Primary

Dear Sisters,

We are excited about our new opportunity to serve in Primary. We are especially honoured to be serving your children and look forward to sharing our testimonies and love of our Heavenly Father, Saviour and Gospel with them.

As this Sunday is Mother’s Day, the Primary children are singinghave been asked to provide the prelude music for our sacrament meeting- to do this, could we please ask you to bring the children to the Primary room at 12.40pm so that we can have a quick practise before performing in the chapel.

We are introducing a new Sunday schedule as attached. If your child is given an assignment, it will be shared with Primary during the first part of their age group’s sharing time slot. We welcome you to come into Primary to share this experience with your child. The new Primary room is opposite the Bishops office.

Our Stake Primary leaders have counselled with us and shared their concern for the safety of our children.

They are particularly concerned that our Junior Primary children (that is Nursery, Sunbeam and CTR class children) are adequately supervised immediately at the conclusion of the three hour block. We would appreciate your support to ensure the safety of our children by collecting your child from their primary class in a timely fashion. We appreciate that on occasion this may mean you will need to be reverently excused from your classes towards end in order to get to the appropriate Primary class in time to collect them. We appreciate your help as we endeavour to ensure the safety of our children and as we follow the counsel of our stake leaders.

As a new Primary presidency we are super keen to get to know your children. Please let us know of anything that might help us better know your child and to ensure they have an enjoyable Primary experience. We have different areas of responsibility in Primary as detailed below, but please feel free to make contact with whoever you feel comfortable sharing with.

We too feel as President Monson feels that "It is our solemn duty, our precious privilege—even our sacred opportunity—to welcome to our homes and to our hearts the children who grace our lives." Thomas S. Monson, "Precious Children, a Gift from God," Ensign, June 2000, 2. We are grateful for the privilege to have your children in our lives and are humbled by this sacred opportunity.

With love from

The Primary Presidency

ANNOUNCEMENTS

- THANK YOU

A big thank you to all those that helped with & participated in the senior luncheon last Friday, it was a great success & a good time was had by all.

-FIRESIDE

A fireside is set to take place this Sunday, April 29th at 7:00pm in our ward chapel. This would be a great opportunity to invite non member friends or investigators to an activity. 

- FACEBOOK/BLOG

Our Relief Society has a new facebook page, be sure to check it out and add any fun photos of activities, etc. Also, the blog address is, http://takareliefsociety.blogspot.co.nz/

- VISITING TEACHING

Sisters, If you would like to be a Visiting Teacher and have not had a recent assignment,
Please contact one of the Relief Society Presidency ASAP.
thank you.

-ITEMS TO GIVE AWAY

 has the following items to give away:
 
1 Queen Sized Electric Blanket
4 20 litre plastic containers for water storage
2 10kg cans of Wheat
5 Plastic Buckets 10kgs...2 contain sugar,  1 contains split peas, and 2 contain rice
 Please contact by email or directly in person to arrange pick up. 

FIRESIDE

Gardening & Household Tasks

Sisters,
we ask that if you need or know of anyone who needs some help in the way of gardening or household tasks. Please contact our Relief Society president as a group of YW and YM are seeking to serve in this way.

Service Opportunity

Special Delivery

Congratulations are in order for Sister who recently gave birth to a beautiful baby boy

Be sure to send her & her family well wishes