TONIGHT!!!

Please come to the RS Christmas Party tonight(Nov. 29th) at the Larsen's home at 7pm!  Please bring a small gift to exchange and a dessert to share!

November Announcements

Nov. 8th -- Ward Temple Night 7:30pm session

Nov. 14th -- Empty Nesters FHE: Marsha Asay's home @ 7:00pm.  Please bring a snack to share.

Nov. 15th -- Provident Pantry: Learn how to make homemade jelly @ 7:00pm at the church.  If you want to take a jar a of jelly home, bring $1 per jar.  Flavors will be berry and apple.  Contact Loyda Arrington with questions.

Nov. 29th -- Relief Society Christmas Party and Gift Exchange:  The Larsen's home @ 7:00pm.  Please bring a gift to exchange (a gift of service: homemade or purchased but from the heart).  We will be enjoying a chocolate fountain again this year.  Please invite your friends for a night of fellowship.

Save the Date -- December 2nd Ward Christmas Party!

October Announcements

Oct 10 - Empty Nesters at Craig and Sharon Sommerfeldt at 7pm

Oct. 11 is ward temple night.  Please meet in the chapel at 7:15 for the 7:30 session.  If you are not able to go to the 7:30 session you can go at any time that fits your schedule.

Oct. 13 at 7pm we are invited by D5 to a joint meeting with all three wards in our building.  It will be a class on Teaching Children About Virtue and the Law of Chastity, taught by our Stake YW President, Jean Bavender.  The class will be helpful not only to mothers and future mothers, but Sunday School, Seminary, and Youth Leaders as well.  It will be held at the church.  There will be a nursery.

Please join us at the church on Oct. 18 for a Fall Soup Supper and an evening of sharing our love for one another.

Oct. 29 & 30 will be a Ward Family Weekend of service, food, fun, and worship.  More information to come.

Oct. 29 - Chili cook off and Trunk or Treat at the church, 5 - 7pm!

Announcements

Sunday, Sept. 18th--New Member Welcoming Social--6pm at the Bishops--510 E. Tripp, Sunnyvale--All are invited to attend--Please bring a snack to share!

Saturday, Sept.24th--Relief Society General Broadcast--Light dinner served at 5:30pm at the Stake Center followed by the broadcast at 7pm!

Roasted Corn and Black Bean Salad

This is the recipe Dorothy made for book club that everyone loved...

ROASTED CORN AND BLACK BEAN SALAD

Roasted Corn

•          1 (1 pound) pkg. Frozen extra sweet whole kernel corn, thawed

•          2 to 3 T. oil

Dressing

•          1 T. kosher or salt

•          ¾ tsp. cumin

•          6 T. fresh lime juice

•          5 T. oil

•          2 T. cider vinegar

Salad 
            1 c. chopped fresh cilantro
             ½  chopped red onion

3 Italian plum tomatoes

2 jalapeño chilies, seeded and chopped

1 red bell pepper, chopped (1 cup)

1 tsp. minced garlic

2 (15 oz.) cans of black beans, drained and rinsed 2 large avocados, cut into ^1/2 inch pieces

1 or 2 Mango

Garnish

•          red leaf lettuce

•          fresh cilantro sprigs

Heat oven to 450°. In medium bowl, combine corn and 2-3 T. oil; toss to coat. Spread corn in ungreased 10-by-15 inch baking pan. Bake 18-22 minutes or until corn begins to turn light golden brown, stirring every 5 to 10 minutes. Cool 10 minutes.

Book Club-September 6th

Reading "The Lace Makers of Glenmara" by Heather Doran Barbieri
@ Mary Jane Agee's home at 7pm.  Please bring a snack to share--All are welcome, you do not have to have read the book to attend!

Relief Society Activity Tuesday 7pm

Service Project @ Skyline Building
Tuesday, August 16th, 7pm

We will be assembling school kits and then having a clothing/household items swap.

New Recipes...

Check out 2 new recipes on the "recipe page" (--you'll see it right under the title of the blog)
7 Layer Mexican Chicken Salad & Mississippi Sin
You can also email me recipes that you would like to share -- queenqualls@yahoo.com

Announcements

• August 2nd--Book Club @ Sis Mary Jane Agee's, 7pm (reading The Help)
• August 16th--RS Activity--Service Project, assembling School Kits (please sign up at church with item(s) that you are willing to bring) AND Clothing SWAP (clothes, shoes, toys, furniture, etc for children and adults) The following are the items needed to assemble 1 school kit...

1. • 4 unsharpened pencils
   • 1 pencil sharpener
   • 1 box pre-sharpened or unsharpened assorted colored pencils (approximately 7" long, about 12 pencils to a box)
   • 1 pair blunt-nosed scissors with metal blades
   • 1 rubber pencil eraser (approximately 1" by 2")
   • 1 straight edge ruler—not to exceed 12", with metric measurements
   • 450 pages of paper in glued or spiral-bound notebooks or letter-size legal pads, all with lined sheets. Sheet sizes 8 ½" by 11", 8" by 10 ½", and 8 ½" by 11 ¾" are acceptable (no more than 6 notebooks or pads per kit)

I'm attempting to update this blog.  Please let me know if there are any other announcements to be included or ideas to be added!  Thanks--Jocelyn Qualls--queenqualls@yahoo.com

None Were With Him by Elder Holland