Temple Terrace RS Sister is Now an Author

Did you know that Emily Mitchell (the sister that plays the organ in sacrament meeting) is now an author and her book is available on Amazon for Kindle?  The book is called The Acquisition.  

Take a minute and read the reviews by people who have already read the book; they can't wait for more.  Congratulations Emily.

Here is a brief synopsis of the book:
Today, Emma Bauer could lose everything.  
All fifteen-year-olds must attend the Acquisition, the event that determines whether a person is good enough to live in the Harvest as one of the elite Endorsed. If not, they are condemned to live in the Barren as a servant of the Assembly. All servants of the Assembly are sterilized on their eighteenth birthday to prevent their compromising genes from being reproduced. Upon her day of reckoning, Emma knows there is a chance of becoming Sterile because of something tragic in her past. She also believes the past is the past. When the decision is made, lives change forever.  
The life Emma tried so desperately to leave behind still haunts her, a life that is soon to be ripped apart by hate, jealousy, lies, and murder. If something doesn't change, it won't only be Emma's life hanging in the balance.

Scout Yard Sale & Bake Sale - Mark Your Calendars Now

We are going to be having a yard sale/bake sale/car wash on Saturday March 2nd from 8AM to 1PM to raise money for scout camp at 5201 E. Busch Blvd in Temple Terrace. (West of Lupton's restaurant across the street from K-Mart).  We are asking for donations in the form of items to sell at the yard sale or the bake sale.  We are asking all to bring donations to the above address on Friday March 1 between the hours of 4PM to 8PM.  Obviously we would like all possible donations, so if we need to be available at different times we will be. 

Ideas for yard sale donations: 

Items that are usable and clean

Furniture 

Clothing

Appliances

Books/DVDs

Sporting Equipment

Kitchen items

Collectibles

Tools

Craft supplies

Game consoles and games

The scouts are going to an LDS Jamboree at Camp Shands in Gainesville this year.  The cost is $270 per scout and we have about 10 boys that want to attend.  The young men are working very hard over the next month to try to earn money to put towards camp.  Any help you can give is greatly appreciated. 

February 24 RS Lesson

Bishop Knight will teach RS once a quarter this year and this Sunday we will have the pleasure of hearing from him.  His lesson will be from Elder Anderson's October General Conference talk.  Trial of your Faith.  Please follow the link to read this talk ahead of time as you prepare for the bishop's lesson in RS this week.

Study suggestion:  Look up the scriptures that are references for this talk.  At the bottom of the talk there is a link called 'show references'.  You can quickly click on the link for each scripture, read it, and then come back to the talk to finish studying it.

Pursuit of Excellence Achievement

During the month of February we have been working on the value of Faith.  We hope you have chosen at least one goal to work on, if you are feeling like you need more of a challenge, then by all means choose more goals.

We want to continue to encourage you to be reading daily in the Book of Mormon and to check it off in your Pursuit of Excellence booklet.

Also, don't forget the Walk to the Temple Challenge, which is a way to achieve some physical activity goals as well.

If you complete your goals, we have a small token to show your achievement.  We have painted wooden hearts that can be strung on a necklace.  Each color represents one of the eight values we will be working on this year.  Remember that this month the value is Faith and the color is white.  The necklace hearts will be given to those that accomplished their Faith goal(s) and it is on the honor system.  We don't ask you to report it to us.

Donna Dorough is our beautiful model with the necklace shown.

Angels Among Us

Please join us for a Special Evening

February 21, 2013 @ 6:30 pm

Angels Among Us

Dinner will be provided

Church Dress

Come early to reserve your "chair"

Feb 17 - RS Lesson Link

From the Lorenzo Snow manual - Lesson 4: Strengthened by the Holy Ghost

In his first general conference address as President of the Church, Lorenzo Snow taught, “We are dependent upon the Spirit of the Lord to aid us and to manifest to us from time to time what is necessary for us to accomplish under the peculiar circumstances that may surround us.” President Snow might not have been alive to make that statement if two of his friends had not depended upon the Spirit of the Lord in a peculiar circumstance 34 years earlier.

Click on the link above to read more and to prepare for Sunday's lesson.