South Meadows Relief Society

Super Saturday!!

2010-09-26T21:49:00.000-07:00

Here are the details for Super Saturday!

Saturday, Oct. 23rd
9:00 - 2:00 @ Neil Rd. chapel

Caramel Appleology
Class will be starting at 9am so don't be late!

Craft & Create
You can e-mail me with what you want to sign up for OR sign ups will be available at the kitchen on Oct. 10th which is the last day to sign up!!

Keep in mind there will be one craft provided at no charge to you so every one leaves with something! Also a light lunch will be served, even if you don't want to craft come and join us to eat!

Projects:

Necklaces: $4.00
(note: the necklaces pictured here are NOT exactly what you will get. A selection of scrapbook paper will be available to choose from, if there is a specific design you want please bring your own paper.)

Soap Dispensers: $4.00 (please be sure to see below information for list of quotes to choose from)

Quotes:
1. It will all come out in the wash....
2. Attitude - A little thing that makes a big difference
3. Soap is to the body, what laughter is to the soul - Yiddish Proverb
4. Some of my greatest blessings call me Grandma
5. In our house let love abide, and bless all those who step inside
6. Some of my greatest blessings call me teacher
7. A house is made of wood & stone but only LOVE can make a home
8. Hand In Hand (or family last name) - happy hands clean hands warm hands thrifty hands loving hands sharing hands gentle hands helping hands giving hands healthy hands willing hands uplifting hands special hands friendly hands peaceful hands pure hands reaching hands spiritual hands serving hands prayerful hands
9. If you live to be a hundred, I want to live to be a hundred minus one day, so I never have to live without you - Winnie the Pooh
10. Cherish yesterday, dream tomorrow, live today

Fall or Christmas Wreath: Large Wreath $15.00 or Small Wreath $13.00
(Christmas Wreath not pictured but I promise it will be cute!! Fabric for Fall wreath will be exactly as pictured below.)

Brown & Red Wreath: Small Wreath $14.00 or Large Wreath $16.00

(fabric will be exactly as pictured below!)

Cookie Cutter Wall Hanging: $16.00

Spooky Treat Bucket: $15.00

Beaded Watch Bands: $11.00

Purple Passion

Chocolate Covered Strawberries

Chocolate Caramel

Black Tie Affair

Dallas

Milan

Lisbon

Dulce de Leche

Verona

Serenity

Clearly Perfect

Watch Faces: Prices Vary

1086 - BLACK SOLID BAR RIBBON WATCH FACES - $6.00

1180 - BROWN SOLID BAR RIBBON WATCH FACES - $6.00

13022 - SILVER SOLID BAR RIBBON WATCH FACES - $6.50

13022 - WHITE SOLID BAR RIBBON WATCH FACES - $6.50

13045 - SILVER SOLID BAR RIBBON WATCH FACES - $6.75

13045 - WHITE SOLID BAR RIBBON WATCH FACES - $6.75

Garage Sale!

2010-05-09T16:07:00.000-07:00

There are a few of us in the ward who are getting together to hold a garage sale on Saturday June 12th from 8 am - 1pm (or there about). We would love for you to join in and participate if you would like!!! The garage sale will be held at Elizabeth Giles home. For more details you can contact Julie Olson or myself!

Thanks so much!

Weekly Announcements

2010-05-09T15:58:00.001-07:00

Just a couple of announcements this week!

May 11th @ 7:00 is Ward Temple Night

May 14th & 15th is the Fathers & Sons campout

May 15th is the YW car wash to raise money for girls camp from 10 - 2

Have a great week!!

Recipes!

2010-05-09T15:42:00.000-07:00

Below are some recipes that have been shared at G.A.B. in the last couple months! Enjoy!

Vanilla Pudding
3/4 c. sugar
3 T cornstarch
3 c whole or 2% milk
4 egg yolks, beaten
1 T butter
1 1/2 tsp vanilla

In a saucepan combine sugar and cornstarch. Stir in milk. Cook and stir over medium heat until thickened and bubbly. Cook and stir for 2 minutes more. Remove from heat. Gradually stir 1 cup of milk mixture into egg yolks.

Add egg mixture to milk mixture in saucepan. Bring to a gentle boil; reduce heat. Cook and stir for 2 minutes. Remove from heat. Stir in butter and vanilla. Pour pudding into a bowl. Cover surgace with plastic wrap. Serve warm or cold. (Do not stir during chilling).

Cream Puffs

1 c water
1/2 c butter
1/8 tsp salt
1 c all-purpose flour
4 eggs
3 c whipped cream, pudding or ice cream
Powdered sugar (optional)

Preheat over to 400 degrees. Grease a baking sheet. In a medium saucepan combine the water, butter and salt. Bring to boil. Add flour all at once, stirring vigorously. Cook and stirl until mixture forms a ball. Remove from heat. Cool 10 minutes. Add eggs one at a time beating well with a wooden spoon after each addition.

Drop 12 heaping tablespoons of dough onto prepared baking sheet. Bake for 30 to 35 minutes or until golden brown and firm; cool.

Cut tops from puffs; remove soft dough from inside. Fill with whipped cream or pudding. Replace tops. If desired, sift powdered sugar over tops.

Taco Popcorn

1/2 c. popcorn
2 T oil
1/4 c butter
1 T taco seasoning
salt, if desired

Heat oil and popcorn kernels in covered pot over medium-high heat. After first kernel pops, shake pop gently until popping stops.

Melt butter and mix with taco seasoning. Toss butter mixture with popped popcorn in large bowl.

Fudgy Popcorn Recipe

10 c. popped popcorn
1/2 c butter
1/2 c packed brown sugar
1/4 c cocoa
2 T light corn syrup

Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Place popcorn in large mixing bowl. Set aside.

Melt butter in pan. Add remaining ingredients and mix well. Pour butter mixture over popcorn. Toss gently to coat. Spread coated popcorn evenly on a jelly roll pan. Bake 10 minutes stirring twice. Watch closeley to prevent burning. Store in an airtight container up to one week.

Better Than Robert Redford Dessert

Crust:
1 c flour
2 T sugar
1 stick butter, softened
1/4 c finely chopped nuts (pecans or walnuts)

Mix together flour, butter and sugar. Mix in nuts then pat out in 9x13 pan. Cook for 15 min. at 350. Let cool.

Cheese Mixture

8 oz cream cheese, softened
1 c sugar
1/2 of an 8 oz container of cool whip

Mix together, spread over crust.

Pudding

1 box instanst chocolate pudding
2 3/4 c milk
1 box instant french vanilla pudding

Mix well, spread over cheese mixture. Spread remaining cool whip over pudding. Refrigerate. Sprinkle with chopped nuts when ready to serve.

Satay Chicken Pasta Salad

16 oz uncooked bow tie pasta
2 c Kraft Light Asian Toasted Seasame salad dressing
1 T onion powder
1 T garlic powder
1 T black pepper
1/2 T ground ginger
1/2 T red pepper
4 T peanut butter
4 medium carrots, peeled
2 medium red bell pepper
1 c dry-roasted peanuts
2 c lightly packed fresh basil
6 c diced cooked chicken (about 2 lbs.)
Additional chopped peanuts (optional)

Cook pasta according to package directions in (4-qt) pot. Drain pasta; rinse under cold running water. Once pasta is cool, transfer to a large bowl and set aside.

Meanwhile, combine dressing, onion powder, garlic powder, black pepper, ginger, red pepper and peanut butter in small bowl; mix well using a whisk and set aside.

Cut carrots into julienne strips. Cut bell pepper lengthwise into 1/4 in. strips. Cut carrotts and bell pepper strips crosswise into 1-inch pieces. Chop peanuts and basil.

Add chicken, carrots, bell pepper, peanuts, basil and dressing to pasta; mix well. Garnish with additional chopped peanuts, if desired.

Weekly Announcements!

2010-03-01T21:34:00.000-08:00

Hi Sisters,

Here are the announcements for this week! Let us know if you have any questions.

Every Tuesday from 10:45 - 11:45 the Foothill ward has music makers for children ages 0 - 5. We have been invited to participate with their ward. This activity is held at the Edmonton Chapel (4850 Edmonton Dr). If you have any hand puppets and childs musical intruments please bring them. This is a great activity for these little ones.
Tuesday, March 9th Ward Temple Night @ 7:00
Nursery play group schedule! The nursery leaders in our ward are putting together a weekly play group, if you have a nursery age child and want to participate check out the calendar for datys and times!
We have scheduled another trip to the cannery. Join us on Thursday, March 11th at 5:00. Watch for sign up sheets, we need a minimum of five sisters to come to this session. If you work during this time or can't make it but are in need of some items please let us know and we will get those items for you.
If you haven't already make sure you pick up a copy of the South Meadows Ward Emergency Preparedness plan. We would like for you to pick up a copy for each sister that you visit teach and deliver it to those sisters when you do your visiting teaching this month! See Sis. Giles for a copy.
Don't forget our goal of 168 hours of service by March 23rd in honor of the 168th birthday of the Relief Society! Watch for the envelope with paper ice cream cones in it, write down your service on the back, one for each hour of service and then get on the board! It has been awesome to watch our board fill up!
Need help on your family history? Sis. Cordine who is our ward family history specialist is at the family history library on Wednesday's from 10 - 2, she would love to give you a hand!
Don't forget Bishop Dorny has challenged us to read the Book of Mormon by June 9th! If you haven't started now is the time!!

Weekly Announcements

2010-02-10T13:11:00.000-08:00

Hi Sisters!

Here are the announcements for this week!

Tuesday 2/9 - Ward Temple Night 7:00 session

Sunday 2/20 - Multi-Stake fireside @ 7:00 at the Golconda Stake Center. This fireside is in regards to F.A.I.R. you can refer to the F.A.I.R. website at http://www.ldsfair.org/ for more details.

Tuesday 2/23 - G.A.B. @ 6:30 there will be two classes offered each will only be offered once, Bro. Ackroyd will be coming to teach a class called Meats 101 he is the master griller so you won't want to miss out on this! We will aslo be having an Ensign Bowl, read your February Ensign, answer the questions, win prizes! You will be spiritually uplifted and blessed for reading and studying the Ensign.

Service - In honor of the 168th birthday of the Relief Society we want to provide 168 hours of service!! Starting Sunday Feb. 7th thru March 23rd we encourage you to do as much service as possible, keep track of your service and each Sunday at church make sure you get "a scoop of ice cream" write the number of hours of service you provided and add it to the board! It will be so great to see how much service is being done!

Don't forget to do your visiting teaching! If you are not sure what your current route is please e-mail someone within the presidency and we will get you the information.

Have a great week!

G.A.B.

2010-01-22T22:59:00.000-08:00

Mark your calendars G.A.B. is happening this coming Tuesday, January 26th @ 6:30. It a new year and we are good time to set some goals. We hope to help you set some financial goals with our theme of budgeting and finance.

Sis. Giles will be teaching a great class about budgeting she will help you figure out where you money is going and how to budget better!

Sis. Flynn will be teaching crafting on a budget. She has come up with 3 simple projects. The idea behind this is not for you to rush out and purchase needed materials rather to utilize your resources, look around your house, trade with friends, etc.

Below is a picture of each project and the materials YOU will need to bring if you are going to make the pictured project. Please keep in mind that this class is about 30 min. long so budget your time wisely as you probably won't have time to finish all 3. Look for sign ups in your auxilary roles this Sunday!

Diaper Wipe Cover:

Needed Materials:

1 baby wipe case - white

1/4 of fat quarter of fabric (you can get 4 out of one fat quarter) go in with a friend!

1 yard ric rack

9 inches of ribbon

embellishment if wanted

Indoor Flower Pot:

Needed Materials:

1 glass pot or any kind of pot, the cheaper the better!!

Spice Up A Frame:

Materials Needed:

Modge Podge (we will have SOME available)

Frame (look around your house, the frame doesn't have to be in perfect condition, we are going to cover it and spice it up!)

Scrapbook paper (maybe you have some scrapbook paper you are never going to use but someone else will love, maybe you are willing to part with it or trade it for other paper, this is what makes it fun and inexpensive!)

Ribbon

Weekly Announcements

2010-01-18T18:14:00.000-08:00

Hi Sisters!

There are lots of announcements this week. I have tried to break it into categories (in bold) so you can know whether it's something that pertains to you!

Relief Society Activities

Jan. 26th @ 6:30 is G.A.B. at the Neil Rd. chapel in the Relief Society room. This month is all about budgeting! Sister Giles will be teaching a class about finance/budgeting and Sister Flynn will be teaching crafting on a budget! We will also be having a treat on a budget too! It's a New Year and a great time to make any financial adjustments you need to! I will be posting pictures, along with supplies you will need to bring and the supplies that will be provided. Look for sign up sheets in your role this Sunday!!
Jan. 30th @ 9:00 is the Stake Relief Society Activity - "A Heart Like His" There will be several classes/workshops to choose from along with a special musical program and a luncheon. You will be able to choose two of the classes to attend. The classes being held are:

The Heart of the Scriptures - Bro. Sadler
Turning the Hearts of the Children: Journaling for Today - Sis. Childs
Enduring Hearts: Surviving and Thriving - Sis. Jenkins
The Financial heart of the Home: How to Save Money Every Day - Sis. Broadbent (from Sacramento)
De Un Corazon (Of One Heart) - Spanish speaking class by Sis. Turner

Roomates

Rental Space Available: Young Woman, young mother with a child or young married couple with or without child to share large 4 bedroom home with 3 baths. House in southwest with 3 car garage to share. If renting one bedroom $350, two bedrooms $550 plus half of utilities. If you are interested please let me (Lisa) know and I will get you the contact info.
A sister has moved here from Las Vegas to take care of a friend who lives in our stake. She is unable to stay at her friends house, so she is looking for someone who needs a roommate, preferably someone with a house or apartment is fine also. If you are interested please let me (Lisa) know and I will get you the contact info.

General Stake announcements

Jan. 30th @ 6:30 at Golconda stake center there will be an open house held for the former stake presidency (Pres. Earl, Pres. Dyer & Pres. Chamberlin)
Feb. 20th @7:00 at Golconda stake center there will be a multi-stake fireside. This fireside is going to be presented by F.A.I.R - The Foundation for Apologetic Information and Research. For information about what F.A.I.R. is please visit http://www.fairlds.org/. There is also an informational flyer that will be forwarded.

General Announcements

Jan. 23rd @ 11:00 there is a ground breaking for a new church in Sun Valley at the corner of Pearl and E. 4th any who wish to attend are invited
The nursery could use some "new" gently-used toys. Since we've just had such a great Christmas season now would be a great time to clean out your toy boxes and closets. There are a few items we would love to have: Matchbox Cars, Dolls (with clothes!), Doll Clothes, Dress Up Clothes (hats, purses, aprons, etc.), and Nerf-type Balls. If you have any of these items that you are willing to part with please contact Tara Eagleston 223-0749. Thank You! (** please nothing too large in size due to limited closet space**)
Help for Haiti - At this time we are aware of only the following way to assist those affected by the earthquake in Haiti " I have been searching the church website for ways we can help the people of Haiti. From my understanding the best thing we can do to provide immediate support is to donate funds for relief efforts. Below is a direct link to an online donation web page.
The following link is an article describing the current relief efforts the church is providing:
http://newsroom.lds.org/ldsnewsroom/eng/news-releases-stories/church-sends-additional-aid-to-haiti-earthquake-victims donations for relief efforts can be made at http://give.lds.org/emergencyresponse. " Personally I also have some friends who are trying to adopt from Haiti, at this time there are several children from their Orphanage (including their adoptive children) who are missing, prayers on behalf of the missing children would be appreciated. We will let you know if we hear of additional service opportunities.
Jan. 24th is the last practice for choir for the Stake Relief Sociey Activity @ 6:30, for details about where the practice is please contact me and I will fill you in.

Okay, I think that is it, if you have any questions please let me know! Thanks and have an amazing week!

Weekly Announcements

2010-01-04T20:54:00.000-08:00

We appreciate all those who have signed up to feed the missionaries, there are a couple of openings still for this first week of January. If you are able to fill the night of either the 4th, 6th, or 8th please contact Kate Freeman at 250-2396 or dougkatef@yahoo.com
Jan. 26th - G.A.B. 6:30 at the church...more information to follow!
Jan. 30th - Stake Relief Society Meeting from 9:00 - 1:00 at the Stake Center
Foothill Ward is forming a women's choir to perform selections at our upcoming Stake Women's Conference on January 30th. All sisters in the stake are encouraged to participate in this choir, which will take a major part in the program "A Heart Like His". Practices will be held on Sunday, January 17th and 24th at 6:30 p.m., at the home of Judy Elsmore. Please see a member of your ward or Stake Relief Society presidency if you have any questions and for address information for Sister Elsmore

Weekly Announcements

2009-12-29T19:40:00.000-08:00

Now that the holiday's are over you can expect to hear from us weekly again! Hope everyone enjoyed their Christmas and best wishes for the New Year!

Friday, Jan. 1st all are invited for a 5k Fun Walk/Run, we will meet at Comstock park at 10:00
Saturday, Jan. 2nd child of record baptisms, Carly Colcord from our ward will be baptized
Tuesday, Jan. 5th the temple re-opens
Saturday, Jan. 30th Stake Relief Society conference 9 am at the stake center, more details to follow

THANK YOU for ALL of your help with the Christmas projects, it was a great success!! It wouldn't have happened without you!

Shelly Taylor had her baby this past week, both Mom and baby are home and doing great.

Lisa Dorny also had her baby, today, she is still in the hospital but all went well with the birth, baby and Mom are both healthy!

Weekly Announcements

2009-12-07T18:45:00.000-08:00

Sister Rees is looking for tea sandwich recipes, if anyone has any recipes they would like to share please e-mail them to her at anniereesnv@gmail.com

A BIG THANK YOU to all those who helped with the Food Boxes for Washoe County School District! The food donated will go to feed lots of families in the school district and makes a big difference. We appreciate your generosity, compassion and willingness to serve.

Ward Christmas Party - Friday, Dec. 11th 7:00 at the church, we will be caroling, enjoying a hot chocolate bar and the primary kids will be participating in a service project. Come bundled up it's sure to be cold! Please also remember there will be an empty box at the party that we would like to fill with winter clothes for children. items needed are hats, boots, jackets, gloves, etc. If you are able to donate please bring it with you!

Stake Sing A Long - Sunday, Dec. 13th 7:00 at the Stake Center

G.A.B. Session - Tuesday, Dec. 15th, please arrive at 6:20 we will be "departing" at 6:30. Come ready for a Christmas experience you won't soon forget. Dinner will be served. Please wear your pajamas or comfortable lounge clothes, whatever you are most comfortable in!

Service Opportunity - If you are looking for a service opportunity this Christmas and aren't sure just what to do we have something for you! Please contact Elizabeth Giles (elizabeth@aoktechnology.net) or Kathy Freeman(dougkatef@yahoo.com) for details.

Welcome to Leah Cummings and her cute family. We are so happy to have you back in the ward!

Reminder: If your contact information has changed, address or phone number please notify one of the presidency so we can keep records up to date and get a hold of you if necessary.

Weekly Announcements

2009-11-30T20:15:00.000-08:00

Hi Sisters!

Hope you all had a nice Thanksgiving with your friends and families!

Here are the announcements for this week.

Food Boxes for the School District are due this week, the following is a list of what should be in the boxes:

4 cans of meat (Spam, Tuna, Chicken, etc.)
4 cans of vegetables
4 cans of fruit
2 cans of soup
2 pkgs of dried foods (hamburger helper, stuffing, spaghetti, etc)
1 - 2 lb. bag of dried pinto beans
1 - 2 lb. bag of rice
1 box of powdered mild or 4 cans of milk
3 boxes of cereal
4 cans of tomato sauce

These boxes should be dropped of to Sister Giles house on December 4th or before 9 am on Dec 5th. If you are not able to get the box to her house either of these days you may also drop your box off at the Edmonton chapel on Dec. 5th between 9:00 a.m. and 12:00 p.m.

Please report your visiting teaching for November! If you aren't sure who your visiting teaching supervisor is you can look on the slip of paper that has your assignment and at the top it will show a name and phone number. If we don't hear from you then you will be hearing from us!

December 15th is our next G.A.B. session! Time is 6:15 and departure is at 6:30, it will be a "journey" you won't soon forget! If you haven't received an invitation yet look for Lisa A. at church on Sunday to get yours!

Food Items for Washoe School District Food Boxes

2009-11-23T21:17:00.000-08:00

Hi Sisters,

Here is the list that some you asked about for the food boxes for the School District.

4 cans of meat (Spam, Tuna, Chicken, etc.)
4 cans of vegetables
4 cans of fruit
2 cans of soup
2 pkgs of dried foods (hamburger helper, stuffing, spaghetti, etc)
1 - 2 lb. bag of dried pinto beans
1 - 2 lb. bag of rice
1 box of powdered mild or 4 cans of milk
3 boxes of cereal
4 cans of tomato sauce

These boxes should be dropped of to Sister Giles house on December 4th or before 9 am on Dec 5th. If you are not able to get the box to her house either of these days you may also drop your box off at the Edmonton chapel on Dec. 5th between 9:00 a.m. and 12:00 p.m.

Please let us know if you have any questions!

Weekly Announcements

2009-11-23T21:15:00.000-08:00

A BIG Thank You to all of those who have signed up to help with food for families in our ward and with the Washoe Schoold District! Your generosity is making a big difference in the Holiday's for many people and we are grateful for your good hearts and willingness to serve our Heavenly Fathers children!

Mindy Cannon had her baby girl on Nov. 11th, both Mom and baby are doing great and are home. The Cannons should be back to Reno shortly after Thanksgiving!

Building clean up this Saturday at 8:00

Make sure you get signed up for tithing settlement, sign up sheets are going around during Sunday School and Relief Society

Have a Happy Thanksgiving!

Weekly Announcements

2009-11-16T18:58:00.000-08:00

G.A.B Session - Tomorrow, Tuesday Nov. 17th is the official kick off of our G.A.B. Sessions! You don't want to miss out on the cooking class or learning about how to use the Family History Library! If you are planning to attend the Family History Library tour please bring your Membership number and confirmation date so you can get registered for family search!

Congratulations to Sister Flynn! She had her baby girl on Nov.10th both Mom and baby are home and doing great!

For those of you who know Rachelle Larsen, she was once a member of our ward, she will be going through the temple to receive her endowments on Saturday Nov. 28th at 11:00 a.m. She wanted to let everyone know that they are welcome to attend if they like!

Cannery - Don't forget if you would like to go to the cannery there are sisters from our ward going Thursday, Nov. 19 at noon! If you are interested please contact Sister Eagleston.

Food Boxes - Thanks again to those who signed up to fill food boxes. The empty boxes will be available for pick up this Sunday in the Relief Society room!

Weekly Announcements

2009-11-10T22:37:00.000-08:00

Nov. 14th - Stake Conference - Adult Session 7:00
Nov. 15th - Stake Conference - General Session 10:00
Nov. 17th - G.A.B Session 6:30, two classes cooking and family history
Nov. 19th - Cannery session at 12:00 pm if you are interested in attending please contact Sister Eagleston

Choir Practice is taking place each Sunday in the RS Room after church starting at 4:15.

New Visiting Teaching assignments have been made, if you have not received an updated route please contact a member of the Relief Society presidency.

A BIG THANKS to those who helped clean the temple!

Our ward is responsible for cleaning the building this month, each Saturday please bring your families and help out! A time will be announced.

G.A.B. Sessions

2009-11-10T22:31:00.000-08:00

The following explains the way our ward will now be holding our Relief Society meetings! We are very excited about this and hope you will join in our excitement!

In the Relief Society General Meeting in September Sister Beck said,
"All of our meetings and activities are meetings of Relief Society sisters. For the past number of years, we have called additional Relief Society meetings home, family, and personal enrichment meetings. In response to concerns about the complexity of that title and the different interpretations about the purpose of those meetings, a decision has been made that the name “home, family, and personal enrichment” will be discontinued effective now. In counsel with the First Presidency and the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, it was determined that rather than give these additional Relief Society meetings a new title, all such meetings and activities will now be referred to simply as Relief Society meetings. Individual Relief Society meetings that are held during the week can be called whatever they are: Relief Society service, classes, projects, conferences, or workshops."

Following the council of our leaders we will no longer call our weekday activities "Enrichment". They will all be called simply Relief Society Meetings. All meetings will be planned with South Meadows Sisters in mind. Our ward meetings will not be like any other Relief Society's meetings in the world. We are unique with many unique talents, personalities and trials and our meetings will reflect that. We have decided to call all weekday meetings G.A.B. (Go Away Better) Sessions to distinguish them from other activities in the ward. This name is unique to US! We hope that each sister will come and then Go Away Better, having made a new friend, maybe having learned a new skill, maybe just sitting and relaxing for a minute and recharging. We hope that as each of us leave these meetings, our faith and personal righteousness will increase, we will feel better prepared to strengthen our families and homes and we will be more prepared to serve the Lord and his children.

Visiting Teaching Routes

2009-11-02T22:30:00.000-08:00

This past Sunday we passed out visiting teaching routes, if we did not get yours out to you please come see a member of the Relief Society presidency this Sunday! We want everyone to have up to date routes so you know who you should be visiting. In the upper right corner of your paper with your route on it is listed who you should report your visiting teaching to each month.

Heavenly Father has called upon us to "feed His sheep" following is a reminder about how we do this through visiting.

"One of the ways Relief Society sisters can feed His sheep is through visiting teaching. “The purposes of visiting teaching are to build caring relationships with each sister and to offer support, comfort, and friendship.” To accomplish those purposes, visiting teachers should:

1. Visit each assigned sister regularly (in her home or other appropriate setting every month).
2. “Learn of the spiritual and temporal needs of the sister and her family.”
3. “Offer appropriate assistance.”
4. “Give spiritual instruction through a monthly message.”

The Lord has blessed women with divine attributes of love, compassion, kindness, and charity. Through our monthly visits as visiting teachers, we have the power to bless each sister as we extend our arms of love and kindness and give the gifts of compassion and charity. No matter what our individual circumstances are, we all have the opportunity to edify and nurture others." - Silvia H. Allred (click here here to read talk in it's entirety)

Weekly Announcements

2009-11-02T22:17:00.000-08:00

In case you missed them here are the announcements for this week!

November 3rd - Temple Cleaning @ 10:00 am
November 7th - Building Clean Up @ 8:00 am
November 15th - Stake Conference at the Golconda Stake Center @ 10:00 - noon
November 17th - G.A.B. (Go Away Better) Session - Cooking class and 2nd class TBA

Welcome!

2009-11-02T22:12:00.000-08:00

We have a couple of new sisters in the ward and we would like to take this opportunity to welcome them!

Amanda Crocker has moved in joined by her husband and 4 cute kids! Welcome Amanda! If you haven't had a chance to meet her yet please do!

Lori Baldwin and her husand and cute kids have also moved (back) into the ward! The Baldwins were previously in the ward moved to Sparks for a time and are now back with us. It's good to have them back! Make sure and say hello if you haven't had the chance to!

Canning Opportunity

2009-11-02T22:10:00.000-08:00

The cannery no longer assigns each ward a month or time to take advantage of the cannery and work on our food storage. If you want to go to the cannery it is now by appointment only! Tara Eagleston has taken the opportunity to schedule November 19th at noon, we need at least 4 sisters to attend at this time if we have 9 or more we can also take the 1:00 time slot. We encourage you to take advantage of this time to work on your food storage. We will be passing around a sign up sheet so we know how many sisters to plan on.

So grab a friend and make it a girls afternoon at the cannery!

A BIG Thanks!

2009-11-02T22:04:00.000-08:00

A BIG thanks to all those who signed up to fill a food box for families within the Washoe County School District! The food will be going to support those families who are in need this holiday season. In all our ward signed up for a grand total of 33 boxes! Thanks for your testimony of service and for being willing to help out!

Recipes

2009-11-02T22:03:00.000-08:00

There were some requests for the recipes of the food served at the Stake Center for the General Women's Broadcast. Sister Crocker has obtained these recipes for us and we are sharing them with you! Also the recipe for the Pumpkin Cream Cheese Squares is listed here, the treat from our G.A.B Session last week.

Cowboy Salsa Salad

1 can black beans
2 C frozen corn (defrosted)
2-3 Roma tomatoes
1 Bunch cilantro chopped
1/2 Bunch green onion chopped
1-2 avocados chopped
1-2 Packages of zesty italian dry salad dressing
Mix ingredients together and toss with the dry zesty italian dressing.

Variations:
Mix with chopped romaine lettuce and serve with cilantro ranch dressing.

To make a meal:
Mix the salsa, chopped romaine and BBQ chicken. When you use the BBQ chicken with the salsa add 1 sm. jalapeno pepper minced, 1 sm orange bell pepper chopped, 1 t. salt, 2-3 T fresh lemon or lime juice to the salsa mixture above. (you can add zest if a little zing is needed)

Cilantro Ranch Dressing

Makes 2 1/2 C of dressing.
2 C prepared Buttermilk Ranch Dressing
1 sm bunch cilantro, lg stems removed (about 1/2 chopped)
2 lg or 4 sm tomatillos (cut in quarters)
1/2 tsp minced garlic (fresh)
2 T fresh lime juice
1 jalapeno pepper diced (seeds removed)

Prepare ranch dressing and set aside. Remove cilantro stems, wash and dry. Add cilantro to food processor and pulse until finely chopped. (or well by hand and then blend) Add tomatillos, garlic, lime juice and jalapeno pepper to food processor and pulse ingredients until pureed. Add the 2 C prepared ranch dressing and pulse just a few times until ingredients are well combined. Chill for 1-2 hours. (dressing should be slightly green)

Pumpkin Bars & Topping

Preheat oven to 3500, grease & flour a 9x13 pan.

4 eggs
1 cup oil
16 oz. canned pumpkin
1 2/3 cup sugar
2 cups flour
2 tsp. baking powder
2 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. salt
2 tsp. cinnamon

Mix all ingredients together. Pour into pan & bake for 30 minutes.

Apple Cake & Butter Sauce

Preheat oven to 3500, grease & flour a 9x13 pan.

2 cups sugar
2 cups flour
½ cup butter
2 tsp. baking soda
2 eggs
½ tsp. nutmeg
4 cups shredded apple
2 tsp. cinnamon
1 tsp. salt
1 cup chopped nuts

Cream together butter, sugar & eggs. Beat hard; add apples & stir in dry ingredients. Add nuts. Bake for 45 minutes. Serve with warm butter sauce.

BUTTER SAUCE:

1 cup butter
2 cups sugar
½ tsp. vanilla
1 cup light cream.

In a saucepan, heat over medium temperature. Don’t boil.

Almond Butter Cake

1 cup butter, softened
1 tsp. almond extract
1 cup granulated sugar
1 tsp. vanilla
1 cup powdered sugar
2 tsp. baking powder
4 eggs
2 tsp. baking powder
3 cups flour
½ tsp. salt
1 cup milk
1 cup slivered almonds, finely chopped

Heat oven to 3500. Grease & flour pan. In large bowl, combine all ingredients. Blend on low speed 1 minute, scraping bowl often. Beat on medium speed 2 minutes. Pour batter into prepared pan. Bake 20-22 minutes, until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pan 5 minutes; turn out onto cooling rack and cool completely.

TORTILLA SOUP

Triple Batch

Canola oil for deep frying tortilla strips
24 – 6-inch tortillas cut into ¼ “ strips
3 onions, diced
12 cloves garlic, diced
2 T Paprika
2 tsp Coriander
2 tsp Chili Powder
½ tsp Cayenne Pepper
6 tsp Cumin
5 qts. Chicken Broth (160 oz.)
3 – 28-oz. cans crushed Tomatoes
6 Bay Leaves
1 T Salt
1 cup Cilantro leaves
3 Lg roasted Chickens, shredded (two 3-lb chickens would be equivalent)

Toppings:
Fried Tortilla Strips
Chopped Cilantro Leaves
Small dollop of Sour Cream
Chopped Avocado

1. In a large, heavy pot, heat canola oil on high heat. When hot enough, fry the tortilla strips until lightly golden, then remove from oil with a slotted spoon onto paper towels. Lightly salt strips. This may be done several days ahead and stored in large plastic baggies.

2. In large soup pot, heat approx. ¾-1 cup olive oil. Add the onion, garlic and spices; sauté for 7 minutes, until onion is soft and translucent. Add the broth, tomatoes, bay leaves, salt, cilantro leaves, and 1/3 of the tortilla strips. Bring to simmer. Cook uncovered 45 minutes on low-medium heat. Remove bay leaves.

3. In a blender, puree the soup in batches; pour back into the pot. Add the chicken, bring the soup back to a simmer and cook until chicken is thoroughly heated – about 5 minutes.

4. Serve soup in generous sized bowls, top with a small dollop of sour cream, chopped cilantro, avocado and the remaining tortilla strips.

Pumpkin Cream Cheese Squares

Filling:
4 oz. cream cheese, softened
1/4 c. sugar
1 egg

Batter:
1 c. canned solid pack pumpkin
1 c. sugar
1 egg
1/3 c. vegetable oil
1 c. flour
1 tsp. cinnamon
1 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. ground nutmeg
1/4 tsp. ground ginger
1/2 c. semi-sweet chocolate morsels (optional)

Preheat over to 375. Grease a 9x13 inch pan. For the filling, whisk together cream cheese, sugar and egg until well blended. Set aside. For the batter combine the pumpkin, sugar, egg, and oil. Mix well. Stir in flour, cinnamon, baking powder, baking soda, salt, nutmeg, and ginger. Pour into prepared pan. Drizzle cream cheese mixture over the batter. Cut through with knife several times for marbled effect. Sprinkle with chocolate morsels if desired. Bake 25 - 30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. Cool. Cut into squares.

Relief Society Activity

2009-10-25T21:45:00.000-07:00

This Tuesday October 27th is our Relief Society Activity. We will start at 6:30 and be meeting in the Relief Society room. This month we will be having two activities, Wooden Spoons and Domestic Divas! Babysitting will be provided in the nursery by our fabulous Young Women!

Wooden Spoons: Tanya will be teaching about food dehydration, she always puts a lot of time and effort into these classes and provides lots of information! Come out and support her and Wooden Spoons and learn how to add to your food storage!

Domestic Divas: For this class we will be making simple half aprons (pictured below). If you would like to participate in this but have limited time or resources to get fabric PLEASE contact Lisa Allred (lisallred@gmail.com) and I will be more than happy to talk with you and work out arrangements.

If you are going to provide your own fabric you will need the following:

5/8 yd. fabric for main body of apron
1 yd of coordinating fabric for ties, pocket and waitsband

Also if you are going to make an apron please bring the following if you have it:
Sewing Machine
Scissors
Pins
Seam Ripper
Thread to match your apron

(Okay, seriously, the picture does not do the apron the "cuteness" justice it deserves!)

Please note you will be able to attend both classes if you want to. Wooden Spoons will start at 6:30 and be taught once. The apron class will start at the same time but if you attend Wooden Spoons you will have ample time to finish your apron too!

Even if you don't need an apron or don't need to know about dehydration come and visit with the other sisters and enjoy some refreshements!

Weekly Announcements

2009-10-25T21:36:00.000-07:00

In case you missed them here are the announcements for this week!

*Stake Conference November 15th 10:00 a.m. at the Golconda Stake center
*Our ward is assigned to clean the temple on November 3rd, if you want to participate in this great service opportunity please contact a member of the presidency
*Ward Choir practice is happening at 4:15 (following church) in the chapel, come out and support the choir!
*Stake Choir, Sister Earl is putting together a stake choir for stake conference, practices will be at the Golconda stake center on Nov. 1st at 7:00 and Nov. 8th at 7:30
*Relief Society Activity (formerly known as Enrichment) is Tuesday, October 27th at 6:30, BABYSITTING PROVIDED!!!

Holiday Food Assistance

2009-10-25T21:31:00.000-07:00

This is the note we received from the stake regarding Holiday Food Assistance for families within the Washoe County School District. If you would like to participate please contact a member of the presidency so we can put your name on the list. We need to provide the stake with the number of boxes our ward is filling by this Saturday. If you have not signed up and feel you can help please contact one of the presidency to add your name to the list.

"We invite you to join us in participating basic foods to families in need. The families are identified by Washoe County School District and are given food boxes to assist during the Christmas and New Year holidays and into the Spring. Thank you for your charitable thoughts and giving. Please follow closely these directions.

The following list of foods* will supplement a family/individual for one week. Please fill the box with all and only the specified items and amounts. All items must be commercially packaged.

4 cans of meat (spam, tuna, chicken, etc.)
4 cans of vegetables
4 cans of fruit
2 cans of soup
2 pkgs dried foods (hamburger helper, stuffing, spaghetti, etc.)
1 2lb. bag of dried pinto beans
1 2lb. bag of rice
1 box of powdered milk or 4 cans of milk
3 boxes of cereal
4 cans of tomato sauce

*Additionally, Gift Certificates purchased at a local grocery store would assist with providing perishable items (eggs, milk, butter/margarine and meat). You can write on it "For perishable food items only". Please purchase only the smaller denomination certificates (4-$5.00 certificates would be more helpful than 1 - $20.00 certificate. Winco and Sac N Save cerfiticates would be the most useful, but others are fine)."

Free Furniture!

2009-10-25T21:16:00.000-07:00

Sister Jenny Whiting is giving away some furniture for FREE! Sister Whiting has had some furniture in storage and is kindly offering to give it away to those who may have a need. She has some table lamps, toaster, and other misc. furniture. If you have a need or know someone who does please contact one of the presidency and we will put you in touch with Sister Whiting!

Welcome!

2009-10-20T17:39:00.000-07:00

Welcome to the South Meadows Relief Society blog! We are excited about using this blog as a way to keep in touch with you and let you know what is going on not only in Relief Society but in the ward as well. Check out the side bar on the right, here you will find contact information for the Relief Society presidency, a link to the current Visting Teaching message, a list of upcoming events for the month, upcoming birthdays and the lesson schedule for the month, and finally a list of labels which will take you to specific postings.

The blog will be updated each Monday with the announcements made in Relief Society on Sunday and any other important information. We will e-mail you to let you know it has been updated and is ready for you to view.

If there is something you would like posted on the blog, i.e. you have something to give away, need a ride, have an announcement, etc. please utilize the contact information on the right side bar and e-mail Lisa for details.

We love you and look forward to continuing to serve you!