Sunday, July 3, 2011

July 3rd

Here are the announcements:
  1. Mothers of sons going on Helaman's Encampment need to get their letters done for their son and to a member of the YM presidency!! Please don't let your son be the only one without a letter.
  2. Join us for a ward FHE on July 11th @ 7pm. We will be cleaning the parking lot to prepare for the stampede breakfast.
  3. The Stampede Breakfast will be July 16th at 9am.
  4. Debbie W has some items to give away for free - please contact her to look at them and pick them up. Some of these items are a small child's wooden desk, a small bookshelf, a pink wing back chair and ottoman, and many more things.
  5. If you do not have a Degrees of Excellence booklet or need some help with one of your goals, please contact a member of the RS presidency.
  6. To celebrate the 75th anniversary of the welfare program, we have been asked to plan and carry out a service project. If you have any ideas or know of a need, please let a member of the RS Presidency know.
  7. Please mark your calendar for when you are assigned to help clean the church! Only 1 family was there this past week and had to clean on their own! If everyone shows up it only takes about an hour.  If you are unable to be there, please find a replacement. If you have any further questions, please contact Ben M.
This week's lesson was on a talk by Sherri Dew - "Stand Tall and Stand Together". Tamara wanted to thank everyone that submitted spiritual experiences to her and participated in the lesson today. We discussed how we are here to help each other. We need to follow promptings we receive to visit or call another sister, we need to share the gospel with those around us, we need to "build the kingdom of God and save souls".

"The most effective way to share the gospel is to live it. when we live like disciples of Christ should live, when we aren't just good but happy to be good, others will be drawn to us because we are "distinct and different in happy ways," as President Kimball prophesied ("The Role of Righteous Women," Ensign, Nov. 1979, 104) . Happy about the way we've chosen to live, happy because we're not constantly reshaping ourselves in the world's image, happy because we have "the gift and the power of the Holy Ghost" (1 Ne. 13:37), happy to stand tall so that we may stand out." Sherri Dew

Next week's lesson is on Chapter 36 - The Family Can Be Eternal.

Friday, July 1, 2011

Stay-cations!

These are some ideas for holidays within 2 hours of Okotoks.  We have tried to include a link with more information on each location but if you have more questions we have also listed who recommended it so you can contact them.

If you are looking to visit a few locations as a family this year, you might want to look into a "Alberta Museum and Historic Sites Annual Pass.  http://culture.alberta.ca/museums/historicsiteslisting/experiencethepast/historypass.aspx

2 book recommendations:
  1. "Day Trips from Calgary" by Bill Corbett
  2. "Where the Locals Hike" by Cathy and Craig Copeland
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