"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

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:



  • 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.

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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Tuesday, October 8, 2013

RS Newsletter - October 2013

Presidency Message

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


Visiting Teaching Message - Oct 2013

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.