Relief Society May Evening Meeting

At tonight's Relief Society meeting there were three great lessons presented:

1) Growing herbs in containers by Rachael S.

2) Organizing our Closets

(This closet photo was found on the Internet so don't think someone has come into your house and taken a picture of your children's closet.  Ha ha ha)

And

3) Getting the most out of your visits to the Temple

Look for individual posts on each topic this week!

Thank you to everyone for bringing all the wonderful finger foods.  We will need to gather the recipes for these items and post them as well.  There were many delightful dishes shared tonight.

A House the Lord Built

(story adaptation by Alesa D.)

In a nearby land, there was a house

A white, white house

A house the Lord built.

And in that house there was a family

A smiling family in a white, white house

A house the Lord built.

"There are smiles that make us Happy"

And in that family there were healthy members

Healthy members in a smiling family in a white, white house

A house the Lord built.

"Veggie Tales Theme Song"

And amongst those memebers there were helping hands

Helping hands on healthy members in a smiling family in a white, white house

A house the Lord built.

"He's Got the Whole World in His Hands"

And with those hands came joyful singing

Joyful singing and helping hands on healthy members in a smiling family in a white, white house

A house the Lord built.

"I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing"

And with that singing was a house of order

A house of order with joyful singing and helping hands on healthy members in a smiling family in a white, white house

A house the Lord built.

"Whistle While you Work"

And in that house, that house of order, dwelt pure, pure hearts

Pure, pure hearts in a house of order with joyful singing and helping hands to healthy members of a smiling family in a white, white house

A house the Lord built.

"He That Hath Clean Hands and a Pure Heart"

With pure, pure hearts comes added love

Added love with pure, pure hearts in a house of order with joyful singing and helping hands on healthy members in a smiling family in a white, white house

A house the Lord built.

"I Love You Truly"

Added love brings giving thanks

Giving thanks with added love and pure, pure hearts in a house of order with joyful singing and helping hands on healthy members in a smiling family in a white, white house

A house the Lord built.

"Thanks For The Memory"

Giving thanks we act with loving kindness

Loving kindness, giving thanks with added love and pure, pure hearts in a house of order with joyful singing and helping hands on healthy members in a smiling family in a white, white house

A house the Lord built.

"Love One Another"

In a nearby land, there was a house

A white, white house

A house the Lord built.

"I Love to See the Temple"

We look forward to seeing everyone at the Temple June 9th!

It's Showtime!

What do THESE and . . .

These 2 have to do with  . . .

this?

Come find out!

Saturday, May 8th, 7 pm

Grandview 1st Spring Sing

"A House the Lord Built"

And you thought road shows were a thing of the past!

March - I LOVE YOU!

Theme: He that dwelleth in Love, dwelleth in God…. (1John 4:126)

Application: "I Love You"

There are times when the responsibility that comes with leadership, whether in the church, in the home or in the workplace, weighs heavily on you. I often feel it. One Sunday I came to church with such feelings. I was worried. Was I doing enough and was I doing it right. With these feelings weighing on me, I sat down in Sunday School class and glanced across the room. I caught the eye of a young woman who mouthed the words, “I love you”. It melted my heart. That little expression mouthed across the room sent my spirits soaring. I felt the love of the Lord through her. There is a wonderful song from the musical “Camelot” that says, the way to handle a woman is to love her, simply love her. A true principle. We all want to be loved. We all need to be loved. And we all need to express that love. We need to say I love you.
Kathleen Walker

October - Think Veggies!

Theme: “Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you? If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are.” (1 Corinthians 3:16-17)

Application: Think Veggies!

This year I was all excited to be the veggies queen. I planted a huge garden and spent tons of time working with my family in it. When this theme was announced, I loved it and was inspired. My kids were not all so thrilled. I have one son who has announced that if it is green he will not eat it. So, I decided we’d try some new vegetables as long as the garden held out. (And not all veggies are green.) We discovered that if you grill things on the BBQ, they seem more exotic and tastier. Green, red and orange pepper, eggplant, and zucchini, even corn on the cob. We had a “one bite” rule. .. they had to try just one bite. Amazingly we discovered that we could even have a vegetarian meal and survive. Sometimes I even cut veggies and snuck them into sauces. Our home grown HEALTHY vegetables are becoming a bigger part of our family diet. And we are taking care of our bodies – as the temples they are.

Stephanie Pugsley

Temple Themes - 8 Months in Review

If you missed Relief Society today, we reviewed all of our monthly temple themes, and then rolled out our LAST theme.  Here is our Relief Society Presidency presentation, from September thru May:


Last Sept. we introduced our 9 month temple plan. Our purpose was to help and inspire us to move UP, to look introspectively into our lives and bring about change where change was needed. We’ve had some fun but we hope that something along the way has stirred you and you have experienced new joy and love. Today we are going to review all 8 themes and introduce the 9th and last monthly theme . In doing so we hope you will review in your own minds things you have done or experiences you have had that have brought you closer to the Savior and helped prepare you for that Day of Dedication that we will share together in the temple on June 9.


Kathleen Walker 

I Love to See the Temple

We've changed the words to this wonderful Primary song just a little in anticipation of our day in the Temple on June 9th.  We sang this in Relief Society today, and we'll sing it again on Saturday at our Spring Sing.  Hope to see you there.


I LOVE TO SEE THE TEMPLE

I Love to see the temple
I'm going there in June
To feel the Holy Spirit,
To pray and be in tune

For the temple is a house of God
A place of love and beauty
I'll prepare myself while I am here
This is my sacred duty.

I love to see the temple
I'll go inside June 9th
I'll covenant with our Father
I'll feel his holy light

For the temple is a holy place
A place of love and beauty
I'll prepare myself while I am here
This is my sacred duty.

Thank You!

I am THANKFUL for primary children! I am thankful that they are willing to come share their beautiful voices with us every month.

I am grateful for Sis. Skolmoski's willingness to accompany musical numbers all over the ward - making our temple theme come alive.

THANK YOU!!

They're at it again!

Aren't we going to be sad when our "commercial interruptions" come to an end?

This month, our priesthood reminded us how much "My Heavenly Father Loves Me."

Whenever I hear the song of a bird
Or look at the blue, blue sky,
Whenever I feel the rain on my face
Or the wind as it rushes by,
Whenever I touch a velvet rose,
Or walk by our lilac tree,
I'm THANKFUL I live in this beautiful world
Heavenly Father created for me.

Ward Temple Day

Purify Your Heart

THEME: “For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.”
(Matt. 6:21)

APPLICATION: PURIFY YOUR HEART

We are now in our SIXTH MONTH of our NINE MONTH preparation process. Two weeks ago, as a Ward we watched and discussed the sweet movie UP. What have you applied from the principles taught in the movie? What has changed in your life during this past five months ? We hope that every person in the Ward has experienced at least five steps of improvement, and MOVING UP, to prepare us for our day of dedication in the Temple.

Isn’t it so clearly obvious that we often allow ourselves to be caught up in the “things” of the world, which are there to distract us from the “most important” things of life. The adversary has placed so many stumbling blocks in our pathway, intended to keep us from those “most important” things of life.

When the Savior came to Israel and to the Nephites, he ended sacrifice by the shedding of blood, and he then taught them that he did not come to Destroy the Law of Moses, but to fulfill it. The new Law he gave them:

And ye shall offer for a Sacrifice unto Me, a Broken Heart
and a Contrite Spirit. (3 Nephi 9:20)

For where your treasure is, there will your HEARTS be also.
(Matt. 6:21)

Blessed are the PURE IN HEART for they shall see GOD.
(Matt. 5:28)

When the Savior challenged us that Unless ye become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven (Matt. 18:4), he directed us to keep CONSTANT VIGILANCE in our lives to prevent the world from contaminating our hearts.

He taught us that the Greatest Commandment of all, is to Love the Lord, thy God WITH ALL THY HEART. (Matt. 22:38)

King Mosiah called the people to the Temple and taught them:
Open your ears that ye may hear, and your HEARTS
that ye may understand, that the mysteries of God may
be unfolded to your view.

The condition of our hearts directly affects our sensitivity to Spiritual Things. May we invoke in our lives, the DAILY EXERCISE of pursuing daily choices to ELIMINATE any conditions that would interfere with the SPIRIT, that we may PURIFY OUR HEARTS,and open our Hearts to the TEACHINGS OF THE SPIRIT.


Grandview 1 Heart Tree

Throughout the month of February, there will be a HEART TREE located in the WEST FOYER. Each auxiliary will receive a different color of paper hearts on ribbons to be hung on the tree (Primary - pink, Relief Society - red, YM/YW - purple, Priesthood - white). On each of these hearts, individual anonymous acts of service and kindness are to be recorded as they are performed or noticed.

We look forward to serving, loving, and reaching out to others around you. We hope your heart will be turned towards those whom you serve. We also hope as you prepare to serve in the temple, your hearts will be turned towards those waiting for your loving service.

UP!

What a party!
More than 125 members of our ward family got together for an "UP" party.
And party we did!

We had "Upcakes" (not to be confused with cupcakes), popcorn, candy, and drinks.

We laughed a lot, we cried a little, and we spent some time talking about the wonderful lessons we can learn from this charming little movie.

We hung out.

If you weren't here - we missed you!

We played with glow in the dark necklaces!

We're ready to do it again SOON!

Good times with good friends.

And we're looking forward to spending the day in the temple with our ward family in June. We hope you are planning on being there with us.

The clean up crew was fabulous.

Everyone pitched in and we were out of there in a flash.

Until next time...