- Rockingham West Elders: Above Rae Road, and beachside of Read Street, in Shoalwater and West Rockingham.
- Rockingham East Elders: Above Willmott Drive, and landward of Read Street, East Rockingham, Hillman and Cooloongup.
- Rockingham South Sisters: Below Rae Road and below Willmott Drive, in Safety Bay and Waikiki.
"Relief of poverty, relief of illness; relief of doubt, relief of ignorance--relief of all that hinders the joy and progress of a woman."
--John A Widtsoe
--John A Widtsoe
Tuesday, October 29, 2013
Missionary Boundaries for Rockingham Ward
Wanna feed the missionaries? Wanna introduce them to your neighbors? Help them with service? Find which missionaries are in your area with this ever-helpful Missionary Map:
Tuesday, October 15, 2013
Conference Memes
If you missed any bit of Conference, here's all of the 183rd Semiannual General Conference (Oct 2013).
You need to know what was said. It is the warning before we need a warning.
What I have learned from Oct 2013 General Conference:
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You need to know what was said. It is the warning before we need a warning.
What I have learned from Oct 2013 General Conference:
More here on Twitter, here on the web, here on Pinterest and here on Facebook. Aw, why don't you Google 'em all?
Tuesday, October 8, 2013
RS Newsletter - October 2013
Presidency Message
Visiting Teaching Message - Oct 2013
Romans 12:2 "And be not conformed to this world; but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God."
Sometimes it is all-too-easy to take the simpler path, the mediocre path. How often have you heard yourself say, "I can't be bothered"?
Are we not glorious beings with a grand destiny? Have we forgotten?
Our Heavenly Father has greater things in store for us, not just in the Eternities, but here on earth.
The brethren have a hymn that starts: "Rise up, O men of God! Have done with lesser things." As Christ is our example, so should we conform ourselves to reflect our Heavenly Father.
Meditation: what are the characteristics of Christ? Do I reflect these in my little actions and daily choices?
Love,
Heidi Kneale
2nd Counsellor
We care.
Monthly Calendar
- Sun 6 Oct, 6pm - Relief Society General Broadcast at Rockingham Chapel
- Tues 29 Oct 12:30 - Friendship Picnic at foreshore. Bring goodies to share and friends.
- Sat 12 Oct - Temple Closed
- 12-13 Oct - General Conference Broadcast at Rockingham Chapel
- Sat 10am, 2pm, 6pm (Priesthood session).
- Sun 10am (includes prophet's message) and 2pm
- Oct 16-19 Ward Temple Week
- Thurs 24 Oct - RS Temple Trip. Carpooling departing:
- 7:45am Heidi Kneale's home for 9:30am session.
- 10am at Chapel for 11:30 session.
Weekly Bread Run Schedule
Bread is available for pickups at the following times and places:
- Mon 6:30-7:30pm Hilary Gratwick's home 5 Tangaroa Close
- Wed 6:30pm Dawn Hirama's Home 10 Ocean Place
- Thurs 6:30pm Debbie Cotterell's home 572 Safety Bay Road
Jesus Christ “created the heavens and the earth” (3 Nephi 9:15). He did so through the power of the priesthood, under the direction of our Heavenly Father (see Moses 1:33).
“How grateful we should be that a wise Creator fashioned an earth and placed us here,” said President Thomas S. Monson, “… that we might experience a time of testing, an opportunity to prove ourselves in order to qualify for all that God has prepared for us to receive.”
When we use our agency to obey God’s commandments and repent, we become worthy to return to live with Him. Of the Creation, President Dieter F. Uchtdorf, Second Counselor in the First Presidency, said: "We are the reason He created the universe! …“This is a paradox of man: compared to God, man is nothing; yet we are everything to God.”
Knowing that Jesus Christ created the earth for us because we mean everything to Heavenly Father can help us increase our love for Them.
Be Inspired
This Month's Relief Society Challenge: "Reach Out"
Ring one sister in the ward you normally don't associate with. Call simply to say hello.
Not sure who to call? Log onto our Ward Website (https://ward.lds.org) with your LDS Account (same one you use for NewFamilySearch).
Recipe Corner
Chicken Mole
This classic Mexican dish has spices, but isn't too spicy. This is what Mexicans think of when they think "Cocina de Casa" (Home Cooking). Serve as a casserole, over rice or as soft taco fillings.
Ingredients
1kg chicken (boned or boneless)
2 cans tomatoes
1 chili (optional)
1 litre of chicken stock or water
1/2 c almonds
1/2 c sultanas
8 peppercorns
1 tsp cumin
5 cloves
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/2 c sesame seeds
1 tsp anise
3 onions, chopped
2 cloves of garlic
1 c unsweetened cocoa powder
Place all in slow cooker and let simmer on low 6-8 hours.
Birthdays
3 - Alexis Tata
3 - Helen Temmen
4 - Chantelle White
4 - Margaret Wunsch
6 - Anne Bousfield
11 - Rochelle Cardell
13 - Marlene Percy
14 - Josie Johnson
16 - Ana Filitonga
29 - Diane McDermott
Monday, October 7, 2013
Bishopric Message: “Ye Shall be the Means of Bringing Salvation unto Them”
Bishopric's message for October. Please share with the sisters you Visit Teach.
We are sons and
daughters of God. He is the Father of our spirits (Hebrews 12:9). We are
created in the image of God, male and female (Genesis 1:26-27). Because we are
the spirit children of God, we have inherited a divine heritage and potential
to develop His divine qualities. Through the atonement of Christ we can become
like our Heavenly Father, receive a fullness of joy and inherit, as heirs, all
that our Heavenly Father has (Romans 8:17).
When our Savior
Jesus Christ ministered to the Jews during His mortal ministry, the Jewish
scribes and Pharisees often criticized him for receiving sinners and eating
with them. On one such occasion He spoke this parable unto them saying…”What
man of you, having an hundred sheep, if he lose one of them, doth not leave the
ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is lost, until he
find it? And when he hath found it, he layeth it on his shoulders, rejoicing.
And when he cometh home, he calleth together his friends and neighbours, saying
unto them, Rejoice with me; for I have found my sheep which was lost. I say
unto you, that likewise joy shall be in Heaven over one sinner that repenteth,
more than over ninety and nine just persons, which need no repentance.” (Luke
14:4-7).
Again when the
resurrected savior, Jesus Christ, visited the Nephites on the American
Continent, He continued His teaching regarding sinners, saying: “ye shall not
cast him out from among you, but ye shall minister unto him and shall pray from
him unto the Father, in my name…for unto such shall ye continue to minister;
for you know not but what they will return and repent, and come unto me with
full purpose of heart, and I shall heal them, and ye shall be the means of
brining salvation unto them” (3 Nephi 18:30, 32).
In our day, our
beloved prophet and president of the church, Thomas S. Monson, on behalf of our
savior, Jesus Christ, has continued this message by inviting each of us to “go
to the rescue”, that “we are the Lord’s hands” by which Jesus Christ brings
salvation unto God’s children.
There are many
that have gone astray that still believe in the gospel but they may be
experiencing difficult trials that make them feel uncomfortable attending
church. They also tend to have fewer friendships in the church, so they are
less likely to feel they are among friends, when they come to ward meetings.
Those who return to activity often do so when they see that something is
missing in their lives. As a result, they realize that they need to make
changes in the way they live. At such times, they need the love and friendship
of caring, active church members who accept them as they are and show genuine
personal interest in them.
Through the Lord’s
inspired programs of home teaching, visiting teaching, organized rescue visits
and splits with the ward and full-time missionaries, we can be actively engaged
in regularly rescuing the Lord’s lost sheep. We will come to rejoice as the
good shepherd did in bringing them back to the fold of ward meetings,
strengthening and renewing friendships and participating in all the Lord’s
saving ordinance, especially those found in the temple of our God.
May God bless you
as you become the means of bringing salvation unto them
is my prayer, in the Name of Jesus Christ, Amen.
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