Newsletter
Monday, November 16, 2015
Thursday, October 8, 2015
October RS Activity
The second Tuesday of the month is usually the night for the Relief Society Activity.
But we are getting ready for Midnight Madness on November 6th so we are planning for a great night.
Keep checking the blog for updates on the crafts that will be offered for you to make and the price for each.
Tuesday, May 5, 2015
A Few Milestones in the McFadden Ward
Beda Lowe's 90th Birthday!
(Celebrating with a few of the "Lunch Bunch Ladies")
Georgia & Jim Chidester
50th Wedding Anniversary!
(Celebrating with a few McFadden Ward friends at Matsu's Restaurant)
Saturday, April 11, 2015
Helping Hands Community Service Day!
APRIL 25th ~ 9 am to NOON
Invite your family, friends, and neighbors to participate using the flyer or social media.
List of Helping Hands Service Day Projects:
Adventure Playground 40 to 50 volunteers (McFadden Ward Project) Repair wooden forts, clean rafting pond (currently dry), paint, fix mud slide, weed, and beautify the playground to prepare for re-opening in June.
http://www.justserve.org/project/details/?instanceId=B6CMZQSVGR4V2D4BV52P
Murdy Community Center and Park 30 to 40 volunteers (Ocean View Ward Project) Remove staples and re-paint picnic tables, benches, and parts of picnic shelter. Weed pre-school garden
http://www.justserve.org/project/details/?instanceId=4QPWZV69W65BBC59NPBW
Golden View Elementary School Farm 40 to 50 volunteers (Beach Ward Project) Repairing chain link fences, filling rabbit holes, painting, mulching, planting a few trees, laying flagstone, removing composting bin, and general beautification. Families are welcome and the kids can experience the animals (sheep, pigs, goats, chickens, ducks, geese and rabbits).
http://www.justserve.org/project/details/?instanceId=4W5ZXRMQWH96CVTV6TC4
Blakey Historical Park and Museum in Westminster 50 volunteers (Westminster/Bolsa Chica Wards) Clean fire trucks and other historical vehicles, farm implement exhibits, museum and historical building interiors; paint the iconic "Shutter Shack", landscape, and weed.
http://www.justserve.org/project/details/?instanceId=CS5QZKK4V4GBKT6G2DRJ
Bolsa Chica (Wetlands) Conservancy Up to 100 volunteers (Golden West Ward) PENDING Help restore the natural habitats of the Bolsa Chica Wetlands by removing non-native plants and trash in conjunction with Earth Week.
http://www.justserve.org/project/details/?instanceId=968STBNTT77DG47RCVVW
Norma Gibbs "Butterfly" Park 30 volunteers (Huntington Beach Ward) Paint benches and tables, weed, clean educational tiles area, and generally beautify the park
http://www.justserve.org/project/details/?instanceId=66NS22PT2D8RJV95KXZS
HB Urban Forest 30 to 50 volunteers (Huntington Bch & Ocean View Wards) Planting, tending, watering, mulching and weeding.
http://www.justserve.org/project/details/?instanceId=4XG8HP252X7Z4J297SCS
Making Activity Blankets for the HB Alzheimer’s Family Resource Center (two-stake joint project for volunteers who prefer to work indoors) - 30 Volunteers
http://www.justserve.org/project/details/?instanceId=8F45SN7PRD77NM4BQRKB
Sunday, March 15, 2015
Sunday, March 8, 2015
THIS TUESDAY @ 6:30 pm
Relief Society Birthday
Evening Garden party
"Growing Stronger in the Light"
Tuesday, March 10, 6:30 pm
Garden Candlelight Dinner
"I am the light which shineth in darkness" D&C 6:21
Saturday, March 7, 2015
FAMILY HISTORY FAIR
Orange County Family History Fair 2015
Saturday 18 April 2015
9 am - 5 pm
674 Yorba St. Orange CA
REGISTRATION go to: www.ocfamilyhistory.org
Friday, February 13, 2015
Let's Memorize "The Living Christ" Together!
2015
With this New Year
let’s Renew our Souls
by coming closer to Christ
One way to come closer
to Christ
Memorize "The Living Christ"
12 weeks + 716
words = 1 great experience
To download study
materials go to:
http://www.bookofmormondiscovery.com/livingchrist
Goal date to finish:
May 30 (Stake Women’s Conference)
Here are a few other links to other printables to help you memorize:
http://alittlecrafting.blogspot.com/2014/01/memorizing-living-christ-printables.htmlhttp://www.bookofmormondiscovery.com/livingchrist
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Unrelated but a fun idea. Print out on full sheet sticker paper, cut and stick in your regular sized scriptures for reference:
http://www.meckmom.com/dl/Bookmark_Living_Christ_and_Proclamation.pdf
Friday, February 6, 2015
Monday, February 2, 2015
Lesson for Sunday Feb 8, 2015
Your decisions determine your destiny.
We are so blessed to have Susie Rasmussen as a teacher in our Relief Society. She will be leading us in a discussion about this topic from the Ezra Taft Benson manual.
Please read chapter #3 "Freedom of Choice, an Eternal Principle" HERE to be more prepared to add your personal insights in our discussion so we all can learn and benefit from each other.
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IN CASE YOU MISSED SUNDAY'S (2/1) LESSON....
Judy gave a wonderful lesson on the Courage of Women. She told us a few stories of people who had challenges and had courage to face them and get through them.
We can learn from the story of Queen Esther:
~ Fasting with faith and a purpose, along with prayer, blesses us and others for whom we are calling upon the Lord.
~ We all have important missions to fulfill in mortality. Being righteous, obedient, and courageous ensures that the Lord will help us to be successful.
WHAT CAN I DO?
~ Consider how faith-filled and purposeful my own fasting is. Can I exercise more faith when I fast?
We can learn from the story of Ruth and Naomi:
~Treating others with love and kindness helps them see the gospel of Jesus Christ at work in our lives and can help them again a testimony.
~As we are faithful and patient, losses we experience will be made up by the Lord according to His timing.
WHAT CAN I DO?
~ Ponder ways I can strengthen my faith in the Lord's ability, according to His timing, to make up any losses I experience in this life.
We can learn from the story of the Shunammite Woman:
~Unselfish service brings great blessings into our lives.
~ When we have a testimony of the divine calling of prophets, we obey their counsel faithfully and experience the blessings of so doing.
WHAT CAN I DO?
~ Reflect on the blessings I have seen in my life as a result of my own service. Are there ways I can better serve my friends and or those I do not know?
~ Evaluate the strength of my testimony of the divine calling of prophets and how quick I am to obey their counsel.
SACRIFICE ~ LOYALTY ~ COURAGE ~ PRAYERFULNESS ~ MEEKNESS ~ DETERMINATION ~ FAITH ~ SERVICE ~ OBEDIENCE ~ KINDNESS ~ CHARITY ~ PATIENCE ~ HUMILITY ~ GRATITUDE
Monday, January 26, 2015
We had a wonderful night of Emergency Preparedness at our last RS Activity.
A HUGE thank you to Linda Grow and Becky Munoz for all the great information and food packs and to all the committee members who worked so hard to put it all together.
Here are some links with important links and important papers and information.
Here are some links with important links and important papers and information.
I like this article from 2010 President Monson on being Spiritually Prepared: https://www.lds.org/ensign/
Talk by President Hinckley about being prepared and not scared: https://www.lds.org/general-
This website is great because it talks about getting prepared in every way, physically, emotionally, spiritually, educationally, financially, etc.: http://foodstorageandbeyond.
This site has some great downloads: http://dealstomeals.com/free-
Lots of great info, just have to find it: http://preparednotscared.
Tsunami evacuation map: http://www.huntingtonbeachca.
For families with kids, this is a neat packet: http://www.ready.gov/kids
This will tell you the best months to buy different grocery items: http://www.printfriendly.com/
A lot of information and recipes in this pdf: http://prepared-housewives.
This book is awesome, but you do have to enter an email to download--it is free, but if you want to share it it is up to you: https://ldsavow.com/
Scripture link: (not sure it will work, but I tried) http://store.lds.org/webapp/
Wednesday, January 14, 2015
If you signed up to help with the luncheon please use these recipes at Billie's request. :-) THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR YOUR GENEROUS SERVICE!
YUMMY FUNERAL POTATOES
1- 2lb bag frozen cubed hash
browns
16 oz sour cream
2 C grated cheddar
1 can cream of chicken soup
1 bunch green onions sliced
¼ C melted butter
Cornflakes
Mix first 5 ingredients
together. Put in greased
9x13 pan. Cover with crushed cornflakes and
sprinkle top with melted butter.
Cook for 50 minutes at 350 degrees.
BILLIE’S FAVORITE BAKED BEANS
1 – 2lb can Pork n Beans
1 Onion Chopped
½ bell pepper chopped
½ C Brown Sugar
½ C Chili Sauce
4 Slices of Bacon
Stir everything together
except bacon.
Put in 9x13 pan. Top with
sliced bacon pieces.
Cook for 2 hours at 350
degrees.
Friday, January 9, 2015
Sunday's Lesson RECAP (1-4-15)
We had a fun, engaging Jeopardy! style lesson in which we learned about Ezra Taft Benson's life teachings.
Born on August 4, 1899, in Whitney, Idaho, Ezra Taft Benson learned early the principle of hard work on the family farm. He served a mission to Great Britain and after his return was married to his sweetheart, Flora Amussen, in 1926. He received his education in agriculture and went on to hold many important positions within the industry. He was called to be an Apostle after having been president of two stakes. From 1953 to 1961, he served as Secretary of Agriculture in the cabinet of U. S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower. On November 10, 1985, he became President of the Church. Having a resolute testimony of the power of the Book of Mormon, he emphasized the importance of it in daily scripture study, missionary efforts, and gospel teaching. His love of freedom, home, and family were also evident in his addresses and counsel to Church members. Despite his failing health, the Church continued to grow under his administration, temples were dedicated, and missionary work expanded around the world, particularly in eastern Europe. He died in Salt Lake City on May 30, 1994, at the age of 94.
We learned about how much President Benson loved the Book of Mormon. We talked about doctrines and teaching found in these two talks:
https://www.lds.org/general-conference/1986/10/the-book-of-mormon-keystone-of-our-religion?lang=eng
https://www.lds.org/general-conference/1988/10/flooding-the-earth-with-the-book-of-mormon?lang=eng
Ezra Taft Benson taught,
"There are three great reasons why Latter-day Saints should make the study of the Book of Mormon a lifetime pursuit. The FIRST is that the Book of Mormon is the keystone of our religion. It is the keystone in our witness of Christ. It is the keystone of our doctrine. It is the keystone of testimony.
"The SECOND great reason why we must make the Book of Mormon a center focus of study is that it was written for our day....Each of the major writers of the book of Mormon testified that he wrote for future generations.
"The THIRD reason why the Book of Mormon is of such value to Latter-day Saints is given in the same statement by the Prophet Joseph Smith... He said 'I told the brethren that the Book of Mormon was the most correct of any book on earth, and the keystone of our religion, and a man would get nearer to God by abiding by its precepts, than by any other book' That is the third reason for studying the book. It helps us draw nearer to God.
Born on August 4, 1899, in Whitney, Idaho, Ezra Taft Benson learned early the principle of hard work on the family farm. He served a mission to Great Britain and after his return was married to his sweetheart, Flora Amussen, in 1926. He received his education in agriculture and went on to hold many important positions within the industry. He was called to be an Apostle after having been president of two stakes. From 1953 to 1961, he served as Secretary of Agriculture in the cabinet of U. S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower. On November 10, 1985, he became President of the Church. Having a resolute testimony of the power of the Book of Mormon, he emphasized the importance of it in daily scripture study, missionary efforts, and gospel teaching. His love of freedom, home, and family were also evident in his addresses and counsel to Church members. Despite his failing health, the Church continued to grow under his administration, temples were dedicated, and missionary work expanded around the world, particularly in eastern Europe. He died in Salt Lake City on May 30, 1994, at the age of 94.
We learned about how much President Benson loved the Book of Mormon. We talked about doctrines and teaching found in these two talks:
https://www.lds.org/general-conference/1986/10/the-book-of-mormon-keystone-of-our-religion?lang=eng
https://www.lds.org/general-conference/1988/10/flooding-the-earth-with-the-book-of-mormon?lang=eng
Ezra Taft Benson taught,
"There are three great reasons why Latter-day Saints should make the study of the Book of Mormon a lifetime pursuit. The FIRST is that the Book of Mormon is the keystone of our religion. It is the keystone in our witness of Christ. It is the keystone of our doctrine. It is the keystone of testimony.
"The SECOND great reason why we must make the Book of Mormon a center focus of study is that it was written for our day....Each of the major writers of the book of Mormon testified that he wrote for future generations.
"The THIRD reason why the Book of Mormon is of such value to Latter-day Saints is given in the same statement by the Prophet Joseph Smith... He said 'I told the brethren that the Book of Mormon was the most correct of any book on earth, and the keystone of our religion, and a man would get nearer to God by abiding by its precepts, than by any other book' That is the third reason for studying the book. It helps us draw nearer to God.
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