A refrigerator?

There is an older sister in our ward who does not have a refrigerator.  Does anyone have one to donate?  Even a small, college-type fridge would be appreciated.  Contact Bernadette Finley.

Caregiver needed

The McGill family is looking for a caregiver who could work from 10 – 2:00, or any other 4-hour time period up to 1-5:00.  The sister would need some help walking downstairs and to the bathroom.  It would also involve showering her a few days and preparing lunch, but mostly just being with her wherever she goes.  She often rests and would be a cooperative patient. They would be paid about $10/hour, and would need to provide their own transportation.  If interested, call Natalie McGill 379-9964.

Ward Service Project - UPDATED

The ward service project for Saturday, September 8th, from 9:00am to approximately 12:00pm.

1300 North Parham Road, Tuckahoe, VA 23229

1302 North Parham Road, Tuckahoe, VA 23229

Attached are pictures of the homes provided by the county.  At least one resident will be home (disabled) and someone from Henrico County will make an appearance.

Please carpool if possible.  There is not parking on N Parham, so please park on the neighboring side roads.

We will be pressure washing, painting, and doing some yard work for these homes to help clean them up a bit.

The county will provide us with paint, brushes, rollers, scrapers, garbage bags, ladders, and a pressure washer.

Ian Lipscomb said he could bring a push mower.  If you have some yard tools, it's not absolutely necessary to bring them - we just want to make sure everyone has something to do -- there won't be enough brushes/rollers for everyone the whole time.

We will provide drinks (incl. water) and then will have pizza delivered around the time that we are finishing up (hopefully around 11:30am).

If you have any questions please contact brother Tom Andersen.

Ward Service Project

August 25 from 9-12 there is a Ward Service Project - helping the county paint adjacent homes as well as yard work.  Lunch will be provided after.  Children are welcome to help if supervised by their parents.  Will pass around sign up sheet next week in order to have adequate supplies and food.

Strengthening Marriage Classes

A new round of the  Strengthening Marriage class will be starting up on Sept 16.  We will meet each week during Sunday School in the Relief Society Room and will take 10 - 12 weeks to complete.  Ideally a husband and wife attend together; however, if only one spouse is available it can still be very worthwhile.

This is a relatively new curriculum put together by the church and is set up specifically for married couples. Our stake presidency is encouraging all married couples in the stake to take this class at some point.   The course addresses such topics as communication, unity & equality, resolving conflict and enriching marriage.    If you are interested in participating in this round, please contact Jerry or Christy Fiala (fialac@aol.com) or see a member of the bishopric.  This really is an excellent course our experience has been that couples find that they very much enjoy taking it together.  

Service Day & General RS Broadcast

We are going to have a humanitarian service day on September 29, 2012, 2 PM - 6 PM, followed by dinner and then the General Relief Society Broadcast.

We will be working on several projects at the stake center including sewing receiving blankets, making baby booties (new and easier pattern!), tying baby quilts, and painting wooden toys (helicopters and airplanes).

We need each ward to bring 2 sewing machines for the sisters to use.

Please ask your sisters for donations of flannel for the receiving blankets. We need 1 yard of flannel for the front or the blanket and 1 yard of flannel for the back, so 2 yards of flannel in 1 yard pieces. Also ask them to bring their best, sharpest scissors to use. We have the rest of the materials we need.

We will also be collecting knitted hats for newborns. If you would put the patterns below out to your sisters and ask any knitters if they'd make a cap or two and bring them to our activity or turn them in to you that would be great! The caps take a couple of hours max to make and use less than a skein of yarn.Tell the women to be creative and use the scraps of yarn they have left over from other projects!

http://www.themakeyourownzone.com/2011/03/knitting-newborn-hats-for-hospitals.html

http://alliknitts.blogspot.com/2008/02/baby-hats-for-hospital.html

http://www.knitpicks.com/cfBlog/post.cfm/good-for-goodness-sake-draft

Dinner will be served around 6:30 and the broadcast starts at 8.  It sounds like a long day, but you can stay as long or short as you want, we just want you to join us.

Richmond Stake Fair - Sept 22

Mark your calendar:  This September 22 is the Richmond Stake Fair!  Good food and fun for the whole family.  More information to follow.

Write to our Elders -

Write our missionaries a letter -

Elder Jerry Fiala                                               
Taiwan Taichung Mission                                 
#498-11, Wuquan Rd, North Dist.                   
Taichung City, 40446 TAIWAN

Elder Francisco Petrinovich                                
Bolivia Cochabamba Mission                         
PO Box 30150 
Salt Lake City, UT 84130-0150  **The pouch mail instructions are: postcards, & single sheet letter folded in 3 on top only.**

Elder Colin Fiala                             
MTC Box 258
WA-EVR 0821                                      
2005 North 900 East                             
Provo, UT 84604-1793                         
                                                         

Elder Nathanael Pyron

Nevada Las Vegas West Mission

4455 Allen Ln #140

North Las Vegas, NV 89031

Personal History AND Recipe clubs

This Thursday, August 2nd - Personal History AND Recipe clubs - food theme: cooking light for summer - writing prompt: "The historical moment I remember most..." at Shannon Garofalo's house - 6:30