Toledo Ward 
Birthday Celebration
"Value of Relief Society"

The sisters were greeted by the feeling of spring as they entered the cultural hall. The tables were decorated with white lace table clothes with the centerpiece being a lovely container of sprouted wheat grass set in a colorful Easter basket. Beautiful hand quilted quilts filled the cultural hall. The light supper consisted of Chicken Filled Croissants with a cluster of grapes. Dessert was individual serving of lovely spring lemon cake served with whipped cream and garnished with fresh lemon zest. The program included a beautiful musical number "Daughter of a King" sung by Sister Clarrisa Gifford and accompanied by Sister Heidi Marshall. As Sister Gifford sang the last chorus, that had the phrase Daughter of a King, all of the sisters in the room stood. What a touching moment for all. Sister Wilson, Sister Opdahl, and Sister Larsen spoke about sisters who had had an impact in their lives. . The concluding speaker was Sister Coreene Lonngshore, current Relief Society President. It was a very nice evening and all had a good time being together.  

Three generations of sisterhood.

Sister Clarissa Gifford, Sister Susie Conrad, Sister Suzie McBride

Sister Norman, Sister Wood, Sister Faith

Sister Peggy Wilson

Love and Laughter and Sisterhood

What fun we have when we get together!

Sister Talent, Sister Donaldson, Sister Wilson

Bishop and Sister Lambert

Sister McEachren, Sister Walsh, Sister Larsen

Sister Gifford singing "Daughter of a King"

Fun visiting together.

Sister Opdahl

 Winlock Ward RS Birthday Celebration

"Let's Make A Deal"

The Winlock Ward had a very fun and lively birthday celebration. All the adult members of the ward were invited to attend. As each entered the cultural hall  each guest was asked to bring an item or two for the Humanitarian Hygiene Kits that the sisters would be putting together at one of their upcoming meetings. Each attendee wrote their name on a ticket as they entered for a drawing that would be held later in the evening. The menu for the evening included Hawaiian Haystacks and beautifully decorated cupcakes. The cultural hall was decorated with a large assortment of quilts that the sisters have been working on to send to the Humanitarian Center in Salt Lake City. The table coverings for the evening were quilt tops that are ready to be quilted with a cluster of wrapped gifts as the center piece for each table. After dinner was served the entertainment consisted of a recreation of the game show "Let's Make A Deal" Names were drawn and those individuals became the contestants for the game. There were many wonderful choices to be made. Decisions whether to choose the prize in the beautifully decorated box or to select the curtain were choices each contestant had to make. Some of the prizes that were won consisted of "A Basketful of Good Intentions", A bucket full of cleaning supplies for the Service that you always wanted to perform and one of the prizes behind one of the curtain choices was "A Trip To The Bishop's Office". A fun time was had by all !

Lovely quilt tops were used as table coverings

A Time Line of the history of Relief Society was displayed.

Adult members of the ward were invited to attend the evening fun.

Another lovely quilt display and other humanitarian projects.

Rochester Ward Relief Society 

Birthday Celebration

"Sister To Sister"

The opening included the hymn," As Sisters in Zion" that emphasized the theme of the celebration "Sister To Sister". Traci Shelton and Cheryl Jones had worked hard preparing a slide show presentation of the sisters of Rochester Ward. The video was enjoyed as the sisters ate their "Haystacks" followed by dessert of cherry cheesecake. Sister robin Clark read a poem written by Sara Tveten titled, "My Sister,My Friend".. there was a video showed by Sister Tabitha Dennison about Relief Society from the lds web page. Sister Suzanne Heap talked about "Sisterhood". A musical number "My Sisters Hands" was sung by Leslie McMurray, Diana Huriavi, Tabitha Dennison, Sandy Felch, and Sara Chapman accompanied by Sara Tveten. Placed in a row around the gym were 180 plus cute paper dolls. Each one representing a sister in the ward. Each sister went around and found the doll with their name on it and take it to their place setting. After each sister sat down there were more dolls on the wall representing the sisters who were not present.. they were all missed. Closing remarks were given by Bishop Tveten, followed by a closing hymn "As I Have Loved You". It was a wonderful evening of sisterhood and friendship that the Relief Society Organization offers to all sisters.

Sisters of the Rochester Ward Relief  Society

More Rochester Relief Society Sisters

Place setting with the poem written by Sara Tveten

Quotes

Haystack Makings

Toppings for the Haystacks

Humanitarian Display

MMMM ......Chery Cheesecake

Yummy

Sister Clark reading the poem "My Sister, My Friend" written by Sara Tveten

Rochester Ward Sisters singing "My Hands"

 Chehalis Ward RS
Birthday Celebration
The Chehalis Ward Relief Society celebrated the 169 year organization of this wonderful women's organization by gathering together to enjoy food, fun, and sisterhood. The menu consisted of fresh veggie pizza's meatballs. cheese and crackers. The sisters enjoyed the chocolate fountain where they selected from angel food cake, bananas, strawberries and pretzels to coat with chocolate.MMMMM good. There was a beautiful chocolate and vanilla birthday cake for all to enjoy. After eating and socializing with one another President Kathy Waddoups presented information about the history of the organization of the Relief Society. The sisters ended the party with lots of laughter as they selected, opened and stole white elephant gifts from one another.

Chocolate fountain was one of the  highlight to the evening.

Beautifully arranged finger foods for all to enjoy.

Veggie Pizza's and cups of nuts.

Sisters attending the celebration.

Enjoying the delicious food and visiting.

Gift exchange

More gift exchanges.

"I think I want to take your gift!"

Another fun gift.

"Yes, I am so excited!"

Sister Waddoups

"I Love IT"

What a great thought, "SISTERS, MAKE THE BEST FRIENDS"