for many, the love that is shared and the special spirit this ward has makes such a difference. You each touch lives in more ways than you realize and have changed the lives of others for good. Thank you so much for your service, your love and the willingness you have shown to center your lives around the Savior.

Ward Holiday Party 2011

A big thank you to all who helped with the ward party this year!

Kristi Smith put in a lot of work into the evening and we had a really good turn out.
 The ward enjoyed a great dinner, yummy desserts and the BEST company ever.  Friends, family and neighbors were there, all enjoying the food and each other.

We watched a DVD of The Christmas Orange and probably ate way too many desserts ( I want the recipe for that chocolate sheet cake....) and listened to the primary kids sing a couple of songs about The Savior.

Here some of  our pictures from tonight, there will also be more pictures on facebook. If you're not there already- our ward page is located at http://www.facebook.com/groups/149645311783262/

Larry Hiller made my  personal favorite house....

The Andrus Family won  the competition. They did a model of the ward house building across the street, complete with cars in the parking loy. Great job!!

Andrus House

 Olson and Grothaus houses