Community Service Project Quilts

The year has come to and end and thanks to everyone who helped make our Community Service Project a success. Today, December 21, the final deliveries were made to Turning Point and New Bethany Ministries. As a results of your efforts over the last 12 months, we delivered 119 quilts, 23 activity bags, 36 hygiene kits and 82 children's pajamas.

Christmas Cookie Exchange

On Tuesday, December 15, we had a great time visiting, sampling Christmas cookies and taking some home. So many of us we there, we ran out of chairs. What a nice problem to have!

Bethlehem Ward 3rd Annual Pioneer Day Picnic

Tote Bag Sewing Class

We had a nice sewing class from Sister Burgoyne. Sister Snyder made a bag for the service project to put hygiene kits in.

Miranda got a sunday bag and ofcourse its pink.
If anyone who missed the class would like to learn Sister Burgoyne said she would be happy to give you a lesson. Thanks Sister Burgoyne.

Playground Group

We have had so much fun at our play ground group. Even though it has been rainy we have enjoyed each others company.
One of the favorite places to play is the big old tree. Perfect for climbing.

And posing.

It's nice for the kids to see their church friend in a more relaxed atmosphere.

Come join us Fridays 10am at Sand Island Park.

Presidency Meeting & Quilting

Yes, even we are doing quilts. As a presidency we felt it would be nice to multi task and get some quilts done for our 100 Quilts goal. If Anne can quilt you can too. tee- hee. Call now for your quilt kits. We are half way there. yipee!!!

43 Quilts

We are close to our midway point. If we can get 6 more quils for June, we will be on target for reaching 100 this year. If you have a quilt kit lets get it finished and turned in. If you do not have a quilt kit let me know and we will get you set up with a kit and instruction if needed.

Quilts taken to Nursing Home

Sonia & Leia droping off quilts to Nursing home.

Enrichment Small Group, Food Storage "Wheat"

Food Storage Class.

"Wheat"

Grinding Wheat

Sprouting Wheat

Eating Wheat Pancakes

Service Project Update

We have 13 additional kits out that are being worked on. If you need help please let us know.





We are scheduling a visit to some of the shelters to drop off the items we have collected so far. Keep up the fantastic work.

Create, Pres. Utchdorff

I thought this was a nice encouraging video.

Community Service Instructions

This year the stake RS leadership has asked each unit to find a way to serve in their community. We decided that we would serve the local women shelters as well as those members of our community residing in nursing homes. In order to do this, we met with each shelter and asked them what they needed. There focus seemed to be on the needs of the children, who no fault of their own often, end up at the shelters. So we are asking members of the ward to participate by making Activity Bags or Hygiene Kits or by providing children’s pajamas. In addition, we also have a goal of tying 100 quilts before the end of the year. Instructions for each item are provided below:

Activity Bag Suggestions
( Activity bags are for children who are staying in shelters or are being moved to a safe house. The bags should contain busy toys, games, and activities)
Items should be able to fit in a tote bag or small back pack. Please provide bag.

Suggested items:

File folder games
Coloring books & crayons
Note pads
Travel board games
Puzzles
Craft kits
Web site for reference and ideas:
Lds.org humanitarian aid kits patterns and suggestion:
http://www.ldsphilanthropies.org/humanitarian-services/

Coloring pages & crafts:
http://www.first-school.ws/
http://coloringbookfun.com/

Kids Hygene kits:
Include soap, kids shampoo, comb, wash cloth, toothpaste, tooth brush, tote or Ziploc bag.

PJ’s:
Children’s PJ’s for spring and summer. May not be handmade (safety guidelines) may be gently used or watch out for when they are on sale.

Quilt instructions:
Anne Anderson has quilt kits. We will have a class on tying and binding as well as activities to quilt.
http://www.ldsphilanthropies.org/humanitarian-services/

100 Quilt Challenge Update

So far we have 10 quilts that have been tyed. If you have a kit and need help tyeing it let us know we will be happy to help. Thanks for all of your hard work.

Feb. Community Service Activity

We have recieved a good portion of the community service projects you all signed up for. If you signed up for any projects and still have not finished them for Feb please do your best to get them to a membe of the presidency. Anne Anderson, Allison Edmondson, or Pam Fernandez. We will continiue to send around sign ups for each month. Any questions or need for help please feel free to ask any of the presidency. If you still need to learn to tye quilts let Pam know and we will get a small group together for that purpose. Thanks for all your service.

Remember to Report your Visiting Teaching

Don't forget to report you visiting teaching. To Rita Bittner or Eddie Fresoli.

March Visiting Teaching Message

“Uphold, Nourish, and Protect the Family,” Liahona, Mar 2009, 25
Teach the scriptures and quotations that will bless the sisters you visit. Bear testimony of the doctrine. Invite those you visit to share what they have felt and learned.
Why Must I Defend the Doctrine of the Family?
The First Presidency and Quorum of the Twelve Apostles: “The family is ordained of God. Marriage between man and woman is essential to His eternal plan. Children are entitled to birth within the bonds of matrimony, and to be reared by a father and a mother who honor marital vows with complete fidelity” (“The Family: A Proclamation to the World,” Liahona, Oct. 2004, 49; Ensign, Nov. 1995, 102).
Julie B. Beck, Relief Society general president: “As a disciple of Jesus Christ, every woman in this Church is given the responsibility for upholding, nurturing, and protecting families. Women have distinct assignments given to them from before the foundation of the world. And as a covenant-keeping Latter-day Saint woman, you know that raising your voice in defense of the doctrine of the family is critical to the strength of families the world over” (“What Latter-day Saint Women Do Best: Stand Strong and Immovable,” Liahona and Ensign, Nov. 2007, 110).
How Can I Defend the Family?
D&C 88:119: “Establish a house, even a house of prayer, a house of fasting, a house of faith, a house of learning, a house of glory, a house of order, a house of God.”
President Spencer W. Kimball (1895–1985): “Home is a haven against the storms and struggles of life. Spirituality is born and nurtured by daily prayer, scripture study, home gospel discussions and related activities, home evenings, family councils, working and playing together, serving each other, and sharing the gospel with those around us. Spirituality is also nurtured in our actions of patience, kindness, and forgiveness toward each other and in our applying gospel principles in the family circle” (“Therefore I Was Taught,” Tambuli, Aug. 1982, 2; Ensign, Jan. 1982, 3).
Elder M. Russell Ballard of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles: “I call upon members of the Church and on committed parents, grandparents, and extended family members everywhere to hold fast to [the family] proclamation, to make it a banner not unlike General Moroni’s ‘title of liberty,’ and to commit ourselves to live by its precepts. …
“In today’s world, where Satan’s aggression against the family is so prevalent, parents must do all they can to fortify and defend their families. But their efforts may not be enough. Our most basic institution of family desperately needs help and support from the extended family and the public institutions that surround us” (“What Matters Most Is What Lasts Longest,” Liahona and Ensign, Nov. 2005, 42–43).
Elder Robert S. Wood of the Seventy: “For too many, responsibility seems to end with hand-wringing and exclamations of dismay. Yet talk without action accomplishes little. We need to be vigorously engaged in the world. If our schools are inadequate or destructive of moral values, we must work with fellow members of the community to bring about change. If our neighborhoods are unsafe or unhealthy, we must join with the civic-minded to devise solutions. If our cities and towns are polluted, not only with noxious gases but soul-destroying addictions and smut, we must labor to find legitimate ways to eliminate such filth. … We have the responsibility to be a blessing to others, to our nation, to the world” (“On the Responsible Self,” Ensign, Mar. 2002, 30–31).