Monday Minutes

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HIGHLIGHTS FROM LAST WEEKS LESSON:

Sister Saunders taught our lesson on Sunday. We talked about making room for the Savior in our life during this Christmas season and throughout the year. We talked about what it is we do and how it feels to have a closer relationship with the Savior. We ended the meeting with sisters bearing their testimonies. 

"What will you and I give for Christmas this year? Let us in our lives give to our Lord and Savior the Gift of Gratitude by living His teachings and following in His footsteps. It was said of Him that He went about doing good. As we do likewise, the Christmas spirit will be ours."-President Thomas S. Monson

 

The women were asked to write down what Christmas meant to them. Carlene Adams shared this beautiful impromptu poem she created:

 

Christmas is... Joyful Filled with light
Sacred...Warm and bright
Exciting! Colorful!
A time to give
Grateful for our Savior
whose Birth and Life
and Atoning Sacrifice
bids us to ever live.

BIRTHDAYS THIS WEEK:

24th- Julie Ellis & Amanda Padilla

25th- Sue Walker & Christine Miles

26th- Jeanette Erickson & Laurie Rippon

27th- Kim Vanderveen

29th- Kathryn Brown

30th- Megan Hunt

NEXT WEEKS LESSON:

TFOT, Pres. Uchtdorf, "Of Regrets & Resolutions", p.21