UPCOMING CALENDAR ITEMS:
Oct. 4 General Conference
Oct. 25 Stake RS Humanitarian Day at the A-Frame building across from the Stake Center 9-12noon. Come and do some wonderful Humanitarian projects as a stake. (see more info. below)
Oct. 25 Ward Chili Cook-off at 6:30 pm at our church building
Nov. 13 Relief Society Dinner w/ program at 6:30 theme: "Are You Part Of The Inn Crowd Or Part Of The Stable Few"
New Sisters
Welcome to our two new sisters in the ward.
Chevia Nelson - She and her family live in the Wynn's basement. They have one daughter, Eloise (1). Chevia enjoys dancing, sewing and quilting. She is a dance instructor.
Kylee Street - Kylee and her husband live in Carol Brown's basement. She is a newlywed. Kylee is a softball coach at Weber State University.
Stake Humanitarian Project:
Hello to all sisters in our Stake,
We will be having a Stake Humanitarian Project Open House on Saturday, October 25, 2014 held at the A-Frame building from 9 till Noon. It will be a wonderful event for you to come and participate in. We will be doing the following projects:
200 Christmas stockings for service men and women.
Foam shapes used in all educational materials
ABC books used in homeless shelters and underfunded schools
Pinking shear dolls-cute! Toys are always sent with disaster supplies
Small quilts-all hospitals need them
Pillowcases for the homeless shelters
If you would like to donate, the following items would be helpful:
1. Quilt Batting
2. Stuffing/fiberfill
3. Fabric in 1 yard lengths. (Given to a member of your RS Presidency to be delivered to Kay Johnson by October 10th). These will be prepared in advance and assembled as quilts for us to tie in our laps.
4. Items to fill stockings (we will purchase tissues, toothbrushes, toothpaste and lotion). Items for donating: guitar picks, harmonica, yo-yo’s, socks, CD’s, DVD’s, games hand sanitizer, deodorant, wet ones, eye drops, sunglasses, shampoo and conditioner, calendar, disposable razors, small flashlight, sunscreen, AT&T calling cards, mechanical pencils, pens, dental floss, non-perishable food items (cookies, candy, gum, granola bars, hard candy, NO Chocolate!, Also you can send toys for the troops to give to the children, which will bring smiles to both!)
We would love you to bring your own sewing machines, sergers and scissors (labeled with your name so you don’t lose them)
**Just a wee side note: We have a wonderful stake newsletter on lds.org. When you sign in choose the newsletter option and then choose the stake not the ward. You will find wonderful information on it.
Can’t wait to see you all there!
Sincerely,
Megan Duckworth
Monette Lunt
Katie VanDyke
Barbara Murdoch
Merit Badge Counselors: The scout leaders are looking for any brothers and sisters in the ward who are interested in becoming merit badge counselors. There is a shortage of counselors in the stake. See the attached document for the merit badges that are available. You do not need to have a degree in a particular field to be a counselor. You just need to have some expertise and a willingness to work with 12-14 year old boys. For more information or to sign up contact Bro. Rose at frose58@gmail.com or 408-835-3759.
Birthdays:
Carol Brown Oct. 1
Nichole Edwards Oct. 1
Lani Vinzant Oct. 1
Celeste Wright Oct. 2
Kathy Branin Oct. 4
Nesha Thomas Oct. 9
Stephanie Johnson Oct. 10
Jessica Hayward Oct. 16
Virginia Morgan Oct. 22
Heidi Schmutz Oct. 25
Vollyeball: Volleyball started on Sept. 18. They will play each Thursday night at 9 pm at the stake center until November 6th and then there will be Regionals. All interested sisters are encouraged to attend.
Team 4 - Come and receive your blessings from cleaning the chapel on Sat. Oct. 4 at 9 am. Edwards (Jacob & Nichole), Gonzalez, Greenwood (Brandon & Katie), Hall, Hammer, Harris, Hayward, Hunter, Jacobson, Jones, Macnair, Mecham, Roberts, Thueson, Voeller, Warner (Logan & Lisa)
RS Lessons for the 4th Sundays (TFOT)
October - Grateful In Any Circumstances - Dieter F. Uchtdorf
Next Sunday's RS Lesson – JFS Lesson #20 Love and Concern For All Of Our Father's Children
