Provident Living February

Provident Living

 

Remember to make adjustments to this month’s provident living goals so that they meet the needs of your individual circumstances and families.  Let a member of the Relief Society presidency know about your successes, questions, or struggles and we’ll include them in the Provident Living section of the newsletter or the blog to help other ward members.

 

February

James E. Faust said: “There is a wise old saying: “Eat it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without.” Thrift is a practice of not wasting anything. Some people are able to get by because of the absence of expense. They have their shoes resoled, they patch, they mend, they sew, and they save money. They avoid installment buying, and make purchases only after saving enough to pay cash, thus avoiding interest charges. Frugality means to practice careful economy. (See Webster’s New World Dictionary, 2d. college edition.)” (“The Responsibility for Welfare Rests with Me and My Family,” April 1986 General Conference)

 

Spiritual Goal:  Schedule a time each day to read with your family from The Book of Mormon.

 

Provident Living Goal:  Plan and carry out a Family Home Evening on home fires.  Include planning an escape route and practicing it.

 

Storage Goal:

100 pounds (total) pasta and flour per person

Hand grain mill

Thread Needles

Buttons

Zippers

 

72 Hour Kit: 

1 gallon water per person

Scriptures

Personal documents—genealogical records, wills, passports, insurance information, contracts, birth certificates, patriarchal blessings, etc.  Also think about putting copies of these in a safety deposit box.

$25 cash

January Provident Living

“Let every head of household see to it that he has on hand enough food and clothing and, where possible, fuels also for at least one year.” (J. Reuben Clark, 1937)

 

Spiritual Goal:  Hold Family Home Evening every Monday for one month.

 

Provident Living Goal:  -Review your retirement goals.  Are you putting enough aside to be able to    support yourselves and to do the things you want to do when you retire?

-Also, change the batteries in your smoke alarms.

Storage Goal:

24 cans of meat or fish per person

1 gallon of bleach per person

Can opener

Garbage bags

Laundry detergent

 

72 Hour Kit:  Gather a change of clothing including underwear and shoes for each family member—include warm coats and boots, or have them immediately accessible.

Ax, shovel, bucket

$20.00 in cash

$5.00 in change for phone

Old and new activities

We had a wonderful day at our super saturday last month.  We had a great turn out and everyone made some darling crafts.

We are grateful for the ladies who came and did classes and demonstrations for us. 

Charity Tingey gave us a great discussion on fitness and nutrition.  We learned a lot.

We had a hair demonstration by Beth Wright.  She showed us some darling hairstyles on her daughter Savannah and on Vicki Crosland's granddaughter.

Ann Nielsen led us in a wonderful discussion during lunch about family traditions.  We had a great time sharing traditions we do and learning from others and hearing their ideas.  Ann also shared a tradition they make on Christmas morning that were yummy pancake balls.  They were delicious.

Our last demonstration was learning to make some yummy food by Amalia Barajas with help from Kathy Stringham.  It was delicious and we learned a lot.

 

We really had a wonderful time and it was so nice to spend the day socializing and getting some crafts done.  Everyone brought some delicious desserts to share and we had soup made by the RS presidency and members of the board. 

 

 

Our ward Christmas party will be held on Wednesday December 5 at 6:00 at the high school cafeteria.  We will be having soup.  It is always a fun time and we would love to see everyone there.

A look to the future on Tuesday January 8th we will be having a combined RS activity with the 1st ward.  This will be a really special evening.  It will be called 100 dresses after the children's book "The 100 dresses."  We will have a goal to collect as many dresses as we can (hopefully 100) to give to those who do not have dresses.  Prepare to come for a very special night, socialize with the ladies from our ward and the 1st ward and if you can donate a dress or skirt (adult, youth or child) it would be appreciated.  This will be a spiritual night, a night of learning and a night of service by helping out those in need who might not have a dress and cannot go to church.  It will also be a great night to get to socialize with each other.  We will have a dessert served and babysitting provided.  We really want this night to be special and hope to see everyone there. 

Morman Tabernacle Choir Christmas Concert

Tickets are being requested for the Morman Tabernacle Christmas Choir right now (I was informed). I cannot go but my sister made me request tickets and if I get them (she informed me I had good luck or something) I had to give them to her. They are a random selection. You put your email info in and if you get selected you get up to four tickets. This year Alfie Boe (who sang on the Les Miserable 25th PBS production) and Tim Brokaw will be there. You can request tickets now up until Oct 22. The concert will be held on Thursday Dec 13, Friday 14 and Sat Dec 15 at 8:00 p.m. and Sunday the 16 at 9:30 a.m. You put in your preference but get what you get up to four tickets. The link to register is http://www.lds.org/church/events/temple-square-events/2012-choir-christmas-concert?lang=eng I saw the First Presidency Christmas Devotional but it is already sold out. Hope this is helpful to all if you are wanting to go. You can always request the tickets and if you get them and can't go I'm sure find someone who wants to go. See if you are really lucky :)

Recipes for Saturday

 

If you are bringing a dessert for our Super Saturday lunch make sure to bring the recipe with it. We would love to add it to our RS recipe book. We will be talking about family traditions during lunch so a dessert that is a family tradition (during holidays or family parties) would be a fun one to bring--but not manditory. And if you can't bring a dessert still come too!!  Remember lunch will be served from 11 to 1 (and no I did not make the pie pictured above but it did come from a friend of mine who has her own cooking show on the cooking channel).

Hair Bows

Just a quick FYI...we originally said you could come any time and make free hair bows but we are going to be doing this as a class and combining it with the hair demonstration at 1:00.  If you are there for the class at 1:00 you can make a couple of free hair bows and learn a few fun hair styles for your daughter or granddaughter. 

Also reminder we are doing lunch from 11:00 to 1:00.  The board will be providing soup and rolls.  During lunch we will be doing a family tradition class (while we eat).  If you want to bring a dessert of some sort that is a family tradition (at any holiday or family party) that would be great.  If not don't sweat it and just come. 

We will have a nursery available this day too.  We really hope to see you there whether you signed up for a craft or not.  It will be a fun day to come and socialize, mingle and have a fun day.  Remember it is this Saturday...13th 9:00 to 4:00.

Getting our Craft on

  SUPER                                                                   SATURDAY

We don't have any other Sundays until our Super Saturday so I thought I would let everyone know that on Saturday Oct 13th will be the day. If you signed up for crafts come and get them done. If you didn't sign up for crafts please still come. We have demos and classes going on all day and lunch and a quilt set up for humanitarian to work on. We also have hair bows available to make for free. I have some material available or if you have some material you want to make a hair bow out of bring it and we will be making them for free. It will be from 9 to 3. We are having a nutrition/exercise class at 10:00, lunch from 11:00 to 1:00 with a family traditions class going on during lunch. We will have a hair demonstration class at 1:00 and a cooking demonstration class at 2:00. We will be serving soup and rolls for lunch and if you want to bring a dessert or side dish that is one of your favorite family traditions that would be great. If not, that's cool too...just come. If you signed up for the chairs don't forget your material. If you signed up for the priesthood frame don't forget to turn in your line of authority to Lindsay Mitchell. Any other questions call Melanie (435-743-5292 or 801-791-6469) or leave a comment here and I will get back to you or email me at cheltonmelanie@hotmail.com. There are some great ideas for general conference on the blog. I hope you all had time to take a look at them for this Saturday!!!