This evening at 6.30pm there is a stake fireside for all youth who will be attending this years FSOY and their parents.
Wednesday evening we have our next RS Meeting 'Sister Scriptorians' at 7.30pm. We really hope you will come along and join us to learn how to study the scriptures and to LOVE doing so. We have handouts for all that can help you get started and find a way that works for you.Saturday is our Helping Hands project. Please meet at the Old Cemetery between 9.30 - 10am. This is the entrance at the junction of Cemetery Road and Belvedere Road, there you will find someone to show you where to park and where to go. Please read through the instructions on last weeks blog post so you know what to bring with you and what you need to do before the day.
Thank you to those sisters who signed up today to bring desserts and / or salads. Please note these can be dropped off at the chapel before you go to the cemetery, along with any children nursery aged up to 6yrs of age who will have an activity with the Primary Presidency.
If anyone is planning to come to Helping Hands but did not put their names on the sign up sheet today, please can you email Sara and let her know you are coming so that we count you in on the numbers and ensure we have enough food at the BBQ for all.
On 19th July we have our Stake Fun Day (Sports day) - Damien Watling and Josh Donker are leading the day and would love to have the input of the sisters on the Ipswich team.
Ashlea Sousa, our ward Music Director, will shortly be meeting with the stake music people and needs to know which sisters can play the piano, which can conduct music and any that would like to learn these skills. Can you please let Ashlea know if you did not see the list.
We were also informed today that there are 3 job opportunities which have been placed on the ward notice board - these are Publishing Services Producer, Publishing Services Project Co-ordinator and Digital Media Producer. Please check the board if you are interested, the closing date is 18th July.
Lesson:
Today our lesson was given by Sister Fatima Esteves, the topic, three things we can do that will bring us closer to our Father in Heaven.
1. Exercising Faith in Jesus Christ:
A wonderful quote from Sister Eliza R Snow (a former RS General President): 'Faith is energy....we must be energetic."
Fatima showed us that having faith that will take us close to Christ takes some effort on our behalf, she introduced the example of yeast, water and sugar and how each were vital for us to have in order to make the recipe work. Likewise having faith (yeast) is not enough alone, it takes scripture study, temples, ordinances (water - the living water) as well as fasting, prayer and the gospel (sugar) for it all to come together and the recipe to work.
2. Listening to the Spirit of Revelation:
We must have faith to ask and then be willing to follow those prompting we do receive. We discussed how rarely are we given answers all in one go, more often revelation comes in little packets over time. We were counselled to put difficult questions to the back of our minds and go about our lives, pondering and praying quietly and the revelation will come.
3. Enduring the End:
This can be the harder part! But we want to endure and we want to be firm in our testimony at the end.
We heard a wonderful testimony from Miriam who shared how the Lord blessed her as she put her faith in Him over some difficult decisions and times she recently went through. What a beautiful spirit that testimony brought to our lesson.
Fatima shared a wonderful scripture:
2 Timothy 4:7-8 " I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith.
Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing."
How wonderful to get to the end of our lives and be blessed to be able to say those same words - I have kept the faith. May that be the case for every one of us.
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