Recent Newborn Kit Service Project/Quarterly RS Activity!

Thanks to everyone who contributed items and for those who came out to assemble newborn kits and sew blankets! We had a great turn out! The nurses at Einstein Hospital in East Norriton were very appreciative of our donation, and the kits we provided will bless the lives of women and families in need. We also used this activity as an opportunity to celebrate the Relief Society birthday!

Here are some pictures from the activity (thanks to Marie!):

And the final product:

Two bins full of baby clothes!! We ended up with 65 completed sets and have about 20 outfits leftover that we will use for kits in the future!! We hope to continue this type of service project so that we can reach out and support families in the surrounding communities! Thanks again for your service-- we couldn't do it without you!!

Car-Pool to the May 17 Multi-Stake Women's Fireside

This coming Saturday we have the opportunity to attend a wonderful Multi-Stake Women's Fireside. The Fireside is open to all sisters aged 12 and up from 10 stakes (or approximately 90 wards/branches), so you can imagine that parking is going to be a challenge. To prevent fist-fights over parking spaces, the Stake has asked us to carpool.
Vermena Lee is coordinating the carpooling from Valley Forge 1st Ward. She asks that anyone who is interested contact her to let her know if 1.) You need a ride or would like to carpool, and 2.) Willing to drive and how many you can bring in your car. Please respond back to me by Friday. We will meet at the church at 5:15 p.m. and leave at 5:30 p.m. for the stake center.
Please take this opportunity to carpool with your sisters. Our Relief Society budget does not have enough money set aside for bail should you be arrested for disorderly conduct in a parking lot brawl.

Frozen Cookie Dough Fundraiser

It’s the time of year when birds are nesting, grass is growing, ticks are . . . ticking, or whatever they do, and the Valley Forge 1^st Ward Young Women are having their annual frozen cookie dough sale to raise funds to help defray the cost of attending Girls Camp.

Frozen cookie dough can be a real time saver when you need a quick treat for an activity or a way to calm the starving hordes at home. Zombies are repelled by the sight of frozen cookie dough, making it an ideal non-violent way to save yourself and your family from the walking dead. And don't forget - frozen cookie dough is Olaf's favorite food!

Dough choices include oatmeal, peanut butter, and chocolate chip. Each frozen roll costs $8.00, and will make 3 dozen cookies (depending, of course, on how thick you slice your cookie dough, and how much you eat frozen before the dough hits the cookie sheet). Sign-up sheets are going around, or just talk to one of the young women and get yourself on the list.

Your family's future safety may depend on a humble log of cookie dough in your freezer. Don't take chances - order one (or more) today.

Newborn Kit Service Activity - May 13 - Sleeper Sale!

Walmart is selling baby sleepers at $4.97 this week - just in time for purchasing for the Newborn Kit service activity on May 13th! Remember to bring your contributions on Sunday or the night of the activity. See you there!

May 2014 Visiting Teaching Changes

In May 2014, new VF 1 visiting teaching assignments were distributed. In an effort to make important information available in as many places as possible, we are posting the new VT assignments on the blog so that anyone who is unsure can check who they visit teach ("Visiting Teaching Sisters") and track down their own visiting teachers, who are listed next to your name, ex. “Marie Tiller: Sarah Kinghorn & Tobe Adewole”

At the end of each month you need to get in touch with your district leader to let them know who you contacted, and any special needs or situations that may exist.

Some Basic Tips for Visiting Teaching:

Please remember that developing relationships is very important. Texting and email are good ways to keep in touch with your sisters, but only AFTER you’ve established a relationship with them. Don’t let the pendulum swing too far in the other direction.

Please consider each other’s needs. Group visiting teaching lunches or get-togethers have their place, but using them each month for convenience is not appropriate. Each sister needs the nourishment that individual attention provides. Likewise, visiting teachers need latitude in getting their teaching accomplished, and the occasional group visiting teaching may be accommodated.

Encourage each other! If you haven’t seen your visiting teachers, tell them you miss them. Make yourself available to your visiting teachers. I hear a lot of frustrated comments like “She never has time for me to visit.” "I can't get in touch with her. She never answers the phone (or texts, or emails, etc.)" or “I don’t know who my visiting teachers are. I get a text from So-and-So once in a while. I don’t know why.”

Sisters, the most common heart-ache I hear expressed is a feeling of disconnect and loneliness. Visiting teaching isn’t the balm that heals all wounds – the Savior is – but it can go a long way towards relieving the aches and pains of every day. It is not a program - it is a principle, one where we uphold our covenant to "comfort those who stand in need of comforting." Please make it a priority.

 

District 1 Leader – Marie Tiller

Visiting Teaching Companionship
Devon Linn: Ellen King & Sheryl Jackson
Arlene Van Dyke: Amanda Campbell & Shobha Kothapalli
Visiting teaching Sisters: Kim Armento; Tina Byrd; Melissa Rittenhouse; Christine Terrell

Visiting Teaching Companionship
Jill Fulop: Elizabeth Latey & Janet Chavous 
Jennifer L’Heureux: Margie Clark & Aubrie Larson
Visiting teaching Sisters: Tobi Adewole; Melinda Rosales; Connie Thorneloe; Kim Hilmo; Ashley Fletcher (temporary)

Visiting Teaching Companionship
Avery Hash: Mallori Cain & Sara Fultz
Kelly Sue Kneeland Steyn: Amanda Hall
Visiting teaching Sisters: Aubrie Larson; Elizabeth Latey; Sheryl Jackson; Patty Cabot

Visiting Teaching Companionship
Deb Chiapelli: Margie Clark & Aubrie Larson
Kristin Hinchman: Kim Wilson & Lida Ing
Visiting teaching Sisters: Ellen King; Barbara Miskiv; Janet Chavous; Jennifer Althouse

Visiting Teaching Companionship
Ellen King: Deb Chiapelli & Kristin Hinchman
Sheryl Jackson: Avery Hash & Kelly Sue Steyn
Visiting teaching sisters: Devon Linn; Vickie Harsh; Valerie Kielkopf; Delena Chavous

 

District 2 Leader – Connie Thorneloe

Visiting Teaching Companionship
Margie Clark: Kim Wilson & Lida Ing
Aubrie Larson: Avery Hash & Kelly Sue Steyn
Visiting teaching Sisters: Owenna Nagy; Trudy Cook; Deb Chiapelli; Jennifer L’Heureux

Visiting Teaching Companionship:
Connie Thorneloe: Jill Fulop & Jen L’Heureux
Sandra Concoba: Melanie Low & Vanizia Lima
Visiting teaching sisters: Shari Bradley; Amanda Hall; Aubrey Behunin; Terri Sullivan; Winnie Fulmer

Visiting Teaching Companionship
Amanda Campbell: Kim Hilmo & Patty Cabot
Shobha Kothapalli: Mallori Cain & Sara Fultz

Visiting teaching Sisters: Liz Dayton Cynthia Donahue Arlene Van Dyke Marguerite King

Visiting Teaching Companionship:
Trudy Cook: Margie Clark & Aubrie Larson
Cheryl Wentzel: Sarah Kinghorn & Tobe Adewole
Visiting teaching sisters: Edie Gavin; Mallori Cain; Rebecca Manning; Kim Wilson

Visiting Teaching Companionship:
Owenna Nagy: Margie Clark & Aubrie Larson
Edie Gavin: Trudy Cook & Cheryl Wentzel
Visiting teaching sisters: Martha Fogg; Terry Cwienk; Karen Kittrell; Sarah Robbins; Donia Balog

 

District 3 Leader – Margie Clark

Visiting Teaching Companionship:
Janet Chavous: Deb Chiapelli & Kristin Hinchman
Elizabeth Latey: Avery Hash & Kelly Sue Steyn
Visiting teaching sisters: Perlena Facey; Karen Peterson; Caitlin Moore; Jill Fulop; Betty Jo Ellis

Visiting Teaching Companionship:
Sandy Fultz: Vickie Harsh & Cynthia Donahue
Delena Chavous: Ellen King & Sheryl Jackson
Visiting teaching sisters: Vermena Lee; Olubukola (Buki) Olajide; Tereza de Lima; Lida Ing

Visiting Teaching Companionship:
Kim Hilmo: Jill Fulop & Jen L’Heureux
Patty Cabot: Avery Hash & Kelly Sue Steyn
Visiting teaching sisters: Amanda Campbell; Ashley Fletcher (temporary); Tracy & McKenzie Wright; Melanie Low

Visiting Teaching Companionship:
Aubrey Behunin: Connie Thorneloe & Sandra Concoba
Vermena Lee: Sandy Fultz & Delena Chavous
Visiting teaching sisters: Rozet Shirozian; Virginia Garnett; Jennifer Washington

 

District 4 Leader – Mallori Berry-Cain

Visiting Teaching Companionship:
Melanie Low: Kim Hilmo & Patty Cabot
Vanizia Lima: Amanda Hall & Sarah Robbins
Visiting teaching sisters: Marilyn Bruff (Melanie); Sandra Concoba; Michelle Leighton; Sara Fultz

Visiting Teaching Companionship
Amanda Hall: Connie Thorneloe & Sandra Concoba
Sarah Robbins: Owenna Nagy & Edie Gavin
Visiting teaching sisters: Rachel Akinboboye; Vanizia Lima (Amanda); Kelly Sue Steyn

Visiting Teaching Companionship
Kim Wilson: Trudy Cook & Cheryl Wentzel
Lida Ing: Sandy Fultz & Delena Chavous
Visiting teaching sisters: Margie Clark; Linda Holladay; Sarah Kinghorn; Kristin Hinchman

Visiting Teaching Companionship:
Mallori Cain: Trudy Cook & Cheryl Wentzel
Sara Fultz: Melanie Low & Vanizia Lima
Visiting teaching sisters: Shobha Kothapalli; Kalena Annis; Avery Hash; Mary-Patricia Rourke-Smith

 

District 5 Leader – Patty Cabot

Visiting Teaching Companionship:
Sarah Kinghorn: Kim Wilson & Lina Ing
Tobi Adewole: Jill Fulop & Jen L’Heureux
Visiting teaching Sisters: Sandie Bricker; Marie Tiller; Cheryl Wentzel; Shirley McNelly

Visiting Teaching Companionship
Vickie Harsh: Ellen King & Sheryl Jackson
Cynthia Donahue: Amanda Campbell & Shobha Kothapalli
Visiting teaching sister: Sandy Fultz

Visiting Teacher
Virginia Garnett: Aubrey Behunin & Vermena Lee
Letters/phone: Susan Leiper; Leona Bibbs; Denise Clemons

Visiting Teacher:
Val Keilkopf: Ellen King & Sheryl Jackson|
Letters only: Megan Thomas; Elaine & Peggy Rands; Amy Aslamkhan; Jeannie Clover

Visiting Teaching:
Chris Terrell: Devon Linn & Arlene Van Dyke
Letters only: Elisabeth Nagy; Irene Makowski; Cheryl Plotts; Irina Blaine

 

Don't Miss this Special Opportunity! Women's General Auxiliary Meeting!

We hope you can join us for the upcoming Women's General Auxiliary Meeting on Saturday, May 17th!

For sisters in the RS, YW, and Primary presidencies, there will be a training from 2-5pm.

ALL sisters ages 12 and older are invited to attend a special fireside with the General Auxiliary leaders from 6:30-8pm at the Broomall building.

Come to be edified and uplifted as we join together to learn from the General Women's leaders of the Church!

**If you are able to provide rides to any of the young women whose mothers will already be at the stake center, please let a member of the RS presidency know. Thank you! **

Stop Hiding Your Light Under a Bushel!

Fill out a Talent and Interest Survey (available in Priesthood and Relief Society meetings) and turn it in to Bob Fultz. The survey fits many purposes – they help us plan activities, know who to call on to chainsaw a tree, and who not to ask to teach a cake decorating class.

We’re going to find out anyway, so why not take the opportunity to gain some control over the situation?

Gift from the LDS Church Helps in the Construction of the Museum of the American Revolution in Philadelphia

Check out these articles that highlight the Church's donation to aid in the construction of Philadelphia's American Revolution Museum! 

The museum is scheduled to open at the end of 2016.

Rendering of the Museum

LDS Newsroom Article

Museum of the American Revolution Press Release

Deseret News