Charity Never Faileth

As the time for this year's Relief Society general broadcast approaches, I have been reflecting on the words of our prophet as he spoke to us at last year's Relief Society conference.  The title of his talk was, "Charity Never Faileth".  The whole talk is a gold mine of advice for learning to love one another as Christ loves us, not judging one another, and serving each other. 

He says, "In a hundred small ways, all of you wear the mantle of charity. Life is perfect for none of us. Rather than being judgmental and critical of each other, may we have the pure love of Christ for our fellow travelers in this journey through life. May we recognize that each one is doing her best to deal with the challenges which come her way, and may we strive to do our best to help out."

In accord with the prophet's talk and our bishop's admonition to become a more united sisterhood, we will be holding a Relief Society Service Auction on Thursday October 6, starting at 7 p.m.  For those who are not familiar with a service auction, we would like each sister to think of an act of service that they can offer based on their talents and abilities.  For example, one sister might be good at indexing and could offer an hour of her time to teach another sister how to index.  Other services might include babysitting for a trip to the temple, teaching another sister a skill such as cooking, sewing, crocheting, knitting, canning, etc.  Or maybe you are good at photography or cutting hair and could offer a family photography session, or a hair cut.  If it is too hard for you to coordinate your time with another sister, you might offer to make a meal for a family, create homemade cards or stationary, or put together some family home evening kits.

These services will not be auctioned off for real money, but instead we will provide a way for you to earn points on the night of the auction to use as a means of bidding on another's services.

I hope that everyone can look around them in the next couple of weeks and prayerfully think of a way that we can best serve each other.
If you would like to read President Monson's full talk entitled "Charity Never Faileth" from the October 2010 General Relief Society Broadcast, you can access it here: http://lds.org/general-conference/2010/10/charity-never-faileth?lang=eng

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