Avalon Ward
Relief Society Newsletter

Announcements

• May 11 - Mother's Day!

• May 14 - Orchard Trimming at 6pm: Many hands make light work! Meet at the Orchard.

• May 26 - Avalon Ward Memorial Day Breakfast

• June 5 - Golden Circle of Friends at 11:30am at the Stake Center (See flyer below)

• June 15 - Father's Day!

• June 24 - RS Garden Party! (More info to come!)

• Our Primary presidency is encouraging anyone who would like to substitute in primary to take the "Protecting Children and Youth" training. This training takes about 30 minutes and is good for 3 years. 

• Our Sister Missionaries are in need of service hours. Please reach out to them or to Sister Carter if you or someone you know could use some service.

Ministering

"Sometimes the miracle isn't healing. The miracle is paving the way for acceptance." -Sister Holly Reynolds, Avalon Ward Ministering Secretary  We all want to act and to aid in healing when someone we love is hurt, but sometimes a listening ear is the best way you can minister. 

Activities

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Thank you to everyone who helped out with and/or attended our RS Super Saturday last month!

Service

The Kuna Food Bank is running low on certain items. Our RS will focus on a specific item each month to collect and donate. You can bring items to church, drop them off at a RS presidency member's home or drop them off directly at the Food Bank. Thank you so much for your help!

• This month we are collecting: CONDIMENTS

Monthly Theme: MISSIONARY WORK

In 2025 our Relief Society presidency would like to focus each month on a specific theme. This theme will be used in our counseling topics on Sundays, to plan activities, etc. throughout the month.  

The theme for May is Missionary Work. 

"Parley P. Pratt had been a member of the Church for about a month when he was called “into the wilderness” to preach the gospel (​Doctrine and Covenants 32:2​). Thomas B. Marsh had been a member for even less time than that when he was told, “The hour of your mission is come” (​Doctrine and Covenants 31:3​). Orson Pratt, Edward Partridge, and many others had likewise barely been baptized when their mission calls came. Perhaps there’s a lesson in this pattern for us today: if you know enough to accept the restored gospel by baptism, you know enough to share it with others. Of course, we always want to increase our gospel knowledge, but God has never hesitated to call upon the “unlearned” to preach His gospel (​Doctrine and Covenants 35:13​). In fact, He invites all of us, “Open your mouth to declare my gospel” (​Doctrine and Covenants 30:5​). And we do that best not through our own wisdom and experience but “by the power of [the] Spirit” (​Doctrine and Covenants 35:13​). 

-"Come Follow Me" manual 2025, April 7-13