CHARITY NEVER FAILETH Moroni 7:46 Doylestown Relief Society
As we begin a new year, let us take what we have learned and what we need to learn and look ahead, as we remember that faith is always pointed toward the future. We are daughters of God chosen to come to the earth at this time which has been called "a very difficult season in the history of the world". When we turn to Heavenly Father and seek His wisdom in knowing the things that matter most, we strengthen our faith and open our hearts to the influence of the Holy Ghost.
The Lord in His wisdom has provided a Relief Society to help His daughters. He established this divine organization through the prophet Joseph Smith in 1842 to align His daughters with His work and to enlist their help in building His kingdom and strengthening homes that they may be a refuge and a defense against the spiritual distractions in the world.
This year our Doylestown Relief Society will focus on Sister Julie Beck's inspiring charge to prepare ourselves and our families for the blessings eternal life by increasing in faith and personal righteousness, strengthening families and homes, and seeking to be like the Savior and helping others in need.
"Life is not calm for most women, each day seems to require the accomplishment of a million things, most of which are important." Knowing how to prioritize correctly and to give our time and efforts to the "essentials" things that draw us close to the Spirit and help build a firm foundation of truth and light are key to our spiritual preparation.
This year in Relief Society, we will be learning about the history of Relief Society and how it helps teach us WHO we are and WHAT we are to do. All our lessons, activities, and ministering in visiting teaching this year will center on 6 keys areas that will help us to seek for the "essential" things in life that will help spiritually prepare ourselves and our families:
1- Personal and family prayer
2- Feasting upon the holy scriptures
3- Seeking, recognizing, and following the Spirit
4- Making and keeping covenants
5- Worshipping in the holy temple
6- Ministering like the Savior
We express our deep love and gratitude for each of you. From Relief Society, sisters go forth to serve in various capacities in Primary, Young Women, Sunday School, and in the community. You are each a beacon of light and virtue. Through the sacred work of the Relief Society, we are all connected in sisterhood and share in a noble heritage and can develop faith like those remarkable and faithful women that have gone before us. As a daughter of God, each of us has a vital role in helping to build the kingdom of God and preparing ourselves and our families for the blessings of eternal life.
Love,
The Doylestown Relief Society Presidency
November 17 10am to 12pm
Please invite your friends, neighbors, and family to join in some quality time helping bring happiness to some local families at the Tabor Children Services in Doylestown. This is a non-profit organization that provides foster care, adoption, and in home services for families.
We will be making fall turkey boxes and filling them with food and delivering them to Tabor Children Services. Your donations are greatly appreciated but are not mandatory to participate. Please sign up on the google doc at the following link:
“It is not how much we do,
but how much love we put in the doing.
It is not how much we give,
but how much love we put in the giving."
Sound Mind Sound Body Sound Spirit
Thursday Nov 11 @7pm
We are so excited to have Joanna Chodorowska a certified sports nutrition coach, triathlon coach and competitive triathlete as our special speaker for the evening to share with us her invaluable expertise in nutrition and health. She will focus the discussion on how we can maintain healthy eating habits so that we can FEEL better and have more energy, more strength, and have a stronger immune system. She will discuss how food interacts with our bodies and teach us the WHY behind our food choices not just the WHAT. Learn which foods you include or avoid in your daily diet based on how you feel.
Please invite friends and family and sign up on the google doc at the following link: https://docs.google.com/document/edit?id=1sItawZyt0jdEnLs9FcQ1MFnQ6HU6SPn1ikClanjrFbA&hl=en
"Gift of Life Family House"
In honor of our beloved Timmy Raymond, the Relief Society is collecting non-perishable FOOD ITEMS for the Gift of Life Family House Pantry.
Please drop off food items in the COLLECTION BOXES in the foyer of the chapel. Thank you for your generous contributions!
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Timmy Raymond, seventh-grader at Unami Middle School, loved sports, music, and building. In fact, Timmy loved constructing just about anything he could get to hold together, and dreamed of one day becoming an architect. He was well known by friends and family as an exceptionally smart, thoughtful, hard-working, and kind-hearted young man.
Timmy fought a vicious illness with determination and courage for four months surviving unfathomable procedures many used for the first time in medical history. Although he did finally receive a lung transplant and lived through a 12-hour surgery, he died a short time later on March 6, 2010.
The Gift of Life Family House seeks to ease the burden of families whose loved ones are undergoing organ transplants in the Philadelphia region, by providing resources for them, such as meals, counseling, and transportation. Thousands of patients come to Philadelphia hospitals every year needing life-saving organ transplants. Many come from out of state or travel great distances. Family House is a refuge for patients and their families who are on this journey.
www.warriorsfortim.org
Dear Sisters,
I express my sincere thanks to you for your efforts and active participation in the Relief Society "100 Day Book of Mormon Reading Challenge" which culminated in being together in the temple on Saturday Oct 9. It was a beautiful day. I know there were many who would have liked to attend but could not due to schedules, sickness, etc. You were thought of and missed. We will have more temple trips scheduled throughout the coming months.
President Benson said there are 3 reasons to make the Book of Mormon a lifelong pursuit: 1) it is the keystone of our religion 2) it is written for our day 3) it will help us draw nearer to God.
I urge each of us to study the scriptures and words of our living prophets, ponder the teachings and apply them to our lives. As we do so, we prepare ourselves to make covenants with the Lord. The temple is the house of the Lord. It is a holy place where we participate in saving ordinances and where we can find peace and feel the sanctifying influence of the Spirit of the Lord which will teach us, comfort us, and help us through our trials and challenges of our lives.
Love, Jen Pond
October 21, 2010 @ 7pm
Please come join us for a casual and inspiring evening on how to spiritually strengthen ourselves and our families. The first class will be a book discussion based on the book Mothering With Spiritual Power by Debra Woods. It is an eloquent and heartfelt book that speaks to mothers of the sacred nature of motherhood and the awesome spiritual power available to them through the gospel of Jesus Christ.
Please sign-up on the google doc and let us know if you are interested in ordering a book. You DO NOT need to read the book to attend the class. Please come and enjoy the strength that comes from sisterhood as we learn together how to develop meaningful connections with our children, to foster an home atmosphere of respect, peace and harmony, to turn weaknesses into strengths, to forgive ourselves and others, and how to help support one another.
https://docs.google.com/document/edit?id=1F9WjtvqOnIXXw8CVFSx1WWHPIEu7CTTG7l-QkHLOZj4&hl=en
“There is a book we need to study daily, both as individuals and as family, namely the Book of Mormon. I love that book. It is the book that will get a person nearer to God by
abiding by its precepts than any other book. Let us continually reread the Book of Mormon so that we might more fully come to Christ, be committed to Him, centered in Him, and consumed in Him.” President Ezra Taft Benson
Start : by July 1
Complete: by October 9
http://ldssinglessg.com/content/BOM_100_Days.pdf
