Service Project

— NOVEMBER —
“A Month of Giving”
Help us support Bethlehem House
They & others in our community need our help!
Items listed below will be collected at Church over the next few weeks. So please bring what you can, place them in the designated boxes, and help us make November a month to remember for those in need.

ITEMS NEEDED :
• Canned vegetables
• Canned fruit
• Oatmeal
• Sugar
• Canned Meat
• Soup
• Peanut Butter
• Cake Mix
• Brownie Mix
• Mac & Cheese
• Pasta & Pasta Sauce
• Paper Products
• All toiletry items (except mouthwash & nothing with alcohol in it)

~ Thank you for your support ~

Don't miss our SUPER THURSDAY on November 5th @ 6:30pm. We will have a Saving Money Pt. 1 class, an Appetizer Demonstration, and a Craft (wooden blocks). We have arranged this so everyone may participate in all 3 if they choose. This will be a fun night to bring a friend.

A Note From the Presidency

Dear sisters,

After the initial shock of being called as your new Relief Society president, I am really excited to get to know all of you better and to serve you to the best of my ability. I am also very excited and anxious to begin working with my new counselors, Sister Shelly Brock, and Sister Beckie Shepherd. I want us all to work together to make Relief Society a positive and wonderful experience for all involved. I want us to learn from each other, love each other, and grow in the gospel together. My love and prayers are with each one of you.

- Sister Parker

Fulfilling the Purpose of Relief Society

By Julie B. Beck - General Relief Society President

Relief Society was established by the Lord to organize, teach, and inspire His daughters to prepare for the blessings of eternal life.

Through Relief Society, women have an official role in the church with great responsibilities, "including working in the temple and teaching the gospel." Relief Society is to help women "plant and make grow...a testimony of Jesus Christ and of the Gospel," "strengthen the family and the home," and "attend to all family duties." It has responsibility to take care of the "necessities of the poor, the sick and the needy," but President Joseph F. Smith said that the larger part of its work is "to look after the spiritual welfare [and salvation]...of all the female members of the Church."

President Spencer W. Kimball stated the aim of Relief Society is to support the women of the Church in their individual responsibilities by ensuring that every meeting, every lesson, and every activity we undertake helps them increase in faith and personal righteousness, strengthen their families and their homes, and serve the Lord and His children.