August 2008

Fallbrook Second Ward Newsletter

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August 2008

If you have a missionary or other spiritual moment you would like to share, we’d love to hear about it! Please email it to lowell_stephanie@yahoo.com or give to a member of the bishopric so we can share it with the ward.

From the Bishopric

This Month – Primary will be talking about baptism and confirmation, It might be well for all of use to contemplate how we show our faith by being baptized and confirmed.

Very early in this dispensation John the Baptist returned to the earth the priesthood authority necessary to perform the baptism ordinance. He also provided direction on how that ordinance was to be performed. The Doctrine and Covenants contains additional details in section 20. Baptism by immersion is symbolic of the death of a person’s sinful life and rebirth into a spiritual life that is dedicated to the service of our Heavenly Father. In Romans 6:3-6 more can be read about the symbolism of baptism by immersion.

At baptism we enter into a covenant with our Heavenly Father to take upon ourselves the name of Jesus Christ, to keep his commandments and to serve him. Through partaking of the Sacrament we reaffirm the covenants we made at Baptism. (see D&C 20:77,79). Personal preparation is needed prior to partaking of the sacrament each week, repentance and personal prayer are part of that preparation.

A few months after John the Baptist restored the Aaroninc Priesthood, Peter, James and John restored to the earth the Priesthood keys necessary to confirm members in the church and to bestow the Gift of the Holy Ghost upon them.

It is truly a great blessing to live on the earth and have direct access to the blessings of priesthood authority and ordinances. Baptism and Confirmation are foundational steps to many more ordinances and blessings. May I encourage each of you to keep and honor our baptismal covenants and worthily partake of the Sacrament each week I so pray and the name of Jesus Christ. Amen

Paul Hawkins

Primary

We've had some wonderful things going on in Primary this last month. Our theme was on being missionaries and our primary children are great examples of being missionaries. We had a swim party where Liam Holman invited a non-member neighbor and Olivia Engebretson brought a non-member friend to Primary with her on Sunday. We've had the missionaries come and speak to us, we've learned some ways we can be missionaries through our singing and had some reminders through our sharing time of things we can all do to be good missionaries. The primary children have been working hard the last 3-4 months on collecting pennies every time they bring their scriptures to church. With those pennies we purchased two Books of Mormon and taped a picture of our primary children inside the cover along with the first article of faith. We gave them to the missionaries who will give them away to someone they are teaching and get back to us.

Our theme for August is “I will show my faith in Jesus Christ by being baptized and confirmed. We'll talk about our baptismal covenants, taking the sacrament, repenting and living righteously.” We’ll learn the song, “When Jesus Christ Was Baptized.”

Torre Olson will turn 12 on August 11 and she will be moving on to Young Women. She will be a great addition to the Young Women and we will miss her; Sierra Lowell is having a birthday on August 21st.

Jacob and Shelby Nye spent a week in Idaho and Utah visiting relatives and had a great big family reunion with all the Rossell's here in Oceanside. Olivia Engebretson is going to Mexico with her family this month.

LOOKING AHEAD: Our Sacrament Program for the Primary will be October 19. We gave each family a CD with the songs for the program back in January. Please make sure you listen to that often over the next several months as that will help the children with the songs for the program. If for some reason, you have lost or misplaced it, please let one of the presidency know and we will get you another one.

Thanks a million to our wonderful, dedicated and loving primary teachers-- Jody Lowell , Christine Lutnick , Kay Peterman and Nancy Wilson ; to our music leader, Mary Ellen Holman and our pianist, Sharon Self , to our secretary, Kathy Geyer and to Jackie Gibb and Linda Morrison . We love your children and they continue to touch our lives and inspire us to be more Christ like.

Love from our Primary!!

Young Men

Troop 718 (Fallbrook 2nd Ward) attended BHAB from July 14th thru the 18th.  11 scouts attended, including John MacDonald, Austin Moffat, Braden Irvine, Matt Lutnick, Joey Justice, DJ Abbott, Chris Beck, Joey Noblit, Ryan Pando, Ian Wood, and Nick Alkema, as well as leaders Clark Moffat, Gary Wood and Steve Abbott.

Located at 8500' elevation, BHAB offered the scouts a variety of exciting and challenging high adventure scouting activities, including the COPE course (challenging team building outdoor obstacles as well as individually challenging high wire climbs and traverses), rock climbing and rappelling, frontier survival skills, shooting sports, and of course, Camelot (simulated medieval combat). The Stake leadership provided a number of evening activities including firesides, devotionals, and a well deserved trip to the Beaver city recreational pool (to wash the dirt of 150 or so scouts).  Most scouts said their highlight was the game "two ball", which is basically a combination between rugby and lacrosse.  The scouts were responsible for all aspects of camp, including set up, cooking and cleaning as well as getting organized for the day's events.  The Troop 718 leaders were all very impressed with the cooperativeness and team spirit exhibited by our scouts as well as the leadership exhibited by our senior patrol leaders.

For more updates and pictures check out their blog! http://bsatroop718.blogspot.com/

Young Women

No information at this time; please see your leaders for this month’s events.

Relief Society

August Calendar

06 WARD TEMPLE NIGHT WED. 7:00pm Session

09 WARD BEACH PARTY SAT from 3:00 PM-dusk

12 RELIEF SOCIETY POOL PARTY TUES. 2-4 pm For all the sisters and their young kids. Bring snacks to share. There is lots of shade for non swimmers. Pool of Mary Kay Tanner 4329 Los Padres Dr. (Pala Mesa Fairways Villas) Call Mary Kay for directions, 731-0010.

BOOK CLUB NO MEETING UNTIL OCT. Next book is March by Geraldine Brooks

August Birthdays

Happy Birthday! How are our birthday sisters spending their summers?

10 Mellissa Compton

10 Jessica Davis

13 Marjorie McDougle Her granddaughter, Dani is getting Married Aug. 15^th

14 Robyn Olson Getting her daughter ready for her mission to Barcelona.

15 Daisy Berry

20 Anne Renshaw Doing the New Family History

23 Karen Mitchell Moving into her new home.

28 Kristina Hampton

29 Francisca Flor

30 Mary Morrison Working on her quilts.

31 Lynette Wood Reading, of course.

Family History

The classes for "New Family Search" are going well. For those of you who have completed the course, a new feature has been added to the website. When you are in the "Pedigree with Details" window, there is a new button on the top of the row on the left side called "Summary". This window enables you to see all of the entries that have been combined or added and you can choose which one you would like to appear on your pedigree and family group records. In the past, when you combined entries, it would sometimes change the information on your records. This takes care of that frustration.

Remember, the goal is for everyone to take one of their family file cards to the temple for an Endowment on Nov. 8th. Other ordinances need to be done prior to that date. The youth are doing baptisms on April 16th. They can do more baptisms if they have family file cards to do. Contact Anne Renshaw or Dan and Kathy Lee if you need assistance.

LDS Employment Services

If you are looking for new or better employment, please contact our Ward Employment Specialist, Bro Denning at 760-723-3367, or our Stake Employment Center at 760-631-4070. Current job listings can be reviewed at www.ldsjobs.org.

Other Events/Organizations/News

To all ward members who have helped our family, thank you. We have had quite a year in our family and are grateful
for all acts of kindness and service. From lawns being mowed, homes being cleaned, boxes being packed, stuff being
moved, meals being prepared and served, prayers being offered, fasts completed, everything. We have appreciated you
and the service you have given to us.

The Rutherfurds,

Jeff, Katie, Amy and Mark

Ward Activities

Wow what a fast summer, it seemed to have just flown by. It’s already time to start thinking about school clothes, lunch boxes and back packs again.
But before that, don't forget our last ward fling for the summer. We’re having a Beach Party at the Oceanside Harbor fire rings August 9 from 3:00 PM until dusk. Free parking to the left of the restaurants under the bridge. Bring a picnic dinner for your family and come share stories around the campfire and have some s'mores with us.

Mark your calendar for our September ward Activity September 5 at 6:00. Come join us for a delicious dinner and entertainment. Watch the ward bulletin for more information.

Missionary Update

The Fallbrook 2nd Ward has a well-deserved reputation for being friendly and open to visitors. We hope that we can take advantage of upcoming ward activities and meetings to invite our friends, where they can feel the Spirit and be touched in their hearts.

The Ward Missionaries have great confidence in the teaching abilities of Elders Mosier and Rasmussen, and stand ready to help you find referrals for them in any way.

David Heid, WML

Garry Bledsoe, 1st Assistant

Lee Bartholomew, 2nd Assistant

Ian Beers

Schedule of Events

August

1 (Friday)—Multi-Stake Single Adult Dance, 9:00 PM (Pomerado Building)

6 (Wednesday)—Endowment, 7:00 PM

9 (Saturday)—Ward Beach Party, 3:00 PM-dusk. Bring a picnic dinner for your family! (Oceanside Harbor)

12 (Tuesday)—RS Pool Party at Mary Kay Tanner’s Pool; 2-4 PM. 4329 Los Padres Dr. (Pala Mesa Fairways Villas) Call Mary Kay for directions, 731-0010.

16 (Saturday)—Youth Dance, 8:00 PM (Carlsbad)

17 (Sunday)—BYC, 12:15 PM

17 (Sunday)—Multi-Stake Fireside, 7:00 PM (Poway Stake Center)

23 (Saturday)—Stake Youth Old Testament Video Night-“Alice in Bibleland”, 6:00 PM (Vista Stake Center)

26 (Tuesday)— Stake Single Adult Meeting, 7:00-8:00 PM (Bobier)

28-31 (Thursday-Monday)—Single Adult Labor Day Conference; Temple Session, Workshops, Dances, Fireside, Beach Party (Del Mar)

29 (Friday)— Sealings, 7:00 PM

Sept. 5 (Friday) –Ward Social

Sept. 13 (Saturday) –Ward Temple Night 6:00 PM Chapel Session, 6:30 PM Endowment Session. All temple recommend holders are most earnestly urged to be in attendance. Please make this a priority.

Sept. 14 (Sunday)—Ward Conference. Our meeting schedule remains unchanged. Please arrive early.

The ward newsletter reporter is Stephanie Lowell. Please call with information about your auxiliaries. We would love to share in your announcements, birthdays, achievements, and fun! Contact: Stephanie Lowell at 731-0610 or lowell_stephanie@yahoo.com before the end of each month.