Midweek Announcements-

February 3, 2013

This Sunday's Lesson:

"Yielding to the Enticings of the Holy Ghost"

Teaching: Pres. Trisha Wilkins

New Announcements:

• Sweetheart Dance Saturday, February 9th at 7:30 pm at the Stake Center. Dessert will be served!
• The Stake Relief Society Women's Conference is Saturday, February 23rd at 9 am... BE THERE! There will be awesome classes & super yummy treats.
• The Temple will be closed from January 21st - February 4th.

Sunday Lesson Summary:

Elder L. Tom Perry: Becoming Goodly Parents

• In our parental stewardship Elder Perry suggest 5 things parents can do to create stronger family cultures:

  
  

  1. Pray in earnest asking our Eternal Father to help you love, understand, and guide your children.

  
  

  2. Hold family prayer, scripture study, and family home evenings and eat together as often as possible, making dinner a time of communication and the teaching of values.

  
  

  3. Fully avail yourselves of the Church’s support network, communicating with your children’s leaders and teachers and anyone set apart to work with your children so you can provide them essential understanding of your child’s special and specific needs.

  
  

  4. Share your testimonies often with your children, commit them to keep the commandments of God, and promise the blessings that our Heavenly Father promises His faithful children.

  
  

  5. Organize your families based on clear, simple family rules and expectations, wholesome family traditions and rituals, and “family economics,” where children have household responsibilities and can earn allowances so that they can learn to budget, save, and pay tithing on the money they earn.

  
  

  “Our strengthened family cultures will be a protection for our children from the fiery darts of the adversary (1 Ne 15:24) embedded in their peer culture, the entertainment and celebrity cultures, the credit and entitlement cultures, and the internet and media cultures to which they are constantly exposed. Strong family cultures will help our children live in the world and not of the world…The onslaught of wickedness against our children is more subtle and brazen than it has ever been. Building a strong family culture adds another layer of protection for our children, insulating them from worldly influences.”

  
  

  “We women have a lot to learn about simplifying our lives. We have to decide what is important and then move along at a pace that is comfortable for us. We have to develop the maturity to stop trying to prove something. We have to learn to be content with what we are.” (Marjorie Pay Hinckley)

  
  

  “As you create a home, don't get distracted with a lot of things that have no meaning for you or your family. Don't dwell on your failures, but think of your successes. Have joy in your home. Have joy in your children. Have joy in your husband. Be grateful for the journey.” (Marjorie Pay Hinckley)

Reminders:

• Please report your Visiting Teaching to your Supervisor!
• Choir practice is at the Denton home right after church, 6956 E. Volante Ave.
• Play dates are every Tuesday at the park in North Desert & every Friday at the park in South Desert, 10 am.
• Gateway Get-up Gals, mark your tallies on Sunday! The polls on the blog have been fixed! Make sure you mark the correct poll. You only have to vote once on the blog for the amount of times you exercised for 1 week. 
• Please add a photo of yourself/family to your LDS account & update your profile with your contact info.

Service Opportunities:

• The AZ Tempe Mission is in need of supplies to fill the new apartments for missionaries arriving in March. A list of items can be found here.

Free Items:

• If you are having problems with roaches, you can call the city to come spray the manhole in front of your house at (480) 644-3550.

• The ASU Poly Library has culture passes that allow 2 admissions to a variety of museums/parks/zoos. You need your sun card to check them out. They are good for 7 days, but the library has a limited number of each so plan accordingly.