Caning order for Oct 6th!

Canning Order for October 6, 2009

Non-Fat Milk ($5.30)
Regular Oats ($2.05)
Macaroni ($3.55)
Carrots ($7.10)
Apple Slices ($4.90)
Pinto Beans ($4.25)

**All phone and email orders for July must be place no later than 1:00pm Sep. 13th, 2009!

Future Canning Days: Nov. 3rd – Potato Flakes, Fruit Drink, Sugar, Black Beans, Rice, Quick Oats
Dec. 1st – White Beans, Refried Beans, Cocoa, Flour, Onions, Red Wheat
Jan. 5th – Non-Fat Milk, Regular Oats, Macaroni, Carrots, Apple Slices, Pinto Beans
(The above items are available every 3 months)

** Prepackaged Items are available at the Mesa Home Storage Center. These items do not have to be preordered and are sold by the case, 6 cans. Pinto Beans $25.50, Quick Oats $12.30, White Rice $21.60 and Red Wheat $15.60.

**Prices are effective as of June 20, 2009 and are subject to change without notice.

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Relief Society

Institute starts again for all sisters who are interested. It's going to be on Thursdays from 9:30-11:00 and they are going to study the Book of Mormon. Jane Halcomb sent the message for all of you to get ready to learn.

Also, if you are interested in the nursery, please let me know. I need to give that message to Sis. Huber.

I hope you were all able to get to Stake Conference. The adult meeting Saturday night taught us about provident living as well as going to the temple! Did you all catch the challenges made by Pres. Smith on Sunday? He reminded us about his challenge from the last Stake Conference to give out a Book of Mormon and said that if you haven't done it, to please work on it for this next 6 months. And also, a big challenge for us all to get totally out of CONSUMER debt within 24 months! What great advice from our Stake President who loves us all so much!

Mark your calendars for THIS SUNDAY 8/16 to come to the missionary fireside! It's at the Stake Center at 7:00 and I can tell you from experience that they are well worth the time. If you don't have someone to bring just come yourselves and be edified. The spirit is always so wonderful and it's a GREAT opportunity to bring a non-member.

It looks like we got the okay to have another ALL Relief Society lesson September 13th!! This means a break for all the young women's leaders and primary and nursery leaders!!! We love to have ALL of our sisters together every so often to be able to feel of the good sisterhood we have in this ward!

We will be having our visiting teaching interviews coming up on Saturday September 19th. There will be a sign up going around for each of you to sign up. Please take the time to come and let us know how things are going with your companions as well as those you teach. As a presidency we are VERY interested in how each of the sisters are doing, and that includes YOU!

Don't forget!

Our Ward Meeting times will be changing effective Sept 6th! We will begin at 12:30pm for Sacrament. Yay for sleeping in! Boo for afternoon naps!

Our Stake Conference is this weekend Aug.8th and 9th. There is a Priesthood Leadership meeting at 4pm on Sat. The Adult Session is 7pm on Sat.night and our ward's session is 12 noon. All sessions are at the Stake Center!

Primary

In the month of July we had two baptisms...Cassidy Lebaron and Cody Taylor. Congratulations! We are so happy for you and your decision to be baptized and follow in our Saviors footsteps.

We were sad to see Rachel Williams move this month but are excited to have our new secretary Sister Kaci Adair working with us in Primary and love her so much!

We had a primary activity in which we made Family home evening kits and had a great turn out for that. We hope that will be a help to all the kids so they will be able to start giving a few family nights of their own now.

We are working hard towards finishing memorizing the 13 Articles of Faith by the middle of September. Please be working on those at home with your children and listen to the primary cd which have all 13 of them on it.

We love working with the Glenview Children and feel of their sweet spirits each week!
The Primary Presidency

Our Missionaries!

Update on ELDER TYSON ANDERSEN!


July 30, 2009
Elder Tyson Anderson is having a great time as a missionary in the Toronto East Mission. The mission president's 23-year-old son has joined Tyson and his companion for the summer to make a three-some companionship. Tyson loves being a missionary, and he loves the area he's working in. Tyson and his companions had their first baptism last week: a 24-year-old young man named Elson whom they have been meeting with regularly since July 2nd. Elson has been in Canada only 8 months and had been taught the first discussion a couple of times prior, but this time he was ready. They are also teaching several other investigators.

Tyson and his companions only teach Mandarin, so he's having many new and fun experiences with the Asians. And Tyson absolutely LOVES Asian food. (That's good, because 3 of the elders in his apartment are Cantonese and do a lot of the cooking.) The mission president has asked the missionaries to work on a Christ-like attribute each month so that they can be better instruments in the Lord's hands (from Preach My Gospel, ch. 6). Tyson is excited to have goals to work on.

Elder Tyson Anderson
Canada Toronto East Mission
24 Ferrand Dr., Ste. 300
Don Mills, ON M3C 3V4
Canada

Postage is $.75 for a regular-sized envelope.

UPDATE ON ELDER GREG MALONE:

Things are going super well here in meadowbrook. I really lvoe it here. lots of people to teach which i will talk about all of them in just a minute.
transfers!..nothing! except that my son Elder Holley is going to be my new Zone Leader. talk about awesome. im really glad I got to see him before i die...as a missionary. not in real life.
Ok here are the main peoples:
-Kassi...she is a part member. She is really awesome. 16, she is going with the stake up to the Palmyra pageant this weekend so it will be a super big spiritual moment for her. im really excited. she keeps all of her commitments and loves meeting with us. just waiting for her glasses from NC so she can read.
-Sylvia...we are going to do service for her. When we taught her about the BOM, the spirit was really strong and she said she didnt need to pray about it to know that it was a true book. we had a hard time getting a hold of her which is nice because it taught me about dilligence and now we are cutting her grass which will soften her heart and almost gaurentee a church attendance or two. :)
-Hamza...a Muslim guy. he came to church and a baptism and said he will never go to another Christian church again unless its a Mormon church! he loved it. we are teaching about the Atonement today so it will be powerful and he will be baptized soon. he is soo close to a belief in Christ. he use to be an athiest. now he believes in God!
there is more but not enough time. Things are well. im happy and myself which is nice. Elder Burningham and I get along really well. The ward trusts us pretty good and the biking is getting easier. Thanks for all the packages and cards and letters and all the support too. its really awesome!
we should have a baptism by the end of this transfer, which just started, but we are praying for it, so it will happen.

hope all is well in AZ>
love
Elder Malone

If you'd like to read his letters home go to his blog at: http://missionarymemories.blogspot.com/
Elder Greg Malone
4839 Whetstone
Richmond, VA 23234

ELDER GARRETT GREEN:
From Dan: "Well, Garrett comes home on August 13th… yes, that is only 9 days away. He will be speaking in the Glenview Ward on August 23rd. He will start ASU on the 24th so will be living with is Grandparents who live on Florian Circle just off 24th Street and North of Southern." (Editor's Note to ward: maybe we can talk him into coming to our ward instead!)

UPDATE on ELDER KEVIN LUSSIER:












Elder Kevin Lussier is enjoying the work in Orlando, despite the heat and humidity and powerful lightning storms. He recently had a baptism and is teaching a few others. Finding people is challenging. I thought you may enjoy some of his tracting experiences.
Tracting Stories: We tracted for 10 hours on Saturday (I probably lost 5 pounds of sweat that day) and we had some crazy people. One guy told us to go away, and as we were walking away, he turned on his sprinklers. Really?! And then at the same time, a guy drove buy, honked, and flipped us off. The sprinklers shut off right when we left his property. What a weirdo. I enjoyed it though, because it was so hot. Another woman barely opened the door, stuck her MASSIVE dog out barking at us, pulled it back in and then slammed the door. Weird.

We tracted into a kicking party. No one really wanted to meet with us, but then this girl walked out with a beer in her hand. She ended up being very interested in the message. All of her friends were taunting her from inside and she shut the front door and kept talking to us. It was like a real life verison of the "Tree of Life" vision. She's awesome, but the zone leaders are going to teach her because they work for the single's ward.

June 11th was an interesting day. That was the day that I would've been home from Brazil. I kept myself motivated and got the work done.

I randomly picked up the October 2006 Ensign and read it the other day. We have tons of old Ensigns in our apartment. The magazine had Mitch Johnson's SLC Temple painting in it. That painting is now on the wall next to my desk. Tell Mitch about that will you?

Elder Kevin Lussier
Florida Orlando Mission
10502 Satellite Blvd, Suite E
Orlando, FL 32837

UPDATE ON ELDER NATHAN CARROLL


Elder Nathan Carroll is in the Dominican Republic at last! Nathan reported to the M.T.C. on July 1st in Provo ,Utah.His group was among the first to be dropped off at the curb instead of the large family group farewell in the M.T.C.(due to the swine flu containment) His mother found this to be less stressful.

Elder Carroll enjoyed his 3 weeks in Provo,but was looking forward to getting to the D.R. and not feeling very patient about it.He does however miss the chocolate milk immensely.

On July 22, he and about 30 other Elders and Sisters planned to fly from Utah to Texas,then from Texas to Puerto Rico and then Puerto Rico to the D.R. However there was a delay so Nathan's group stayed over night in Puerto Rico ,then flew to Florida the next day.The flight from Florida to the D.R.that afternoon finally ended the journey.

The M.T.C. in the Dominican Republic is on the top floor of the Domincan Republic Temple Visitor's Center. Nathan thinks living on the temple grounds is wonderful.He is learning quickly in his classes,which he loves. His letters reflect his love of the Lord and his enthusiasm for the gospel of Jesus Christ. He can't wait to finish his training and get on with the work of spreading the truth.

His Dominican Republic M.T.C. address is:

Elder Carroll
Dominican Republic
Centro Capacitation Misional
AV Bolivar 825
Santo Domingo,Dominican Republic

However writting a letter from Dear Elder.com is easier.It is a very user friendly site.

UPDATE ON SISTER CATEY STROUD:


Sister Stroud left for her first area last Thursday, July 30, 2009. She first went to the Mission Home to meet her Mission President, President Sonne and her trainer. Her trainer is Sister Kalolo from Samoa. Because Sister Kalolo doesn't drive, Catey will do all the driving. Her first area is in Salt Lake. We found out that she will not be serving in Wyoming or Nevada. They only send the Elders there. Last week she worked at the Oquirrh Mountain Temple Open House for two days. She also was able to attend a baptism and is teaching a man named David who was a referral. According to Catey he is "Golden." She has already had a great experience teaching a women named Corie. The following is in Catey's words: "She (Corie) has a three year-old son, who is just as cute as can be. We taught her about having hope, and pressing forward with faith. I know the Holy Ghost was with me, and that He was the one teaching her. It was a really awesome experience. She wants to be baptized and is praying about August 23rd!"

Sister Stroud lives in the basement of a Muslim couples home which is very spacious. Even though they could each have their own room, according to mission rules they have to share a room. One interest of note is that Catey's Mission President informed her that her hair has to be cut even shorter. Before her mission she had 5" cut off. She said she didn't mind though as she loves to be pampered with a haircut.

Please keep Catey in your prayers and if you can write to her. She may not always be able to write back, but she would love to hear from you. Her new address is:

Utah Salt Lake City Mission
West Entrance
3487 South 1300 East
Salt Lake City, UT 84106-2951

If you would like to read her blog she is at http://sistercateystroud.blogspot.com/



**Let’s remember our Missionaries during the month! They would love to receive news and encouragement from the Ward! What a great FHE Activity for the whole family! **

Glenview Ward Canning Info -

Canning Order for September 1, 2009

White Beans ($4.60)
Refried Beans ($3.75)
Cocoa ($6.05)
Flour ($3.15)
Onions ($6.80)
Red Wheat ($2.60)

**All phone and email orders for Sep. must be place no later than 1:00pm Aug. 9th, 2009.

Future Canning Days: Oct. 6th – Non-Fat Milk, Regular Oats, Macaroni, Carrots, Apple Slices, Pinto Beans
Nov. 3rd – Potato Flakes, Fruit Drink, Sugar, Black Beans, Rice, Quick Oats
Dec. 1st – White Beans, Refried Beans, Cocoa, Flour, Onions, Red Wheat
(The above items are available every 3 months)

** Prepackaged Items are available at the Mesa Home Storage Center. These items do not have to be preordered and are sold by the case, 6 cans. Pinto Beans $25.50, Quick Oats $12.30, White Rice $21.60 and Red Wheat $15.60.

**Prices are effective as of June 20, 2009 and are subject to change without notice.

Young Women - Aug. 2009

Young Women News-

We want to give a HUGE welcome to Jordan McNeil who will join us in Young Women's this month!!!

August "Happy Birthday" to-
1st- Madeline Baser (our newest Mia Maid!)
2nd- Jasmin Browder
15th- Jordan McNeil (our newest Beehive!)
26th- Brenda Andrew ("Sweet 16" & our newest Laurel!)
31st- Meagan Howell

Baptisms for the Dead- Weds., Aug. 19th @ 5:00am. This will be our Mutual Activity!

Important Reminder!!! All Young Women should be working on their "PROJECT" that they will be displaying at our "Young Women in Excellence Night"
on Weds., Oct. 21st.
Parents are also invited to "Young Women in Excellence", so please mark your calendars

Relief Society

We'd like to extend a warm welcome to Mikki Lantz and Kaci Adair who are new to our ward! We hope you come to love this ward like the rest of us do!

Welcome to all the recently graduated seniors, Ashlee Nicholl, Olivia Baser, Juliet Petersen and Rozlyn Kirwin. It feels different now, but you will come to love R.S.! We're just a bunch of older Young Women!!

CANNERY CANNING CANS & CAN'TS:

Dear Glenview Ward Members,

We will now be handling Cannery orders and information primarily via the internet. Order information for the Cannery will be sent to everyone in the ward by email. It will also be posted on the ward website, ward blogletter, ward bulletin, and posted on the kitchen door on Sundays.

We will be utilizing the Relief Society and Elders quorum email lists to distribute Cannery information. If you are not already on the list or have not been receiving your leaders emails please contact them to add your email address to their list so you will get the cannery information. If you would like to be included on a Cannery-Only email list please contact Gretta Hansen (contact info below) or sign up on the sheet provided on the kitchen door each Sunday.

Please find cannery items available for July and this months cannery information listed bellow.

Orders can be placed one of three ways:
1. Email – Email orders can be sent to gvcanning@gmail.com. Please take note: all email orders must be placed by 1:00pm of the date included on the order announcements each month!
2. Hard Copy – find the hard copy posted on the kitchen door, usually only the first two Sundays of each month. It will only be posted on Sundays and it is usually only available the first two weeks each month
3. Phone - Phone orders can be placed by calling the Ward Canning Specialist (Gretta Hansen at 480-296-5426). Please take note: all phone orders must be placed by 1:00pm of the date included on the order announcements each month!

Please contact the Ward Canning Specialist (Gretta Hansen) with any questions or concerns you may have. Also if you are having a hard time making it to our ward/stake canning day, please contact the Ward Canning Specialist or the Bishop we may have a solution for your situation.

Best,

Gretta Hansen
480-296-5426
gvcanning@gmail.com.


Canning Order for July 7, 2009

Non-Fat Milk ($7.60)
Regular Oats ($2.60)
Macaroni ($4.00)
Carrots ($7.45)
Apple Slices ($6.95)
Pinto Beans ($5.05)

**All phone and email orders for July must be place no later than 1:00pm June 14th, 2009!

Future Canning Days: Aug. 4th – Potato Flakes, Fruit Drink, Sugar, Black Beans, Rice, Quick Oats
Sep. 1st – White Beans, Refried Beans, Cocoa, Flour, Onions, White Wheat
Oct. 6th – Non-Fat Milk, Regular Oats, Macaroni, Carrots, Apple Slices, Pinto Beans
(The above items are available every 3 months)

** Prepackaged Items are available at the Mesa Home Storage Center. These items do not have to be preordered and are sold by the case, 6 cans. Pinto Beans $34.85, Quick Oats $17.60, White Rice $28.30 and Red Wheat $20.40.

**Prices are effective as of February 2, 2009 and are subject to change without notice.

Our Missionaries!

Update on ELDER TYSON ANDERSEN!


July 30, 2009
Elder Tyson Anderson is having a great time as a missionary in the Toronto East Mission. The mission president's 23-year-old son has joined Tyson and his companion for the summer to make a three-some companionship. Tyson loves being a missionary, and he loves the area he's working in. Tyson and his companions had their first baptism last week: a 24-year-old young man named Elson whom they have been meeting with regularly since July 2nd. Elson has been in Canada only 8 months and had been taught the first discussion a couple of times prior, but this time he was ready. They are also teaching several other investigators.

Tyson and his companions only teach Mandarin, so he's having many new and fun experiences with the Asians. And Tyson absolutely LOVES Asian food. (That's good, because 3 of the elders in his apartment are Cantonese and do a lot of the cooking.) The mission president has asked the missionaries to work on a Christ-like attribute each month so that they can be better instruments in the Lord's hands (from Preach My Gospel, ch. 6). Tyson is excited to have goals to work on.

Elder Tyson Anderson
Canada Toronto East Mission
24 Ferrand Dr., Ste. 300
Don Mills, ON M3C 3V4
Canada

Postage is $.75 for a regular-sized envelope.

UPDATE ON ELDER GREG MALONE:

Things are going super well here in meadowbrook. I really lvoe it here. lots of people to teach which i will talk about all of them in just a minute.
transfers!..nothing! except that my son Elder Holley is going to be my new Zone Leader. talk about awesome. im really glad I got to see him before i die...as a missionary. not in real life.
Ok here are the main peoples:
-Kassi...she is a part member. She is really awesome. 16, she is going with the stake up to the Palmyra pageant this weekend so it will be a super big spiritual moment for her. im really excited. she keeps all of her commitments and loves meeting with us. just waiting for her glasses from NC so she can read.
-Sylvia...we are going to do service for her. When we taught her about the BOM, the spirit was really strong and she said she didnt need to pray about it to know that it was a true book. we had a hard time getting a hold of her which is nice because it taught me about dilligence and now we are cutting her grass which will soften her heart and almost gaurentee a church attendance or two. :)
-Hamza...a Muslim guy. he came to church and a baptism and said he will never go to another Christian church again unless its a Mormon church! he loved it. we are teaching about the Atonement today so it will be powerful and he will be baptized soon. he is soo close to a belief in Christ. he use to be an athiest. now he believes in God!
there is more but not enough time. Things are well. im happy and myself which is nice. Elder Burningham and I get along really well. The ward trusts us pretty good and the biking is getting easier. Thanks for all the packages and cards and letters and all the support too. its really awesome!
we should have a baptism by the end of this transfer, which just started, but we are praying for it, so it will happen.

hope all is well in AZ>
love
Elder Malone

If you'd like to read his letters home go to his blog at: http://missionarymemories.blogspot.com/
Elder Greg Malone
4839 Whetstone
Richmond, VA 23234

ELDER GARRETT GREEN:
From Dan: "Well, Garrett comes home on August 13th… yes, that is only 9 days away. He will be speaking in the Glenview Ward on August 23rd. He will start ASU on the 24th so will be living with is Grandparents who live on Florian Circle just off 24th Street and North of Southern." (Editor's Note to ward: maybe we can talk him into coming to our ward instead!)

UPDATE on ELDER KEVIN LUSSIER:


Elder Kevin Lussier is enjoying the work in Orlando, despite the heat and humidity and powerful lightning storms. He recently had a baptism and is teaching a few others. Finding people is challenging. I thought you may enjoy some of his tracting experiences.
Tracting Stories: We tracted for 10 hours on Saturday (I probably lost 5 pounds of sweat that day) and we had some crazy people. One guy told us to go away, and as we were walking away, he turned on his sprinklers. Really?! And then at the same time, a guy drove buy, honked, and flipped us off. The sprinklers shut off right when we left his property. What a weirdo. I enjoyed it though, because it was so hot. Another woman barely opened the door, stuck her MASSIVE dog out barking at us, pulled it back in and then slammed the door. Weird.

We tracted into a kicking party. No one really wanted to meet with us, but then this girl walked out with a beer in her hand. She ended up being very interested in the message. All of her friends were taunting her from inside and she shut the front door and kept talking to us. It was like a real life verison of the "Tree of Life" vision. She's awesome, but the zone leaders are going to teach her because they work for the single's ward.

June 11th was an interesting day. That was the day that I would've been home from Brazil. I kept myself motivated and got the work done.

I randomly picked up the October 2006 Ensign and read it the other day. We have tons of old Ensigns in our apartment. The magazine had Mitch Johnson's SLC Temple painting in it. That painting is now on the wall next to my desk. Tell Mitch about that will you?

Elder Kevin Lussier
Florida Orlando Mission
10502 Satellite Blvd, Suite E
Orlando, FL 32837

**Let’s remember our Missionaries during the month! They would love to receive news and encouragement from the Ward! What a great FHE Activity for the whole family! **

Glenview Wards "Didja know?:

Brad Bishop leaves Sept. 2 for the Jackson, Mississippi mission , Spanish speaking. Way to go Brad! Make sure you have Baptists at your bar-b-que!!! Congrats on your Duty to God award as well!

Caty Stroud received her mission call to the Utah Salt Lake Mission. She leaves on July 8th for the MTC. Congrats Caty, you will be AWESOME!!

Nathan Carroll is reporting July 22 to the MTC to serve his mission in the Dominican Republic.

Both Caty and Nathan will be speaking in church on Sun. June 28. All these missionaries leaving! We're so excited for you all! But we do have Elder Garrett Green coming home in Aug. and Elder Greg Malone in Oct., but we are still on the plus side for missionaries out!

Ward Temple Night is Thurs. June 18 at 6pm. Social afterwards at the Bishops house. Even if you go to an earlier session or didn't make it at all, come socialize!

Glenview Ward and Southern Estates are having a 2 ward Pool Party Fri. June 19 from 5-9pm at Brimhall Jr. High Aquatic Center. Come swim, eat, visit and meet our churchmates in our building! Prepare for water contests, games and food! Bring your own chairs.

Primary Quarterly Activity - On July 18, 2009 we will be having a Bike Parade. So get yours all decorated up!

Remember our ward Mission letters we all received? How is your goal coming? Let's give our non-member brothers and sisters the opportunity to enjoy what we have and know!

Primary News!

We have some exciting news from our CTR 8 class. Macy Hill was baptized on May 30th. It was very special for all involved. Cody Taylor and Cassidy Lebaron are planning to be baptized near the end of July. We are so excited for them and their decision to enter the waters of baptism.

We are gearing up for our summer quarterly activity. Get set for a bike parade in our church parking lot. Mark your calendars for July 18th from 10:00 to 11:30am. Attention Primary teachers: our Teacher In-service Meeting will be held just preceding the quarterly activity at 9am.

We have made some great progress in memorizing the Articles of Faith. Our sticker chart is looking really nice and filling up fast. Remember to pass off any articles to your teacher or a member of the Primary Presidency. Singing it counts!!! We have until September 12th to meet our goal (memorize all 13) and enjoy our Articles of Faith ice-cream party. That’s 13 weeks away! Using the CD (the one we passed out at Christmas) and singing along can make it fun and easy. It’s a great F.H.E. activity too.

We love our Primary children and teachers. Thank you for bringing the spirit into the room with you on Sunday and helping our Primary to be reverent. 

Young Women!

We will greatly miss Rochele Bigler who recently moved out of the ward. Her family bought a home in Lyn Rae Ward, so they are still close by and enjoying their new home VERY much!

Welcome to a new Beehive who recently started attending our Young Womens... Megan Kientiz... we look forward to getting to know her better!

Congratulations to our "Mesa High School Graduating Laurels", (who have now moved on to Relief Society), Olivia Baser, Rozlyn Kirwin, Ashlee Nicoll & Juliet Petersen!!! We truly miss having you in Young Womens!

Happy Birthday to Jeanette Lussier- June 14th & Kayla Malone June 25th.
and to our July Birthdays- Autumn Forseth on 2nd & Melissa Pollard on the 17th.

Summer is a great time to work on your PERSONAL PROGRESS!!!
Please remember to work on your "Value Goal" for "Young Women in Excellence",
which will be on Oct. 21, 2009.

Last, but certainly not least... A huge "Thank You" to everyone who worked so hard to make Girls Camp such a great success! We love and appreciate you!

Young Men/ Women Auction!

Young Men/Young Women Fundraiser to help the Young Women & Young Men earn money to help with camp expenses is May 2nd. We need the youth who will be going to camp to turn in what service they would like to do for the Service Auction.
Questions? Contact- Jennifer Bergeson @ 615-9120.
It will be Saturday May 2nd 8-10 am.
Breakfast, silent auction, and car wash by donation only.
We hope that you'll come enjoy a fun neighborhood get-together
and support our youth for their summer activities.
Your neighbors are welcome.
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Daddy-Daughter "Hoe Down" is Weds., April 22nd, 7pm at the church. ALL Young Women and their Dads/Favorite Stand-in Dads are invited for Dinner & Fun!
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Bishop's Youth Discussion is Apr. 26th at 6:30pm for 14 and up.
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Senior Night is Weds., May 13th @ the church. There will be a dinner and program for all Laurels & Priests. Parents of the Seniors are also invited to attend.
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Girls Camp is coming soon! Weds., May 27- Sat., May 30th! We will have a camp meeting on Weds., April 29th @ the church

Primary News!

Congratulations Primary Children. We’ve finally met our scripture reading goal! We’ve collectively read enough days to fill up our temple picture so, now it’s time to get ready for our quarterly activity at the temple. On April 18th at 10 am we will meet in front of the Visitor’s Center. If any parents would like to join us, we’d love to have you. We also welcome any visitors that the Primary children would like to bring to the temple grounds. Our activity should end by 11:30 am and the children will be waiting by the Visitor’s Center entrance.

The March issue of the Friend has a good idea for encouraging appropriate Sunday activities. These “Sunday Stations” offer some fun and enriching activities for the whole family. They can be adapted to your family’s preferences, and would provide an easy way to practice the Articles of Faith or to work on the Faith in God program.

We encourage each family to play the primary CD often. Play it at home, in the car, or during family night and sing along! We love to hear our Primary children sing, especially during the sacrament program, but it does take a lot of practice. Also, all of the Articles of Faith are on the CD as well. We found that the songs really help many of the children memorize them. Even our sweet little sunbeams have passed off a number of them. We are working on articles 7 and 8 in April. Come and pass off any that you have memorized with either your primary teacher (during class) or with any member of the primary presidency (after closing exercises). We will give you a star sticker to put on the chart to mark each one.

Activity Days for girls will be held on April 8th. They will have a fashion focus. There will be just the one activity in April.

Ward Activity!

April in the Park!
Come enjoy spring with your family and friends at the retention basin at the intersection of Diamond and Glenview Roads.
There will be a taco bar, s’mores,
cartoons and good times!
At 6 pm, Friday April 10th.
Be there, it’s in the air!

Primary News!

Our 8 is Great activity went really well. We are so excited for our CTR 8s who get to be baptized and begin the Faith in God program this year. Thank you to everyone who participated in the program that evening.
We have only one line left to complete our temple picture. Great job reading scriptures as families! Keep it up. Our temple trip is just around the corner.
Article of Faith #6 is the focus this month, so remember to practice numbers 1 through 5 at home and pass them off on Sunday after Primary. The songs to all of the Articles of Faith are on the Primary CD we gave out at Christmas time.

Relief Society Birthdays!

March:
1st: Jenn Payne
2nd: Gretta Hanson
3rd: Christie Hatch
9th: Sharla Taylor
10th: Kristina Merkley
13th: Joyce Rudd
25th: Carren Mattix

We hope you all have a lovely day!

Young Women!

We are excited and happy to welcome our NEW Young Women's President, Julie Spilsbury!
The New Young Women Presidency is Julie Spilsbury (Pres), Jenna Brown (1st Coun.), Sharla Taylor (2nd Coun.)& Karen Nicoll (Secretary).

A HUGE "Thank You" to Jennifer Bergeson who served as Young Women's President and Linda Boss as 1st Counselor! We appreciate all they did for the Young Women.... they are loved & missed!

Welcome to our newest "Beehive"- Emily Adams! We are very excited to have her in Young Womens with us!

"New Beginnings" we "Spot-lighted" our 3 newest Young Women, Meagan Howell, Autumn Forseth and Jasmin Browder... it was so much fun getting to know them better!
We appreciate EVERYONE for coming to "New Beginnings" and we hope that it helped get all the GIRLS & PARENTS motivated to keep working on your Personal Progress goals!
Do you know where your Personal Progress Book is??? We sure hope you do!!!

February was Stake Sports Month! We appreciate all the girls who came and participated!

The Beehives and Mia Maids played softball and the Laurels & Priests played co-ed Volleyball.




GIRLS CAMP is quickly approaching! We appreciate Joleen Andrew for accepting the call to be our Ward Camp Director this year! Camp is May 27-30, (a day earlier for YCL's and Jr Staff) and the cost is $55.00. We hope the girls will try to earn their own money! Money is due Mar. 18th. Contact Joleen Andrew if you have questions, 655-8072.

Young Women General Broadcast on Sat., Mar. 28th, 4:30pm at the Stake Center. ALL Young Women and their mothers are invited. Sunday Dress. We will be having a dinner afterwards (for the girls & moms) in the Relief Society Room at our ward building. This will count as our Mutual Activity for that week, so please remember that there is NO MUTUAL for the Young Women on Weds., March 25th!

We are planning to start sending out e-mail reminders to the parents of our Young Women to help keep you well informed with all that is happening in Young Womens.

A note to our Laurel girls- March 11th we will be learning how to make Cinnamon Rolls and on March18th we will learn about self defense with the Priests.

Bishopric Message March 2009

Having just recently read through the Book of Alma I was struck with some of the teaching that are found in Alma concerning prayer. As I reflected on the times we are living in, I realize once again how the scriptures truly to speak to us in our day. I love the counsel that Amulek gives to the Zoramites in Alma 34, Amulek is teaching them the basic principles of the gospel, faith in Jesus Christ, repentance, prayer and the importance of good works. In Alma 34: 17-27 his teachings concerning prayer give me great comfort as well as an admonition in verse 27 to pray for “our own welfare as well as the welfare of those who are around us”. I know today that there are those who are around us that are in dire need of not only our prayers for their welfare, but also our good works in their behalf.

Another great lesson in prayer for me can be found just a few chapters later in Alma 37:36-37, here Alma is teaching his son Helaman concerning prayer:

36 Yea, and cry unto God for all thy support; yea, let all thy doings be unto the Lord, and whithersoever thou goest let it be in the Lord; yea, let all thy thoughts be directed unto the Lord; yea, let the affections of thy heart be placed upon the Lord forever.
37 Counsel with the Lord in all thy doings, and he will direct thee for good; yea, when thou liest down at night lie down unto the Lord, that he may watch over you in your sleep; and when thou risest in the morning let thy heart be full of thanks unto God; and if ye do these things, ye shall be lifted up at the last day.

I appreciate the admonition Alma gives to Counsel with the Lord in all thy doings another way to look at it is...to seek advice from the Lord in all our doings. The Bible Dictionary tells us that “As soon as we learn the true relationship in which we stand toward God (namely, God is our Father, and we are his children), then at once prayer becomes natural and instinctive on our part (Matt. 7: 7-11). Many of the so-called difficulties about prayer arise from forgetting this relationship. Prayer is the act by which the will of the Father and the will of the child are brought into correspondence with each other. The object of prayer is not to change the will of God, but to secure for ourselves and for others blessings that God is already willing to grant, but that are made conditional on our asking for them. Blessings require some work or effort on our part before we can obtain them. Prayer is a form of work, and is an appointed means for obtaining the highest of all blessings.”

What a wonderful gift our Heavenly Father has given his children, the opportunity to come to him in prayer, seeking his counsel, seeking his blessings for us, our families, and those who are around us. The key according to the Bible Dictionary is to align our will with the will of God. Prayer is the opportunity that we have daily to seek the Gods comfort in our lives.

Just like the words in Hymn #140:

“Oh how praying rests the weary! Prayer will change the night to day. So, when life gets dark and dreary, Don’t forget to pray.

Brother Kerry Johnson

Ward Activity!

Ward Lucky Valentines Party! For Adults only on Fri. Feb 13, 2009 at the Ward bldg. At 6pm with dinner and and activities for Ward members and friends 18 yrs. and older. Please sign up ahead so we can have an accurate count of those attending. Wear nice casual cothes and bring a wedding engagement or date photo of you and your sweetheart or old flame. Feel the Love!!!

News from the Relief Society!

"COME WHAT MAY AND LOVE IT"...RS Theme for 2009
For those of you who were not in RS last Sunday for our ALL RS lesson, we talked about the Theme for the Glenview Relief Society for 2009. It's from the talk by Elder Wirthlin "Come What May & Love It" If you haven't read it, PLEASE do! There are 4 principles that will help you cope with the future, and to stay strong enough to face what ever comes. Just remember we are all sisters in this Glenview Family and we need to work together to lift and build each other!!!

Elder Wirthlin said "The Lord Jesus Christ is our partner, helper and advocate. He wants us to be happy. He wants us to be successful. IF WE DO OUR PART, he will step in." Our part is to watch out for the needs of each other. Visiting teaching is such a perfect way to take care of the needs of each of our sisters. Thank you for your diligence and make sure in this Valentine month of love, that we show forth our love to the sisters we visit! if you are a visiting teacher and didn't get your hand out last week, I will have them out again this Sunday!

PRIMARY - My Eternal Family

Our first quarterly activity (Meet-the-Teacher) went very well. Our terrific Primary teachers ran through the hands of their screaming fans (primary children) as we read their stats and got to know them a little better. It was a fun morning for all involved.

“8 is Great” will be held on Sunday Feb 15 at 6:30 in our building. All Primary children turning 8 this year are invited to attend with their parents.

Families, keep reading your scriptures and turning in your bookmarks, so we can be ready for our trip to the Temple on April 18. We are getting so close to our goal!

We’ve been working hard on memorizing the Articles of Faith and doing a great job. # 5 is our current focus, so if you haven’t passed off the first 4, please keep practicing them with your family. Members of the Primary presidency are available each Sunday after closing exercises to hear your memorized articles of faith.

News from the Young Women!

On Jan. 28, 2009 we had "New Beginnings" for all the Young Women and their parents. We spotlighted the "New" Young Women and encouraged the girls and their parents to work together on Personal Progress goals. It was a fun evening and we appreciate everyone coming!

During the entire month of February our Mutual Nights will be Stake Sports Activities. The Mia Maids & Beehives will play softball and the Laurels will play volleyball with the Priests.

News from the Cub Scouts!

The Cub Scouts of Glenview and Lyn Rae Wards enjoyed a
'Games' night at their January pack meeting. The games ranged
from paper airplane contests to basketball and clothespin
relays. Cub master Tim Hill did a great job of running the show
and making it a fun evening for the boys and their families.

February 10th is the annual Blue and Gold Banquet, starting
at 6:00 PM at the Glenview Building. It will have an All
American theme and menu. The cubs will not want to miss it,
because the car kits for the Pinewood Derby on March 10th
will be passed out.

Sabrina Taylor, Andrea Nelson and Joe Hatch are dedicated
den leaders. (Sister Nelson has been doing double duty since
being put in the Primary Presidency, and will soon have a re-
placement as Den Leader). We appreciate the time and care
they put into their callings. We thank you!