A plethora of websites!

Did you know that the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has jumped on the www bandwagon! Here is a list of many websites now available:
http://www.lds.org/
http://www.mormon.org/
http://www.familysearch.org/
http://www.ldsjobs.org/
http://www.ldscatalog.com/
http://www.radio.lds.org/
http://www.ldschurchnews.com/
http://combatingpornography.org/
http://www.itsaboutlove.org/ (alternative to abortion)
http://pageants.lds.org/
http://www.ldsmediatalk.com
http://tech.lds.org
http://podcast.lds.org (listen to church magazines)
http://abrandnewyear.lds.org (for teens)
http://www.preservingmarriage.org
http://www.besmart.com (choosing right college)
http://www.ldsces.org (church educational system)
www.lds.org/countries/ (different languages)
http://www.polynesia.com (Polynesian Cultural Center)
http://www.providentliving.org
http://www.lds.org/units/find/ (stake and ward websites)

How to find Joy in Work

How to find joy in Work

(or how to smile while changing a diaper.)

THE LORD & WORK

What would happen if everyone refused to work anymore?

• Read Doctrine & Covenants 42:42
  
• Read Doctrine & Covenants 68:30
  
• Read Doctrine & Covenants 75:28-29
  

How does the Lord feel about work?

Read Moses 5:1

• President J. Reuben Clark said "I believe that we are here to work, and I believe there is no escape from it. I think that we cannot get that thought into our souls and into our beings too soon. Work we must, if we shall succeed or if we shall advance. There is no other way."
  
• President Gordon B. Hinckley said "We are all inherently lazy. We would rather play than work…But it is work that spells the difference in the life of a man or woman." In our world today, many people are unwilling to work hard and to render an honest day's work for an honest day's pay."
  
• Elder Boyd K. Packer said "There is great dignity and worth in any honest occupation. Do not use the word menial for any labor that improves the world or the people who live in it. There is no shame in any honorable work. Honest work is and always has been an instrument of provident living and a vital component of our religion."
  
• President Kimball said "The worthwhile things of life are not the things you just want to do. They're the things you should do. You're headed for a total loss if you only do the thing you want to do."
  
• President Brigham Young said that is was nonsense to talk about building up any kingdom except by labor, it requires the labor of every part of our organization, whether it be physical, or spiritual, and that is the only way to build up the kingdom of God."
  
• President Ezra Taft Benson said "Energetic, purposeful work leads to vigorous health, praiseworthy achievement, a clear conscience, and refreshing sleep. Work has always been a boon to man. May you have a wholesome respect for labor whether with head, heart or hand. May you ever enjoy the satisfaction of honest toil."
  
• President Brigham Young said "Each will find that happiness in this world mainly depends on the work he does, and the way in which he does it."
  

  
  

WOMEN & WORK

• "Enjoy to the End" words and music by Ann Luke Bailey
  

"Let me tell you a story about a girl full of love and laughter,

who grew up with the notion that once you were wed

You'd live happily ever after.

For she'd reached her life's goal,

But had not passed away,

And she didn't know what to do next!

Life was new and exciting with the challenge of growing and sharing.

And, except for a couple of quarrels,

They'd managed to keep their home full of caring

But before it seemed possible there were babies in every room

And the girl who was laughing and carefree before

Changed to riding around on her broom!

One day mom called to pull me up out of a heap.

I told her Momma, I'm changing diapers in my sleep!

And she said you've just got to

Endure to the end.

But I'm simply not sure

That is there is an end.

So I'm trying a cure I can recommend

I'll not only endure it all.

But I'm gonna enjoy to the end!

Now my life's in a new phase.

And the problem with diapers has minimized

For my babies have grown and believe me

The challenges seem oversized.

There are mud pies in my oven,

Full of things I've been missing and looking for.

And I just found my oil container

And children are sliding all over my floor.

We do soccer and baseball,

Then on Thursday it's piano and clogging

Then somewhere between scouting and homework

I try to squeeze in a months worth of jogging.

Then my well meaning husband

Recommends that the children help out

Now it takes twice as long

To do half do the work

But I guess that's what life's all about.

Then on Sunday as we go to church I scream out this expletive

FOLD YOUR'E ARMS AND BE REVERENT IF YOU WANT TO LIVE!!

Then I go in and they tell me

Endure to the end.

But I'm simply not sure

That is there is an end.

So I'm trying a cure I can recommend

I'll not only endure it all.

But I'm gonna enjoy to the end!

Now I know a lady

And her children have flown from the nest

But she's quick to explain

That she still doesn't seem to get very much rest.

She takes care of her mother now

And the grandkids come through in a steady stream

And she tries to do more

Except once she gets started

Her body just runs out of steam.

Once I told her I thought that my life would be

Better next year. She told me,

It doesn't get better

It only gets different my dear.

So I guess I'll just have to go on and

Endure to the end.

But I'm simply not sure

That is there is an end.

So I'm trying a cure I can recommend

I'll not only endure it all.

But I'm gonna enjoy to the end!

• Emma C. Seegmiller's recollection of living in Utah describes: "The first two or three years…proved a tremendous struggle for life's necessities and as a result of that necessity women as well as men had to work hard. In fact work always seemed to be waiting for them in spinning, weaving, carding, tailoring, dyeing cloth, and sewing, knitting, making straw hats…For years women washed, carded and spun wool into yarn and wove it into cloth on the hand loom.
  
• For some women the already rigorous work routine was compounded even more difficult circumstances: "I worked very hard while my husband was away on a mission. I worked in a harvest field…I was not the only woman who worked in the field. But it came hard on me because I was not used to that kind of work…it was always late at night when I came home.
  
• Life then was not easy, but it was satisfying, for doing something that needs to be done, whether routine or extraordinary, feels good. There is genuine satisfaction in work, especially in work done well and for a good purpose. No sociological case studies need be conducted to demonstrate this cause-and-effect phenomenon. It is as true now as it was in the last century.
  
• Doctrine & Covenants 58:27
  

CHILDREN & WORK

• Elder Larry W. Gibbons of the Seventy said "My mother taught me to work hard. She asked me to get the work done first and then go play. One day a few of us helped my mom move a piano from upstairs to downstairs. It was a big, old piano. It wasn't easy to move. We moved it around corners and finally down the stairs. When we set it down, my mother was glowing with happiness—just because we'd moved a piano! I said "Mom, I think you would rather move a piano than listen to a piano." She nodded. She loved to work.
  
• Lorenzo S. Clark who arrived in Utah in 1853 described his youth "My earliest impression is one of work; the idea and ambition of everyone around me seemed to be to accomplish more and do it better than anyone else. Work was more conspicuous than play, even among the young children who were expected to carry wood and water, run errands, feed the chicken and the pigs, kill crickets and grasshoppers on sight with sticks, gather lucern seed, and help as far as possible with the gardening…though we enjoyed and remembered the willow whistles and spool tops made and put into our hands by older persons, the real spirit of the pioneer group was industry and everyone scorned the idler."
  
• Failure to teach children to work may tempt them to look for easy pathways in life. Such pathways more often than not lead downward. There is dignity in a job well done. Elder L. Tom Perry taught that "Teaching children the joy of honest labor is one of the greatest of all gifts you can bestow upon them."
  
• Alma 36:25
  
• Elder Brad Corbett (Carla's nephew) in Guatemala "During this last week here I have noticed the importance in having love in whatever you do. There are some people here in the Branch that really trusts in their own abilities and talents to get things done, and they measure the success that they have with the numbers and results that they get. But then there are also others that work hard and do their best just because they love God and their fellow man. It is amazing the difference in the spirit that they bring with them. So that is something that I have really been working on, just loving the people here, and making that love seen through my actions."
  

14 Day Walk with Christ

Intro:
The only way we can really know another person is to: walk in his shoes..." think what he thinks... learn what he knows... say what would say... and do what he does. Christ said, 'Be ye therefore perfeect." We can only accomplish this as we become more like Him. Faithfully follow this fourteen day walk with Christ and you will understand Him better.


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DAY 1:
QUESTION: How can I follow in His steps?
READ: 1 Peter 2:21, Abraham 1:2, Moroni 7:48
PONDER: How can I follow in Christ's steps today?


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DAY 2:
QUESTION: Am I seeking Christ's help?
READ: Proverbs 3:5-6. 2 Coringthians 12:9-10, Jacob 4:7, Ether 12:27
PONDER: How can the Lord help me to overcome my weaknesses?


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DAY 3:
QUESTION: Who is the Vine? Who are the branches?
READ: John Ch 15
PONDER: From whom do I get my strength? How can I bring forth much fruit? Is social presure getting me down?


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DAY 4:
QUESTION: Do I really understand repentance?
READ: D&C 58, Mosiah 4: 9-12, Mosiah 2:38
PONDER: Have I really sought forgiveness from the Lord and do I really believe that He will forgive me?


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DAY 5:
QUESTION: Where in lies the power of Christ?
READ: D&C 19:15-24, Mosiah 3:5, 4:2-3, 5:7-9
PONDER: How can I get rid of the guilt? How can I put myself in a position to have the power of the atonement cover my sin?


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DAY 6:
QUESTION: How do I control physical passions?
READ: Matthew Ch 5
PONDER: Can I set a righteous example for other which will help me control my passions better?


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DAY 7:
QUESTION: How can I improve my thoughts?
READ: D&C 6:16, Alma 37: 35-37, D&C 121: 45-46
PONDER: I know that I must keep all idle, unclean and negative thoughts out of my mind.


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DAY 8:
QUESTION: How do I guard my speech?
READ: D&C 88:121, 3 Nephi 12:33-37, Matthew 5:11
PONDER: I will speak only kind, uplifting thoughts today.


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DAY 9:
QUESTION: How do I guard against pride?
READ: Proverbs 6:16-17, 8:13, Alma 5:28, D&C 38:39
PONDER: Am I being honest with others, with myself, with God? Am I humble? Do I do the right things for the right reasons?


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DAY 10:
QUESTION: How is the Lord my Light?
READ: Helaman 5:12. 1 Peter 2:21, D&C 84:43-47
PONDER: For the past 10 days have I tried to make my decisions on the basis... "What would Jesus do if He were here?" Is there room for improvement?


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DAY 11:
QUESTION: How does the Lord want ME to serve?
READ: D&C Chapter 4, Moroni 7:5-8
PONDER: Is it important to know the truth? Is the Lord really first in my life? What am I doing to build the Lord's Kingdom? How do I really feel about the service I give to others? Does serving others make me happy?


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DAY 12:
QUESTION: How can the Holy Ghost help me be more like Christ?
READ: 3 Nephi 27:20, D&C 11:12, D&C 46:11, D&C 8:2, Moroni 10:4, D&C 121:45-46, John 15:16-17, 26
PONDER: Is it important to know the truth? Do I desire the Holy Ghost to be my constant companion?


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DAY 13:
QUESTION: Do I love Christ?
READ: John 13:34-35, John 14:15, 3 Nephi 13:20-21, 24
PONDER: Do I keep all the commandments? Is Christ at the center of my life?


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DAY 14:
QUESTION: What is the pure love of Christ?
READ: Moroni 7:40-48
PONDER: Have I felt these past 14 days a greater love for my Savior? Have I felt His love? Can I commit myself to live each day as He would?

Service Project help needed!

On June 25th is a Multi-Stake Youth Conference. This year our Stake is hosting it. For their service project activity, they are putting together School Kits and Hygiene Kits. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints delivers these kits to people all over the world as needed. Here is more information about these services:

http://www.lds.org/humanitarianservices/0,19749,6208,00.html and

http://www.lds.org/haiti-relief/relief/homepage.htm

Due to the recent increase of natural disasters, their supplies are being depleted. We have been asked to help provide the supplies and the youth will put these kits together. Each ward has been asked to provide a minimum of 30 of each type of kit. There are boxes in the lobby of the church to put these items in.

School Kits

o Unsharpened pencils
o Pencil Sharpeners
o Blunt nosed scissors with metal blades
o Rubber pencil erasers
o Straight edge rulers
o Box of pre-sharpened or unsharpened assorted colored pencils (about 12 pencils to a box)
o Notebook paper in packages or spiral-bound notebooks or letter size legal pads


Hygiene Kits

o Unbreakable combs (no sharp handles
o 4 Toothbrushes (packaged)
o Tubes of toothpaste (6-8oz, no pumps)
o Bars of soap
o Hand towels (approx 15” x 25”)

Fitness Follow-up

We had a great activity on Saturday learning about Yoga and Nutrition. Alisha Rose taught us a beginnger-intermediate routine using a variety of Yoga poses. Then Michelle Clevinger taught us some basic knowledge of nutrition and why we need Proteins, Carbohydrates and Fats in our diet. She recommended the following websites for more information:

www.fitday.com- tracking your nutrition
www.livestrong.com- use the DAILY PLATE to track your calories and macronutrients.
www.freetrainers.com - gives free weight training work outs weekly for your body and goals

Thank you to everyone who helped make this activity possible, and for all those who attended!

Ward Information

For a ward roster, stake roster, ward calendar, stake calendar and to schedule a building: please refer to:

www.lds.org

If you have not logged in before, you will need your confirmation date and your membership number. If you do not have this information, please contact any of the ward clerks for help.

Mesa Dry Pack Cannery Hours

Due to the lack of activity in the use of the dry pack cannery it has become necessary to consolidate our stake shifts to further enhance the efficiency of the facility and the use of our staff to better serve the patrons. Effective July 1, 2010 the dry pack cannery will be open only on the following days and hours:

Days Open Close
Monday CLOSED CLOSED
Tuesday 8:00 am 4:00 pm
Wednesday 8:00 am 4:00 pm
Thursday 8:00 am 4:00 pm
Friday 8:00 am 7:00 pm
Saturday 8:00 am 12:00 pm (Always closed the first Saturday of each month)
(Saturdays are only for stake shift canning and for the purchase of bulk and prepackaged items.)

Stake Canning shifts will be scheduled only on the following days and times:

Days Morning Shift Afternoon Shift
Tuesday 9:00 am 1:00 pm
Wednesday 9:00 am 1:00 pm
Thursday 9:00 am 1:00 pm
Saturday 9:00 am Closed

Fridays will be dedicated for Open Family/Individual Canning the entire day, by appointment!

Day Open Close
Fridays 8:00 am 7:00 pm