Happy Birthday

Happy Birthday to all of our sisters with July birthdays. 

Peggy Hayes-July 6th

Tiffany Stubbs-July 6th

Becky Harward-July 11th

Celeste Watson-July 13th

Jan Davis-July 14th

Sharee Burton-July 15th

Brittney Sullivan-July 15th

Linda Lane-July 17th

Debra Styles-July 17th

Melanie Bott-July 28th

If anyone has been missed please let me know so we can make sure we can wish all of our sisters a Happy Birthday!!!

Let us reach out to all of our sisters and let them know that we really care.
Step out of your comfort zone and say hello. Reach out to one another and strengthen the bond of sisterhood. Let us become one of Spirit and of love and compassion.

Cooking Group July Update

Thursday, July 25th at 6:30pm. 

The group will be meeting at the Swensen home. Bhabbette will be demonstrating Philippine cooking; Chicken Curry and Spring Rolls. If you have any questions contact Sister Turner.

IMPORTANT!!!! Party date changes!!!!!!! Not this Saturday!!!!

Due to changes with the building and scheduling we've moved our Glad Hatter's Unbirthday celebration to April. Please put April 13th at noon on your calendar!!! We are still collecting pictures for our celebration. Please get a picture of yourself at any age, time, event etc to a member of the RS presidency. We will have them on display at the celebration to see if we can guess who is who!!!!

Relief Society Birthday Celebration

A huge thank you to all of the sisters working together to put this wonderful Relief Society celebration together. A special thanks to Sharee Burton who put the amazing posters together before leaving on her fablous cruise! They are great reminders to look for each week outside of the chapel doors.

Cooking Group Update

Millie Diaz will be demonstrating a Venezuelan dish from her country.  Paella is a mixture of seafood and rice. The class will be held Tues., Feb 19th at Cindy Turners home. 7:00 p.m.

Moms and kids are invited to come visit and play.

Sarah Millington has a weekly group held at her home for sisters, especially with young children for a chance for fellowshiping, support, play and adult conversation!! They have had a few really nice get-togethers, but fear the word is not getting out as well as necessary to encourage more to attend. If you are interested in a weekly chance for some adult conversation, please email Sarah so she can put you on her list for weekly reminders. Until further notice, they will have the activity every week.  She will let everyone know if for any reason the group will not be held during a week. Sarah has adjusted her schedule to allow for a little more time for those of you who can't come as early. The weekly group will be held: Wednesdays from 3:00-5:00 at the Millington house (209 E. Park Dr) If you have any questions, please call Sarah at 801.504.6420 Also, remember to email Sarah and get on the list: dalsgal@comcast.net 

Group Updates

If any of the group leaders have changes to their group information please email them to melaniebott@gmail.com or elkridge2ndrs@gmail.com. If anyone would like to start or lead a group please email melaniebott@gmail.com or elkridge2ndrs@gmail.com!

Listen and watch for upcoming Events

Sisters, please watch for upcoming events. We are excited for March because in March we will be celebrating each of you during the Relief Society birthday celebration!

Freezer Meals Recipes

Thank you Sisters to coming to the freezer meal class. It was so good to meet so many people. Here are the recipes for the meals that we made. -Christi

Onion Chicken

2 Lbs Chicken - Cut to serving sizes

8-10 oz. French Onions -- smashed by your favorite Child

2 eggs -- beaten

Beat the eggs. Dip the Chicken in the eggs. Roll the chicken in the onions.

Bake 350 for 35-40 min flipping over once.

serve with Veggie and roll

** remember this is a flash freeze recipe**

Teri Chicken

2 Lbs Chicken -- cut into strips

1 bottle of Lawreys Hawaiian Teri Sauce

1 can 7-up (or like)

Place chicken in freezer and pour both bottles into the bag. Freeze

To cook. Thaw and place entire bag into crock pot. Cook on low 6-8 hours

Serve over rice

Beef Enchilada Casserole

1 Lb beef (cooked w/ onion and S&P)

1 Med onion

1 can of corn (drained)

1 can pinto beans (drained)

1 can Nacho Fiesta Cheese Sauce

1 Can Cream of Mushroom

1 Can Enchilada Sauce

8-10 Enchiladas

2 C. Shredded Cheese

Mix all ingredients up and place in baggie. (EXCEPT the corn tortillas and the grated cheese -- bag then in their own little quart baggies)

To cook: Thaw then layer in crock pot the meat, tortillas and cheese, repeat 2-3 times. Ending with meat and cheese on top. (otherwise the tortilla will dry out and be crunchy.)

You can also cook this in the over 30 min at 350 degrees.

Thank you again for coming it was SO much fun to spend time with all you wonderful ladies!

Christi Nebeker

Emergency Preparedness Fair

Elk Ridge 2^nd Relief Society

Emergency Preparedness Fair

 Maybe you are a pro at food storage but there is always so much more to learn.

 

Freezer Meals

Emergency Kits for your Car

Baby steps of Food Storage

Emergency Binders

And More

And we can’t forget the light breakfast!

 

Come and enjoy a morning of Preparedness discussions. It will be fun, uplifting and very educational. This is nothing like you’ve heard before. Well, hopefully not!!!

IF YOU DID NOT ORDER ANYTHING COME ANYWAY!!!!

You did not have to order anything for this activity.

Come and see what we are doing, take notes, get handouts and

 ideas to help get your home and families prepared.

 

Saturday, November 17^th @ 9:30-12:30

 

Members of the Church have been counseled for many years to be prepared for adversity. Preparation, both spiritual and temporal,

can dispel fear. With the guidance of Church leaders, individual

members and families should prepare to be self-reliant in

times of personal or widespread emergency.

 

Let us be physically prepared to hold off the storms,

both physically as well as spiritually.

 

“It will take unshakable faith in the Lord Jesus Christ

to choose the way to eternal life. It is by using that faith

we can know the will of God.” -Eyring

 

“The great test of life is to see whether we will hearken to and

obey God’s commands in the midst of the storms of life.” –Eyring

Come at 9:30am and enjoy an light breakfast and socialize before we begin our exciting and educational

Emergency Preparedness Fair.

 

Schedule

 

9:30-10:00am

Light breakfast (cultural hall)

 

10:00-10:15am

Spiritual Preparedness

by Bishop Merrill (Relief Society Room)

 

Choose one of the following classes to begin

 

10:15-11:00am

Freezer Meals

by Christi Nebeker (Kitchen/cultural hall)

 

Emergency Car Kits

by Melanie Bott (Priesthood Room)

Food Storage Made Easy

by Shelly Strand (Relief Society Room)

 

Choose one of the following classes

11:15-12:00pm

Freezer Meals

by Christi Nebeker (Kitchen/cultural hall)

 

 

Emergency Car Kits

by Melanie Bott (Priesthood Room)

If you do not finish or missed something we will be staying after to help anyone that needs help putting together binders, car kits, freezer meals or Emergency Binders.

The Emergency Binders are a Christmas Gift from the Relief Soceity. We know how important it is to get our homes in order. If you do not want to participate in any of the activities just come and put your family's Emergency Binder together.

November Visiting Teaching Message

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Because the November Liahona and Ensign contain a report of the October general conference, there is not a specifically designated First Presidency Message or Visiting Teaching Message for November.

Home and visiting teachers are encouraged to prayerfully select their message from the addresses given during general conference.

Visit the general conference website to read, watch, or listen to conference addresses.

COMING SOON: Preparedness Fair

Watch for flyers, handouts and listen for announcements. 

We are excited to finally have our Preparedness Fair in motion to share with all of you. 

We feel that being physically and spiritually prepared is so important that instead of Super Saturday we are planning for a super saturday of Preparedness, both physically and spiritually. 

This will be a fun saturday afternoon of helpful tips, take homes and hands-on activities!

October 2012 Visiting Teaching Message

October 2012
Visiting Teaching Message

Honoring Our Covenants

Bottling Chicken

Don't forget, Thursday the 25th we will be meeting at Pam Lundberg's home. She will be teaching us how to bottle chicken. This will be a hands-on presentation. Come, learn, and enjoy!

2 September 2012 RS Lesson

These tools are taken from Building a Mind of Steel by Kirk Duncan founder of 3 Key Elements.

Thoughts + Emotions + Actions = Results

We think about 60,000 to 85,000 thoughts per day and for a normal person at least 72% of those are negative. Is that what you want to determine your results in life?

“The adversary cannot make us do anything. He does lie at our door, as the scriptures say, and he follows us each day. Every time we go out, every decision we make, we are either choosing to move in his direction or in the direction of our Savior. But the adversary must depart if we tell him to depart. He cannot influence us unless we allow him to do so, and he knows that! The only time he can affect our minds and bodies-our very spirits-is when we allow him to do so.”

Robert D. Hales Ensign May 2006

The negative self-talk and chatter that goes on in our minds is Satan’s way of bringing us to his side. Start becoming aware of the conversations (self-talk) that is going on inside so you can change it!

Tools:

1. Write down the top 10 (or start with 5) negative comments you hear most often in your head (this is Satan’s ammunition). Then on the opposite side of the page write an opposite statement and add 1 more positive (this is your ammunition).

Example:

I can’t measure up,                             I’m doing the best I know how and that is good enough
I’m not good enough.                          and I have Heavenly Father’s help and support


2. Write a page description of who you are and why you are here. Read it every night before you go to bed so it will get reviewed while you are sleeping.

This will bring to remembrance the truth of you when times get challenging.

3. Track the negative comments that go on in your head, Write it down!! If you can see it you can stop it! This builds evidence for the brain to shift. Then it will become an automatic shift.



Now build the positive. Tools to help you listen to the spirit and the ministering angels that are there to help you:

1. Have a goal or vision in mind. Build a vision board so you can see what you are aiming for.

2. Journal all the positive things that are happening. The inspiration you are receiving. Builds evidence again that there is heavenly help for you.

3. Get clear on your direction so those around you (angels and humans) know how to help you. Keep your focus.

4. To help you become clear get up during the “last watch” the stillness of the night somewhere between 4:00 & 5:30 in the morning to journal. Ask questions and ponder. If you don’t want to do the early morning thing, another tool would be to write a letter to your Heavenly Father. Let him know all your thoughts, feelings, fears, doubts, questions etc. Get it all down, then skip some space and write his response back to you. Write down any thoughts or impressions that come to your mind. You will be amazed. I did this and loved it!!!

5. Choose to help people. Lose yourself. Also you will find that the other persons guarding angels will be teaching you how to help that person.

6. Before you go to sleep write questions down and allow your unconscious mind to solve them during your sleep. The next morning be sure to have paper and pen handy to write down the inspiration that comes.

7. Be in nature. The peace and calm of nature will nurture you.

8. Meditate daily. Always find a space of quiet time to calm the mind. Sit and just listen to your breathing or your heart beating.


You won't be using every tool at once. Use different tools at different times. These are just ideas to help you tune into the good (Godly) voices. Change your thoughts. Change your results. Change your life.

~Mishelle Knuteson

1 July 2012 RS Sunday Lesson Info

Favorite herbal remedies

July Ward Newsletter Update:  Just a note from the herbs in the newsletter that Brigham Young mentioned. The yarrow is NOT the yellow flower decorative yarrow, it is the white flower yarrow often found in the wild.

Red Raspberry leaves

This is mostly used as a tea from the dried up leaves. It is best to harvest the leaves before or after the fruit comes on. The leaves can be dried on newspaper in a warm place. Try to avoid direct sunlight. Then store in a cool place in a tightly sealed container.  The recommended dosage is 1 cup of tea 3 times a day when working on an ailment. Can be hot or cold.

·         Colds & Flu

·         Stomach upset.

·         Hormonal problems – good for just about every female issue.

Baby Tea

2 parts red raspberry

1 part spearmint

1 part catnip

Mix together and use 1 tsp. per cup of hot water. Let steep 15 mins. Sweeten with raw honey or stevia. Let stand until comfortable temperature is reached. Use in place of bottles at snack times or bed time while weaning.

Pregnancy Tea (also a good all around female tea)

3 parts red raspberry

1 part comfrey

1 part alfalfa

Mix together and use 1 tsp. per cup of hot water. Let steep 15 mins. Sweeten with raw honey, agave, or stevia if desired. Let stand until comfortable temperature is reached.

Garlic

Nature's antibiotic. 4 cloves is equal to an adult dose of penicillin. Good for most anything that ails you!!

Sore Throat Remedy

1 Tbls. Honey

3 cloves garlic minced

1/8 - ¼ tsp. Cayenne pepper

Mix and take as needed

Earaches – onion juice to kill pain and garlic oil to kill infection.

Garlic oil

Chop, mince or press garlic and place in jar. Fill to about 1 inch over the garlic with olive oil. Let sit for 2 days strain and use as needed.

Garlic Paste

Equal parts of minced garlic and Vaseline. Coat bottom of feet with oil then spread paste on bottom of the feet. Cover with an old sock and leave on overnight. Body will uptake the garlic and help to kill viruses and infections.

Cayenne (Red Pepper)

This is one of those wonder herbs for just about anything that ails you. It can be taken in a glass of water, start with 1/8 tsp. and work your way up, or in capsules (take with food).

This is a small list of its benefits:

·         Brings circulation to areas in body such as arthritic conditions, cold hands and feet, cramps etc.

·         Stop bleeding by packing on cuts and/or taking internally

·         Brings heat to the body in case of frostbite

·         High Vitamin C content helps in colds and flu, fever

·         Can bring someone out of shock or a heart attack by drinking down a glass of water with 1-3 tsp of cayenne in the water

·         Helps to stabilize blood pressure

·         Natural blood thinner

·         Stops bloody noses

·         Counter irritant for chronic pain

·         Aids in digestion, can cure an ulcer

·         Prevents spread of infections

·         Helps strep and sore throats as well as tonsillitis

·         Speeds healing

·         Lowers cholesterol

·         Cleanses the circulatory system

~Mishelle Knuteson

Elk Ridge 2nd Ward RS President

CARD MAKING GROUP for this Thursday, June 14th

The card group will be this Thursday 7:00 pm @ Kristi Mackenzie's house.

Contact Kristi (801-423-1268) to let her know if you plan on coming.

The cards are $1 each and you can make just one, one of each, or multiples of one; whatever you choose.

Thanks so much
Kristi Mackenzie

HAPPY FATHER'S DAY Card
Sorry that this is sideways -- I've tried everything I can to get it to go vertical like Kristi sent it to me.
~Shelly Strand

MEDALLION HAPPY BIRTHDAY Card



POLK A DOT HAPPIEST WISHES Card

Genealogy Fan Chart

During today's Relief Society Lesson a website was mentioned that you can see your family history fan.  The idea was then to use the fan to find the places to start working on researching your family history.  If you do the fan you will most likely find sections of the fan without names (blank sections), this is where you work on family research.  

If you click this link it will take you to the website:  Genealogy Fan Chart

If the link does not work the website is:  https://createfan.com/

You do have to log-in to the site by using your family search account login.  This is so that they can access your family history information to create the fan.

When I did this it stated that it was a one-time access.  I have not researched and read up on this website so I personally do not have any information to pass on to you about their privacy policy & such.  You will need to do that research and decide for yourself if this is a website that you want to give permission to access your family search account or not.

I am just passing on the website since so many sisters seemed interested in it.

May we all feel the desire to continue the searching out of ancestors & enjoy the blessings that come from our labors.  I know I enjoy learning about my ancestors and sharing the spirit of family history in my own family relations as I share my research.

~Shelly Strand, Second Counselor

They're Here!

Remember the Journey CDs are here! 

If you did not receive yours from me today you may drop by my house anytime to pick them up.  I will try to get them out this week & bring any undelivered CDs to Church next week.

Enjoy!
Shelly Strand

Remember the Journey CD's

The CD's are ordered and should arrive on Wednesday, April 18th.  If they are here on that day, I will bring them to church on Sunday, April 22nd.

~Shelly Strand