40 Days to Christ

Do you think you can read The Book of Mormon in 40 DAYS? Then join us in our reading challenge- call Sister Fulford for details.

Youth Fundraisers for EFY

Yard Sale (April 9-10) in Inverness (donations for things to sell--accepted).

Spaghetti Dinner: March 26th--6pm (at the church). There is also a silent auction for dessert

Babysitting for Date night (donations accepted): April 9th--6-9pm.

RSVP to Romneys or Codys.

BASKETBALL RESCHEDULED

We will hold the practice on March 25th instead of tonight.

Thanks

Sister Neptune (who used to be in our ward) has a friend looking for daycare. Here's the information if you know someone that could be interested.

There name is Scott and Dara Robinson, they live on Kathy Road in Hernando. His number is 352-201-0111.

They have a 6 month old little girl & are looking for full time daycare – an at home daycare

Blessings in a Backpack

 

 

 

 

Campbell Mitchell took a few pictures at our Blessings in a Backpack Service Project this morning! Thanks Campbell & Thanks to the sisters that have been voluntering to pack backpacks all year long! They are hoping to expand and have a group pack in Homosassa and a group pack in Hernando next year! Sister Mannis and Sister Carole Smith will really be helping with the HOmosassa expansion!

Daylight Savings is this Sunday

Spring Ahead :(

Just an update on all the on-going service projects

On-going Relief Society:

**Blessings in a Backpack (monthly food drive; pack food on the 2nd Thursday of every month)--this is ongoing during the school year.

**Haiti Kits (we finished this project)

On-going Youth Service Projects:

**Hygiene Kits (project organized by Deborah Waters for Personal Progress) (lasts till the end of March)

**EFY Fundraiser: Rummage Sale clothing, toys, misc. items (project organized by BYU Alumni to help the youth raise money for EFY) (probably will last through April)(Each ticket costs $400 for the youth and there are 11 kids trying to raise the money).

**YW CAMP CHARITY PROJECT: Clothing and Shoe collection (for a local abused women's shelter--organized by our local YW's camp director, Sister Sant). This project is ongoing until June 2010.

Sister Fulford suggested we all watch this short 3 minute video

If you click to watch this video you will see clips from the General Relief Society Presidency and from President Eyring. March is the month when we celebrate the organization of Relief Society, and we encourage you to watch this clip :)

Quarterly Relief Society Meeting "Enrichment"

Date: Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Time: 6:30pm - 8:30pm
Location: Church--cultural hall

Come out for our annual celebration of the Birthday of the Relief Society. We have some exciting things planned for this evening of celebration. We will serve light party refreshment, but we encourage you to eat dinner before coming. There will be a nursery provided for young primary kids. We will have some fun games and will tell you about some exciting events coming up on the calendar!!! Be prepared to be spiritually challenged :) We might ask each sister to bring something for one of the activities--so check back for updates. Instead of Trash to Treasure, we will donate the items to the youth to assist them in fund raising for a rummage sale.

Stake B-Ball tournament MARCH 27, 2010

Women's Basketball tournament
Time:8:00AM Saturday, March 27th
Location:Stake Center in Eustis

All the women that are at the event at 8:00am will be split evenly into teams. (Teams are not by ward). The stake is expecting to divide the women into 4 teams and the game will be HALF COURT.

The game will last 30 minutes, with a 15 minute break between games.

We have the following sisters on the list from Lecanto:

Frickey, Vore, Mitchell, Fulford, & Conkel, and it looks like Sister Horace is coming as a cheerleader!!!

We will have a 1 hour practice at the ward building on Thursday March 18th from 7-8 pm. The Men will start practicing at 8:00pm.

Haiti Kits

Thanks for your support!

WE put together about 100 kits for the kids in Haiti!!!! Sister Fulford is delivering the kits to her contact this week! IT was a great service project!!!

Help for the YW

See Deborah Waters for more information:

Sister Waters is planning a Personal Progress Activity for the Young Women on Wednesday March 31. She would like to have the girls assemble Humanitarian hygiene kits and would like to ask for donations for the needed materials. The following is the list of supplies needed for each kit. She will be placing a collection box in the foyer Sunday along with a list of the items needed.
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2 unbreakable combs without sharp handles

4 toothbrushes (sealed)

1 tube of toothpaste (6-8 ounces, no pumps)

2 bars of soap (3.5-5 ounces each)

2 hand towels (approximately 15x25 inches) Dishtowels and washcloths are not acceptable. If sewing towels, use terry cloth and serge or zigzag edges to prevent fraying.

Day of Service Information

Profile of the Day of Service Event

Name and Place

1. “CHIPS”, Citrus Hearing Impaired Program Services.


Location and Time

2. Start Time: 8 am, Saturday April 24, 2010.

Address

109 N.E. Crystal Street
Suite B
Crystal River, Florida 34428




Detailed Description

3. Detailed Instructions:

The Lecanto Ward volunteer army will be partnering with CHIPS representative volunteers, the Lion’s Club volunteers, the Key Center Plant Nursery, the City of Crystal River, and Citrus County Administrator Brad Thorpe to perform plant installation and beautification labor at the Lion’s Club/CHIPS location. We will assign a group of volunteers, including the youth, to plant flowers and Florida native plants per our landscape plan design on the left/west side of the CHIPS office train car. In between the train car we will be putting in a flower garden along with other Florida native plants and mulch. We will also be installing dirt to level out the middle of the west side of the CHIPS office ground to avoid runoff. We will assign a group of priesthood from the Elder’s Quorum and High Priest Group to perform pressure washing of the train car offices opposite where plants are being installed simultaneously, to begin on the East side of the CHIPS second parallel office car. We will have another group of volunteers sand the 2 wooden walkway entrances to CHIPS so they can be properly re-stained thereafter by said group. We hope to complete the work by 2 pm and then have a lunch that will be provided by donation, in coordination with CHIPS and a local ward member assignment.

From our Employment Specialist

The Philmont Scout Ranch near Cimarron, New Mexico will be hiring approximately 1,100 young men and women over the age of 18, to work as staff in a wide variety of settings such as: backcountry guide, conservation, ranch development, food service, office support, news and photo service, security, and medical to name a few.



The Young Men and Primary General Presidencies for the Church will be present to train stake presidencies and their families during two of the weeks this year. The General Young Men’s President, David Beck has asked LDS Employment to help them recruit more LDS applicants for the 2010 program . All applicants, member and non-member are encouraged to apply and the scout ranch will make no effort to give any preference in their selection process. For LDS staff at Philmont, there are regular Church services and activities under the direction of the Ranch LDS Chaplain.



The summer staff will earn approximately $949/month plus room and board. In some cases, college credit can be earned and scholarships are offered to staff members as well. The majority of summer employment contracts run from mid May to August 22nd making this a good summer income for college students. Employees will need to provide their own transportation so we hope that our ERCs in the neighboring states of Colorado, Texas and Arizona will make a good effort to promote this to their young job seekers.



You can read more at: www.scouting.org/scoutsource/HighAdventure/Philmont.aspx