9, March 2014 Relief Society Overview

Announcements 
Alice Hackett  will be baptized on Sat. the 15th at 1 pm.
Location will be the Best Western here in Colfax.
If anyone would like to celebrate this wonderful day with 
Alice and her family please join her

RS Birthday  LUCKY TO BE IN RELIEF SOCIETY!   
Tue 11th at 6:30 pm 
LDS CHAPEL 
Celebrate the birthday of our great organization by joining in our 
annual Service Auction! Come prepared to share  a service with a sister. 
Baked goods and handiwork are also fun to share, you're welcome to bring
what you have that night, or share it later.
2 items per service please. dinner and birthday cake will be served.

General Women's Satellite Broadcast
Sat, March 29th with sessions at 5pm & 7pm at the Stake Center ALL 
Women, Young Women and girls 8 yrs of age and older are invited to participate.
We will be serving an Ice Cream Bar between sessions.

Meals for the Stoner's - If you would like to offer a meal for the Stoner's, please contact Stephanie Mackey at 509.553.2025 (home) or 509.398.6301 (cell). You can also sign up online at www.takethemameal.com - Recipients Name: Stoner - Password: Stoner

Time Out for Women - Friday, March 14th through Saturday, March 15th in Spokane!

TOFW is a great inspirational women's conference to uplift and edify us in every way possible. It's a two day event filled with wonderful music and motivational speakers. We encourage as many to attend as possible. It's a wonderful event.

Meals for the Missionaries: If you would like to feed the Missionaries on any particular night please feel free to do so. Contact Joseph Nelson (509) 288-2255 for details.  He is available anytime he is in cell service.

VT NOTE CARDS

Note cards are now in place in the RS, YW & in the Primary. If you need to send a note to your sister for visiting teaching they are available to you. 

VISITING OPPORTUNITIES

Carol Stoner                        Cheryl Bonnell

Alice Hackett                       Verda Bigsby
These ladies would love a visit. Stop by and let them know you are thinking about them. 

Lesson Overview

"FAITH AND REPENTANCE"

AND FORGIVENESS

Faith is the foundation of righteousness.
" What we need in the Church, as well as out of it, is repentance.
We need more faith and more determination to serve the Lord."                                                                                                         -D&C 18:10-16

We are not walking now by sight, as we did before we came into this world,
but the Lord expects that we shall walk by faith [2 corinth 5:7] ; and walking by faith
we shall receive the reward of the righteous, if we adhere to those commandments which are given for our salvation.
Repentance is the second principle of the gospel and is essential to our salvation exaltation. In the principle of repentance, the mercy of Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ is made manifest. Repentance is the one most comforting and glorious principles taught in the gospel. In the principle the mercy of our Heavenly Father anf his Only Begotten Son, Jesus Christ, is made manifest perhaps more strongly than in any other principle. 
Repentance includes sincere sorrow for sin and complete turning from sin.
The scriptures say:
" Thou shalt offer a sacrifice unto the Lord thy God in righteousness, even that of a broken 
heart and a contrite spirit."     -[D&C 59:8]
          That means repentance. 
... Repentance, according to the definition given in the dictionary, is sincere sorrow for sin
with self-condemnation, and complete turning from the sin... there can be no true repentance 
without sorrow and the desire to be freed from sin. 

Think of and example in your own life where you have exercised faith or repentance or even forgiveness..
What does it mean to you?   How has it effected your life?  How has it changed your life?

Next Weeks Lesson  (Chapter 6) The Significance of the Sacrament

presented by Jackie Burnett