Kearney 1st Ward
Young Womens
Announcements
Wednesday, September 25 - Class Activities. Laurels, MiaMaids and Beehives will be meeting at the church for individual class activities. Meet in the YW room to begin.
- Laurels class activity tbd.
- MiaMaids will be making cake ball treats!
- Beehives will be having a planning party.
General Conference: October 4th and 5th.
September Calendar Dates
Sept 25: Class actives
Sept 29: 5th Sunday: combined Bishopric teaches
Come Follow Me & Personal Progress
September: Commandments
“Consider on the blessed and happy state of those that keep the commandments of God” (Mosiah 2:41).
Commandments are the laws and requirements that a loving Heavenly Father gives His children to bless them, protect them, and guide them back to Him. When we keep the commandments, we show our love for Heavenly Father and His Son, Jesus Christ. As we obey the commandments and continually repent, we become more like the Savior and we are blessed with happiness, peace, testimony, and the companionship of the Holy Ghost. Obedience to the commandments helps us fulfill our divine role as daughters of God.
Personal Progress
The following activities from Personal Progress relate to the lessons in this unit:
Divine Nature value experiences 3 and 5
Individual Worth value experience 4
Virtue value experiences and value projects
New Era Message: Steps to Happiness by Elder D. Todd Christofferson
Commandments are not given to restrict but rather to make possible what we truly desire and what our Heavenly Father, who loves us, wants for us.
At times, some people get confused, thinking that the commandments are restrictions or limitations that complicate life, that take away opportunities or happiness or the pleasures of life. In reality, the commandments protect us and guide us to happiness. They are not to restrict but rather to make possible—to allow us to achieve in this life and in the next—what we truly desire and what our Heavenly Father, who loves us, wants for us.
They are like a flight of stairs. Each step may represent one commandment, and with each commandment that we obey, we can move upward. Then, if we understand the essence of the commandments, we want more. We don’t feel resentment regarding the commandments; we want more in order to be able to progress more. And a Heavenly Father who loves us gives unto us according to our desires. If we desire it, He is going to give us more commandments in order to facilitate our progress.
So, young people, please don’t complain about the commandments. Don’t say, “I don’t want any more,” but rather say, “Yes, more, more. I want to progress. I want to be happy. I want to be like my Heavenly Father. And the commandments show me how to do so. They open up the pathway before me and also protect me from evil and the things that destroy happiness—and sometimes they even protect life itself.”
I hope that you’re convinced. We have to do all things necessary to keep the commandments, even if it seems we are all alone as we do so.
For more information on this topic, see President Thomas S. Monson,“Obedience Brings Blessings,” Ensign, May 2013, 89; and Elder L. Tom Perry, “Obedience to Law Is Liberty,” Ensign, May 2013, 86. You can also read or watch these addresses at conference.lds.org.
Message found in the September issue of The New Era
Contact a member of the Young Women Presidency
Xio Freestone President 824-1480 xiomarafreestone@yahoo.com
Amanda Lopez 1st counselor 401-7122 jass4ever@sbcglobal.net
Maggie Anderson 2nd counselor (801) 793-8038 maggieande01@gmail.com
Aimee Patterson secretary 678-8453 aimeeportie@gmail.com or apatters@nkcschools.org