Shelley First Updates: February 2016

Monday, February 29, 2016

Calendar of Dates for March

Here are a few dates for the month of March to get on your calendars.

March 1st - Cokeville Miracle Fireside. This if for the youth
                but everyone is invited. Our youth are encouraged
                 to go with their parents. It is at 7 p.m. at the Stake
                 house.

March 2nd - Teacher in-service meeting at 7p.m. at the Stake
                     Center.

March 17th - Relief Society Weekday Meeting. This is our
                   birthday party for Relief Society. The young
                   women are also invited.

March 20th -Bishop's Fireside for the youth. This will be held
                   at the Bishop's house at 7 p.m.

March 26th - General Women's meeting for all girls and
                   women 8yrs old and up.

March 27th -Easter - come to church and listen to a
                    wonderful Sacrament meeting celebrating our
                     Savior.

Young Women - Basketball

Parents this is to let you know that Basketball practice for our ward's young women's basketball team has been changed to Saturday at 9 a.m. Brother Dooley is coaching so you can call him if you have any questions. The games will be on Tuesday nights before mutual.

Teacher Class

The Stake is holding a teacher in-service meeting for all teachers on the 1st Wednesday of the month. So for March it will be Wednesday, March 2nd at 7 p.m.at the Stake Center. This should be a good meeting to help us become better teachers. If you can make it this week fabulous, if not because of the short notice please plan to attend in April.

Happy Birthday This Week!

Happy Birthday this week to these awesome ward members!

Van Landon - 1st
Chuck Higham - 2nd
Parker Timm - 2nd
Alicz Challis - 3rd
Ilene Challis - 5th
Lisa Chapple - 5th
LeNea Hansen - 6th

Monday, February 22, 2016

Reminder

Just a reminder that the finance class starts this week. Please see last weeks post if you are interested.

Happy Birthday

Happy Birthday this week to these fabulous members of the ward!

Indiya Dye - 22nd
Christine Lundquist - 22nd
James Walker - 22nd
Ashlyn Anderson - 23rd
Robert Johnson - 23rd
Michael Moad - 25th
Amanda Brown - 26th
Natalie Tolman - 28th

Monday, February 15, 2016

Adult Party

Just a reminder that the Ward Adult Party is this Thursday at 6:30 p.m. The dress is nice casual and a nursery will be provided. We will be having dinner and a short program. Parents ask your youth if they have been asked to help. If they have they need to be there at 5:45 and we will feed them before they help us out. Come have a wonderful evening with the ward family!

Ward Temple Trip

This is the last call for anyone wanting to go on the temple trip this coming Saturday, Feb 20th, the the Salt Lake Temple. The cost is $15 per person which you will need to bring with you that morning. You will also need to bring money for food or bring food with you. The bus is leaving at 6 a.m. so please be there a few minutes before. This is a wonderful opportunity especially for our youth. If parents can not go the youth are still invited. Please contact Brother Evans 520-6463.

Stake Fireside

Just a reminder: We are having a Stake R.S. Activity this next Saturday Feb. 20th, @ 6:30 P.M. It is at the Stake Center, In the chapel, so Sunday dress! Sister Chris Nelson (Mission President's Councilor's wife- who was at our last activity) has consented to come speak to us! The Laurel's are invited! We feel they would be uplifted and interested in the subject matter as much as the R.S. Sisters will be!

Her topic should be interesting to All Women- emotions, coping skills, for change, stress, depression, and helping those around us who are struggling with addictions, Habits, Hang-ups, or hurts, including ourselves!
Afterwards we will have a chocolate fountain with dipping goodies, fruit- and time to socialize!!! When do we get time to do that? I know it's a busy weekend....with lots of choices, But we Hope to see some of you there.

Elder Hanie said at the last conference "I testify that the Savior will never turn away from us when we humbly seek Him .... [He] will never say, "Oh no, not you again; ...He understands ... sorrow, shame, and frustration... [He] has the power to lift burdens and replace them with hope. It can lead to a mighty change of heart that results in our having "no more disposition to do evil, but to do good continually."' I hope this activity gives you insight, lifts your burdens, fills your soul, and does all that for you!

Stake Relief Society

Stake Finance Class

The Stake has asked us to get the word out about a finance class that will be starting soon. This class is open to members and nonmembers.

Please plan to attend the upcoming Family Finance Workshop! This is a 5 class course, beginning on Wednesday, February 24, 2016 at 7:00 pm and continuing each subsequent Wednesday for five weeks. Each class will be one hour long and held in the Shelley Seminary building. The principles covered will include:

1) Spending is Emotional

2) When You Track Your Money, You Control It

3) Savings is Actually "Delayed" Spending

4) Power Down Your Debt to Power Up Your Future

Need a Manual?

If you would like a Howard W. Hunter lesson manual please contact Sister Cook, Brother Evans, or Brother Dye. There are still a few left.

Happy Birthday!

Happy Birthday this week to these marvelous ward members!

Tracey Barnes - 15th
Allison Joslin - 15th
Tyson Carnahan - 16th
Rachel Reading - 16th
Addilyn Barney - 17th
Kade Nelson - 18th
John Park - 18th
Wayne Raymond - 19th
Lisa Dye - 20th
Tyson Fackrell - 21st

Wednesday, February 10, 2016

Happy birthday

Happy birthday to these great members of our ward:

8- Tyler Morris
11- Don Martin
12- Waldo Hamilton

Monday, February 1, 2016

Service Opportunity

The Church has a new initiative for service. They have created a website that lets members and
nonmembers alike see what service opportunities are available in our area. The website is www.justserve.org Go to the website, and enter our zip code to see what is available in our area. If you are interested click on the event to learn more about it and for the opportunity to volunteer to help. Check it out and register now to serve in our community!

Relief Society Presidency Message

Brian came home from primary at the beginning of January and shook his head in wonder as he explained to me a problem he had in his new class. His problem; everyone wanted to give the prayers and were sad when they couldn’t. He had gone from teaching the 10 and 11 yr olds where they would reluctantly pray when he asked to having too many volunteers. This lead me to ask the question; “What changes in us that makes us not want to pray as we get older?” What do these sweet 6 and 7 year olds know that we have forgotten?

As I was pondering this I came across a scripture during my scripture study that I think hit the nail on the head. It is 2 Nephi 32: 8-9

“And now my beloved brethren, I perceive that ye ponder still in your hearts; and it grieveth me that I must speak concerning this thing. For if ye would hearken unto the Spirit which teacheth a man to pray ye would know that ye must pray; for the evil spirit teacheth not a man to pray, but teacheth him that he must not pray.

But behold I say unto you that ye must pray always, and not faint; that ye must not perform any thing unto the Lord save in the first place ye shall pray unto the Father in the name of Christ, that he will consecrate thy performance unto thee, that thy performance may be for the welfare of thy soul.”

Satan knows better than we do, that prayer is powerful and we need prayer to bring the Spirit, which will help us in whatever we are doing. I believe Satan has perfected a lie that we tend to listen to. He doesn’t want us to pray so he makes us feel embarrassed and convinces us that we can’t pray in a group setting because we can’t pray as well as so and so, or that we don’t like to speak in front of people so we will mess up. Sisters, prayers are not sermons and we shouldn’t worry what others think of our prayers. In fact, I’ll let you in on a secret, when you say a prayer no one is judging you or giving you a score on what you say or didn’t say.

Sisters when we are asked to pray in public whether it is at our Sunday meetings, or some other event, we should jump at the chance to say a simple heartfelt prayer. We will get blessings and it will help consecrate that prayer to the “welfare of our souls.” Let us remember that we are to become as a little child and that includes our prayers and our attitudes when we are asked to pray. Don’t believe Satan’s lies. Your Heavenly Father wants to hear from you.

Love, Sister Rayanne Cook

Calandar Reminder

Please look at the list of upcoming events listed on the post for last week. There is a lot coming up in the month.

Stake Conference

Just a reminder that we have Stake Conference this coming Saturday and Sunday. Saturday evening at 7 p.m. is the adult meeting and Sunday at 10:00 a.m. is the general session. The general session on Sunday will be broadcast to our building if you want to view it there.

Temple Work

If you are finding family names and taking them to the temple or taking family names to the temple which some one else found please let Brother Rick Evans know.