2009 Aaronic Priesthood Commemoration Campout

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Newsletter: May 13, 2009 – Vol. 1, Issue 1

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Aaronic Priesthood Commemoration Overnight Campout

DATE: May 15–16, 2009 (This Friday & Saturday!)

TIME: Meet at the church at 6:00 p.m. It will take 30 minutes to an hour to get to the camp site at Cedarville State Park.

DETAILS: This is a Stake-wide event to celebrate the anniversary of the restoration of the Aaronic Priesthood. There will be a campfire program on Friday night. On Saturday, the Stake will provide breakfast, followed by games until around lunch.

WHAT YOU NEED TO BRING: Overnight toiletries (toothbrush, toothpaste, etc.), change of clothes, snacks.

WHAT YOU DO NOT NEED TO BRING (but can if you wish): Tent, sleeping bag, Saturday morning breakfast. These items will be provided.

For an article on the restoration of the Aaronic
and Melchizedek Priesthoods, follow this link:

http://www.lds.org/ldsorg/EmailArticleProcess?action=view&cmlId=432851&l


Car Wash

DATE: The car wash has been rescheduled for Saturday, May 30, 2009. (We cancelled the car wash this last weekend because of the forecast for rain, though it ended up being a beautiful day.)

TIME: 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.


Sacrament Meeting Program

DATE: May 31, 2009 (two weeks from this Sunday)

TIME: 10:00 a.m.

DETAILS: The Bishopric has asked the Young Men to take charge of the Sacrament Meeting program on Sunday, May 31. We need everyone who can to give a short talk. We will also accept musical numbers or poetry readings!


LESSONS

Recap: On Sunday, David led a discussion about temptation. Everyone gets tempted, but we can overcome by listening to the Spirit and striving to keep the commandments as best we can. When we fall short and make mistakes, Christ is there to pick us up and help us be better.

Upcoming: Instead of a lesson, this week we prepare for our sacrament meeting presentation on the 31st.



MISCELLANEOUS

• Congratulations to Darius who made it to church in time to pass the sacrament last week. Great job and keep it up!

• Scout camp is coming up June 29 to July 4, so keep that week open.

• In case you didn’t know, the Church has a YouTube page with plenty of videos to watch when you get bored: http://www.youtube.com/user/MormonMessages



This Week’s Spiritual Message

Remember the purposes of the Aaronic Priesthood as found in your Duty to God pamphlet:

• Become converted to the gospel of Jesus Christ and live its teachings.

• Serve faithfully in priesthood callings and fulfill the responsibilities of priesthood offices.

• Give meaningful service.

• Prepare and live worthily to receive the Melchizedek Priesthood and temple ordinances.

• Prepare to serve an honorable full-time mission.

• Obtain as much education as possible.

• Prepare to become a worthy husband and father.

• Give proper respect to women, girls, and children.

Try to think about these purposes as you go through the week and as we prepare for our sacrament meeting presentation in 2 weeks.

More Shots from Scout Camp

Sharpshooters and Darius getting his weave on. (basketry merit badge)

2008 Boy Scout Camp

This past week was Boy Scout Camp at Camp Saffran in Whiteford, MD. Jamal, Darius, Francis and Aaron attended the week's festivities while Maurice came up on Friday with Corey Astill. The boys worked on their Tenderfoot and Second Class ranks as well as Fingerprinting, Home Repairs and Art merit badges. They also enjoyed archery, and rifle and shotgun shooting as well as many hours in the pool.

Our ward's young men combined with the rest of the Suitland Stake to form one "troop" made up of 10 patrols.

Here are a few of the photos from the week. To view the rest please visit our Scout Camp set on Flickr!

Education kits

Our service activity last week was to prepare education kits to send to Afghanistan. We filled 30 school bags with paper, pencils, pencil sharpeners, erasers, scissors and rulers and then shipped them to Christine Boyer, a sister in our ward who is serving in the military in Afghanistan. Christine will be able to distribute them to Afghani children who visit her medical clinic. We've all been so blessed by others' acts of kindness toward us--it was nice to be able to return the favor.

School supplies galore!

Aaron, Jamal, David, Francis, Darius, Maurice, Suzy and Mike stuffed the bags

Suzy loading the bags into the boxes to take to the post office

Fundraising dinner & talent show

Our scout troop recently hosted a fundraising dinner to raise money for our scout camp in June. After cooking a lot of spaghetti and preparing a lot of salad and other fixings, the young men waited tables and served a three-course meal to the 50-or-so attendees. Thanks to everyone who helped out and donated to our young men! We were able to raise half the money it will take to get the boys to camp this summer!

After dinner, we had a small talent show that included Laura Jean and Darius singing a duet...

Scott and Mike performing a scene for Les Miserables...

Robert playing an organ solo (not sure why I can't make this picture bigger)...

And Darrin performing on his bass...
Thanks again to everyone! Scout camp - here we come!

Self defense

Thanks to our resident "black belt," Nate, for teaching us some great self defense moves!