Stonewood 5^th Ward Relief Society

July 24^th, 2011

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“Yea, come unto Christ and be perfected in Him…”
-Moroni 10:32

“Learn of me, and listen to my words: walk in the meekness of my Spirit, and you shall have peace in me.”
-Doctrine and Covenants 19:23
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Lesson Schedule

July 24^th: Teachings Of Our Times, “The Spirit Of Revelation” by Elder Bednar, taught by Yvonne Glenn

July 31^st: Relief Society/Priesthood combined

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Announcements

Night Relief Society Activity: Come join us for some summertime fun!

Where: 2^ND West Chapel Pavilion.

When : July 27^th at 7:00 pm ( for those of you who are canning we will start at 6:30)

What : A delicious BBQ and 2 classes: Gardening and Skin Care.

Book Club for August: Wednesday August 3^rd,7 pm at Suzi Templeman's home; 63 E. 530 S (In Rosecrest). Reviewer is Emily Perl.

Book is "The Bronze Bow" by Elizabeth George Speare

This is a Junior Fiction book with 254 pages so there is still time to read it.

Single Adult Fireside: July 31^st at 7: 30 at the Stake Center, Bishop Handy will be speaking.

Visit our Blog: www.stonewood5rs.blogspot.com
Email and announcement: stonewood5rs@gmail.com
Walk Around the World: www.stonewoodstake.com/walk
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July Visiting Teaching Message:

Come to the Temple and Claim Your Blessings

Sisters, we are most blessed. The Savior stands at the head of this Church. We are led by living prophets. We have the holy scriptures. And we have many holy temples throughout the world where we can obtain the ordinances necessary to help us return to our Heavenly Father.

We go first to the temple for ourselves. “The primary purpose of the temple,” explained Elder Robert D. Hales of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, “is to provide the ordinances necessary for our exaltation in the celestial kingdom. Temple ordinances guide us to our Savior and give us the blessings that come to us through the Atonement of Jesus Christ. Temples are the greatest university of learning known to man, giving us knowledge and wisdom about the Creation of the world. Endowment instructions give guidance as to how we should conduct our lives here in mortality. … The ordinance consists of a series of instructions on how we should live and covenants we make to live righteously by following our Savior.” 1

But our temple service does not end there. President Boyd K. Packer, President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, taught: “Acting as proxy for someone who has gone beyond the veil, you will have reviewed before you the covenants that you have made. You will have reinforced in your mind the great spiritual blessings that are associated with the house of the Lord. … In the covenants and ordinances center the blessings that you may claim in the holy temple.” 2

Come to the temple and then come again. Making and keeping temple covenants will keep us on course to the greatest of all blessings—eternal life.

Barbara Thompson, second counselor in the Relief Society general presidency.