Avalon Ward
Relief Society Newsletter

Announcements

• November 28 - Thanksgiving!

• December 5 - Golden Circle of Friends at 11:30 am at the Kuna Stake Center (See flyer below)

• December 6 - Ward Christmas Party at 6pm at our church building

• December 8 - First Presidency Christmas Devotional

• December 22 - Special Christmas Sacrament Meeting. Please invite your friends!

• December 23 - Giving Machine Assignment at the Village in Meridian (more info to come)

• December 25 - Christmas!!!

• January 25 - RS Activity at 10am

• Our Sister Missionaries are in need of service hours. Please reach out to them or to Sister Carter if you or someone you know could use some service.

Ministering

Please check in with your ministering sisters to see what their plans are for the holidays. We don't want anyone to feel alone or left out. If there are any needs, please reach out to someone in the RS presidency as soon as possible. Thanks!

Activities

*Please download the Gospel Living App to receive further communication from our ward. 

Our next big Relief Society Activity will be on January 25th from 10am to noon at the church. More information to come!

Service

The Kuna Food Bank is running low on certain items. Our RS will focus on a specific item each month to collect and donate. You can bring items to church or drop them off at Michelle Ketterling's home. She has a bin set out on her front porch so you can drop off at any time. Thank you so much for your help!

• This month we are collecting: FROZEN PIES

This month is a little different. We are collecting frozen pies to put in Thanksgiving gift baskets that the Kuna Food Bank will give to families in need. Please sign up at the link below if you would like to donate. More information in the link. Due by 11.23.

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/5080945ABAA22A5F58-53191187-pies/3058703#/ 

Our ward has also been asked to donate cookies for the Come Together Kuna Choir performance on December 8th. To find out more information and to sign up, please click on the link below:

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/30E0D48A4A82BA13-53418758-cookies 

Spiritual Thought

Sisters,

It seems like the world is rushing by. I can’t believe it’s the holiday season already! As we rush to activities and wish we could be a little less busy or sit in bed wishing we felt better so we could serve, please know you are loved. Look for the little moments where you can be more holy. Take a moment at dinner time or bedtime to just be still and look around at all the blessings. Breathe deeply and know God is with you in all the small moments that seem insignificant. This is from Pres Nelson from last years Christmas Devotional;

“I pray that you will feel the deep, eternal love our Savior has for you personally. Jesus Christ has known you since the premortal realm. He knows and sees you now. He sees your joys and your sorrows. He has experienced each of them.

He has perfect compassion for your struggles and rejoices every time you press forward in righteousness, during good times and bad.

I pray that you will gain your own personal witness that Jesus Christ is the Son of God, that He is filled with godly power, and that because of His grand atoning sacrifice, you never need to feel that you must face life’s difficult challenges alone. As you earnestly ask, seek, and knock, you have constant access to His power to help you, to strengthen you, and to heal you.”

Thank you for all the little things you do. They are seen. You bless so many!

-Pres. Amy Carter