Volunteer

A notice from the General RS Presidency:

"We are currently looking for sisters to serve as part-time Church-service Missionaries in the Relief Society Building located on Temple Square, Salt Lake City, Utah. The conditions are:

*Exemplify happiness and joy as a Church member
*Be temple worthy
*Be in good health
*Graciously greet visitors, dealing positively with the public
*Be committed and dependable, serving at least four hours a week
*Able to commit to a three year mission call

If this interests you, please go to the Relief Society Building Hostess Office to acquire a Church service Missionary form to fill out."

Bee

Bee was born in a small town called Lovell, Wyoming.  She had 2 sisters and 2 brothers.  They didn't have an indoor bathroom or running water but they did have enough to eat cause they lived on a 160 acre farm.  Her dad was a farmer and rancher.

She used to sing duets with her sister and taught herself to yodel in the sugar beet field.  Her favorite childhood memory is when she would sit on the bank of the ditch and make doll furniture out of mud.  She would let it dry really hard and then paint it with scraps of house paint.

Bee had a blessing from a Stake Patriarch which said she would be the mother of a great posterity.  It took them 8 years to have their first child but ended up with four girls and one boy.  She has 34 grandchildren and 20 great-grandchildren.

Bee has served in many church callings in the junior sunday school and Relief Society and loved them all.  She and her husband served in San Paolo, Brazil, as the President of the missionary training center there from 1986 to 1989.

Shirley

Shirley was born in Panguitch, Utah.  She had one brother and three sisters.  She is the last surviving member in her family.  

Shirley married her husband Wes in 1943.  They have two sons and five daughters.  One daughter died at birth.

Her favorite memory is going through the Idaho temple and being sealed to her husband and the two children who were born at that time.  Wes' mom and brother were at the temple with them.

Shirley served for 30 years as a Primary teacher and in Cub Scouts but her favorite calling was as the Homemaking Leader in Relief Society because she loves crafts.

Piece of advice:  "Don't brag about how well you've been, cause it'll come to hit you."  She was very healthy until she turned 75 and since then has been in the hospital "too much."

Crib Needed

There is a woman in the Higland Park area about to deliver a baby within the next two weeks who is in desperate need of a crib.  If anyone has one they would be willing to donate it please contact Highland Park Elementary and ask for Deb.  801-481-4833

Seasonal Foods

Every herb in the season thereof, and every fruit in the season thereof; all these to be used with prudence and thanksgiving.
D&C 89: 11
 
"In practical terms, this means that you’ll get the most nutrition—not to mention the most affordable enjoyment—by eating seasonally. Although the exact season for specific items varies from region to region (you’ll almost certainly get that big beefsteak tomato much earlier in Georgia than in Ohio), follow these basic guidelines for optimal nutrition and taste:
 
In spring, pick the new growth of the season: tender leafy vegetables such as spinach, Romaine or leaf lettuces, Swiss chard, and early peas, as well as fresh herbs such as basil, parsley, and dill. (also asparagus)


For summer, try lighter produce, with fruits such as strawberries, pears, apples, and plums, and vegetables such as summer squash, broccoli, corn, and cauliflower. You can also incorporate other summer-type herbs, such as mint or cilantro.

During fall, choose hearty harvest foods, including sweet potatoes, carrots, onions, and garlic. When cooking, emphasize “warmer” spices and seasonings such as peppercorns, ginger, and mustard seeds.

In winter, also pick hearty foods. Keep in mind the principle that foods which take longer to grow are generally more sustaining than foods that grow quickly. In this category are most root vegetables, including carrots, potatoes, onions and garlic, as well as eggs, corn, and nuts."
 
From SparkPeople

Lois

 

Lois was born in Lehi, UT.  She worked for Channel KDYL until 1960.  In 1960 she moved to California where she worked at a law firm for 27 years.

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She returned to Salt Lake City and has done volunteer work for 21 years at the Utah Historical Society.

Lois just recently retired and is enjoying life!

New to Me

Perhaps some of you who are reading this now already know about this wonderful offering but I thought I would share anyway - just in case.  I have just discovered that the church website http://www.lds.org/ has a page filled with articles in compressed audio format.  What does this mean? 

It means that you can not only download the scriptures to your computer or Ipod type player but you can download the Ensign, New Era or Friend magazine!  You can also download all of the churches manuals!  There are such wonderful possibilities here.

Are you driving around in the car all day with little ones?  Download the Friend to your Ipod and play the articles in the car for everyone to enjoy and discuss.

Teens and adults can listen to the articles in the New Era over and over while they exercise, drive to school or lay around.  What a great way to share these articles with your teens while you drive them to school or sports.

The church magazines, scriptures and books have been recorded and available to those who are sight impared for years and now they are all easily available online to everyone.  Perhaps they have been there for months or years but I have just discovered them and am very excited to spread the news.  So have a look and download the lesson you will be teaching in a few weeks.  What a great way to review the lesson and ponder it again and again.

You can find this page on the churches website by clicking the link below or the link I have added in the sidebar.  If you need help figuring this out, please let me know and I would be happy to come help you!

Church Publications in Compressed Audio Format

Visiting Teaching

Last week my husband made a large magnetic board for me to post the names of all the Visiting Teachers, partners, and those they visit. I have had such fun putting each of you on the board. It has given me pause to think of you individually. I have felt such a rush of gratitude, love and strength. In a glance, I see the big picture and honestly, you look so good-- like an army of faithful, wonderful women who, when united, could conquer anything!
I also had a moment of pause when I removed Grace from the board. It seemed so brutal. She was gone, just like that, off the board, off the rolls, off the lists, just OFF. And then I began to think of it in terms of graduation. Dear Grace has graduated. She had passed all the mortal courses and graduated with honors.
Someday, we will each be removed from the board, from the rolls and lists. Just like that, we will be gone. And hopefully we will all graduate with honor!
In the meantime, we keep working, doing what is required of us, loving one another and tenderly caring for those whose charge we have been given. To be a Visiting Teaching is an honor and a great responsibility. It is a privledge to serve. And through that service we come to love. Remember this month to share the words "I Love You" with those you serve. And don't forget that I love each of you.

Three Good Men

These are three good men.

They released our Bishopric last Sunday.

It was bittersweet for my husband.

He thought this release would be wonderful.

Until a young girl handed him her tithing for the last time.

He just about lost it.

Over the pulpit he did. His wept freely and talked about how

the greatest part of serving is loving the people you serve.

Afterwards, he asked if I was embarrassed by his emotion.

How could he ask that?!

I married him because of his sensitivity.

He truly, deeply loves.

That is what I love most about him.

Besides, I told him:

Real men aren't afraid to cry.

The two most powerful words I know in the scriptures are:

Jesus wept.

It's its own verse in John 11.

And it speaks unfathomable volumes.

Compassion is defined in the dictionary

as a "human emotion."

I think it is better defined as a godly emotion.

We should never be ashamed of FEELING.

Hannah, however, is feeling great about Doug's release.

She has little memory of sitting with her father in sacrament

because Doug served in a former Bishopric

before we moved to our new home.

 

From Sue H.
http://ourhardyhome.blogspot.com/

Grace

Grace Mackay was born in Garfield, Utah. She graduated from South High School in Salt Lake City. She served as a missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ ofLatter-day Saints in the Spanish American Mission from 1948-1950.


She married Theron in the Salt Lake Temple. They later moved to California, where they raised 6 children: 4 sons, 2 daughters. They also served as parents to Indian Placement Students.

She was active her entire life in the LDS Church; serving in all organizations with various callings. She especially loved working in Cub Scouting, where she taught hundreds of boys and their adult leaders, over the decades.
Her most important priority was her family. She was generous in spending her time with them and showing her support by atterlding events and volunteering for her children's teams.

Her legacy of faith and missionary work is exemplified by having five children and one foster daughter serve as missionaries. Grace and Theron served a mission together in the Ivory Coast Abidjan Mission from 1991 -1993. So far three grandsons have served missions. She was an active member ofthe Grandview Camp, Salt Lake Canyon Trails Company, Daughters ofthe Utah Pioneers.

Her love = family, her life = service to others, her legacy = her testimony ofand faith in the Savior to guide us in helping others.

Welcome to our new Bishopric

Brother Anderson, Bishop Miner and Brother Chin

A heartfelt thank you to our former Bishopric, Brother Bowers, Brother Hardy and Bishop Hansen.  Words cannot express how much we appreciate you and all you have done for this ward.

Ruby

Ruby was born a few years ago on October 28th in Salt Lake City, Utah, to parents who immigrated from Norway.  Her father died when she was 12 years old.  Ruby's mother had a chicken farm, from which she supported her family.  Ruby and her three brothers learned the value of hard work while very young.  Ruby lived with her family on Atkin avenue and 20th East from the age of six until she married her husband, Cal.  They married in the Salt Lake Temple after Cal was released from the service.  She and Cal built their home on Atkin Avenue and have lived there ever since.  Cal passed away in January 2009.

Cal and Ruby have always had an orchard with fruit trees and a large garden.  Ruby has done extensive canning from their garden.  In addition she sewed most of her four children's clothes when they were young.  In recent years she has done arts and crafts for her daughters to enter in shows.

Ruby remembers when the ward was built.  She remembers the groundbreaking ceremony as well as President Grant's dedication of the building.  Before that she and her family attended the East Millcreek Ward and then the Wilford Ward.  President Hinckley was a counselor in the stake presidency in the East Millcreek Stake at the time this area was part of that stake.

Ruby has many fond memories of Relief Society.  She made many quilts, aprons, pajamas and embroidered items for bazaars.  In those early days the Relief Society had bazaars to raise money to pay their expenses; anything extra was donated to the ward budget.  She and Bea served as Relief Society counselors.  Ruby also served as a counselor and a secretary in the Primary.  She remembers the carnivals hosted by the Primary each summer for the Primary fun raising effort.  Ruby has many fond memories of serving in the church.

Ruby taught cooking classes in Relief Society for the ward and the stake.  She taught many cooking skills - even candy making which requires a high level of expertise.  She is an excellent cook and even worked in catering.  Ruby has had a rich, full life filled with hard work, discipoine and much service to the church.

Susan's Pasta Salad

1 lb box Farfalle pasta, cooked

8 oz. shredded Mozzarella cheese

14.5 oz can Petite Diced Tomatoes

14.5 oz can Diced tomatoes with Roasted Garlic and onion

1 1/2 cups broccoli, cooked

4 green onions, chopped

1 cup grated Romano or Parmesan cheese

14 oz bottle Bernstein's Cheese & Garlic Italian Dressing

6 oz pepperoni cut into strips

Mix cooked pasta with dressing.  Let stand in refrigerator at least 2 hours.  Add remaining ingredients and refrigerate one more hour.  Serves 4 to 6 people.

Helen

Helen was born in Pleasant Grove, Utah.  She has four children, 2 boys and 2 girls, six grandchildren and one great-grandchild.  Her greatest accomplishments are her family and being in the Marine Corps serving back east in North Carolina.

She remembers going with her parents as they went to many different places where her father worked on construction.  Helen says the Relief Society has always been very kind to her and she has loved being a part of it.

New West Chicken Salad

From Kay P.

3/4 cup light mayo
1/2 tsp. salt
3 cups cubed cooked chicken
1 1/2 cups red seedless grapes
1 cup sliced celery
1/3 cup sliced green onions
1/2 cup broken pecans

In a large bowl, combine mayo and salt.  Stir in chicken, grapes, celery, green onions and pecans.  Cover and chill.  Makes about 5 1/2 cups.

Faye

Faye was born in Castledale, Utah, in the back of the drugstore her father owned.  She still has the soda fountain from that drugstore in her basement!

Faye has four daughters, one deceased.  She also has fourteen grandchildren and twenty-four great grandchildren.

She remembers going with her parents, as a child, to Salt Lake City to visit her grandparents.  She would stay with them for a day or two and felt like she was treat like a queen.

Faye has moved twenty four times in her lifetime and remembers how warmly she was welcomed in Seattle.  Her greatest accomplishments are:  her family, graduating from college and receiving a scholarship from Columbia University.

Buffalo Chicken Salad

From Toby B.

1 head green leaf or romaine lettuce, washed and cut
1 chicken breast, grilled and diced (breaded chicken is also yummy)
1/4 cup Franks Red Hot Wings Buffalo Sauce
1 carrot, shredded
1 avocado, diced (optional)
1/8 cup feta or blue cheese (optional)
Ranch Dressing

Mix chicken with buffalo sauce (use less sauce for a mild flavor).  Chicken can be warm or cold.  Toss all ingredients and serve with ranch dressing.

Marian

Marion (left) and Faye

Marian was born in Ogden, Utah.  She has five children, four boys and one girl.  She has twenty-one grandchildren and three great grandchildren.

Marian's greatest accomplishment is her family.  Marian is very warm, bright and patient.  One of her favorite memories is from when she was nine years old.  Marian had a fine brother three years younger than her but she wanted a sister.  When her mother was expecting she was very excited.  As the months went forward, she wanted a baby sister more and more.  Early one morning, as she slept, her father came into her room to gently wake her.  As he woke her he said, "Marian, youhave a new baby sister."  Her heart jumped with joy.  She remembers this story with clarity andhappiness after all these years.  Her "baby sister" has been a blessing.

Bean Salad

From Kathy W.

1 red or green pepper, sliced
1 medium onion, sliced
1 can cut string beans, drained
1 can kidney beans, drained
1 can garbanzo beans, drained
Marinate in 3/4 cup sugar, 1/2 cup oil and  1/2 cup vinegar.

Summer Salad

1 small pkg vanilla pudding (cook and serve)

1 small pkg. Tapioca pudding (cook and serve)

2 cans Mandarin oranges

1 can (16 oz) pineapple chunks

3 bananas, sliced

1/2 cup Maraschino Cherries, sliced (optional)

Bring puddings to boil with 3 cups liquid from oranges, pineapple and cherries.  If not enough juice from fruit to make 3 cups, add orange juice.  Cool and add to fruit.  Put into attractive dish and cool.  Serve in same dish, do not unmold.

Wilma

Wilma was born in Salt Lake City across the street from where she now lives on Melbourne.  She has four children and three great grandchildren.  Her greatest accomplishment is her family.

Wilma's favorite childhood memory is of going to church with her Granddad and having Sunday School next to the Ward being built in a flower patch.  She also remembers walking with her Granddad as he taught her about the beauty of God's world.

The words that best describe Wilma are friendly and sassy. 

She remembers a Relief Society lesson where the teacher gave everyone a paper bag to put all their troubles in.  The bags were placed on a table and mixed up all around.  At the end each sister decided she would keep her own troubles.

Juanita

Juanita was born in Ogden, Utah.  She has four children: 2 girls and 2 boys.  Her greatest accomplishment is her family.  Listening to lessons in Relief Society has strengthened her testimony.  Her favorite memory is of spednding time with her maternal Grandmother.  She learned all of her knitting and crocheting skills from her Grandmother.  Her Grandmother was around from the time Juanita was 2 until Juanita's oldest son was one.

Lemon Tahini Dressing

Used with permission from Vicki Talmage's From Bin to Banquet

In a good blender or food processor, blend 3/4 cup brown sesame seeds to cornmeal consistency.
With blender on, add
1 cup cold-pressed oil (sunflower, etc.)
Juice of 1 lemon
1/8 to 1/4 cup Kikkomen soy sauce
3-4 stalks celery, chopped
1/4 small red onion
1 green or red pepper
Few dashes black pepper

Blend until smooth.

Store in fridge 4 or 5 days.

This dressing is good for any green salad and can also be used as a dip for fresh vegetables such as broccoli, celery or carrots.

Chicken Pasta Salad

From Ann S.
Serves 25

1 pkg. (12 oz) bowtie pasta, cooked & drained
1 pkg. (12 oz) spiral pasta, cooked & drained
20 oz. can pineapple tidbits, drained
2 cans sliced water chestnuts, chopped
2 cups finely chopped celery
4 green onions, chopped
1 pkg. craisins
1 can cashews
1 cup grapes, halved
1 large can mandarin oranges
6 cooked chicken breasts, cubed

Mix a 16 oz. bottle Kraft coleslaw dressing & 1 cup mayo
Mix all ingredients together and chill before serving!
Note: This serves a lot! You may consider halving or quartering the recipe according to your needs.

Taco Salad

1 15 ounce can Ranch Style Beans, original Texas beans
1 15 ounce can Cattle Drive Chili with Beans
1 purple onion, sliced thin
1 cup mild cheese, grated
1 cup black olives
4 Roma Tomatoes, sliced
5 to 6 avocadoes, cut into thick slices.  To keep avocadoes from turning brown put them into the dressing mixture as soon as they are peeled and sliced.
1 10 ounce bag regular Fritos

Add Fritos and dressing.  Toss and Serve.

Dressing:
1/2 cup oil
1/2 cup white vinegar
1/8 cup ketchup
1/4 cup sugar
1 1/2 teaspoons yellow onions, finely chopped
1/2 teaspoon celery salt
1/2 teaspoon dry mustard
1/2 teaspoon celery seed
1/2 teaspoon paprika
Dash of garlic salt
Sour Cream, optional

Mix sparingly.

Happy St. Patrick's Day

What a Celebration!

Tonight's Relief Society Birthday celebration was a great success.

Delicious salads and cakes were shared.

And ten lovely Relief Society sisters were honored.

Over the next week the recipes for the salads will be shared here on the blog, as will the short biographies of each sister.  We hope to track down the cake recipes as well so that we can all at least dream of making these culinary delights!

Lettuce Celebrate Tonight!

Grace

Grace Howell Mackay 6/811926 -3/8/2010


Grace Howell Mackay was reunited with her eternal loving companion, passing away Monday, March 8, 2010 with family by her bedside in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Grace Mackay was born June 8, 1926 to Rolla Fern and Bessie Sowby Howell in Garfield, Utah. She graduated from South High School in Salt Lake City. She served as a missionary for the Church ofJesus Christ ofLatter-day Saints in the Spanish American Mission from 1948-1950.

She married Theron Lambert Mackay March 18, 1955 in the Salt Lake Temple. They later moved to California, where they raised 6 children: 4 sons, 2 daughters. They also served as parents to Indian Placement Students.

She was active her entire life in the LDS Church; serving in all organizations with various callings. She especially loved working in Cub Scouting, where she taught hundreds ofboys and their adult leaders, over the decades.

Her most important priority was her family. She was generous in spending her time with them and showing her support by atterlding events and volunteering for her children's teams.

Her legacy offaith and missionary work is exemplified by having five children and one foster daughter serve as missionaries. Grace and Theron served a mission together in the Ivory Coast Abidjan Mission from 1991 -1993. So far three grandsons have served missions. She was an active member ofthe Grandview Camp, Salt Lake Canyon Trails Company, Daughters ofthe Utah Pioneers.

She is survived by her 6 children: Hyrum John (Barbara Boyack); Elizabeth; Theron Reed (Geny Stoddard); David Rollo (Laurie Smith); Richard Alan (Wendy Clemons); Katherine (Michael Tolman); 16 grandchildren and 2 great grandchildren; brother, Donald (Lucille Hutcheon) Howell and sister, Melba Holmes. She also leaves behind many who call her "Grandma" or friend. Preceding her in death were her parents, husband and brother-in-law, Dee Holmes.

Her love = family, her life = service to others, her legacy = her testimony ofand faith in the Savior to guide us in helping others.

Funeral services will be held, Saturday, March 13,2010, 10:00 a.m. at the Grandview 1 st Ward, 2930 South 2000 East, Salt Lake City, Utah. A viewing will be held Friday, March 12,2010 at the Cannon Mortuary, 2460 E. Bengal Blvd. (7600 S.) from 6:00 to

7:30 p.m. and the day ofthe service at the church from 9:00 to 9:45 a.m. Interment Salt Lake City Cemetery.

Online condolences may be shared at http://www.cannonmortuary.com/
 
Please contact Markay if you would like to help with the funeral luncheon for the family.

In The Kitchen

Easy Pasta Skillet

Needed

Highland Park elementary is looking for a couple of items for a family in need.  If you have a crib or a washing machine in working order that you would be willing to donate please call Highland Park (801-481-4833) and talk with Jeri.  Hopefully we can get the word around and help this family out.
Thank you!

Grace

Our Deepest sympathy to the Mackay family at the passing of their sweet mother, Grace.  Funeral arrangements are being made and will be posted as soon as they are available.

"Lettuce" Celebrate!

In The Kitchen