Monday, January 31, 2011
If I listen with my heart - Video
This song is part of the 2011 LDS Primary Children's Sacrament Meeting Presentation. Composed by Sally DeFord, performed by Allyse Smith Taylor on her CD "My All Is Thine"
Friday, January 28, 2011
FEBRUARY - VT QUOTE
A meaningful visit is one in which the teachers and the sisters visited have an opportunity for a private conversation and where the visited sister can feel the warmth, love, and concern that her visiting teachers have for her...studying carefully the visiting teaching messages, adapting them as necessary, and presenting them effectively to meet the individual needs of each sister. (RS Handbook)
Monday, January 24, 2011
JANUARY - VT QUOTE
Visiting teaching will provide every sister in the Church with a friend, a helper, someone to care. Not one sister need ever feel alone. We need not feel that no one understands or cares. We will all be called to be visiting teachers to our sisters. Our time with each other will be what we make it. Our sister's needs will be our challenges. Some will need physical help; others spiritual or social help. But all will need something from their visiting teachers. Serving means doing it! Relief Society is according to your nature. It is natural for females to have feelings of charity. You are placed in a situation where you can act according to these sympathies, which God has planted in your bosoms. If you live up to these privileges, the angels cannot be restrained from being your associates!
Wednesday, January 5, 2011
Every Sister
Every sister is dearly needed in each and every ward.
Not one can be spared from the calling to send the gospel forward.
It isn't enough that we see them in passing at the store.
To nurture every spirit, it will take a little more.
The City of Enoch was special because the people treated each other,
Not as friends or neighbors, but, as sisters and brothers.
Please remember when you visit the sisters in your care,
You have the opportunity to build a special city there.
Not one can be spared from the calling to send the gospel forward.
It isn't enough that we see them in passing at the store.
To nurture every spirit, it will take a little more.
The City of Enoch was special because the people treated each other,
Not as friends or neighbors, but, as sisters and brothers.
Please remember when you visit the sisters in your care,
You have the opportunity to build a special city there.
Tuesday, January 4, 2011
CES Fireside for Young Adults
Sunday, 9 January 2011
6:00 PM
A CES fireside for young adults ages 18 through 30, both married and single, will be transmitted over the Church satellite system on Sunday, January 9, 2011, with subsequent rebroadcasts to many areas of the world. The speaker will be Elder D. Todd Christofferson of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles.
See the broadcast schedule for information on worldwide broadcast times and options.
6:00 PM
A CES fireside for young adults ages 18 through 30, both married and single, will be transmitted over the Church satellite system on Sunday, January 9, 2011, with subsequent rebroadcasts to many areas of the world. The speaker will be Elder D. Todd Christofferson of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles.
See the broadcast schedule for information on worldwide broadcast times and options.
Monday, January 3, 2011
VT Quote
We visit teach because we've made covenants with the Lord and they are fulfilled as we share our hearts and souls. ...Visiting teaching is all about family. As we show charity to those we serve, we become family by affection.Sister Bonnie D. Parkin
Saturday, January 1, 2011
A Visiting Teaching Boost
Is it possible that the Savior might have said the following about Sisterhood and Visiting Teaching?
“I know these good sisters are so busy doing the other necessary things of life that often they forget to have true fellowship with each other. Some hardly even know the other sisters in their wards. Yet, the need for personal contact and friendship and love between sisters is greater than ever. Too often they forget part of the baptismal covenant that says they promise to bear one another's burdens.
”I know that they are busy providing for their families, living and dead. They cannot be all things to all people. But they can provide much happiness and share each other’s burdens. I will inspire the Relief Society president to call teams where the companions can teach each other by example and love. I will inspire her to assign routes where I need special help, and as these visiting teachers come to me in prayer, they will draw closer to me. Through this strengthened bond I will inspire these sisters in ways that they could not experience in other circumstances. Their own paths will be lighted as they light the way for others.
“I can remember all things, and I see the sisters of these wards as they were when we were all together in the premortal existence. Some are only waiting for the love and attention and efforts of others to inspire them to find their way back. It will not be easy. My own mission was not easy. But my mission made theirs possible. Now these sisters can show each other the way. The sacrifices they make for each other will not enslave them but will exalt them.”
“I know these good sisters are so busy doing the other necessary things of life that often they forget to have true fellowship with each other. Some hardly even know the other sisters in their wards. Yet, the need for personal contact and friendship and love between sisters is greater than ever. Too often they forget part of the baptismal covenant that says they promise to bear one another's burdens.
”I know that they are busy providing for their families, living and dead. They cannot be all things to all people. But they can provide much happiness and share each other’s burdens. I will inspire the Relief Society president to call teams where the companions can teach each other by example and love. I will inspire her to assign routes where I need special help, and as these visiting teachers come to me in prayer, they will draw closer to me. Through this strengthened bond I will inspire these sisters in ways that they could not experience in other circumstances. Their own paths will be lighted as they light the way for others.
“I can remember all things, and I see the sisters of these wards as they were when we were all together in the premortal existence. Some are only waiting for the love and attention and efforts of others to inspire them to find their way back. It will not be easy. My own mission was not easy. But my mission made theirs possible. Now these sisters can show each other the way. The sacrifices they make for each other will not enslave them but will exalt them.”
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