Fallbrook 2nd Relief Society News
August Lessons September Lessons
8/7 Presidency Message 9/4 Presidency Message
8/14 Ch.
8/21 Ch. 40 Temple Work 9/8 Ch. 42 Gathering
8/28 “Testimony” Samuelson 9/25 “Spirit of Revelation” Bednar
Activities
August –
8/17 – RS Activity 6:30 pm Crock Pot Meals and Halloween Costume Ideas
8/19 – Ward Temple Night 6:30 pm endowment
8/28- Seminary Fireside 7 pm at Bobier (for all seminary students, parents)
8/29 – School Starts
September –
9/8 – Lunch on Base 11:30 am Apples & School Lunch Ideas
9/10 – Beehive Conference 9 am Bobier Bldg.
9/17 – Stake Temple
9/18 – Youth Stake Standards Fireside 7 pm Bobier
9/21 – RS Activity 6:30 pm Multicultural Night and Collection Display
9/24 – General RS Meeting
October –
10/29 – RS/Elders Temple Baptisms 11 am (a great time for family names)
August Birthdays September Birthdays
9 – Erin Gray 1 – Rose Parker
13 – Marjorie McDougle 8 – Liz McDonald
14 – Robyn Olson 19 – Donna Baker
15 – Daisy Berry 22 – Tina Humphries
16 – Shari Lawrence
20 – Anne Renshaw 27 – Marci Baker
28 – Adelina Gomez 29 – Martha Amoroso
30 – Mary Morrison
31 – Lynette Wood
Community Resources Available
Call 211 or www.211sandiego.org
24 hour information & referrals on community, health, & disaster services*.
Referral information on: Crisis Services (domestic violence, rape, abuse), health care, shelter, food & clothing, financial & utility assistance*, employment training, landlord/tenant relations, transportation, services for the disabled, substance abuse, senior information, counseling
City of Vista
Links to (1) Community Services (Housing*) and (2) Health services: Child, Adult &Senior, Alcohol & Drug, Mental Health, Veterans Assistance, Public Assistance*, Hotlines & Resources – with many more supporting links
San Diego Housing Resources Directory 2011-2013*
San Diego Welfare information.
Links: Apply for Welfare, Housing for Single Parent, Medicare Eligibility, Emergency Shelters, Welfare Resources, Debt Settlement, Bankruptcy, Tax Attorneys, Social Security Disability, Programs
San Diego Community Resources (with emphasis on North County
Provides a narrative description of facilities offering Mental Health, Substance Abuse Treatment, Social Services (financial, food, clothing, vocation, housing)
Interfaith Community Services (North County
Programs & Services: basic needs, social services, veterans services, senior services, housing, employment services, drug addiction services
Legal Aid Society of San Diego, Inc. *
Consumer Credit Counseling Services of San Diego
Offers financial counseling and debt management plans. One free session. Available online or by phone 24/7.
Balance Financial Fitness. Financial counseling and debt management plans.
Free service through employer EAP Program or certain credit unions. Check for availability.
SDGE CARE & Energy Savings Assistance Program.
Example: save up to 35% if income less than $31,800 in household of 2.
A public charity that offers grants of up to $1000 or 7.5% of annual income (whichever is greater) to self-sufficient families for unexpected financial emergencies (medical, auto repair, etc.)
We Connect. Links to many state & federal resources and programs.
Information on programs offering low-cost utilities, auto insurance, food (Meals on Wheels), health care (Medi-Cal, help for uninsured, low cost dental), tax prep, etc. Gives money advice, saving resources, human services, job & education resources.
Calif. One-Stop Career Center, North County Coastal Career Center, 1949 Avenida del oro, Ste. 106,
Prayer
“There is no other resource to compare with prayer. To think that each of us may approach our Father in Heaven…for individual help and guidance, for strength and faith, is a miracle in and of itself.”
Pres. Gordon B. Hinckley (Ensign 2000)
The Language of Prayer by Dallin H. Oaks (May Ensign, 1993)
When we go to worship in a temple or a church, we put aside our working clothes and dress ourselves in something better. This change of clothing is a mark of respect. Similarly, when we address our Heavenly Father, we should put aside our working words and clothe our prayers in special language of reverence and respect. In offering prayers in the English language, members of our Church do not address our Heavenly Father with the same words we use in speaking to a fellow worker, to an employee or employer, or to a merchant in the marketplace. We use special words that have been sanctified by use in inspired communications, words that have been recommended to us and modeled for us by those we sustain as prophets and inspired teachers.
The special language of prayer follows different forms in different languages, but the principle is always the same. We should address prayers to our Heavenly Father in words which speakers of that language associate with love and respect and reverence and closeness. The application of this principle will, of course, vary according to the nature of a particular language, including the forms that were used when the scriptures were translated into that language. Some languages have intimate or familiar pronouns and verbs used only in addressing family and very close friends. Other languages have honorific forms of address that signify great respect, such as words used only when speaking to a king or other person of high rank. Both of these kinds of special words are appropriately used in offering prayers in other languages because they communicate the desired feelings of love, respect, reverence, or closeness.
Modern English has no special verbs or pronouns that are intimate, familiar, or honorific. When we address prayers to our Heavenly Father in English, our only available alternatives are the common words of speech like you and your or the dignified but uncommon words like thee, thou, and thy which were used in the King James Version of the Bible almost five hundred years ago. Latter-day Saints, of course, prefer the latter. In our prayers we use language that is dignified and different, even archaic.
The men whom we sustain as prophets, seers, and revelators have consistently taught and urged English-speaking members of our Church to phrase their petitions to the Almighty in the special language of prayer. President Spencer W. Kimball said, “In all our prayers, it is well to use the pronouns thee, thou, thy, and thine instead of you, your, and yours inasmuch as they have come to indicate respect.”
We are especially anxious that our position on special language in prayers in English not cause some to be reluctant to pray in our Church meetings or in other settings where their prayers are heard. We have particular concern for converts and others who have not yet had experience in using these words.
I am sure that our Heavenly Father, who loves all of his children, hears and answers all prayers, however phrased. If he is offended in connection with prayers, it is likely to be by their absence, not their phraseology.
Our earliest efforts will be heard with joy by our Heavenly Father, however they are phrased. They will be heard in the same way by loving members of our church. But as we gain experience as members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, we need to become more mature in all of our efforts, including our prayers.
Men and women who wish to show respect will take the time to learn the special language of prayer.
The Prophet Joseph Smith said, “It is a great thing to inquire at the hands of God, or to come into His presence.” (Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith, p. 22.) The special language of prayer reminds us of the greatness of that privilege. I pray that all of us will be more sensitive to the importance of using this reverent and loving language as we offer our public and private prayers.
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