11th Ward Blog

Well, the stake recently told Bishop Bodily that we can't have blogs for our ward or organizations. So...I guess this is just going to be my blog from now on. I will still use it to get ideas for my newsletter if any of you are willing to help me out, but it is will no longer be mentioned in the newsletter or at Relief Society. Still, I love the name of the blog and I decided to continue using it as my blog.

This month in the newsletter I want to list some of our New Year's Resolutions. Do you have any resolutions that you wouldn't mind sharing? I will have a surprise at church on Sunday for everyone that helps me out.

Thanks,

Janet

Ideas for Focusing on Christ this Christmas

The church has a website with ideas for keeping Christ in Christmas. It has games, stories, videos, coloring and activity pages and more all ready to be used in our families.

December Contest

The Holidays can be a pretty lonely time for those in the service and the missionaries. To encouraging everyone to write letters to them, we are having a little contest. Just write a letter to one of these young men from our ward by Sunday December 20, and then:

1. email janet_long1962@msn.com

2. leave a message about it here on the blog

3. or just tell Janet that you did it!

Your name will go into a drawing for an 11 X14 copy of this picture of the temple in a black frame. Good luck, everyone!

Elder Jake Morrow

England Manchester Mission

Springwood, Suite G5

Booths Park

Knutsford WA16 8QZ

England

Elder M. Thomas Long

Brazil Campinas Mission

Rua 10 de Setembro, 38

Cambui

Campines-SP 13023-100

Brazil

Elder Logan

Ellis Black

California Sacramento Mission

8267 Deseret Ave

Fair Oakes, CA 85628

SSG Peterson Seth

5/2 SBCT, 4/23 Infantry battallion

HHC, fist F0B Wolverine

APO AE 09355

Elder Brandon Bennett

Sydney Australia North Mission

PO Box 2723

Carlingford Court, NSW 2118

Australia

Elder Chad Stucki

Brazil Campinas Mission

Rua 10 de Setembro, 38

Cambui

Campines-SP 13023-100

Brazil

Ethan Hawke

2nd Battallion 2 BN-6th Marines

2 M. Div.

Camp LeJune N.C. 28542

Elder Chad Sibbett

Missouri Independence Mission

517 W. Walnut Street

Independence, Missouri 64050

Favorite Christmas Storybook

Do you have a favorite Christmas Storybook that your family reads each year? If so, then please leave the title of the book in the comments section. The first ten ladies to respond to this will get a special treat on Sunday at church.

Our family loves the story "The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey." If you haven't read it you should pick it up from the bookstore. It is the sweetest story with beautiful illustrations. It is about a grumpy wood carver and a young widow lady and her son. They ask the wood carver to carve a nativity to replace one that they lost. The story shows how much people can bless each other's lives.