This Weekend

SATURDAY

5:30pm dinner, 7:00pm General Relief Society Broadcast
Richardson Stake Center
(on Bowser Road between Spring Valley Drive and Centennial Blvd, east of Hwy 75)
Church Attire
If you need a ride, please call your visiting teacher.
We hope to see you there!
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SUNDAY

Our lesson for Relief Society is based on two General Conference talks this week.

President Eyring's talk Opportunities to do Good

and

Elder Ballard's talk Finding Joy through Loving Service

Please read these talks before our lesson so you will be prepared to share your thoughts and insights.

Daughters in My Kingdom

I love the new Relief Society book - DAUGHTERS IN MY KINGDOM. It is to be used as a home, personal, and teaching resource for us in the coming years. It clearly states the purpose of Relief Society.
With all our recent converts, I find this book especially timely.
I feel it is easy, at times, to think of Relief Society as an option of what we "might" be involved in - if we have the time or inclination.
This book reminds us that this organization is divine - organized by the Lord; through His prophet; and directed with the appropriate keys and priesthood authority.
If you have not received a copy of DAUGHTERS IN MY KINGDOM, please tell a member of the Relief Society Presidency. The Lord wants this book in every woman's hand.

Rotate Your Rolled Oats With This Granola Recipe!

I met Bonnie Muir at the grocery store just before our last "Fun With Food Storage" meeting. We were swapping stories and comparing notes on granola recipes. She has one she loves that I would like to try. The recipe from our meeting was more like a granola "bar", and hers is more like a crunchy cereal, made in a larger quantity that will keep longer. Very practical! What a great way to go through those rolled oats. It costs a little more to make in the beginning, but it lasts: therefore, it saves you money over time in not having to buy several boxes of cereal. Can we all say...ROTATE???!!!

Here's the Recipe.....

PERFECT GRANOLA

13 cups rolled oats

1 cup white flour or whole wheat flour

1 cup honey

1 cup vegetable or coconut oil

2 tablespoons salt

2 tablespoons vanilla

2 cups wheat germ

2 cups brown sugar

16 oz. coconut

2 cups sunflower seeds

1 1/2 cups water

Mix together and place on two large cookie sheets. Bake at 200 degrees for 1-2 hours stirring every 20 minutes or until golden brown. Store in cans or plastic containers.

Makes 40 1/2 servings.

Crafts for Sept 28

We are so excited for our upcoming activity 

"We're All In This Together" on SEPTEMBER 28 at 7PM.

• Below, you will see the crafts we are doing that night. We ask that you sign up for which craft(s) you want to do, but we will not be collecting any money until that night. Please bring exact change or a check (as we will not be able to provide change for large bills).
• If you invite your neighbor, friend, and/or a visiting teaching sister, please sign up for a craft for them so we will have enough supplies that night!
• You can sign up for crafts via the Sign-Up sheets (passed around in RS) or via email to dallas.fourth@gmail.com. 
• Keep in mind that we will only have 1 hour for crafts that night. 
• If you don't want to do any of the crafts, no worries! We still want you to come to the activity and enjoy friends, food, and fun!

HANDMADE BODY SCRUBS

 Large jar (above): $5
Small jar (below): $3
Plan on about 20 minutes per jar.

FLOWER NECKLACE

$5 if the Relief Society provides the fabric for you
$4 if you bring your own fabric (you will need about 1/4 to 1/3 yard of fabric)
Plan on spending about 25 minutes per necklace. If you bring your own scissors and hot glue gun, it will be faster.

TEMPLE MOLDS

$0.50 for the mold only
$1 for the mold on tile (above)
$3 for the mold on a gold charger (below)
$3 for the mold on a wire stand (not pictured)
Each mold will take about 10 minutes total

Gathering of Israel

Sisters,
I am in love with our lesson for Sunday 9-18-11. Chapter 42 explains what the "House of Israel" is and how it will be gathered. The lesson explains it in a clear and simple way. If you read the lesson, you will never again wonder "now, exactly what is the House of Israel?" or where did it come from, who is in it or how it will be gathered. What a relief! See you Sunday.

Shirlee