Humanitarian Service Activity Tuesday May 18 6:30pm

We will be working on quilts and putting together Birthday Celebration Kits. Please bring the items you signed up for to th eactivity or drop by Amie Christensen's house. We'll see you Tuesday night at the church!

Prophets of God - RS Lesson, May 16, 2010

Thank you Kerri Vannucci for giving our lesson this week! We discussed Lesson 9, Prophets of God We discussed several questions.

-What powers and gifts does the Prophet have?
All the keys
Present day revelation
Power of discernment and understanding
Special witness of Christ, testifies of His divinity
D&C 107:91-92 "And again, the duty of the President of the office of the High Priesthood is to preside over the whole church, and to be like unto Moses— Behold, here is wisdom; yea, to be a seer, a revelator, a translator, and a prophet, having all the gifts of God which he bestows upon the head of the church."

Who is your favorite prophet?

-What have you learned from the lives and the teaching of the prophets?
The story of President Kimball in the airport when he helped a mother with her children.

-Why do we need a living prophet today?
We still need guidance
We can't do it alone

-What can we do to follow and sustain the prophet?
Pray for him
Listen to their talks

-What has the prophet taught or emphasized lately?
We listed titles of the last 2 years of conference talks given by President Monson.

Great blessings follow obedience to the prophet.

Prayer - RS Lesson May 9, 2010

Gail Stark gave a wonderful lesson on prayer this week from our Relief Society manual Lesson 8 Praying to our Heavenly Father. We had 5 group discussions on the following topics and these were our answers.

1- What is Prayer?
-Communication with God

2- Why do we pray?
-To realize God is there
-For strength
-For our weaknesses
-To ask Heavenly Father for strength to live the gospel

3- When should we pray?
-Always!
-In our heart
-When we don't want to
-When we are upset
-When we are angry
-When we are happy

4- How should we pray?
-D&C 88:63 aDraw bnear unto me and I will draw near unto you; cseek me diligently and ye shall dfind me; ask, and ye shall receive; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.
-Always pray in faith with a sincere heart
-Pray for the Lord's will

5- How are prayers answered
-Prayers are always answered, even if you don't think they were answered
-Yes answers
-No answers
-Not right now, but later answers
-It doesn't matter

May 4th Visiting Teaching Conference

Please come to our Visiting Teaching Conference. Join us Tuesday May 4 at 6:30 in the gym. Light dinner and babysitting will be provided. If you are a visiting teacher and if you are visit taught (which is all of us!) please attend! Be sure to call the sisters you visit and your friends to remind them of the meeting! See you there.