We hope you'll join us for this special Sunday, when all our sisters who are serving in other auxiliaries we be joining us.

Note From The RS Presidency

This month we are focusing on visiting teaching, and not just visiting teaching, but loving those we serve. With our minds focused on love this month as Valentine's day nears, let us take to heart the words of Lucy Mack Smith "We must cherish one another, watch over one another, comfort one another and gain instruction, that we may all sit down in heaven together."


All our prayers and love be with you,

The Relief Society Presidency

Monthly Message

Love One Another
The true measure of life is not how much we get but how much we give. ~ Silvia H. Alread

You are called to represent the Savior. Your voice to testify becomes the same as His voice, your hands to lift the same as His hands. His work is to bless His Father's spirit children with the opportunity to choose eternal life. So, your calling is to bless lives. That will be true even in the most ordinary tasks you are assigned...Just the way you smile or the way you offer to help someone can build their faith.

 ~ Henry B. Eyring

Dear Sisters

Dear Sisters,
As we usher in a new year, my thoughts turn to how we can, as a wonderful group of Latter-Day Saint women, come together to help each other "fulfill our three lifelong responsibilities as members of the Relief Society", as outlined by Sister Beck: (1) increase our faith and personal righteousness, (2)strengthen our homes and families, and (3) seek out and help those in need. I pray we may keep these responsibilities in our minds as we make our new year's resolutions and welcome in 2010.

Happy New Year!

Sister Parker

January Message

Hold On - Ann M. Dibb 2009 Nov Ensign

President Harold B. Lee, the prophet when I was a teenager, taught, “If there is any one thing most needed in this time of tumult and frustration, when men and women and youth and young adults are desperately seeking for answers to the problems which afflict mankind, it is an ‘iron rod’ as a safe guide along the straight path on the way to eternal life, amidst the strange and devious roadways that would eventually lead to destruction and to the ruin of all that is ‘virtuous, lovely, or of good report’” (“The Iron Rod,” Ensign, June 1971, 7).

Holding to the iron rod is not always easy. We may let go because of peer pressure or pride, thinking we can find our own way back—later. When we do so, we are leaving our safety equipment behind. In Lehi’s vision he saw many who let go of the iron rod. Nephi says, “And many were lost from his view, wandering in strange roads” (1 Nephi 8:32). In difficult times in our own lives, we may find we are also “wandering in strange roads.” Let me reassure you that it is always possible for us to find our way back. Through repentance, made possible by the atoning sacrifice of our Savior, Jesus Christ, we can regain and recommit to a strong grip on the iron rod and feel the loving guidance of our Heavenly Father once again. The Savior has extended an open invitation to us: repent, hold on, and don’t let go.

Merry Christmas!

December's Message

Relief Society - A Sacred Work
- Julie B. Beck
Much of the essential Relief Society work we do doesn’t happen in meetings. Let’s focus now on learning about visiting teaching. Because we follow the example and teachings of Jesus Christ, we value this sacred assignment to love, know, serve, understand, teach, and minister in His behalf. This is one duty we have in the Church where we are certain to have the help of the Lord if we ask for it. This is one responsibility that is certain to increase our faith and personal righteousness and strengthen our own homes and families as we become partners with the Lord. A sister in this Church has no other responsibility outside of her family that has the potential to do as much good as does visiting teaching.

The Enduring Legacy of Relief Society
-Henry B. Eyring
I talked with a Relief Society member about a visit she had made. It was to a woman who would soon lose her husband suddenly and tragically. In recent years the woman had only intermittent contact with Relief Society.

The visitor prepared by stopping at a shop to buy flowers. It was a season when the tulips were stacked for sale in many colors. She chose one color, her favorite, but then felt impressed to try another. She didn’t know why she selected yellow, but she did. When she presented the yellow tulips at the door, the woman smiled and said, “Come. See my backyard garden.” It was filled with yellow tulips in full bloom. The woman said, “I was just wondering if I should cut some for the house. But now I can leave them and enjoy them a little longer in my garden because you brought me these.” They chatted pleasantly as if they were old friends. From that impression to bring some flowers and to choose yellow tulips, that visiting teacher had evidence that she was on the Lord’s errand. When she told me, I could hear the joy in her voice.
When she spoke with me, she didn’t know what the widow felt after the visit. But if the widow felt that God loved her and that He had sent an angel to her, the visiting teacher had helped her move down the road to success in the Lord’s eyes. That visitor may verify success from her faithful effort only in the world to come.

Note From The Relief Society President

DEAR SISTERS,
AS CHRISTMAS IS FAST APPROACHING AND WE ARE ALL VERY BUSY, LET US TRY TO TAKE TIME TO REMEMBER OUR SAVIOR AND HIS BIRTH. LET US ALSO REMEMBER HIS EXAMPLE OF PERFECT LOVE. IN JOHN 13:34 WE READ "A NEW COMMANDMENT I GIVE UNTO YOU, THAT YE LOVE ONE ANOTHER, AS I HAVE LOVED YOU.." PLEASE THINK ABOUT ALL THOSE YOU VISIT TEACH THIS CHRISTMAS SEASON, TAKE TIME TO GO VISIT WITH THEM AND LET US ALL HAVE CHARITY IN OUR HEARTS. MAY YOU ALL HAVE A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS!
LOVE,
SISTER PARKER

RS Event - Friday December 4th