American Fork 16th Ward Sisters

Monday, October 12, 2009

Super Saturday!

Saturday November 14th

9:00am-12:30

These items will also be on display before and after the third hour of church. You can find them in the hall between the Relief Society and Primary Rooms. Please, leave a comment letting us know your name, e-mail address, and which items you'd like to sign up for. You can leave a comment by clicking on the word comment located at the bottom of this post. The money for these crafts is due by November 7th to Tiffany Wallis.

Cost: $3.25 a piece
Size: can be made to any size
Color options: black, pink, blue, or red
Earrings are sterling silver.
Estimated time to make: 10-30 minutes per item

Cost: $3.25 each
Please indicate whether you want the Young Women Theme, The mission, Temple fancy font, or Temple fun font.
Estimated time to make: one hour (mostly for drying time)

Cost: Free.
We will have sewing machines set up for you. Please bring the following items: a placemat, anything you'd like to accessorize your bag with, and about a yard of ribbon (for the handle)
Estimated time to make: 45 minutes per bag

Cost: $1.50 for a set of four
You can choose between the three sets pictures above, or there will also be a winter option available (we will be posting pictures of them soon).
If you'd like you can just pay $1.25 per set and bring your own scrapbook paper or photos to use you can do that instead.
Estimated time to make: 20-30 minutes
Cost $8.00 Estimated time to make: One hour

Cost: $6.00 per set. There are six card in each set, and you can make them to fit any occasion.

Please keep in mind the estimated time to make each item and how long we are going to be there. We would hate it if you did not have enough time to make everything you signed up for.

Wednesday, September 16, 2009

October's Visiting Teaching Message

How Can I Better Understand and Live the Gospel?

Elder Joseph B. Wirthlin (1917–2008) of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles: “Faithful members of the Church should be like oak trees and should extend deep roots into the fertile soil of the fundamental principles of the gospel. We should understand and live by the simple, basic truths and not complicate them. Our foundations should be solid and deep-rooted so we can withstand the winds of temptation, false doctrine, adversity, and the onslaught of the adversary without being swayed or uprooted. …
“Spiritual nourishment is just as important as a balanced diet to keep us strong and healthy. We nourish ourselves spiritually by partaking of the sacrament weekly, reading the scriptures daily, praying daily in personal and family prayer, and performing temple work regularly. Our spiritual strengths are like batteries; they need to be charged and frequently recharged” (“Deep Roots,” Ensign, Nov. 1994, 75).

Barbara Thompson, second counselor in the Relief Society general presidency: “Sisters, now more than ever, we need women to step up and be strong. We need women who declare the truth with strength, faith, and boldness. We need women to set an example of righteousness. We need women to be ‘anxiously engaged in a good cause.’ We need to live so that our lives bear witness that we love our Heavenly Father and the Savior Jesus Christ and that we will do what They have asked us to do” (“Now Let Us Rejoice,” Liahona and Ensign, Nov. 2008, 116).

2 Nephi 31:12: “Follow me, and do the things which ye have seen me do.”

How Does Understanding and Living the Gospel Bless Lives?

President Dieter F. Uchtdorf, Second Counselor in the First Presidency: “As we strive to understand, internalize, and live correct gospel principles, we will become more spiritually self-reliant. … I testify as an Apostle of the Lord Jesus Christ that He lives, that the gospel is true, and that it offers the answers to all personal and collective challenges the children of God have on this earth today” (“Christlike Attributes—the Wind beneath Our Wings,” Liahona and Ensign, Nov. 2005, 100, 101).

Elder M. Russell Ballard of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles: “The plan of happiness is available to all of his children. If the world would embrace and live it, peace, joy, and plenty would abound on the earth. Much of the suffering we know today would be eliminated if people throughout the world would understand and live the gospel” (“Answers to Life’s Questions,” Ensign, May 1995, 23).

Elder Robert D. Hales of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles: “We must live the gospel in such a way that we will have the Spirit to ever be with us. If we live worthily, the Spirit will always be with us. We can then teach by the Spirit. … The reason we pray, study the scriptures, have good friends, and live the gospel through obedience to the commandments is so that when—not if, but when—the trials come, we are ready” (“Teaching by Faith,” Liahona, Sept. 2003, 10, 14–15; Ensign, Sept. 2003, 20, 24–25).