Fort Lauderdale temple open house last week

This is the last week of the Fort Lauderdale temple Open House. You can make reservations at  www.templeopenhouse.lds.org. A reservation is not needed to attend.

What to expect during your open house tour:
Open house tours will begin in a tent on the north side of the temple where a ten minute video will be presented. This video will provide an overview of temples and why they are significant to members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.Following the video, there will be a tour of the temple. After concluding the tour, guests are invited to a reception area where any questions will be answered.
Children of all ages are welcome. Modest attire is recommended. Photography is not allowed within the temple but is permitted outside on temple grounds. Please leave unnecessary packages, strollers, etc. in your vehicle.

Temple Address:
3901 SW 154 Avenue; Davie, Florida 33331

The dedication for the temple will be broadcasted on Sunday, May 4th. Our regular church meetings will be cancelled. You must have a temple recommend to attend. Children ages 8 + can attend if they meet with the Bishop. Please bring a white handkerchief to participate in the ceremony.

Weekly reminders- CPR Class tomorrow, Sister Missionaries and Family History

Activity Tomorrow
Come join us tomorrow, Wednesday, April 9th at 10 am in the church gym.We will be learning basic CPR for Infants, children, and adults. Children and munchies welcome.

Hastening the Work
Now that we have Sister Missionaries in our ward, sisters have an opportunity to go out and teach with the missionaries every Thursday evening from 7- 8:30 pm. Meet at the church building. You will be put in pairs and given a list of people to visit in the area. Casual dress should be worn.

Family History
There will be a Family History Consultant at the church building gym every Wednesday at 7:00 pm and some Tuesday's at 10:00 am (Kids are welcome). Come find your ancestors or learn more about the Family Search website and resources available.  Bring your laptop or work on one of theirs.

Women's Broadcast this Saturday

 Women's Broadcast tomorrow (March 29th) at the Church Building.

 We will be meeting at 7:00 pm with the sisters in Palm Harbor for some light refreshments to celebrate Relief Society's birthday. We will then proceed to the Chapel for the Broadcast at 8:00 pm. For the first time, all women ages 8+ are invited to attend. Don't miss this special event.

Spring Cleaning - Clothes for the Young Women

Help the Young Women with their Personal Progress Project focused on Individual worth -finding out who you are inside and out. They will be creating remixed and remade items to wear in a fashion show to show off their fashion sense and creations. You can help by donating items such as:

Clothes - any kind or size

Jewelry

Accessories

Fabric

All donations are needed by April 1st (no joke about it) and can be dropped off in the YW room. Any leftover items not used for the project will be donated. If you have any questions, please contact K.C. Merrill at 757-778-2433. Thank you in Advance!

Sunday meeting updates

Sunday announcements:

• The Douglas family will be moving shortly and they need your help. They will be having an "inside" garage sale this week at their home. 

                  Tuesday March 4th from 10-4 pm

                  Wednesday March 5th from 1 - 4 pm

                  Thursday, March 6th from 10-4 pm

         Please stop by to see if you can take something off their hands, or simply to wish them well. They have been a wonderful part of this ward and will be missed.

• More items have been added under Dates you should know for March. Please take a look.  
• Stay tuned for a new ward website coming our way soon.

Well Hello there, Gorgeous

March 12th at 10:00am

Come for brunch! All Sisters invited.

Bring the Kiddos and let them play while you Mingle and Munch.

Please bring a dish to share.

Standing in Holy Places: Finding your own Sacred Grove

We had a great combined meeting with Palm Harbor Relief Society the beginning of February. Since life can get crazy... always... the topic of the night highlighted a few areas to think about when trying to find your own Sacred Grove so you can recharge spiritually. All the presenters did a great job and it was a very positive and uplifting program. The presenters said it better, but for those of you who couldn't come, here are some of my notes.

Beautify

• If you don't love the space you live in, change it! Don't be scared to make mistakes because you can always change or repaint it.
•  A good place to get cheap furniture or items to decorate is thrift store shopping, garage sales, the side of the road (one woman's trash is another woman's treasure).
•  Anything can be up-cycled or repainted. Chalk paint (made of Latex and calcium carbonate) can be made and used to cover furniture without sanding down the whole surface.

Journaling
Besides traditional Journaling (writing every night before you go to bed) other ideas for keeping track of memories were presented.

• Photo Books - found on picture websites like Shutterfly, Snapfish.You can upload pictures and journal information next to the pictures. Ex. a travel book outlining all the places, funny things that were done or said on your vacation. 
• Grattitude Journal - everyday write one thing you are thankful for so you can look back and remember the day and be reminded of the good things in life.
• Calendar books - It has the dates already written and some have pretty pictures where you can write events of your day. 

Spirit (within the home)

• If you try to force or manufacture the spirit it will chase it away. Don't force it.
• The feeling you create in your home, is from all the things that you do. Stay on course and move forward. 
•  A plaque that hangs in their home says, "Be nice or go away."  This can also apply to the Spirit. If you are not nice, He will go away. 

Habits -Personal and Family Scripture study

• Pray before you start your scripture study.
• JUST KEEP TRYING 
• If you don't know what to study, try going to the Bible Dictionary or use a picture from the Gospel Pictures to study and learn more information.
• With your family act out scripture stories, they will never forget it.
• All seminary guides are online and can be used as a resource.
• Learn, Practice, use the Top 100 scriptures that are used in Seminary.
• It is a great help to your Sunday school and Relief Society teachers to read your manual and be prepared for class.

Talents
We all have different talents. We can find them by asking family and friends and by reading through our Patriarchal Blessing.

Music

• Helps their family get through the cleaning, but has also pulled them through tough times and given them some of the most spiritual moments that bind their family together.
• Church music (hymns, children songbook) is all available Free on LDS.org., use it! 

Resources

• Surround yourself with things you like. Pictures, quotes, poems anything that inspires you and change it when it isn't needed anymore. 
• A poem was shared about a man in a hole. If you are in a hole, did you put yourself there, do you want to get out, how do get out, can you avoid it next time?
• Ask yourself  "Have I done everything I can do today?"

Still working on adding leaves to my tree, but this was the craft of the night.