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More pictures from the Relief Society Birthday Celebration!

Relief Society Birthday Celebration
Our Relief Society Birthday Celebration was held on April 16th. We appreciate all the sisters who helped out by making a quilt for LDS Humanitarian Services and those who took part in our readers theater featuring the 15 past General Relief Society Presidents. A big thank you to Stacy Howard for making two beautiful cakes for us, our committee who worked to put this event together and the brethren who manned the nursery. We enjoyed getting acquainted with the Laurels that will be joining Relief Society this summer and socializing with each other.

LOVE BANNER ACTIVITY

February 2, 7:00 p.m., at Rebecca Thomas' home. The cost is just $6 each. Melissa Buecher is generously making this available to us at her cost. If you haven't had a chance to sign up for it contact Melissa Buecher.

Book Club

The book group is reading "Kabul Beauty School: An American Goes Behind the Veil" by Deborah Rodriguez and Kristin Olson. We will meet on Wednesday, January 6, 2010 at Kathryn Karford's home.

CHRISTMAS ENRICHMENT PROGRAM!

Coal Mine Ward RS Enrichment Meeting
“Brown Paper Packages Tied Up With Strings . . . These Are A Few Of My Favorite Things”
Tuesday, December 1,
6:30 – 8:30 PM
Coal Mine Bldg.
Refreshments Served
Nursery Provided

Bring a small “Gift of Self”
\’gift\ 1: something voluntarily transferred by one person to another without compensation
\’self\ 1: from or by means of oneself

Please wrap your gift in the provided brown paper bag, with one paragraph describing why this item represents “YOU”.
We will be exchanging these gifts in a fun and unique way!
See you there.

Book Group: changed to November 18th at Nancy Lawson's. Still at 7:00 p.m.

"Love Your Neighbor" game w/Lila Secrist. Lila will teach us how to play and make a fun game that the whole family will love. Great for gift giving and very inexpensive to make. We will meet on Tuesday, November 10th, 7:00 p.m. at Becky Thomas' home. The supplies we will be using can be purchased from Lila that night. The estimated cost is under $5.00. Bring your own container to take it home in. A scissors or a rotary cutter and mat are useful tools to bring if you have them.

Service group: Update: We're meeting at the church (not Becky's house) tomorrow at 10:00 to make stockings and blankets for Project Comfort and Joy. Those who attend should plan on a potluck lunch at noon and bring a pair of sewing scissors if they have them and Christmas fabric and trim remnants they have on hand to embellish the stockings.

Upcoming Activities!!!

"How Money Works"
Class taught by Chris Koch. October 27th. See Flyers from Relief Society!

Book Club for November
The book for November is "Jubilee" by Margaret Walker. We will meet at Kathryn Karford's Nov. 11 at 7:00

Service Group
November 5th at my house Becky Thomas' home at 10:00 a.m. We will be making stockings for the eight children we're giving christmas gifts to. Plan on staying for a yummy potluck lunch at noon. Bring any trims or christmas print fabric scraps you have to embellish the stockings. Becky has some old red velvet bridesmaids dresses that we can cut up for the stockings. Come and get into the holiday spirit, by being of service to a family in need.


Also, look for more information in the coming weeks for a sewing class & the exercise group! =)

COAL MINE Relief Society Retreat 2009: Mind, Body, Spirit.

If you missed our Retreat, here's some pictures of what you missed out on!!! This was a such a nice relaxing night. THANK YOU to all who helped organize & carry this out! We all appreciate what you do.

Book group
is reading "The Face" by Angela Hunt for September. We will meet at Cherie Day's home on Sept. 8 at 7:00. We will be reading "My Life in France" by Julia Child and Alex Prud'homme for October.

The "How Money Works"
class is scheduled for Oct. 27. Chris Koch will be teaching it.

Updates! 8/2/09

eBay Class!
Tuesday, August 4th 7p at Anne Gish's home. 9570 W. Maplewood Pl. 80123 If you have a laptop, please bring! We will be learning how to set up an account & listing items to sell. Light refreshments served.

Temple Group
Juanita Page, Sharon Schult and some others will be going to the temple on Fridays for the 10am session. Contact Sharon if you need to, but otherwise meet them there! :)

Play at the Park
Tuesday August 4th 10a at Clement Park. Contact Danielle Braithwaite for more details.

Garden Group
Saturday, August 22nd 9am at Katherine Karford's home!

Volleyball
Tuesdays 9p at the Webster Building, call Kathy Puter to make sure it's still a go ;)

Exercise 5K Group
Here are some upcoming 5Ks to consider:
1. Denver Skirtchaser 5K http://www.skirtchaser5k.com/ Really fun idea, but a bit pricey...the course is pretty flat though...always a PLUS!

2. Run for Charities 5K http://www.active.com/page/Event_Details.htm?event_id=1757884&assetId=E0012CE0-49A7-4A9B-9180-B7BD1A7B062C Good price, and fun course! (around Elitches!) ***I'm leaning towards doing this one myself ;)

3. D'Evelyn Dash Fundraiser 5K http://www.develyneducationfoundation.com/index.cfm?content=page&page=DEvelynDash This one benefits the High School, and has an interesting cross-country style course. Too busy for my preggo belly, but I would definitely try next year! The best part about this one is that it is cheap! $20 including t-shirt! This is just a fun-type run, official times will not be posted anywhere.

***if you hear of any other good ones, or have a better idea for something active to do, let me know; I know not everyone is into running! :)

Some pending items to watch for:

Temple Group TBA

Hiking Group TBA

Exercise Group...5K for August some of us are thinking about this one:

http://www.skirtchaser5k.com/

EBAY class!

So....
As promised in that fabulous commercial you saw at the last Enrichment Activity :D We have set a date for the eBay class!

AUGUST 4th, 7p.

We are tentatively planning to have it in the YW room, but that may change if we can't figure out the wireless issue. Mark your calendars and watch for changes!

Holly Brison in the Nauvoo Brass Band!

A couple of videos of the Nauvoo Brass Band where Holly Brison is serving a mission as a Young Performing Missionary for the summer. Check it out! :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZ43CMaPYfA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hWJgGwKYkc

DIP recipes from HOME MATTERS night!!!

Here are the Dip recipes:

Orange Fruit Dip
1 8 oz. box cream cheese, room temperature
1 7 oz. jar marshmallow fluff
1 6 oz. frozen orange juice concentrate
1 small container Cool Whip, thawed

With a mixer, blend cream cheese and orange juice concentrate (you can add as much or as little orange juice to taste) until creamy. Add marshmallow fluff and blend until smooth and creamy. Add Cool Whip and mix well. Serve.
*You can omit the Cool Whip


Homemade Ranch Dressing/Veggie Dip
1 C. Buttermilk
1 C. Mayo
1 TBS. dry Parsley
1 TBS. dry minced Onion
¼ tsp Garlic Salt
½ tsp Black Pepper
Salt to taste
Dash of Worcestershire Sauce
Mix—Chill at least 2 hours
*Can use fresh herbs, if desired

Dill Veggie Dip
1 C. Miracle Whip
1 Lg. Sour Cream
1 TBS Parsley, dry
1 TBS Minced Onion, dry
1 TBS Dill Weed, dry
Salt and Pepper to taste
Mix—Chill at least 2 hours ( the longer the better)
*Can use fresh herbs, if desired.

Other stuff:

Service Project for "anysoldier.com" Ken Caryl & Coal Mine Wards combined. This Tues. (23rd) 7p at the Coal Mine building; bring a few things to put into care packages. Contact Anne Gish 720-635-6022 or visit their website if you need a list of the items.

The Mormon Tabernacle Choir is coming to Red Rocks on June 29th! If you can still go, it is sure to be a great experience!

PLAYGROUP

If you have an interest in being a part of a playgroup (ages 18 mos-2 1/2 years) contact Lacey Knotts or for ages 2+ Melissa Buecher.

VOLLEYBALL
Every Tuesday night at 9p at the Webster Building (23rd & 30th) Make sure to call Kathy Puter to see if it is still on for the night!

Ward 5K update:
thanks for all who came out! We had a great turn-out & lots of fun for the whole family! A HUGE thanks to the Activities Committee who put on yet another successful Activity! :)

Home Matters:
What a FUN night! So glad so many of you sisters could get away for the night to come join us.

Thanks for checking the blog! Continue to check back for more information on activites as well as updates :D If you have pictures or comments, please let me know! We'd love to hear from you!

Temple Endowment Session

This Thursday, June 18th 6p

HOME MATTERS LINKS:
food storage/meal planning/bargain shopping
moolamama.blogspot.com
moneysavingmom.com
afullcup.com
couponmom.com

E-coupon websites:
cellfire.com
shortcuts.com
softcoin.com

Printable coupons:
coupons.comsmartsource.com
redplum.com
eatbetteramerica.com

For the natural/homemade cleaning products segment:
http://www.bhg.com/homekeeping/cleaning-and-care/cleaning-advice/natural-house-cleaning-products/
http://www.bhg.com/homekeeping/cleaning-and-care/cleaning-advice/green-cleaning-recipes/
http://www.realsimple.com/home-organizing/cleaning/more-surprising-natural-cleaners-00000000011572/page2.html
http://www.realsimple.com/home-organizing/cleaning/surprising-new-cleaning-solutions-10000001610276/index.html
http://www.realsimple.com/home-organizing/cleaning/all-natural-cleaning-solutions-00000000011547/index.html


MORE TO COME! :)