Jinqiao Branch Relief Society Bulletin June 14th

[Alena Budiman]

Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser.   JUNE 14TH  2015 May’s fifth Sunday Combined Priesthood & Relief Society Lesson focused on planning for a wholesome  summer by including work, worship, and play in our family routines this summer.   What are your goals for finding opportunities to implement the principle of work?  Are the children doing chores with you? Are you having a family service project this summer?  Helping a relative? Finding summer jobs for your teenagers?  How will you help your family live by the precepts in the Family Proclamation: Happiness in family life is most likely to be achieved when founded upon the teachings of the Lord Jesus Christ. Successful marriages and families are established and maintained on principles of faith, prayer, repentance, forgiveness, respect, love, compassion, work, and wholesome recreational activities. This Week’s Lesson Summary  Chapter 11: Follow the Living Prophet Teachings of the Presidents of the Church: Ezra Taft Benson "The most important prophet, so far as we are concerned, is the one who is living in our day and age.” 1. The President of the Church is the Lord’s Mouthpiece on the earth.  Learn to keep your eye on the prophet.  What does this mean to you? 2. The most important prophet for us is the living prophet. What has President Thomas S. Monson taught?  See attachment for a list of themes he has taught in General Conference since he was called to be prophet in 2008.  President Thomas S. Monson Conference Addresses 3. The living prophet tells us what we need to know, not necessarily what we want to hear. "How we respond to the words of a living prophet when he tells us what we need to know, but would rather not hear, is a test of our faithfulness…." 4. We will be blessed as we follow the living prophet. President Wilford Woodruff stated: “I say to Israel, the Lord will never permit me or any other man who stands as president of the Church to lead you astray. It is not in the program. It is not in the mind of God." "As members of the Church we have some close quarters to pass through if we are going to get home safely. We will be given a chance to choose between conflicting counsel given by some. That is why we must learn—and the sooner, the better—to keep our eye on the Prophet, the President of the Church." Read the Lesson  第11章：跟隨活著的先知 對我們而言，最重要的先知是生活在我們這個時代的先知。 1總會會長是主在世上的代言人 2對我們最重要的先知就是活著的先知 3活著的先知告訴我們的，是我們需要知道的事，而未必是我們想聽到的事。 4跟隨活著的先知會蒙受祝福。                            Scriptures  Matthew 24:37–39 D&C 21:4 1 Ne. 16:1–2 D&C 132:7  D&C 21:4-6 2 Chronicles 20:20;  Amos 3:7;  Ephesians 2:19–20;  4:11–15;  D&C 1:14–16, 37–38; 107:91–92; Next Week’s Lesson:  Combined Relief Society and Priesthood     June Birthdays Becky Nicol 13th Lisa Peterson 21st Be sure to wish these sisters a happy birthday with a text or email.    Announcements Have a safe and happy summer. Beginning next week we will have our Sunday church meetings in a two hour block with Sacrament meeting followed by a combined Priesthood and Relief Society Meeting and a small Primary. For your information: Last week a new Branch Presidency was called.  The Branch President is now President John Larson with Bro. Sadikin Budiman as 1st Counselor and Bro. Benjamin Morgan as Second Counselor.   Thought for the week:  "Unless we lose ourselves in service to others, there is little purpose to our own lives.” —President Thomas S. Monson More on LDS.ORG Study April 2015 General Conference   Visiting Teaching Be sure to report this month’s contacts and visits. We now have two Visiting Teaching Supervisors.  If you report to Victoria email your reports to her with this link:  Victoria Zungunde Call her or send a text to  136-7176-7402 The rest of the sisters email your reports to Norma Crosetto Call her or send a text to  186-2172-9760 June Visiting Teaching Message Divine Attributes of Jesus Christ: Virtue   Email a Missionary! Ryan Clark rnc...@myldsmail.net Jared Johnson jar...@myldsmail.net Dallen Peterson dallen....@mylds.net Jacob Dyer dyer....@myldsmail.net Nash Miller Jinqiao Branch Relief Society Anne Hayden President Becky Nicol 1st Counselor Camilla Sterri 2nd Counselor Alena Budiman Secretary Rather not receive it anymore?  Unsubscribe   Subscription Update Email Address    Share   gale...@gmail.com 418 Jinxiu Dong Lu #445 Willow Brook Pudong, Shanghai  China 200135