All Good Things Must Come to an End.....

For those of you that missed a GREAT Sacrament Meeting, there was a Ton of changes in our Ward. I couldn't write fast enough so I am not even going to try and list all the releases, but want to give out a HUGE THANKS to those of you that served! If I make any mistakes on the new Callings PLEASE forgive me!! It didn't help that I was crying all the while I was sustaining all the new calls and trying to write neat enough to read it later, so here goes nothing. First of all they released me as RS Meeting Coordinator, (I have serious issues with this) and I have been called to serve as the Primary President, my 1st counselor is Jessica Dupass, 2nd counselor is Christy Tullis, and our Secretary is Jamie Gardner! I have to say I am way nervous about this, but at the same time, I'm way excited to be serving with these great Women, and SO Grateful they excepted their callings! By the way, did I hear "GASPS" when they called my name as President!! My thoughts EXACTLY!!! I hope the Good Lord knows what he's doing! Ok moving on, our Sunday School Presidency was reorganized, Jim Christiansen is President, Bill Hall 1st counselor, Josh Dupass 2nd counselor, and Wade Platt remains as Secretary. The Young Mens Presidency was reorganized also, Kyle Christensen is President, Crea Christensen 1st counselor, Bill Steele 2nd counselor, and Todd Tullis as the Secretary. Here is another place I couldn't write fast enough and I was still bawling so I hope I get these right! They put David Bosshardt in as Assistant Secretary, Jason Pauly in as Assistant Preist Advisor, Raymond Tullis in as Assistant Deacon Advisor, and Ryan Christensen in as Assistant Teacher. Congratulations to all of you and your new callings, and if you feel like I do, you need a big GOOD LUCK as well!

I have been sick ever since Bishop called me into his office a week and a half ago. I really enjoyed my short lived calling as RS Meeting Coordinator! When the Lord figures I have done enough damage in Primary, I speak that calling back "NO BATTLE!" (that's a "Twiner" term) I have to say the most important thing I will take away from this is the Love that I have gained for RS and RS Meeting! Once you have been on this end of it and see all the thought, time, effort, talent, and preparation that goes into a RS Meeting, I can't imagine staying home! Not to mention what you hear and feel while you're there! Thanks to everyone that helped me, we truly have some AMAZING Sisters in our Ward!

What's New...

We had a great Lesson Today and an Awesome Good News Minute! Sister Sanger and her husband had the opportunity to travel to Oregon to see their Grandson Graduate from HS, from Seminary, and receive his Eagle Scout!! That was quite a trip! Sister Beachum's son Danny got put in the Bishopric last week, that was the reason behind her mysterious disappearance! Our most favorite Brother Humphries had a successful surgery on his leg, he can WALK again! What a strong Man he is! Our Hearts are always with Brother and Sister Humphries during this hard time. Sister Richardson's Cat had a big litter of Kittens and she was able to get rid of them all in front of Wal-Mart! I think Gaylene ought to borrow a couple of kids (hint hint) and take her litter of 9 pups to Wal-Mart one of these days! Mandy Laub received her teaching license! Congratulations to her! Thanks Sister Gubler for a very touching Lesson on the Atonement, it is one we need to hear over and over!

What's New...

We didn't have any good news minutes today but we had a few announcements that I that were pretty important so I'm passing them along. Deb commented on how great the Building looked, for those of you that don't know, we recently were told we would no longer have janitors coming into our Building to clean. It is up to us as Ward Members to take care of our entire Meeting House. If you have taken a turn and cleaned it, you know what a time consuming job it is, now it will be an even BIGGER job!! I would encourage every Ward Member to take their turn in cleaning, we need to look at it as a "Right" and a "Privilege" to help take care of the Lord's House. A couple of things mentioned were how we need to make sure to do our part each week and help those that are coming into clean. After I cleaned the Building the first time I realized how important it is to clean up after ourselves, I make sure before we leave after Sacrament that my Kids haven't left any of their papers or wrappers in the Hymn Book Holders, on the floor, or on the Bench. I also make sure the treats I bring for my kids will not leave crumbs, last but not least, if you see something that needs taken care Please take a minute and do so! The other day in one of our wind storms I drove by the Church and seen the big trash can tipped over, so I stopped and tipped it up, what a mess that would have been if the trash would have gotten scattered everywhere!! These simple things that only take us a second will save the ones that will clean a TON of time! So Please be considerate of those that will be cleaning up after us, let's make sure we do our part and make it easier for us ALL!! Sorry, I think I rambled for a brief minute there, moving on... Of course we announced our VT Conference for the 24th at 7:00, I hope all of you will plan to attend! Take a minute and look at the Food Storage sign up sheet, I know I need too! We had a great Lesson, Cindy did a wonderful job on her short notice fill in Lesson, we really appreciate our Presidency and all of their hard work!

2010 Vistiting Teaching Conference!!

We have the neatest VT Conference planned for this year! Everyone Please mark your Calendars and plan to attend!

Thursday, June 24, 2010
7:00 p.m.
NewCastle Ward Cultural Hall

These are the Sisters we will be Honoring that have been Faithful Visiting Teachers for over 50 years!!

Well actually it's a surprise for now, stay tuned!!

Sister Shirley Hart will be our Speaker, and of course Dinner will be served! I really hope we have a good turn out, Please come and show your support to these amazing Ladies that have dedicated so much of their time and talents to Visiting Teaching! Spread the word and SEE YOU THERE!!