Spotlight Sister

Our spotlight sister this week is Kim Adamson. Kim has grown up in the Salt Lake area. She has two older brothers and a younger sister. Her favorite color is Robin's Egg Blue and she loves to eat lobster.

Kim has many hobbies which include pottery, fusing glass, metal, clay, and making jewelry. For work she is a Medical Microbiologist. Something you may not know about her is while in college, she won several first place state trophies in Karate. Someday she would like to travel all over Europe.

She has held many callings in Relief Society and Young Women's. Her favorite is being on the Relief Society Meeting committee, which is her calling now.

Visiting Teaching Reminder

Just a reminder to get your Visiting Teaching done! How are your sisters doing? Kind of a funny cartoon that shows how much technology is part of our lives.

Book Club Reminder

Just a reminder: Book Club tomorrow at Sister Olpin's house. 7:00 p.m. Come join us for a fun night out!

Sunday Happenings

Today our lesson was taught by Sister Smith, it was taken from Bishop H. David Burton's Oct 2009 Conference talk entitled: "Let Virtue Garnish Your Thoughts".

Bishop Burton starts his talk by quoting D&C 121:45, "Let virtue garnish they thoughts unceasingly; then shall thy confidence wax strong in the presence of God".

There are many virtuous traits we should make apart of our lives that end with the letters ity: this suffix means quality, state, or degree of being. Some of these virtues include: "integrity, humility, civility, fidelity, and the list goes on and on. Bishop Burton refers to these virtues ending in ity as the "ity" virtues."

We can see the lack of these virtues everywhere we look in the world. What can we do to lift ourselves above the world, and make sure we embrace these "ity" virtues? Bishop Burton states, "We need to stand tall and be firmly fixed in perpetuating Christlike virtues, even the "ity" virtues, in our everyday lives. Teaching virtuous traits begins in the home with parents who care and set the example. A good parental example encourages emulation; a poor example gives license to the children to disregard the parents' teachings and even expand the poor example. A hypocritical example destroys credibility."

"President James E. Faust suggested that integrity is the mother of many virtues. He noted that integrity can be defined "as a firm adherence to a code of moral values." It is difficult for a person to display virtuous traits if he or she lacks integrity."

Bishop Burton ends by saying, "I testify and declare that our Heavenly Father expects His children to exercise integrity, civility, fidelity, charity, generosity, morality, and all the "ity" virtues. May we have the humility to take the opportunity to act upon our responsibility to demonstrate our ability to do so, I pray in the sacred name of Jesus Christ, amen."

Which of the "ity" virtues could be worked on this week to bring you closer to the Savior?

Quote of the Week

"Ones life....cannot be both faith-filled and stress-free... "Therefore, how can you and I really expect to glide naively through life, as if to say, 'Lord give me experience, but not grief, not sorrow, not pain, not opposition, not betrayal, and certainly not to be forsaken. Keep from me, Lord, all those experiences which made Thee what Thou art! Then let me come and dwell with Thee and fully share Thy joy!" "Real faith.... is required to endure this necessary but painful development process." (Elder Neal A. Maxwell, Ensign May 1991, 88)

Sunday Happenings

Today was Ward Conference. Our lesson was taught by Sister Corrigan our Stake Relief Society President. Her lesson was taken from President Monsen's Nov. 2009 talk entitled "What Have I Done for Someone Today?"

"A few years ago I read an article written by Jack McConnell, MD. He grew up in the hills of southwest Virginia in the United States as one of seven children of a Methodist minister and a stay-at-home mother. Their circumstances were very humble. He recounted that during his childhood, every day as the family sat around the dinner table, his father would ask each one in turn, “And what did you do for someone today?”1 The children were determined to do a good turn every day so they could report to their father that they had helped someone. Dr. McConnell calls this exercise his father’s most valuable legacy, for that expectation and those words inspired him and his siblings to help others throughout their lives. As they grew and matured, their motivation for providing service changed to an inner desire to help others."

Refer to the following scriptures:

Luke 9:24, Luke 10: 30-35, D&C 18: 10, 15-16

What prevents us from serving others?

We can start with visiting teaching. Why do we do it? Do we care for our sisters and love them? What qualities do we look for in a friend?

• Someone we feel safe with
• Someone who will watch over us
• Do we take the time to Build a Relationship of Trust
• We have to be patient for our relationships to grow with our sisters
• A two-way relationship

Sometimes it is people who are in the church who need to know they are cared for the most!

President Monsen stated: "My brothers and sisters, may we ask ourselves the question which greeted Dr. Jack McConnell and his brothers and sisters each evening at dinnertime: “What have I done for someone today?” If we truly listen, we may hear that voice from far away say to us, as it spoke to another, “Well done, thou good and faithful servant.”15 That each may qualify for this blessing from our Lord is my prayer, and I offer it in His name, even Jesus Christ, our Savior, amen."

President Perkins also spoke to us. He read the words to the hymn "As Sisters in Zion"

He spoke of the great gifts that we as sisters have been given. He said, "Please don't forget your Divine Nature & Individual Worth. Each of you has been given gifts, talents, & responsibilities that men are not given.....they are things that only you as sisters can do!"

He spoke of being rescuers for one another. Over half of our stake is less-active. He spoke of the wonderful opportunity we have to rescue one another. It will take courage to approach those we don't know, we need to "be strong and of a good courage" referring to the Young Men and Women's theme this year. We need to make sure we are taking time for ourselves each day to worship. During this time it is important to remember our baptismal covenants, take time to pray, & read our scriptures and ponder their meaning. As we do this President Perkins said we will be energized through the spirit, we will be prompted to know who we need to call or visit.

Announcements:

-Mon. March 22: Murray Cannery Assignment- Salsa

-Tues. March 23: Single Mothers Seminar- SLCC Miller Campus 9750 S 300 W- Employer Open House 5:30-8:30 p.m., Speaker 7-8 p.m. For more information www.phputah.org

-Thurs. March 25: Sandy Home Storage 1:00 p.m.
Blood Drive 3-8:00 p.m.

-Sat. March 27: Scouting for Food pick-up

-Mon. March 29-April 2: Stake D.I. Drive

-Sat. April 17: Emergency Preparedness Fair 10:00 a.m.

Sister Spotlight

Janice Woods was born in Logan, Utah and raised in Bloomington, ID- which she loved because it is such a peaceful place, and everyone is very supportive of one another. She has three sisters and three brothers and comes right in the middle. Janice has four children- 2 boys and 2 girls which live in Utah, Nebraska, & California. She would love to visit her children and grandchildren more often.

Her favorite color is green and she loves to eat chocolate. Growing flowers and reading are two of her favorite things to do. For a living, she takes Driver's Licenses away! One thing you may not know about her is she met President Monsen in his office when her father was called as a Bishop. Janice has held many callings in Primary, & Relief Society, her favorite calling was Nursery because "the little ones are so precious and innocent."