YOUTH - YM-YW ACTIVITIES - Kalispell 3rd Ward

Parents:
I will try my best to keep up with the Youth Activities of our Ward, but NO PROMISES! (smile)

I still need to meet up with the Young Women's President. Please, be patient with me...I will work on this as I begin to receive information.

In the meantime:
Here is a STAKE EVENT for all YOUTH of the Kalispell Montana STAKE!
STAKE YOUTH FIRESIDE - 6 p.m.
Sunday - September 26th

"Letters to God"

Have you ever written a letter to God before? I have never thought to do it myself... till I watched a Christian film called..."Letters to God" tonight. The story was inspired by the true life of a young boy who was dying of cancer.

A scripture was mentioned - 2 Corinthians 3:3...I must admit, I hadn't heard this verse referred to very much. "Forasmuch as ye are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tables of stone, but in fleshy tables of the heart."

It caused me to search Conference talks to see if anyone ever used this verse or part of it in a talk...There weren't too many...but, I found a few lines that made reference to 2 Corinthians 3:3.

"An easiness to believe will come when "the word of God is ETCHED into our hearts." (General Conference - 2004 - October - Elder Michael Ringwood)

"In each of us, the RESTORED GOSPEL of JESUS CHRIST can be "written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tables of stone, but in fleshy tablets of the HEART." (General Conference - 2003 - October - Relief Society - Anne C. Pingree)

"Our day-to-day offerings of charity are "written not with ink, but with the spirit of the living God...in the fleshy tables of our hearts." Little by little our charitable acts change our natures, define our characters, and ultimately make us women with the courage and commitment to say to the Lord, "Here am I; send me." (General Conference - October - 2002 - Relief Society - Anne C. Pingree)

We talk to Father...in our daily prayers..............but, I wonder...........if we wrote to Heavenly Father, our thoughts...daily...in a JOURNAL............. Would our thoughts be deeper...? Would we see things in a different LIGHT...? Just.......wondering.......

LDS.org - Liahona Article - The Book of Mormon as a Personal Guide

LDS.org - Liahona Article - The Book of Mormon as a Personal Guide

Testimony of the Book of Mormon

Many of you witnessed Elder Jeffery R. Holland's POWERFUL WITNESS
of the Book of Mormon in General Conference - 4 October 2009.
He said:
"I ask that my testimony of the Book of Mormon
and all that it implies, given today under my own OATH and OFFICE,
BE RECORDED BY MEN ON EARTH AND ANGELS IN HEAVEN.
I want it absolutely clear when I stand before the judgment bar of God
that I declared to the world...that the Book of Mormon
IS TRUE."

He also, declared this thought:
"I TESTIFY that one cannot come to the FULL FAITH
in this latter-day work---and thereby find the FULLEST MEASURE
of PEACE and COMFORT in these, our times---
until he or she EMBRACES the divinity of the Book of Mormon
and the Lord Jesus Christ,
of whom it testifies."

Nephi's Testimony

As we all begin to study and read The Book of Mormon...I am struck my Nephi's TESTIMONY of what he records:

"...I KNOW that the record which I make is TRUE!" (1st Nephi 1:3)

Sisters, as you READ, please, feel free to COMMENT on what you are reading
or your TESTIMONY of the Book of Mormon!
May the "POWER of the WORD"
STRENGTHEN and BLESS US ALL!

New Bride

Diane and Rick had gone out and cut all the "wildflowers"
for all of their flower arrangements

Diane, also, used the wildflowers to decorate
their wedding cake that she made.
Didn't the cake come out AWESOME?

Diane Masciullo became a new bride on Saturday, August 28th! She married, Rick Groves, also, from our Ward.
I am sorry...my pictures of both Rick and Diane did not turn out.
But, I have this wonderful picture of Diane...
just before she legally become MRS. Rick GROVES!

"The Land of the Blue Flower"

"A quality person will not be offended. In life there is no time for
being HURT. There should be no time to be PETTY.
A WISE PERSON will FOCUS on PRINCIPLES of
OPTIMISM and HOPE."
Elder Marvin J. Ashton, Ensign, February 1993, 64

One of my absolute FAVORITE children's book is entitled "The Land of the Blue Flower" written by Frances Hodgson Burnett. If you can find the book...find the copy that is ILLUSTRATED by Judith Ann Griffith! Her ART WORK is DELIGHTFUL!

Here is the description of the story:
"The Land of the Blue Flower is the tale of Amor, a young king orphaned as an infant and left in the care of a wise elder. His caretaker, known as the ANCIENT ONE, spirits the infant away to a castle, far from the gloomy city where Amor was born. In the lands surrounding the castle, the Ancient One teaches Amor to respect and learn from the beauty and mysteries of nature.

When Amor ascends to his throne as a young man, he returns to the city, which has been in a state of ruin for many years. The people of the kingdom are surprised when their new king issues a mysterious proclamation that all persons must plant and nurture the seeds of a magical Blue Flower.

The people follow King Amor's decree with trepidation. As they learn to care for the flowers, they learn to care for the Earth and ONE ANOTHER. Soon, the once-gloomy kingdom becomes known as The Land of the Blue Flower."

Sisters, here lies the SECRET...

The young king had developed his MIND (hence his HEART) to never "harbor a dark thought". The principles that soon were developed among the people were as follows:

1. There is NO TIME for ANGER. It is a worthless thing!
2. There is NO TIME for HATRED in the world. There is NO TIME!
3. There is NO TIME for FEAR! There is NO TIME!
4. There is NO TIME to THINK of the WORST! There is NO TIME!
5. There is NO TIME to FRET. There is NO TIME!
6. There is NO TIME to be IDLE. There is NO TIME!
7. There is NO TIME to FIGHT. There is NO TIME!
8. There is NO TIME to look at DARK THINGS if one cannot MAKE THEM BRIGHTER!

The magic FORMULA lies in these words from the book. "...the earth is full of magic...Most men know nothing of it and so come MISERY. The first law of the earth's magic is this one. IF YOU FILL YOUR MIND WITH A BEAUTIFUL THOUGHT THERE WILL BE NO ROOM IN IT FOR AN UGLY ONE."

We are all disciples of Jesus Christ, dear sisters. We can all "plant our own seeds of the 'Blue Flower'...where ever we go...PRAY each day...to KNOW...just where to PLANT...so that it will BLOOM...where you and Father wished for it to GROW!