Purposes of Relief Society:
Increase Faith and Personal Righteousness
Strengthen Families and Homes
Seek Out and Help Those in Need
FAITH
Lesson Review: Joseph Fielding Smith "The Plan of Salvation"
Doctrine: "Our Father in Heaven established a plan of salvation for his spirit children...to enable them to advance and progress until they obtain eternal life."
Invitation to action: "Let us live so that we will be assured of our place, and so that we will know, through the lives we live, that we shall enter into His presence and dwell with Him."
Promised Blessings: "The faithful will inherit eternal life with their families in the presence of Heavenly Father."
February lesson schedule:
16th - Joseph Fielding Smith #4 - Strengthening and Preserving the Family
23rd - True Shepherds - President Monson October General Conference
FAMILY
Primary curriculum:
February - Heavenly Father has a plan for his children
Youth curriculum:
February: The plan of salvation
RELIEF
Suddenly there are a lot of up-coming events in our ward! This month as you go visiting teaching, or even if you have already been, please let your sisters know about them. It would be great to have everyone there that can possibly make it! You can direct them to this blog, or let them know that they are as follows:
Upcoming Events:
*February 18- Blue and Gold Banquet and Pinewood Derby
The whole Ward is invited to celebrate scouting by attending the Blue and Gold Banquet and submitting an entry for the Pinewood Derby!
*March 20 - Relief Society Activity
This will be a great event! As part of the celebration of the Relief Society's 172nd birthday, we will be serving a delicious dinner and a wonderful guest speaker will be addressing us.
*March 23rd - Relief Society Sisters sing in Sacrament Meeting
Warm up your singing voices! The Relief Society sisters have been invited to sing in Sacrament Meeting on March 23rd.
March 29th - General Women's Broadcast
In November, the First Presidency announced some exciting new changes for the women of the Church. A semiannual general women's meeting will replace the general Relief Society and general Young Women meetings held annually since 1993. All women, young women, and girls age eight years old and older are invited to attend.
“As the women of the Church gather together—sisters, mothers, and daughters—they, their families, and the Church will be strengthened and blessed.” —The First Presidency
*Service Opportunities:
There is a need for Sisters to do sealings on Wednesday mornings from 8 – 9 a.m. Sealers serve in the temple throughout the day beginning at 6:00 a.m. and depend mostly on walk-in patrons to do sealings. Lately, there have been too few sisters to do sealings between 8 – 9 a.m. on Wednesday mornings. If you are available on Wednesday mornings for an hour, there us a need for you.
Who: Any endowed sister. You do not have to be married to participate in sealings.
Where: The third floor of the Rexburg Temple. There will be a Coordinator at the desk on the 3rd floor to direct you to a Sealing Room.
Feeble knees: Many patrons have knee problems and use a chair at the altar. Just tell the Sealer that you need to use a chair and they will accommodate you.
FYI: Did you know that typically 15 – 30 sealings can be performed in one hour?
