RS Announcements Week of 1/24/2010

The Newsletter Has Gone Electronic!
Starting with next week we will no longer publish a hard copy of the monthly newsletter. Instead, you'll find the monthly article and Sister Spotlight on the blog! The announcements and dates are already there, so it seemed redundant to have both. However, a smaller version with the Presidency Message and VT Message is being produced for sisters who have a letter writing route for Visiting Teaching so we can get the spiritual message into these sisters homes. Sara Brockbank will continue to do this. Meanwhile, I will post the Newsletter Message and Spotlights on the blog prior to that Sunday morning.

We will also be printing copies of the blog each week for those sisters who don't have email access. Everyone who does have internet access is encouraged to visit the blog. This not only saves us money, but allows us to share more information, a richer message --and more spotlights! We now don't need to wait to spotlight a sister only 12 months of the year!

Volunteers Needed for the Storehouse Assignment!
Sisters are needed 8 AM Wednesday Feb 3, Feb 10, Feb 17 and/or Feb 24. This involves bagging produce, stocking shelves, and pulling orders. We are asked to have 8-10 people go each Wednesday and stay 2-3 hours. This is a lot more sisters than we normally are asked for so we appreciate your help. If you're interested, please contact Robin McLean 673-9021 or rhmclean@hotmail.com


FREE Job Hunting Skills Workshop
Learn to set carrer goals, select a coach, network, identify resources, research jobs, interview, use power statements, contact and foll0w-up. Saturday, February 13 at the High Council Room at the Richmond Stake Center on Pump Road. 9 to 3:30 pm - attendance is required for the entire 6-1/2 hours. Bring your sack lunch. Call Curt Rowland at 741-6865 to make a reservation (please leave name and phone number.)

Combined Relief Society & Priesthood Meeting Next Sunday, Jan 31.
With this day being the 5th Sunday, we will meet together and the Bishopric will present the lesson.

SAVE THE DATE! Saturday, February 27th -- morning/mid-day
This tri-stake event will be held in Chesterfield at the Bailey's Bridge Stake Center and will feature Sherri Dew, President and CEO of Deseret Book, as the keynote speaker. More information about this special opportunity to come -- save the date now and decide to carpool with sisters and friends.

Please remember to contact your sisters that you visit teach if you haven't already done so this month! Thank you!

RS Announcements - Week of 1/17/2010

New Running Group has been added!
If you're interested in being fit and running with other sisters -- or training for the Monument 10K, then you'll want to call Jessica Rowland who is organizing this group. See the Small Group Section on the sidebar for more info. First gathering starts this week!

Relief Society Temple Trip this Saturday, January 23rd.
If your New Year's Resolution was to attend the temple more often, considering joining the sisters this Saturday for a drive to DC and a temple session. See the Small Group Section on the sidebar for info on how to reach Faye Mullims.

Next week's Relief Society Lesson
is Teaching For Our Times and the Conference Talk which will be discussed is: To Acquire Spiritual Guidance by Elder Richard G. Scott. You can find a link to the article on the right hand sidebar.

RS Announcements - Week of 1/10/2010

WOW -- What a Cold Snap!
Even though we were wrapped in coats and huddled together in the pews, it wasn't all that warm in the Chapel today! A malfunction in the heating system resulted in a less-than comfortable sacrament meeting conditions -- though the talks were great including our very own Tiffany Lunde -- and resulted in the cancellation of the rest of the meetings. Next week, is Ward Conference, so our Stake Leaders will be here and providing the lessons in Sunday School and Relief Society.

Reminder: If you haven't received your RS Manual yet...
Please see Olivia Smith (that's me) on Sunday and get your personalized manual.

This Wednesday -- is our first ever Enrichment Meeting of the Year -- 7 PM.
This special evening will be a spiritual treat as we learn and discuss how to seek and receive divine direction for our lives. Guest speakers include Christy Fiala, Erlynn Lansing and our very own Stake Patriarch, Lynn Whyte. A nursery will be available. Be sure to indicate at the poll to the left if you're planning on coming!

Personal History Class Moves This Month Only to Thursday 1/14, 7:30 pm.
Shannon needed to move the Personal History Class to this week due to illness last week. See the sidebar for her contact info to start attending. You are welcome even if this is your first attempt at Personal History!

RS Announcements Week of 1/3/2010

Welcome to the NEW Glen Allen Relief Society Blog!
I'm happy to announce that we have a new "look" for our weekly announcements -- a new Relief Society Blog. Now instead of waiting to get an email from me each week, or hunt for it in your already over-filled inbox, you can go to: http://www.glenallenrs.blogspot.com/ at any time and find out what's new. I will still send you an email each Sunday telling you that it's been updated...and eventually, as I get better at this, I'll add a functionality so you can be automatically notified when I update it. KUDOS!!! and MANY thanks to Heather Orr (clap,clap,clap) for introducing me to the world of blogging. I can tell already that this is going to be fun! Thank you Heather for sharing your talents!

To see everything -- be sure to scroll up and down -- and read the sidebars where I'll have different items posted and links. Look each week for new items!


NEW 2010 Relief Society Manuals
If you haven't received your new Relief Society Manual for 2010 yet, please see Olivia Smith (that would be me), next Sunday, January 10th. You'll receive a perosnalized manual with reading schedule. Until then, see the link on the sidebar to find the lesson for this Sunday online.


NEW 2010 Theme for Glen Allen Relief Society
Robin McLean introduced our new Relief Society theme for 2010: Come Take Your Place...in Relief Society. Each first Sunday of the month we will review a characteristic of rightous women and learn about a sister in the Old Testament who exemplifies this virtue. We have also planned to make these shorter lessons to leave more time for the bearing of testimonies.

For January, we learned we are Women with Individual Worth and Esther of the Bible teaches us how one person can affect so many. Thru Esther's story, Robin illustrated that no matter the circumstances that befall us, we are still women with a divine heritage and of great worth. Whether we are single or married, divorced or widowed, with children or without...no matter our race or age, we find ourselves at home in Relief Scociety among a worldwide sisterhood of compassionate women striving to live better lives, increase our testimony of our savior, Jesus Christ, and return to live with our Father in Heaven.


First Enrichment Meeting of the Year
Wednesday, January 13th, 7 pm at the Monument Building -- a nursery will be provided. Come to this spiritual feast and learn how to seek and find divine direction in your life. Speakers will be: Christy Fiala, Erylynn Lansing and Patriarch Lynn Whyte.


January Newsletter
Sara has created the January newsletter which will be sent to you separately as a PDF file via email. Whitney Hinckle is our January Spotlight.