Scrapbook Night will be held at Shellie Carter's home on Thursday, June 11th, at 6:30pm. This month is a free night, to work on your own projects, or finish anything left hanging from months before. Come hang out with your fellow crafters and revisit your 2009 goals! Shellie will probably make something gooey and delish for a treat...
Email Shellie for directions. shelliedesign@qwest.net
Thursday, June 4, 2009
KICKBOXING update -
Kickboxing is now going to be held TWICE A WEEK! Woohoo! Mary Davis from Maryvale ward has been leading a 1-hr. kickboxing class at the Laveen building. She is a professional teacher and everyone gets a great workout!
Please join us every WEDNESDAY and FRIDAY at 8AM.
I promise you'll love it! There is no need to be self conscious. You can adapt any move to your fitness level, and take it as gently as you need to. There are ladies from several wards who attend. Kids usually play in the corner with toys or hang out in the nursery. Bring a yoga mat if you have one... if not, a towel works great. Bring weights if you have them too.
PLEASE support this effort, ladies... those of us who partake would be quite sad to see it go away...!
The Laveen building is located at 41st avenue and Baseline, just west of Cesar Chavez high school.
Please join us every WEDNESDAY and FRIDAY at 8AM.
I promise you'll love it! There is no need to be self conscious. You can adapt any move to your fitness level, and take it as gently as you need to. There are ladies from several wards who attend. Kids usually play in the corner with toys or hang out in the nursery. Bring a yoga mat if you have one... if not, a towel works great. Bring weights if you have them too.
PLEASE support this effort, ladies... those of us who partake would be quite sad to see it go away...!
The Laveen building is located at 41st avenue and Baseline, just west of Cesar Chavez high school.
Thursday, May 21, 2009
May 2009 Calendar
Hello, Sisters!
The May 2009 calendar was updated from the first printing due to a change in schedule for the Scrapbooking class. It had to be switched to Thursday, May 14th because of a conflict with another church function on Thursday, 5/21. Please make a note of the change to the date. We hope to see you there!
I hope the rest of your Saturday is wonderful.
Love,
Shannon Hutchinson
Gordon B. Hinckley
Janice Kapp Perry took the following excerpt from President Hinckley and put it to music. The song is touching, knowing the timing of the publication early last year. Pres. Hinckley approved the song and lyrics just days before he passed away.
What is this thing called death,
This quiet passing in the night?
'Tis not the end, but genesis
Of better worlds and greater light.
O God, touch thou my aching heart,
And calm my troubled, haunting fears.
Let hope and faith, transcendent, pure,
Give strength and peace beyond my tears.
There is no death, but only change,
With recompense for vict'ry won.
The gift of Him who loved all men,
The Son of God, the Holy One.
What is this thing called death,
This quiet passing in the night?
'Tis not the end, but genesis
Of better worlds and greater light.
O God, touch thou my aching heart,
And calm my troubled, haunting fears.
Let hope and faith, transcendent, pure,
Give strength and peace beyond my tears.
There is no death, but only change,
With recompense for vict'ry won.
The gift of Him who loved all men,
The Son of God, the Holy One.
May Scrapbooking Night
Scrap-n-Yap was held at Shellie Carter's home on Thursday, May 14th. Shellie had prepared kits with a 2-page Christmas layout, so many ladies signed up, brought their photos and were able to complete their project fairly quickly. Other sisters brought their own projects to work on, and were all able to share ideas with each other. If you have any suggestions as to scrapbook projects you'd like to do in the future, please leave a comment!
The Truth of God Shall Go Forth
This lesson was shared on April 26th by Brittany Lake. It is based on the M. Russell Ballard talk from October 2008's general conference.
The work of the church is unstoppable. It has progressed steadily, and increased exponentially throughout the years. The lesson outlined the church's history and work that has been accomplished, even though challenged every step of the way.
The growth of the church has been great in spite of, and perhaps because of, great challenges faced by the world.
Joseph Smith knew that no enemy then present or in the future would have sufficient power to frustrate or stop the purposes of God.
Nearly 18 decades have passed since the organization of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in 1830. We have had 178 years to observe the fulfillment of prophecy and to watch "the truth of God" as it goes forth "boldly, nobly, and independent."
Throughout the 1840s, while persecution raged against Joseph Smith and the early church, the restored gospel of Jesus Christ continued to cover the earth through faithful service of 1,454 missionaries.
Soon after the martyrdom, Brigham Young and the church made preparations to move west. Hardship, affliction, death, and apostasy were ever present with the pioneers, still, the work moved forward. In the 1850s, 705 more missionaries were called and served in areas including Scandinavia, France, Italy, Switzerland, and Hawaii.
By the time Brigham Young died in 1877, worldwide membership had grown to more than 115,000.
The work continued in this fast pace throughout much of the next century. None of this was easy, however. Challenges, obstacles and persecution accompanied every attempt to take "the truth of God" into every continent and country so that it could "sound in every ear".
The destiny of this church and its literal fulfillment through the decades is to remind us of this simple truth:
"This is God's work, and God's work will not be frustrated."
The challenges we face today are different, but they are no less demanding. Instead of angry mobs, we face those who constantly try to defame. Instead of extreme exposure and hardship, weface alcohol and drug abuse, pornography, all kinds of filth, sleaze, greed, dishonesty, and spiritual apathy. We see the institution of the family under attack.
The Lord isn't asking us to load up a handcart, he's asking us to fortify our faith. He's not asking us to walk across a continent, only to walk across the street to visit our neighbor. He's not asking us to give all our worldly possessions to build a temple, only to give of our means and time, despite the pressures of modern living, to continue to build temples and then to attend regularly the temples already built.
"He isn't asking us to die a martyr's death, he's asking us to live a disciple's life."
The work of the church is unstoppable. It has progressed steadily, and increased exponentially throughout the years. The lesson outlined the church's history and work that has been accomplished, even though challenged every step of the way.
The growth of the church has been great in spite of, and perhaps because of, great challenges faced by the world.
Joseph Smith knew that no enemy then present or in the future would have sufficient power to frustrate or stop the purposes of God.
Nearly 18 decades have passed since the organization of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in 1830. We have had 178 years to observe the fulfillment of prophecy and to watch "the truth of God" as it goes forth "boldly, nobly, and independent."
Throughout the 1840s, while persecution raged against Joseph Smith and the early church, the restored gospel of Jesus Christ continued to cover the earth through faithful service of 1,454 missionaries.
Soon after the martyrdom, Brigham Young and the church made preparations to move west. Hardship, affliction, death, and apostasy were ever present with the pioneers, still, the work moved forward. In the 1850s, 705 more missionaries were called and served in areas including Scandinavia, France, Italy, Switzerland, and Hawaii.
By the time Brigham Young died in 1877, worldwide membership had grown to more than 115,000.
The work continued in this fast pace throughout much of the next century. None of this was easy, however. Challenges, obstacles and persecution accompanied every attempt to take "the truth of God" into every continent and country so that it could "sound in every ear".
The destiny of this church and its literal fulfillment through the decades is to remind us of this simple truth:
"This is God's work, and God's work will not be frustrated."
The challenges we face today are different, but they are no less demanding. Instead of angry mobs, we face those who constantly try to defame. Instead of extreme exposure and hardship, weface alcohol and drug abuse, pornography, all kinds of filth, sleaze, greed, dishonesty, and spiritual apathy. We see the institution of the family under attack.
The Lord isn't asking us to load up a handcart, he's asking us to fortify our faith. He's not asking us to walk across a continent, only to walk across the street to visit our neighbor. He's not asking us to give all our worldly possessions to build a temple, only to give of our means and time, despite the pressures of modern living, to continue to build temples and then to attend regularly the temples already built.
"He isn't asking us to die a martyr's death, he's asking us to live a disciple's life."
April Scrapbooking Night - needing night vision goggles...
We held April's Scrapbooking night on Thursday, April 23rd at Shellie Carter's home. Everyone brought their own individual projects to work on. We even had a couple of new faces come and participate! However, the power was off and on that night (mostly off) so we spent most of our time together chatting and eating brownies in the dark. It was actually a lot of fun!
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