Service quilts and blankets

Thought you should see some of the fabulous blankets that have been knitted as well as several quilts that have been made by some of the sisters in our Ward for the Giving Tree this year to help those who are less fortunate than ourselves. They are absolutely magnificent and these photos only depict a small number of the blankets that have been produced this year.

What happened on Sunday

1. We had a few visitors that had stayed for church after the 50th Anniversary celebrations of the Rosny Chapel the day before. We hope they felt welcome.
2. Not many announcements this week.
3. I forgot to announce the Relief Society Broadcast coming up on the 27th of this month. I will let you know more details regarding this after our presidency meeting on Tuesday evening.
4. Poor Diana tried to play a piece of music on a CD for 5 minute music today but due to several unforeseen circumstances (ie Rachael taking the CD player home the evening before!) we sang a song instead called "Carry On, Carry On". Great job on the piano Rach, you redeemed yourself.
5. Miriam presented our lesson from the Joseph Smith manual regarding missionary work - Lesson 12. She did a great job particularly because two weeks before the Stake Relief Society had presented the lesson - also on missionary work. So hopefully we as sisters have caught the vision, received strength and courage to open our mouths and share these wonderful truths of the gospel with those around us. As well as radiating the light of the gospel by the way we live.
6. This has nothing to do with what happened on Sunday but hey - the Young Women and the Primary auxilliaries did a great job with their displays for the open house on Saturday - go sisters!

Creative ideas

Helen and Yvonne both had some clever craft ideas to share and we thought that maybe you might like to use these ideas if appropriate for your families in FHE over the next few months.

Sister Helen's idea is making a brooch out of buttons. You need to use super glue to attach the buttons one on top of each other and then attach a clip at the back and hey presto you have a stunning looking brooch to wear - great idea.

Sister Yvonnie's idea is to make these little gnomes out of old cotton reels - she is in the process of making four to spell the word NOEL, you might like to make the word PEACE or some other appropriate word for Christmas.

Service Craft Enrichment Activity Group

It's really inspiring when you call in and see the Service Craft Enrichment group in action. Every 2nd Tuesday of the month they meet at Sister Yvonnie's home and have done so now for several years. What a productive lot of women these sisters are.

Above is Sister Enid - still knitting at 90 and doing a great job!

The busy clean-up crew leaves the kitchen spotless after everyone enjoys lunch together.

Sisters Ann, Helen, Yvonne and Diana all busy creating beautiful blankets for those less fortunate in our community.

There are two huge bags of blankets that have been knitted, crocheted and quilted already to give to the ABC Giving Tree this coming December. Everyone is busy with whatever project they are working on at the moment - these are extremely talented women who seem to never waste a moment of time. They are always seeking new projects they can help. Thank you sisters for your great examples of work ethic, homemaking skills and willingness to serve and lift others. Go Relief Society!

Back to Rosny this Saturday evening

Sorry everyone I can't seem to get this picture the right way up!!! Just reminding everyone about the events coming up on Saturday. And a reminder that Miriam would love to hear from everyone their feelings and thoughts about Relief Society - a few sentences is fine. Below are a sample of what some of the sisters have written already:-

Through Relief Society I have developed many talents that probably would have lane dormant otherwise
Yvonne

Wherever I go in the world, I know I will feel welcome in Relief Society.
Jill

A Roomful of Memories.
For me, this is a very special room; not just that it has been an extension of our home for over more than forty years, but that it holds so many treasured memories.
In this room I have learned to quilt, make and mend clothes, create Christmas decorations, how to grow a garden, to raise plants (and children) together with dozens of things I would not have thought possible forty years ago. I have learned how to be thrifty, how to educate myself and family, how to be self-sufficient, how to help others and to put into practice all those things which Jesus Christ taught during His time on this earth and which I have been taught in this room.
Equally so, and perhaps even more important has been the love and fellowship which I have felt here. Here, long-term friendships have been formed and nurtured through the years. These friendships have endured through many years, when Charity (The pure love of Christ) has been freely offered and thankfully received.
This room has spectacular views in a visual sense, but to me it represents an eternal view of what God has in store for us.

Diana

Gourmet Girls Club report from Friday evening

Friday night saw the Gourmet Girls (and even a couple of brethren who snuck in somehow!) all travel out to Karenne & Guy's place for an interesting and informative evening. Karenne & Guy had certainly gone the extra mile with their assignment - there was fresh bread already made on our arrival, pizza provided, demonstrations of wheat grinding, breadmaking, vacuum sealing, handouts, a tour of their food storage areas and lots of great tips to help us all.

Karenne & Guy's Basic Bread Recipe:

8 cups of plain flour
3.5 teaspoons salt
2 teaspoons of sugar
8 teaspoons of yeast
8 teaspoons of bread improver
3 cups of luke warm water
2 tablespoons of oil

Method:
Mix well and knead, let rise to around double the size. (Guy doubles it in the microwave!)
Punch down and keand again, divide into 3 portions and place in greased tins. Cover with a tea towel and let rise in a draught free spot to the desired size. Place in 200C for 10 minutes and then at 150 for 30 minutes. Remove from oven and place on a rack to cool.

THANKS KARENNE & GUY FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK AND THANKS ESPECIALLY FOR BEING SO WILLING TO SHARE YOUR SKILLS WITH US.

Sisters, if you didn't get your handout that Karenne & Guy prepared for you, from me on Sunday please check with me next Sunday and I will give you one.

What happened on Sunday

1. There were lots of gaps in Relief Society today and we missed those sisters who are normally there.

2. We welcomed Jill's daughter Helen & granddaughter who were visiting with us today. It was nice to have them with us.

3. Thanks to all the sisters who attended the Enrichment Activity on Friday and we are especially grateful to Karenne & Guy who put so much work into making it a really informative and tasty evening!

4. The General Relief Society Broadcast will be held on the 27th September - always a wonderful experience, put it in your calendars now.

5. Visiting Teaching slips were handed out today for September - please check your slip, some changes have been made.

6. We sang happy birthday to Rachael who had her birthday last Wednesday and we also send best wishes to Bron down in Primary for her birthday on Friday.

7. A reminder about this coming Saturday's events at the chapel for the 50th anniversary.

8. We would love to have sisters share their thoughts about Relief Society. Please email your photo (if possible) and your comments to Miriam who is compiling these for Saturday. Just one or two sentences is fine. We would love to hear from all our sisters in the Ward.

9. Barbara shared with us some points from the visiting teaching message for the month.

10. Rachael led an interesting discussion on the topic of modesty with lots of sisters making comments. We were reminded about not being too casual in our dress when attending church and the temple and the importance of respecting oursevles and others in the way we dress.