Maplewood RS Newsletter

LOVE

Author

Kuliana Cash
February 10, 2024

Maplewood RS Newsletter

Can you feel the love in the air? If not read this talk by Susan H. Porter called “God’s Love: The Most Joyous to the soul”

God’s love is not found in the circumstances of our lives but in His presence in our lives. We know of His love when we receive strength beyond our own and when His Spirit brings peace, comfort, and direction. At times it may be difficult to feel His love. We can pray to have our eyes opened to see His hand in our lives and to see His love in the beauty of His creations.

As we ponder the Savior’s life and His infinite sacrifice, we begin to understand His love for us. We reverently sing the words of Eliza R. Snow: “His precious blood he freely spilt; His life he freely gave.”11 Jesus’s humility in suffering for us distills upon our souls, opening our hearts to seek forgiveness at His hand and filling us with a desire to live as He did.12

President Russell M. Nelson wrote, “The more committed we become to patterning our lives after His, the purer and more divine our love becomes.”13

Our son related: “When I was 11, my friends and I decided to hide from our teacher and skip the first half of our Primary class. When we finally arrived, to our surprise, the teacher greeted us warmly. He then offered a heartfelt prayer during which he expressed sincere gratitude to the Lord that we had decided to come to class that day of our own free will. I cannot remember what the lesson was about or even our teacher’s name, but now, some 30 years later, I am still touched by the pure love he showed me that day.”

BIRTHDAYS

Here’s our February and March B-days. Make sure and tell these Queens Happy Birthday when you see them!

  • Birthday Girls in February!

  • Feb 6 Rosalva Rosales

  • Feb 17 Jane Rosen

  • Feb 19 Heather Bollschweiler

  • Feb 20 Jennifer Dimbatt

  • Feb 20 Beverly Redd

  • Feb 21 Kalie Bauman

  • Feb 21 Cassie Leitch

  • Feb 22 McKenna Anderson

  • Feb 25 Brandi Simmons

  • Feb 26 Andrea Powell

  • Feb 28 Ginger Meyer

  • Birthday Girls in March

  • March 2 Kaylee Boyse

  • March 9 Diane Stirling

  • March 10 Carolee Burnham

  • March 11 Amanda Coker

  • March 13 Lanell Ferguson

  • March 13 Rachel Koch

  • March 13 Makayla Simmons

  • March 14 Ashlyn McCleve

  • March 19 Marisol Bullock

  • March 20 Shyann Keeney

  • March 21 Kenadi Boyse

  • March 22 Dawna Riggs

  • March 22 Tamara Roberts

  • March 23 Vanessa Dayes

  • March 23 Makena McCleve

  • March 24 Kaelynn Buchanan

  • March 24 Kimberly Smith

  • March 26 Leticia Clarkson

  • March 27 Cheryl Troberg

  • March 31 Holly Painter

TEMPLE DAYS

Starting this year we will have two temple days a month! The days and times will change just so we can accommodate everyone’s schedules We hope each of you will be able to join us on one of those days. If it’s a sealing or initiatory day then we ask you to reserve that time for yourself. If you don’t know how to reserve a time then please call Sis. Cash at 505-803-0820 and she will walk you through how to do it. If it’s an endowment day then you can just go without reserving because they rarely fill up. We hope to see you there!!

February (Initiatory)

  • Thurs, 15th @7pm

  • Wed, 28th @9am

March (Sealings)

  • Fri, 15th @10 am

  • Fri, 29th @7pm

UPCOMING EVENTS

  • February 13 Tuesday- 9:15-10:15 Religion class. see flyer above

  • February 15-18 Arizona Single Adult Conference for ages 31+ Register at https://www.eventcreate.com/e/azsacongerence

  • February 28th Stake Relief Society Fireside. See flyer below for info:

  • March 2 FOOT RODEO 3-6 pm! You will not want to miss this! Be looking for signup sheets for chili.

  • March 25th RS BIRTHDAY PARTY/ ministering interviews @ Lanell Fergusons from 6-8. More info coming soon

RS LESSONS

  • Feb 11 Mindy Pace teaching “Love thy Neighbor” by Ian Arden and

  • Feb 25 Crissy Weems teaching “Love is Spoken Here“ by Elder Gong

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