Relief Society Lesson Links

Sisters,

We LOVED seeing your beautiful, smiling faces in Relief Society on Mother's Day!!  It was wonderful to have everyone all together.  Thank you for being there.  You made our day so much brighter.

We have been well-taught, as always, by our Presidency & our teachers.  We hope you have enjoyed our lessons & felt the Spirit testify to you of the truth of the Gospel.  We love to hear the words of the prophets, but we especially love to hear your comments & testimonies!

Here are the mp3 links to our last two lessons:

Our Presidency Message was given on Mother's Day by Kathryn Jolley - "Forget Not to be Happy Now"
http://www.cleanlinemedia.com/JordanRiverWard/RS/2012_05_13_PresMsg_ForgetNotToBeHappyNow.zip

Sis. Sally Crawley taught our latest lesson from Teachings of Our Prophets: George Albert Smith - Ch. 8, "Temple Blessings for Ourselves and Our Ancestors"
http://www.cleanlinemedia.com/JordanRiverWard/RS/2012_05_20_GAS_Ch8_TempleBlessings.zip

We love you, sisters!!  Thank you for all the blessings you bring into our lives -
Your Presidency

RS Lesson Links, Ward Fast sign-up & Sister Spotlight

Br. Braby kicked off our Ward & Stake Mission Month - 40 Day Ward Fast on April 22nd.  He gave a great combined RS/Priesthood lesson about missionary work.  Here is the link for his lesson:

http://www.cleanlinemedia.com/JordanRiverWard/RS/2012_04_22_BishopricMsg_MissionaryWork.zip

We encourage all to participate in our ward fast.  To sign up, click on the link below & fill your name in for the day you'd like to participate.  What a great blessing this will be to our ward missionary efforts!

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AnRwLTtGWL4HdFJDNHBqWFJIdHBQaVZCRXhXeThXWnc#gid=0


This Sunday, April 29th, we were so happy to spotlight Lillie Hammock!  She's great & we're happy to have her in Relief Society.  We were also happy to hear from Sis. Gretchen Erb.  She taught a great lesson from Br. Randall K. Bennett's Conference talk "Choose Eternal Life".  Here is the link for her lesson:

http://www.cleanlinemedia.com/JordanRiverWard/RS/2012_04_29_TOT_ChooseEternalLife.zip

We love you, sisters!!

Our New General Relief Society Presidency

General Conference was glorious! What an inspiring, thoughtful, uplifting Conference. We hope you had an opportunity to watch or listen to the messages from our prophet and our leaders.

Especially applicable to Relief Society - we have a new General Relief Society Presidency.

It's sad to say goodbye to Sis. Julie B. Beck, president, and her counselors Sis. Silvia H. Allred and Sis. Barbara Thompson. They have inspired us and guided us for many years. We are ever grateful to them for their service, their example, and their leadership.



Our new General Relief Society Presidency is -



Sis. Linda K. Burton (center), president, and her counselors, is. Carole M. Stephens (L) and Sis. Linda S. Reeves (R).

We are looking forward to their leadership and sustain them wholeheartedly.

Here's some quick info on the new presidency from http://www.mormonnewsroom.org/:

Sister Linda K. Burton was serving as a member of the Relief Society general board when she received her call to serve as the organization’s president at the April 2012 general conference. In her Church assignments, she spent three years serving with her husband as he presided over the Korea Seoul West Mission. They returned from Korea in 2010. She has served on the Primary general board and in various callings in the Young Women, Primary and Sunday School and as a seminary teacher.She studied elementary education at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City and is married to Craig P. Burton. They have six children and 19 grandchildren.

Sister Carole M. Stephens was serving on the Relief Society general board when she accepted the call to serve as first counselor in the general presidency at the April 2012 general conference. She has served as stake and ward Relief Society president, ward Relief Society counselor, teacher and homemaking leader, ward Young Women president, member of a ward Primary presidency, Primary teacher, Cub Scout leader, Church-service missionary and seminary teacher.

Sister Linda S. Reeves was serving as the first counselor in her ward’s Relief Society when she was called to serve in the Relief Society general presidency at the April 2012 general conference. Previously she served with her husband when he was president of the California Riverside Mission. She has served as stake Relief Society president, ward Young Women president, ward young single adult adviser, Sunday School teacher and Primary chorister.
She graduated from Brigham Young University with a bachelor of arts degree in special education. She is married to Melvyn K. Reeves, and they are the parents of 13 children.

RS Lesson Links

As always - we have been well-taught! We have the best teachers, sisters. Sis's Saundra Gall, Sally Crawley & Gretchen Erb always bring such a wonderful spirit to our Relief Society meetings. They're funny, smart, insightful, and share such beautiful testimonies. We are so grateful for them!!

Here are the links to our last two Relief Society lessons:

Mar 18th - George Albert Smith, Chapter 5: "The Holy Priesthood" taught by Sally Crawley

http://www.cleanlinemedia.com/JordanRiverWard/RS/2012_03_18_GAS_Ch5_Priesthood.zip


Mar 25th - Teachings of Our Times - "Stand In Holy Places" taught by Gretchen Erb

http://www.cleanlinemedia.com/JordanRiverWard/RS/2012_03_25_TOT_StandInHolyPlaces.zip


We appreciate all of you too, sisters! Thanks for your comments & testimonies. You always strengthen us when you share.

RS Lesson Links & Info - "What IS a Caucus??"

Sisters -

First, we want to remind you to be sure to attend your party's Caucus either tonight (Tues, Mar 13th) for the Democrats or on Thurs, Mar 15th for the Republicans.

Second, Sis. Lynette Hancock gave us a quick tutorial on what exactly a Caucus is and how VERY important they are!! Be sure to listen to the lesson link for March 11th for her well-spoken message.

Finally - here are the links for the last two weeks' lessons. We have been well-taught, sisters! We are so grateful for our amazing teachers!!

Sunday, March 4th - our Presidency Message was taught by Yvonne Rodabough on "Forget Not the Difference Between a Good and a Foolish Sacrifice"

http://www.cleanlinemedia.com/JordanRiverWard/RS/2012_03_04_PresMsg_GoodFoolishSacrifice.zip

Sunday, March 11th - Sis. Saundra Gall bore a beautiful testimony of the Prophet Joseph Smith in her lesson! George Albert Smith: Ch 4 - "Joseph Smith: God's Instrument in Restoring the Truth"

** This is the link with Sis. Hancock's great tutorial on Caucuses!"

http://www.cleanlinemedia.com/JordanRiverWard/RS/2012_03_11_GAS_Ch4_JosephSmith.zip

We love you! - Jennifer, Kathryn, Yvonne & Breann

Ward Conference Messages from our Stake Presidency

Sisters,

We've been blessed these last two weeks with amazing lessons & messages & testimonies from our Stake leaders! We hope you were able to attend Stake Conference this past weekend. The Spirit was strong & the messages were wonderful.

The week before was our Ward Conference. The Youth and their parents met with Pres. Bailey where he shared his testimony and a message. We were able to record that for those of you who couldn't be there - the link is:

http://www.cleanlinemedia.com/JordanRiverWard/RS/2012_02_12_WardConf_PresBailey_YouthMsg.zip


We were so happy to welcome our stake president, Pres. Wilcox, to Relief Society to share his testimony & a message with us. He spoke on Ch. 3 from our Teachings of the Prophets: George Albert Smith - "Our Testimony of Jesus Christ". The link to his message is:

http://www.cleanlinemedia.com/JordanRiverWard/RS/2012_02_12_WardConf_RS_PresWilcox_OurTestimonyOfJesusChrist.zip


We hope you can find the time to listen to these talks/lessons - either for the first time, or again.

With love,
Jennifer, Kathryn, Yvonne & Breann

Sister Spotlight & RS Lesson Links

Sisters,

I apologize for falling behind in posting the download links for our Relief Society lessons! I have three good ones for you:

Jan 15th - George Albert Smith, Ch 2 "Love Thy Neighbor As Thyself" - given by Sally Crawley
http://www.cleanlinemedia.com/JordanRiverWard/RS/2012_01_15_GAS_Ch2_LoveThyNeighbor.zip

Jan 22nd - I wasn't at church and missed recording Gretchen Erb's lesson. I heard it was GREAT! She taught from "The Hearts of the Children Shall Turn" by Elder David A Bednar, from the October 2011 General Conference issue of the Ensign. Take some time to read this great talk.

Jan 29th - 5th Sunday, Bishopric Message on Family Relationships - given by Bishop Erb and Br. Crockett (This recording isn't great, but the message IS! It's worth the effort to listen to it.)
http://www.cleanlinemedia.com/JordanRiverWard/RS/2012_01_29_BishopricMsg.zip

Feb 5th - Presidency Message - "Forget Not to be Patient with Yourself" - given by Kathryn Jolley
http://www.cleanlinemedia.com/JordanRiverWard/RS/2012_02_05_PresMsg_BePatientWithYourself.zip


We are blessed to be well-taught each Sunday in Relief Society! We love your comments and testimonies shared as you participate in our lessons.

With love,
Kathryn Jolley