Monday, June 25, 2012

Happy Birthday!

Ruth Stewart - June 28th

Recipes from our Weeday Meeting

Bruschetta
10 med tomatoes seeded
1T minced garlic
2T slivered green onions
3/4 cup fresh basil chopped
1tsp lemon juice1/3 c olive oil
salt and pepper to taste
Mix all ingredients, let marinate for a couple of hours to 
blend the flavors.
Serve on lightly toasted slices of baguette bread


Cafe Rio Tomatillo Dressing
1 pkg of ranch dressing mix
3 tomatillos (remove papery skin and quarter)
1 c Mayo
1 c Butttermilk
1 c chopped cilantro
3 cloves garlic
1/2 tsp cayenne pepper
2 tsp green tabasco
Juice from 1-2 limes
Mix in a blender or a food processor

Updates

The temple will be closed until July 9th.


Thursday, July 19th will be our next Weekday Meeting.  It will be "Seasons of Our Lives".  We will have a special panel of guests so mark it on your calendar.


We want to thank Kara, Marjorie, and Christine for their yummy recipes and help with our last Weekday Meeting.

Monday, June 18, 2012

Elder Joseph B. Wirthlin

Elder Joseph B. Wirthlin of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, reminds us:  "The Church is a place where imperfect people gather to help and strengthen each other as we strive to return to our Heavenly Father...We will each progress at different rates...
"...When you magnify your calling, you don't merely go through the motions; you challenge yourself to serve in the place you are called with all your heart, might, mind, and strength."

Updates

The Ward Building will be closed for cleaning June 26th.  No one is allowed in the building that day.

Happy Birthday!

Debbie Lott - June 21st

Sunday, June 10, 2012

"I Really Lived"

"I don't want to drive up to the pearly gates in a shiny sports car, wearing beautifully tailored clothes, my hair expertly coifed, and with long, perfectly manicured fingernails.

I want to drive up in a stationwagon that has mud on the wheels from taking kids to scout camp.

I want to be there with grass stains on my shoes from mowing Sister Schenk's lawn.

I want to be there with a smudge of peanut butter on my shirt from making sandwiches for a sick neighbor's children.

I want to be there with a little dirt under my fingernails from helping to weed someone's garden.

I want to be there with children's sticky kisses on my cheeks and the tears of a friend on my shoulder.

I want the Lord to know I was really here and that I really lived."

Sister Marjorie Hinckley

Sister Updates

Welcome new sisters Karen Gneiting and Erica Ellsworth.

Happy Birthday

June 16th - Nellie Phillips
June 16th - Shirlene Sargent
June 17th - Tina Butler

Friday, June 8, 2012

Cannery

Brothers & Sisters,

We would like to thank everyone for the tremendous response in purchasing the Quart and Pint bottles.  We have sold everything we had.  Thanks for your interest and support.  May the Lord bless each of you as we transition into a new era without the cannery in our community.  We do however still have the Home Storage Center that will be a wonderful blessing to take advantage of.  I have attached a current price sheet for the Home Storage Center for your reference.

Sincerely,

Charlie Olsen
BSS Field Manager

Check for the price sheet of the Home Storage Center under the cannery tab at the top.

Thursday, June 7, 2012

News from the Cannery

Brothers & Sisters:

As all of you are aware the Wet-pack Cannery is now officially closed.  We have obtained permission to sell off a couple of inventory items, rather than pay shipping to send them somewhere.  We have the following Pint and Quart Bottles for sale:

Quart Bottles with Lids & Rings:                 263 Cases  (12 Bottles/Case)       $0.55/Bottle   =  $6.60 + Sales Tax/Case
Pint Bottles in Box (NO lids or rings)        991 Cases  (12 Bottles/Case)       $0.30/Bottle   =  $3.60 + Sales Tax/Case

These bottles are the bottles we use for Salsa and Spaghetti Sauce, and will only be available through the end of June.  What is not sold by month end will be shipped to some other cannery.  We would like to sell them to save on freight costs involved in shipping them elsewhere. 

Charlie Olsen
Manager
Idaho falls ID Cannery

Finance Class

If you missed the first session, they are having a new session of finance classes starting Thursday, June 14th at 7:00 p.m. at the Shelley Seminary Building.  This class is for anyone in any stage of life who might like to learn some new or old things to better their finances.  Brother Larry Ricks and Brother Craig Cutler are the teachers and we have been told that they were so much fun!

Tuesday, June 5, 2012

President's Message

I love this quote by Lucy Mack Smith, "We must cherish one another, watch over one another, comfort one another and gain instruction, that we may all sit down in heaven together."

Cherish means to protect and care for someone.  Watch means to look at or observe attentively.  Comfort means freedom from pain or constraint.  Thinking of these action words, my mind is flooded with scenarios of visiting teaching opportunities.  When I was young, just getting active in the church, I wondered why my Mom never had visiting teachers.  If she did I never saw them.  She never spoke of them.  We never had home teachers who came each month and showed concern for our family.  It could have been that they were told not to come.  When I read stories of those who press forward in these kinds of circumstances, I wonder, what if my Mom would have had a visiting teacher like that?  Would my family have been active, and my prayers been realized a lot sooner? 

There are sisters in this ward, who need to know that someone cares for them, is willing to comfort, watch over, and cherish them whether they choose the gospel or not. 

We have all been given a visiting teacher.  someone who should be concerned about you!  Someone who should be praying for you.  Someone who should be setting a good example for you, and someone who should be frequently checking on and visiting you.  I pray that you know that you are loved, cherished, watched over, and that there is someone who will comfort you in times of heart ache, trials, or just when you are having a hard day and need to talk.  I hope that you love the sisters that come to you.  If you have been assigned a sister like my Mom, (less active) please press forward, because maybe her child or someone else is praying that her family could be active and sealed together in the temple. 

I love each of you, and sincerely cherish you.  With this calling Heavenly Father has flooded me with love for you.  It is a strange, amazing, overwhelming feeling, and I truly want you to feel loved, not by me, because that doesn't really matter, but by the Supreme Creator of the Universe, God, your Father.

Sister Strupp

Weekday Meeting

June 21st at 7:00 p.m. will be our weekday meeting.  "Hand" Made Home cooking is the theme.  Don't miss out!  We will be putting our hands to good use.  We are planning some super yummy food demos!   A nursery will be provided.

Lesson Recap

Sister Jane Smith put together a marvelous lesson on visiting teaching.  The spirit was felt by all who attended.  We learned that we are God's hands here on this earth, and to quote Julie B. Beck, "A sister in this Church has no other responsibility outside of her family that has the potential to do as much good as Visiting Teaching...".

Our Relief Society Presidency urges us to make careful preparations for our visits, seeking the inspiration of our Father in Heaven.  Please strive to reach individuals and touch their lives in such a manner as to draw them closer to the gospel and increase the feeling of sisterhood.  May we have a desire to magnify our calling as a Visiting Teacher.

Employment

Jeremy Messick is looking for  a job in the field of Land Surveying or a related field. If you know of any jobs that Jeremy might be interested in please call him. We will be reading his profile next week in relief society which will have more information about his skills.

Updates

Sister Barker is now home.

Remember that the church is locked each night at 10:30 p.m.

Thanks to all those who helped with the funeral on Saturday.

To use church tables and chairs, contact:  Dallin Andrews 357-5780 

BYU-I has an approved program for higher learning.  They are offering an online only opportunity to get your bachelors degree for half the regular credit price.  A kickoff fireside will be held June 10th at the Idaho Falls Stake Center (by the temple) at 7:00 p.m.

June 13th at 7:00 p.m. at the Colonial Theatre, Dr. Robert Millet and Reverend Greg Johnson will discuss how they have maintained their friendship while exploring their doctrinal beliefs.  This even is free to the public.

Welcome!

Welcome new sisters McKay Barnes, Anne Lundquist, Brooke Lott, and Karen Gneiting.