Hear ye, hear ye, hear ye...

• Next week's Relief Society lesson is on President Uchtdorf's talk entitled Forget Me Not.
• Our Relief Society will be sending Christmas packages to our missionaries again this year.  There are four missionaries currently serving in our Ward.  See here for suggestions.  These are only suggestions, sisters . . . feel free to make this a family project and include whatever you would like (on a small scale) in these Christmas care packages.  Donation boxes will be at church on Sunday. 
• The November Visiting Teaching message, Call to Action, may be found here.
• Our December Relief Society Meeting will be Tuesday, December 6th at 6:30 p.m.  We will have dinner and a program.  Details are here.  There are special details about service projects associated with that evening.  Please come join us for a special holiday evening.
• Our Ward Christmas Party will be a breakfast this year at the Treeline Chapel . . . mark your calendar for Saturday morning, December 17th.  Time TBA.
• If you'd like to help a family in need this Christmas please see the Vegas Valley Ward Angel Tree in the foyer on Sunday.  Simply remove an ornament from the tree for a Walmart gift card for the denomination appropriate for your family.  Purchase the gift card and put it in an envelope (along with the ornament you removed from the tree) and give it to a member of the Bishopric.  The gift cards will be used to purchase specifics for a few families, anonymously.  There are a few ornaments on the tree designated for cash (if that is easier for your family), but the preferred method of donation is a Walmart gift card.  The deadline to turn in the gift cards is December 18th.
• See our "Calendar of Events (to the right) for other important dates to remember.  Also see http://www.lds.org

Vegas Valley Ward Angel Tree ...

If you'd like to help a family in need this Christmas please see the Vegas Valley Ward Angel Tree in the foyer on Sunday.  Simply remove an ornament from the tree for a Walmart gift card for the denomination appropriate for your family.  Purchase the gift card and put it in an envelope (along with the ornament you removed from the tree) and give it to a member of the Bishopric.  The gift cards will be used to purchase specifics for a few families, anonymously.  There are a few ornaments on the tree designated for cash (if that is easier for your family), but the preferred method of donation is a Walmart gift card.  The deadline to turn in the gift cards is December 18th.

Men's Hearts Shall Fail Them

Thanksgiving week announcements...

• Next week's Relief Society lesson is on President Uchtdorf's talk entitled You Matter to Him.
• Our Relief Society will be sending Christmas packages to our missionaries again this year.  There are four missionaries currently serving in our Ward.  See here for suggestions.  These are only suggestions, sisters . . . feel free to make this a family project and include whatever you would like (on a small scale) in these Christmas care packages.  Donation boxes will be at church on Sunday. 
• The November Visiting Teaching message, Call to Action, may be found here.
• Our December Relief Society Meeting will be Tuesday, December 6th at 6:30 p.m.  We will have dinner and a program.  Details are here.  There are special details about service projects associated with that evening.  Please come join us for a special holiday evening.
• See our "Calendar of Events (to the right) for other important dates to remember.  Also see http://www.lds.org

Just a few pre-Thanksgiving announcements

• Next week's Relief Society lesson is on Chapter 46, The Final Judgment.
• Our Relief Society will be sending Christmas packages to our missionaries again.  See here for suggestions.  These are only suggestions, sisters . . . feel free to make this a family project and include whatever you would like (on a small scale) in these Christmas care packages.  Donation boxes will be at church on Sunday. 
• The November Visiting Teaching message, Call to Action, may be found here.
• Our December Relief Society Meeting will be Tuesday, December 6th at 6:30 p.m.  We will have dinner and a program.  Details are here.  There are special details about service projects associated with that evening.  Please come join us for a special holiday evening.
• See our "Calendar of Events (to the right) for other important dates to remember.  Also see http://www.lds.org

Young Women Holiday Pie Fundraiser

Our Young Women are selling holiday pies in a variety of flavors and sizes.  You can treat yourself to a delicious holiday pie AND help the Young Women of our Ward.

The sale starts Sunday, 11/13.  Please submit your payment (along with your order information) on a tithing slip – mark it Girls Camp Pie Sale and the flavor and size you’re ordering.  All orders must be turned in by Sunday, November 20^th.  Pick up is Tuesday, 11/22 at 6 p.m. at the church.  How easy is THAT?

Thanks for supporting our awesome Young Women!

Look for clipboards on Sunday.

Your choices are:

*coconut cream
*pumpkin

*chocolate cream

*apple

*key lime

*strawberry cream

*peanut butter cream

*pecan

*rhubarb

*blueberry

*banana cream

The 9" pies are $10.00.

The 10" pies are $11.00

One exception:  The pecan pies are $11 for a 9" pie and $13 for a 10” pie.

November doings...

• Next week's Relief Society lesson is on Chapter 45, The Millennium.
• Our Relief Society will be sending Christmas packages to our missionaries again.  See here for suggestions.  These are only suggestions, sisters . . . feel free to make this a family project and include whatever you would like (on a small scale) in these Christmas care packages.  Donation boxes will be at church on Sunday. 
• The November Visiting Teaching message, Call to Action, may be found here.
• Our December Relief Society Meeting will be Tuesday, December 6th at 6:30 p.m.  We will have dinner and a program.  Details are here.  There are special details about service projects associated with that evening.  Please come join us for a special holiday evening.
• Thank you for attending your assigned visiting teaching interview.  It was great to meet with all of you.
• Same for our Relief Society Temple Night last week . . . it was a special evening together.  Thanks to those who supplied us with family names.  It made our evening very special.
• See our "Calendar of Events (to the right) for other important dates to remember.  Also see http://www.lds.org

Missionary Christmas Packages

It's time to prepare Christmas packages for our own Vegas Valley Ward missionaries - need some ideas what to include?  Here's our carefully compiled list after lots of research with recently returned missionaries.

Don't forget notes and Christmas cards.  This would be a perfect FHE activity - Christmas notes to our missionaries.  They love to hear from us.

Thank you for supporting this project.

Pens
Mechanical pencils
Post-its
Small notebooks
Thank you cards
Stamps
Small stickers to pass along to children
Small bottles of lotion
Hand sanitizer
Shampoo
Razors
Soaps
Drink mixes added to individual water bottles
Dark socks
Ties (even ugly ones)
Deodorant
Chap stick
Beef jerky
Peanut butter
Candy
Crackers
Small boxes of cereal
Brownie and/or cookie mixes
Cocoa mix
Instant oatmeal
Snack foods
Toothbrush
Toothpaste

Brenda K. has a list of specifics if you'd prefer to make sure Sister Lauren T. receives some shampoo she loves or Elder Sean A. receives a specific candy bar, etc.  In the end our missionaries are so happy to hear from us and receive a Christmas care package it doesn't really matter.  Notes and cards are especially important.  Help us make this special this year as we send them a piece of home.