Important Dates
- June 5-7: Stake Laurel High Adventure
- June 9-11: Stake Priest High Adventure
- June 15: Father's Day
- June 23-27: Stake Girl's Camp
- July 10-12: Youth Conference
June 2014 Lesson Schedule
See June 2014 Calendar HERE
Lesson Review
6/1/14
– Relief Society lesson summary
The
Church currently has approximately 15 million members worldwide. If each of us contributed extra $1 a month to
a specific fund, the Church would receive $15,000,000 every month. Think of all the amazing things that can be
done with those funds: temple and chapel construction, humanitarian aid,
welfare facilities, missionary funds, etc.
Our simple $1 standing alone may not seem to have any significance at
all, but combined with so many other simple $1 contributions, wonderful things
can happen.
All
too often, we, as individuals, think we are just that $1, that we are not
important, that we have no significance or value in the grand scheme of
things. We might feel that we are
nothing special, that we have nothing to offer, that no one is going to miss us
if we don’t show up to a meeting or an activity.
The
Lord thinks otherwise. In D&C
64:33, we read: “Wherefore, be not weary in well-doing, for ye are laying
the foundation of a great work. And out
of small things proceedeth that which is great.”
QUOTES:
“Each of us
comes into this world separately, one by one.
This is not an accident. I think
it’s the Lord’s way of reminding us of the infinite worth of each soul.”
(Ensign, May 1982, p. 93) – (Dwan J. Young)
“When we look to
see the evidence of creation all around us, from a grain of sand to the
majestic planets, we begin to realize that we are the greatest of all God’s
creations; we are created in his image. (M. Russell Ballard)
Just
like that simple $1, we all have worth and value and contribute to the kingdom. We need to recognize our own importance in
the kingdom in general, in Tallahassee 3rd Ward, in our families and
as each of us, individually.
D&C
18:10: “Remember the worth of souls is great in the
sight of God.”
Every
one of us brings something to the table that is unique. What is our individual worth? How do we
personally build up the kingdom? Is there any importance to what we do and who
we are?
There
is a reason for all of us. We each make
a difference. We need to recognize that
in our lives, and we need to recognize that in others. Be the $1 in the big scheme of things, but
recognize the other dollars also.
Assignments/Challenges:
(1) As we write in our journals or have
our conversations with Heavenly Father, as him what $1 do you bring to the
table? What does my $1 represent?
(2) Start noticing - notice when someone is
always there for you, notice a talent, notice when someone sets a good example
or exhibits Christlike behavior, notice those things that that person does to
add another tile to the mosaic that is our Heavenly Father’s kingdom.
(3) Pay it forward – as a token of
your appreciation for something someone has done for you, let that person
know what they have done to enhance your life, whether it be a deed, a service,
or a trait you admire and appreciate in them, just some way they have touched
your life.
President
Spencer W. Kimball said:
“God does notice us,
and he watches over us. But it is
usually through another person that he meets our needs. Therefore, it is vital that we serve each
other in the kingdom. The people of the
Church need each other’s strength, support, and leadership in a community of
believers as an enclave of disciples. In
the Doctrine and Covenants we read about how important it is to “…succor the
weak, lift up the hands which hang down, and strengthen the feeble knees.”
(D&C 81:5). So often, our acts of
service consist of simple encouragement or of giving mundane help with mundane
tasks, but what glorious consequences can flow from mundane acts and from small
but deliberate deeds!....
“…We will…find
ourselves…more concerned with our true and ultimate identity as a son or
daughter of our Father in heaven and helping others to achieve the same sense
of belonging.”
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