A Message From President Henderson

I found this little story I would like to share with you.

Keeping a Positive Attitude in Trying Situations

One day I hopped in a taxi for a ride to the airport. We were driving in the right lane when suddenly a black car jumped out of a parking space right in front of us. My taxi driver slammed on his brakes, skidded and just missed the other car by inches!

The driver of the other car whipped his head around and started yelling at us. My taxi driver just smiled and waved at the guy. And, I mean he was friendly.

So, I asked, "Why did you just do that? This guy almost ruined your car and sent us to the hospital!"

This is when my taxi driver taught me what I now call, "The Law of the Garbage Truck."

He explained that many people are like garbage trucks. They run around full of garbage - frustration, anger, and disappointment. As their garbage piles up, they need a place to dump it and sometimes they dump it on you.

But the taxi driver said not to take it personally. Just smile, wave, wish them well and move on. Do not take their garbage and spread it to other people at work, at home, or on the streets.

The bottom line is that successful people do not let garbage trucks take over their day. Life is too short to wake up in the morning with regrets, so.., love the people who treat you right and pray for the ones who don't.

Because life is ten percent what you make it and ninety percent how you take it. Have a blessed, garbage-free day!

Humanitarian Date Night!!!

June 29th, bring your spouse to our humanitarian night. We will be working on our quilts and eating pie!!! Babysitting will be provided, so make it a fun night with your date! 6:30 at the Stake Center.

Presidency Message June 6

Lenice Smith started our lesson with these words, see if you can guess her topic...

Spotless, Promises, Covenants, Blameless, Salvation, Eternal Life, Protection, Blessings, Respect, Holy, Worthy, Righteous, Undefiled, Beautiful, Pure, Armor, Shield, White Raiment, Covering, White, Modesty, Clean

Our lesson today is on properly wearing the Temple Garments. All of her material came from the talk - The Temple Garment:“An Outward Expression of an Inward Commitment”
By Elder Carlos E. Asay

Understanding is key to wearing the garment. It is an armor of God. We have a life and death struggle each day, it is important that we dress modestly and appropriately.

A simple suggestion is to play Head Shoulders Knees and Toes... found here.

Thankfully we live in a time and place where capris are in style. It's not hard to find cute t-shirts that are longer.

It is important to remember that while we may remove the garment to swim or do other activities that we immediately place them back on.

If you have any questions on how to wear the garment properly, please contact our Bishop.

Combined Lesson May 30th

Thoughts from a lesson by Brother Preece for our combined lesson.

We can all recall the story of Peter wanting to walk on the water with Christ. He began to sink when he became afraid the Savior took his hand and they walked together.

The Saviors arms have been described as open, extended, stretched out, encircling and mighty. It is an invitation to repent!!!

Repentance "too little understanding, too little applied by all." Without it, there could be no perfecting of the saints.

It should be "Part of our daily process" - Elder Maxwell.

Turning of the heart and will to God... without watch, there can be no progress in the Kingdom of Heaven.

Steps to repentance
-We have to come to ourselves like the prodigal son came to himself.

We are an example to our children

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