Sunday, February 28, 2010

MARCH BIRTHDAY WISHES

MARCH- VISITING TEACHING MESSAGE

FAMILY HOME EVENING LESSON: FASTING

by Shauna Gibby


Conference Talk:

For more information on this topic read “God Loves and Helps All of His Children,” by Keith B. McMullin, Ensign, Nov 2008, 75-78.



Thought:

A few years ago a high-ranking official from China visited Salt Lake City. . . . Fasting and giving the value of the meals not eaten to help the poor captured his attention. . . . He said, “If we all loved each other like this, the world would be a more peaceful place.”

(Keith B. McMullin, “God Loves and Helps All of His Children,” Ensign, Nov 2008, 75-78.)

Song:

“In Fasting We Approach Thee,” Hymns, # 139.



Scripture:

Verily, this is fasting and prayer, or in other words, rejoicing and prayer.

(Doctrine and Covenants 59:14)

Lesson:

Do an activity with your family that involves things that go together, or pairs. As you say the first word or show the first item, have your family fill in the blank with the name of the second item.

“Salt and [ ]” (pepper)

“Table and [ ]” (chairs)

“Husband and [ ]” (wife)

“Shoes and [ ]” (socks)

Tell your family that Jesus demonstrated the power of “pairing” two important principles. Have your family look for the important pair as they read the story in Mark 9:14-29.


Ask:

After Jesus had cast out the evil spirit, what did His disciples ask privately?

What was Jesus’ response?

How does prayer make fasting more meaningful?

How does fasting make prayer more meaningful?

Ask family members if they have had an experience with fasting and prayer they would be willing to share. Invite the family to unite in fasting and prayer next fast Sunday.

(Dennis H. Leavitt and Richard O. Christensen, Scripture Study for Latter-day Saint Families: The New Testament, [Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2006], p. 69.)


Story:

“He Fasted, and He Prayed”
Matthew Cowley

Two boys in New Zealand graduated from a high school down there. The principal came to me and told me this story about one of them.

“This young man came to me one day. He was living in the dormitory. He was what they called the monitor. It wasn’t a native high school, but he was a native. He came to me one day, and he said, ‘Mr. Hogan, I want to go home for three days.’ I said, ‘Why, you can’t go home, you have a job here. What do you want to go home for?’ He said, ‘Well, I am preparing to take my matric,’ [as they call it down there, matriculation examination for entrance into a university]. He said, ‘I want to go home for three days and fast and pray.’
“I was astonished. I excused myself and went to my office and called up one of your members, one of our native members, and I said, ‘Listen to me, do you people have in your Church something you call fasting?’ He said, ‘Yes.’ I said, ‘What do you do it for?’ ‘When we want a blessing, we fast and pray.’ I said, ‘Well, I have read about it in the Bible, but I have never heard of anybody doing it.’ I went back to the young man and said, ‘You go home for three days.’ He went home, and he fasted, and he prayed, and he was the top man in passing his matric examination.”

(Jay A. Parry, Jack M. Lyon, Linda Ririe Gundry, editors, Best-Loved Stories of the LDS People, Vol.2, [Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1999], 63-64.)

Activity:

Divide your family into two teams. Give each team a paper and pencil. Set a timer for a predetermined amount of time (2 or 3 minutes) and have each team write down as many “pairs” as they can think of (like the examples in the lesson). Give one point to each team for items on the list that the other team didn’t think of.

Refreshment

_Chewy Chex Mix _

This treat is a hit with all ages.

8 cups Rice Chex (or the Chex cereal of your choice)
1 cup coconut
1 cup sliced almonds
1 cup chow mein noodles
1⁄4 cup butter or margarine
6 cups miniature marshmallows

Combine Chex, coconut, almonds, and noodles in a large bowl. Melt butter over medium heat; blend in marshmallows and stir until melted. Pour over cereal mixture; spread on waxed paper to cool. Store in an airtight container or individual plastic bags. Makes about 10 cups.

(Julie Badger Jensen, The Essential Mormon Cookbook, [Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2004], p. 130.)

Information found http://ldslivingmagazine.com/articles/show/1934

Saturday, February 27, 2010

Wednesday, February 24, 2010

Tuesday, February 23, 2010

DRY-PACK CANNER

Dear Sisters,

Since we will have the dry-pack canner in our ward during the month of March, you might be interested in canning some dry foods.

The most current storehouse order form is attached.
http://www.providentliving.org/pfw/multimedia/files/pfw/pdf/122384_Jan2010WE_HomeStoragePriceSheet_US_71140_000_pdf.pdf
Here is how it works:

When filling out the form, you will be ordering bulk foods. Therefore you will be purchasing from that 4th "Bulk" column on the form. Then you will look at the 2nd column, "#10 can packaged by customer", to determine how many cans you will need for the products you are ordering from that 4th column. For instance, a 25 pound sack of wheat (both the red wheat and the white wheat have the same volume and weight) weighs 5.8 pounds per can, so you will divide 25 pounds by 5.8 pounds to equal the number of cans you will need for that sack of wheat. In the case of that sack of wheat you will need 4.31 cans. Since you can't buy a third of a can I am leaving it to you to decide to buy 5 cans for the wheat or 4 and put the remaining amount in something to keep in your pantry for current use. My personal canning experience has required I buy that 5th can. Please remember that you are buying the bulk foods by weight and filling the cans by volume, so you are going to want to follow that 2nd column to determine how many cans you will need for each product you buy.

The next thing you will fill out on the form is the area in the lower right hand corner, entitled, "Bulk Packaging Materials." This is where you will enter the total number of cans and metal lids for sealing, and for the oxygen absorbers. You will need one oxygen absorber per can. Every can needs a metal lid. If you want a "Box for #10 Cans" (one box holds 6 #10 cans), or a "#10 plastic lid for Dry Pack Can" (this is in case you want to turn that can into a canister after you have opened it), I will be glad to pick those up for you. These last 2 items are not essential items for canning, but they might be something you want as a personal preference.

If you have the need for just cans, metal lids, and the oxygen packets, please follow the same instructions as above. You will need an oxygen absorber for each of your cans. (The only product that should not have an oxygen absorber when canned is granulated sugar.) I'll be picking up the cans at the same time I am there to get the ordered bulk foods.

Next, total up the $$ amount of your order (no tax), and print out the form. Write your check out, payable to me, then mail your order form and check to me, Robbie Marquez, at 1085 Crushed Apple Drive, Martinsburg, WV 25403. You may also hand your form and your check to me at church this next Sunday. (I am in the RS room the 2nd and 3rd hours.) You can also drop it off at my house.

I have to have your order and money by Wednesday, the 3rd of March.

Unfortunately, I will not be able to pick up orders for which I do not have money. If you find that you are really stretching things to order food storage items this month, no worries. We will do this again. I'm currently working to determine what the need is so I can plan trips to the storehouse. And, as always, you are personally free to go to the storehouse on your own. If you would like further information about the storehouse and their hours, etc., please phone, or email me. The storehouse is a user friendly place to be. Juliana, who usually answers the phone, and helps me when I am at the storehouse, is one of the nicest people you will ever meet.

I am planning to go to the Storehouse on Thursday the 4th of March. I will let you know via email when the canner is set up at my house and ready to be used. You may then email or phone me 304-267-5969 , to schedule when you would like to come over and can your foods. Your foods and/or cans will be at my house eagerly awaiting your arrival.

Also, regarding the Family Home Storage Order Form: I suggest that you do not save a blank copy to your computer for future use. The prices change periodically. Instead, go to LDS.org when you want to check prices or place an order. On the LDS.org homepage, go to "Home and Family" and in the drop-down box to the right, click on "Family Home Storage." When you are on that page, you will find the title, "Home Storage Order Form" in a column on the lower right. Click on that and the form will come up.

It's a pleasure to be the Provident Living go-to person for Hedgesville Ward, so please email me if you have any questions or suggestions.

Sincerely,
Robbie Marquez
robbiem54@gmail.com

BLUE & GOLD BANQUET TONIGHT

Sunday, February 21, 2010

FAMILY HOME EVENING LESSON

FAMILY by Shauna Gibby

Stable families provide the fabric that holds society together, benefiting all mankind.

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Conference Talk:
For more information on this topic read “Restoring Faith in the Family,” by Kenneth Johnson, Ensign, May 2008, 15–17. Click to go to the link to "Restoring Faith in Family"

Thought:
Stable families provide the fabric that holds society together, benefiting all mankind. (Kenneth Johnson, “Restoring Faith in the Family,” Ensign, May 2008, 15–17)

Song:
“Love is Spoken Here,” Children’s Songbook, p. 190.



Scripture:
But ye will teach them to walk in the ways of truth and soberness; ye will teach them to love one another, and to serve one another. (Mosiah 4:15)

Object Lesson:
Materials needed: Two magnets.

Presentation: Choose two members of the family and give them each a magnet. have them put the two magnets together. Explain that love brings people together. Love unites the entire family. Then have them turn the magnets around so that they repel rather than attract each other. Explain that without love the family will lack strength and may fall apart. We need to take the proper steps to keep love strong in the family.

(Alma Heaton, Tools for Teaching, [Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, 1979], p. 17.)

Story:
The Unknown Treasure from Jutta Baum Busche

In our home there was little religious education, although my parents were Protestant. My family simply did not talk about religion. But my father’s brother was a Protestant minister. I remember a time when this uncle’s wife came to visit. Before my aunt arrived, my father instructed us, “When she is here, we must have a prayer before we eat.” I will never forget how comical and strange it was to hear my father offer a blessing on the food in words and tone of voice so unfamiliar to us that it struck me as hypocritical. Yet, as I grew up, frequently in the evening I knelt at my bedside on my own initiative to pray to my Heavenly Father because, even without religious instruction, I felt in my heart that there must be someone whom I could trust and love—someone who knew me and cared about me. What a privilege it would have been to be reared in a family that was well-grounded in the restored gospel!

When the missionaries first came to our door in Dortmund, Germany, my husband and I had not been married long. Our first son was only three months old. I was and always will be grateful each minute of my life for the message that came to us through these young missionaries. I was impressed with many things about these young men. One was the loving way they talked about their families. . . . I sensed such humble honesty in their expressions of testimony that I was compelled to listen.

(LDS Women’s Treasury: Insights and Inspiration for Today’s Woman [Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1997].)

Activity:
As a family, put together a puzzle. Or for younger cildren you can print out this picture to color.
Click the picture to get a bigger image to print out.

Refreshment:
Fresh Cherry Cobbler

4 cups fresh sour cherries, washed and pitted
1 cup sugar
1 tablespoon instant tapioca
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1 cup flour
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup milk
1 1/4 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 cup butter or margarine

In a saucepan, combine cherries, 1 cup sugar, tapioca, vanilla, and lemon juice. Stirring frequently, heat over medium-low heat until sugar is dissolved. Mix together flour, 1 cup sugar, milk, and baking powder. Melt butter in 9–inch square baking dish in 350–degree oven. Pour batter on top of melted butter, and spoon cherries on top of batter. Bake uncovered at 350 degrees for 30 to 35 minutes.


*Note: 4 cups canned or bottled sour cherries may be used instead of fresh cherries. Drain and proceed as directed.
(Paula Julander and Joanne Milner, Utah State Fare, [Salt Lake City: Shadow Mountain, 1995], p. 178.)


This information came from http://ldslivingmagazine.com/categories/show/3

Example of the Believers

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MORE DILIGENT AND CONCERNED AT HOME

TEACHING FOR OUR TIME LESSON: 2-28-2010

Read, Listen, or Watch the talk at
http://www.lds.org/conference/sessions/display/0,5239,23-1-1117,00.html

More Diligent and Concerned at Home

Elder David A. Bednar

Of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles

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READ go to http://www.lds.org/conference/talk/display/0,5232,23-1-1117-6,00.html

ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR 2-21-2010

SISTER VIOLET TRITAPOE

Violet D. Tritapoe, "Lorrie", 77, of Glengary, died Friday. Visitation 2-4 and 6-8 p.m. Monday at Hunter-Anderson Funeral Home in Berkeley Springs. Services are at 1 p.m. Tuesday at the Funeral home.


http://www.hunter-anderson.com/

Hunter Anderson Funeral Home
36 South Green Street
Berkeley Springs, WV 25411

Tuesday, February 16, 2010

2-20-2010 LESSON CHAPTER 4

Click on the link to read this Sunday's lesson.

LDS.org - Support Materials Chapter - Freedom to Choose

Once you have connected with lds.org, you will see the title close to the top left corner.  It says Freedom to Choose and under the title you will see three tabs. VIEW, PRINT, and LISTEN.  If you click the third tab labeled LISTEN you can listen to the lesson as a mp3.

Monday, February 15, 2010

CANCELLED

All Berkeley County Schools are closed Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2010 and Wed., Feb. 17, 2010.  On Thurs., Feb. 18 and Fri. Feb. 19, 2010 students report to school on a two-hour delay.

So this Tuesday February 16th, all YOUTH ACTIVITIES and BOOK NOOK will be cancelled.

Thursday, February 4, 2010

Wednesday, February 3, 2010

WVU EXTENSION GARDEN CALENDAR



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We send out a special thank you to Sister Annette Fishel, for sharing this wonderful information with us all.

GOSPEL AUDIO LIBRARY

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HAVE I DONE ANY GOOD IN THE WORLD TODAY?

Monday, February 1, 2010