January Thoughts

Dear sisters:

     We have a great and wonderful calling in the gospel of Jesus Christ. This calling is to serve our Heavenly Father and our Savior by serving the Young Women of the church. One way in which we can serve the youth is by instilling in them individual worth. To do this we must first develop our own worth within ourselves.  Remember the worth of souls is great in the sight of God. -D&C 18:10.

     As we begin 2011 lets make a promise to make this year better than the one before. I believe as we follow the advice given D&C 88:119. Organize yourselves, prepare every needful thing: and establish a house: even a house of prayer, a house of fasting, a house of faith, a house of learning, a house of glory, a house of order, and a house of God. If we follow this advice we will increase our self worth and the worth of those around us.

     Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee: and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations. -Jeremiah 1:5. Ladies we will not become prophets unto nations but we can be great leaders to the young women we serve. Our Heavenly Father knows each of us. He knows our strengths and weaknesses. He is willing to help us in all we do. I know these things because the Holy Ghost has bore witness unto me that these things are true. I have a personal testimony that our God and Savior are aware of us and know you and me personally.

     If you lack self worth or feel unworthy of His love, remember the first sentence of the Young Women’s Motto. We are daughters of our Heavenly Father who loves us and we love Him. As a stake Young Women’s Presidency, we love you. We appreciate you and all you do. We pray for you and sincerely thank you.
Pat Parkinson

     

December Thoughts

Submitted by Joan Painter.

What a beautiful time of year.  Thanksgiving is a nice time to reflect and express gratitude for all we have.  Next we get to prepare to celebrate the birth of our Savior.  In 3 Nephi 20:24 we read, “ Verily I say unto you, yea, and all the prophets from Samuel and those that follow after, as many as have spoken, have testified of me. “  What if we each also try to testify of our Savior as we get ready for Christmas.  Let us testify of him through our words and actions.  Let us try each day to make somebody else’s day better by simply testifying of Christ.  We can do something as simple and inexpensive as smiling, saying “HI” or wishing someone a” Merry Christmas.” If we do this we all know that our lives are touched also.

Pres. Hinckley has said, ”I am grateful for Christmas.  I am grateful for the spirit of the day and grateful for the outreach that comes into our hearts art this season of the year when we think a little more kindly of one another, when there is a little less bitterness, when there is a little less of hate, when there is more of love and more of reaching out to those in trouble and need and distress.  I thank the Lord for Christmas.”

I too thank the Lord for Christmas.  I pray that we can testify of Christ and feel the love our Savior has for us as we serve others.

Thank you Joan!!

November Thoughts

Tischa Castagno enjoyed President Monson's talk given at the Priesthood session of conference. 

 Here is the link to view it.

http://broadcast2.lds.org/general-conference/2010-october/2010-10-3060-president-thomas-s-monson-300k-eng.wmv

Young Women Theme

We are daughters of a Heavenly Father, who loves us and we love Him. We will stand as witnesses of God, at all times, and in all things, and in all places, as we strive to live the Young Women Values.  Which are:

Faith

Divine Nature

Individual Worth

Knowledge

Choice and Accountability

Good Works

Integrity

and Virtue

We believe as we come to accept and act upon these values we will be prepared to strengthen home and family, make and keep sacred covenants, receive the ordinances of the temple, and enjoy the blessings of exaltation.