Merry Christmas

Hello All,

We want to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas. We so enjoyed our RS Christmas lesson on Sunday, and thank all of those who were a part of making it happen--Elaine Kramer, Norma Metz, Sue Meyers, Shelley Stratton, Kassie Klein, Julee Klein, Francesca Beddow, Jenefer Young & Claudia Leppert, and all who attended.

We also send a huge thank you to those who prepared for and shared messages/talents with us at our RS Activity ("All is Calm, All is Bright") on December 1. It was a wonderful evening and helped to start the season off in the best way.

~Skyline RS Presidency

Book Club Meeting - December 8

Hi gals, I am really slow with my reminders. Luckily this month's book is basically a picture book, which should make for quick "reading" The book is:

Material World, by Peter J. Menzel.

Should be a perfect way to kick-off the season of giving! : )

Remember we decided to meet early this month, so we are meeting on the 8th at Cristy's house.

Happy reading and Happy Thanksgiving.

Ellen Dorrough

BTW - I just got done with my Hunger Games "retreat" (my husband calls it the Twilight effect...the family loses me for a couple of weeks), so I'm warning you if you don't want to get stuck discussing a book everyone read last year...don't ask me about it. I might talk your ear-off. Loved it! Just warning you! : )

Renter Seeking a Place

If anyone has a room, apartment, basement, etc available for rent soon please let me know.

An LDS father is going to be working in Hillsboro and needs a place. His family isn't going to live with him but would like a place that they could visit.

Thanks,

RuthEllen Boogaard

509/591-0573
503/502-5448

Seasonal Hiring

Anyone looking for seasonal retail work? Here's a link to apply at Off Fifth, the Saks Fifth Avenue outlet located at Bridgeport Village in Tualatin, just off I-5:

http://www.careersatsaks.com/

GIVE

THANKS

Inter-Religious Action Network of Washington County

14th Annual Interfaith Thanksgiving Service

and Fellowship Dinner

“Giving Thanks: Connecting, Supporting, Serving--That’s What Community Does!”

Sunday, November 20 at 5:30 PM

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints

955 NW 173rd Avenue in Beaverton

This event and the dinner are free. All are welcome!

Also including:

Combined Interfaith Choir • “America’s Table” A Thanksgiving Reader • Offering for Family Bridge Shelter

Presented by the Inter-Religious Action Network of Washington County

with (as of November 1, 2011)

Baha’is of Washington County • Calvary Lutheran Church • Chinmaya Mission

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter–day Saints, Cedar Mill Stake

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter–day Saints, Hillsboro Stake

Church of Scientology • Family Bridge • First Congregational United Church of Christ, Hillsboro Islamic Society of Greater Portland • Oregon Area Jewish Committee • St. Matthew Catholic Church Southminster Presbyterian Church • Beaverton Sweet Tomatoes Restaurant

www.ianofwashingtoncounty.org

October RS Meeting

A few photos from our October RS meeting. Thank you so much to all who organized, taught, and participated in this fun evening. We enjoyed learning about creative gift giving, making holiday treats, auto tips, and Pilates. If you would like any of the handouts from this activity, contact a member of the presidency.

Otober Indexing Update from Stephanie Holladay

Hello Indexers! I want to begin this update by again congratulating all of you for your indexing contributions so far this year -- we met our goal early! Our goal was to index 611,300 records this year and so far we have indexed 626,958! Here is the breakdown in numbers for October and for Year-To Date:

October records indexed: 26,554
October records arbitrated: 5,935
October combined total: 32,489

YTD records indexed: 480,608
YTD records arbitrated: 146,350
YTD combined total: 626,958

Thank you for all the care and skill with which you index each and every name. Someone out there is depending on that to find their ancestor!

Stephanie Holladay 503-690-3603 stake.indexing.director@cm-stake.org

indexing.familysearch.org

Short Stories & Novel from a Member of Our RS!

Hello All,

Following is information from Amber Sistla, a member of our ward who is a published author. Congratulations, Amber! Take a look...

I currently have two FREE short stories available on Amazon and Barnes & Noble.

Amazon:

Fantasy: http://www.amazon.com/Flotsam-Fool-Break-Bites-ebook/dp/B00577NQSO

Alternate History: http://www.amazon.com/Just-Play-Break-Bites-ebook/dp/B005GYVFLI

B&N:

Fantasy: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/flotsam-and-fool-amber-d-sistla/1104037181

Alternate History: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/just-play-the-game-amber-d-sistla/1104806869

Remember, you don’t need a kindle/nook, but you do need to have downloaded/setup the free reader applications.

Here is a link to get Amazon's free reader http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html/ref=kcp_pc_mkt_lnd?docId=1000426311.

Here is the link to get Barnes and Nobles' free reader http://www.barnesandnoble.com/u/nook-for-pc/379002322/?cds2Pid=34762.

Please, please forward if you know someone you think will be interested. They are appropriate for all ages.

Best regards,

Amber Sistla

Amazon author page with all my e-books:

http://www.amazon.com/Amber-D.-Sistla/e/B0057R493A/ref=ntt_athr_dp_pel_1

www.ambersistla.com

My first novel, Obligations of a Cobalt Hue, is available on Amazon( http://www.amazon.com/dp/B005GXS33W) and Barnes and Noble (http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/obligations-of-a-cobalt-hue-amber-d-sistla/1104787199?ean=2940013202504&itm=2&usri=sistla) as an e-book. If you know anyone who likes to read fantasy (i.e., Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings or Rowling’s Harry Potter series), please forward to them :)

Nooks and Kindles aren't required.

Here is a link to get Amazon's free reader http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html/ref=kcp_pc_mkt_lnd?docId=1000426311. Here is the link to get Barnes and Nobles' free readerhttp://www.barnesandnoble.com/u/nook-for-pc/379002322/?cds2Pid=34762.

Best regards,

Amber Sistla

November Book Club Meeting

Hi Book Club Gals!

Our meeting on Thursday was very interesting! Thank you to Beth for hosting!

So in our September kick-off meeting everyone thought it might be good to adjust book club to the 2nd week of Nov and Dec. So our next meeting is on:

November 10th, @ 7:30pm at Holly's

We will be discussing In Defense of Food, by Michael Pollan.

It is a very interesting book and makes you think twice about what you eat.

Happy reading!

Ellen Dorrough

Book Club Tonight!

Book Club Gals - Tonight 7:30pm Beth's place! Blood Diamond. Come even if you did not read it. I think there is alot we can discuss without having read the entire book. Things like:
The diamond indrusty is it a monopoly?
What is the true cost of the rocks that we wear so proudly?
Diamond indurstry impact on the goverments and social structures of Africa.
Violence that is tied to it.
Why do we value diamonds so much?
Wikipedia, Google, and the movie are good references to consider.

Next Month: I have down that we agreed that the book club we meet the 2nd Thusday in both Nov and Dec. Nov 10th and Dec 8th. Does that still work for everyone? Let me know if there is any major concerns with those dates.

Upcoming Books:
Nov - In Defense of Food
Dec - Material World

See you tonight.

Ellen Dorrough

Oct. 20 - Book Club

Book Club Gals - We have book club coming up next week! Oct 20th at 7:30pm @ Beth Batten's house. We are reading Blood Diamond. Now I have had several of you either say that you started the book and couldn't finish it, or have little desire to even start it. If you fall into either of those groups, don't despair! Many of us still want to discuss the diamond trade and how the book and the movie compare. I will likely get the scoop from Wikipedia and come ready to discuss. So bottomline...you still should come!

Beth's address is:

4172 NW LoisElaine Terrace

Portland, OR 97229

Look forward to seeing you there!

~Ellen Dorrough

Last Sunday's Lesson

Many thanks to Kathleen Towsey for her lesson last week on the post-mortal spirit world. We enjoyed hearing thoughts and questions from many of those in our RS. A few quotes from the lesson manual:

Latter-day prophets have said that the spirits of those who have died are not far from us. President Ezra Taft Benson said: “Sometimes the veil between this life and the life beyond becomes very thin. Our loved ones who have passed on are not far from us” (in Conference Report, Apr. 1971, 18; or Ensign, June 1971, 33).

Spirit beings have the same bodily form as mortals except that the spirit body is in perfect form (see Ether 3:16). Spirits carry with them from earth their attitudes of devotion or antagonism toward things of righteousness (see Alma 34:34). They have the same appetites and desires that they had when they lived on earth. All spirits are in adult form. They were adults before their mortal existence, and they are in adult form after death, even if they die as infants or children (see Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Joseph F. Smith [1998], 131–32).

If you would like to read or review the lesson, here's a link: http://lds.org/manual/gospel-principles/chapter-41-the-postmortal-spirit-world?lang=eng

Used Couch Available

Received from a neighboring ward:

We have a couch at our old house that needs to go by Thursday evening.
A couple of the seat cushions have a split in the fabric, but it is very clean & sturdy.
I will have to coordinate the retrieval with our agent to open the house.

Call if you know anyone who wants it
509-460-0042

Mike Boogaard

Seeking Renters?

A sister in our ward sent the following:

I have an LDS friend who is trying to move to the area from Maryland. She and her husband don't have jobs (although they have first and last months' rent and a cushion saved). They haven't been able to rent anything because they can't document income yet. Do you know anybody in the ward or stake who might be looking to rent to a very nice family?

If you would like more information, email me at fallnews@comcast.net. ~Jill Newsom

Water Barrels for Sale

We have two 50-gallon, food-grade water barrels currently full at our house in Hillsboro. We filled them about 4 years ago with filtered water and need them to go.

We are asking $25 each, but you have to drain and haul them away. If you are interested call Mike 509/460-0049.

~RuthEllen Boogaard
Usborne Books & More
www.UsborneBookStand.com

509/591-0573
503/502-5448

Stake Indexing Update

Hello! Here are the latest indexing numbers for September and YTD totals:

September records indexed: 28,146
September records arbitrated: 6139
September total: 34,285

YTD records indexed: 452,628
YTD records arbitrated: 139,981
YTD total: 592,609

We're VERY close to meeting our goal of 611,300 names indexed for the year! Maybe in the next week or two?? When it happens, I'll post a note in the My Messages section of your indexing homepage, so be sure to log in in the next couple of weeks to see if we've met the goal.

I'm happy to say that every ward in our stake has done some indexing today, October 1. Great way to start the month, and great way to show your faith in action!

Enjoy the rest of your General Conference weekend --
Stephanie Holladay, Cedar Mill stake indexing director stake.indexing.director@cm-stake.org 503-690-3603

Baptism

Troy Eggers will be baptized on Saturday, Oct. 8 at 10 a.m. at the stake center. He is a friend of the Klein family. Any and all support would be appreciated for this special event. Questions? Louise Drow (503) 291-1539.

Book Club

NOTE: Here's the latest on the book group. This is not an "official" RS group; any/all are welcome to join in the fun, even if you haven't read the book. Questions? e_dorrough@yahoo.com or (503) 645-8148.

So here is our list for this year:

Oct 20th - Blood Diamond, by Greg Campbell @ Beth's

Nov - In Defense of Food, by Michael Pollan @ Holly's

Dec - Material World, by Peter Menzel @ TBD

Jan - Tamar, by Mal Peet @ Angie's

Feb - Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet, by Jamie Ford @ Marcia's

Mar - A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, By Betty Smith @ JaNea's

Apr - My Name is Mary Sutter, by Robin Oliveira @ TBD

May - Major Pettigrew's Last Stand, by Helen Simonson @ TBD

Jun - Unbroken, by Laura Hillenbrand@ TBD

Summer Read - TBD although we talked about Beach Music...

We agreed on a few things:

- Generally we will try to meet on the 3rd Thursday. We might have to adjust that some months (specifically Nov and Dec)...I will give plenty of warning. I will send out dates for the following months in a couple of weeks.

- The host will provide the treats for the evening.

- We will plan to do some movie trips - even if the book isn't on our list! : )

- Was there anything else that I missed?

I want to apologize. A couple of you didn't get the books you nominated into the mix. I am very sorry I missed them, the blame lies entirely on me and I hope that we can either consider them for the summer book or for next year's books. Please know that it wasn't intentional, and that next year I will be more methodical so that no one is missed! I am very sorry!

I am very excited for another great year of reading with great gals! Thanks to everyone!

Ellen Dorrough

New Additions

Here are two of our ward's newest additions and their wonderful moms: Sara & Cole Carter, and Maryn Rebecca Becker & Kathy Foulger. Congratulations!

Temple Work/Family History Lesson

Thanks to Ellen Dorrough for teaching our lesson on this topic earlier in September. She had Marcia Miller share some of her great family history ideas. Marcia showed this quilt, which reflects the history of her extended family, including quotes related to humorous family stories. Marcia's brother also sends out a list of 12 topics each January for the siblings to write about during each month of the year. In December, he compiles them all into a binder and presents them as Christmas gifts. What a wonderful way to share memories!

AMCAP Conference

"Solutions for a Better Life," Oregon Association of Mormon Counselors and Psychotherapists (AMCAP) will be holding its third conference entitled, "Solutions for a Better Life," on Saturday, October 15th, from 1-6pm at the Tualatin Stake Center. Sister Chris Packard, Licensed Professional Counselor and dynamic speaker from Arizona, will give the keynote address entitled, "Carest Thou Not That We Perish? Worried Disciples in a Sinking ship." The conference will also make available a variety of educational topics including: teaching children healthy sexuality, managing male depression, strengthening parenting strategies, improving feelings of self worth, fathering, understanding addiction and improving communication. The conference is free to all attendees. A conference schedule is posted at www.amcaporegon.com. (AMCAP is an international organization of counselor and other mental health professionals whose common bond is adherence to the principles and standards of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints).

Senior Sisters Event (Starring Kelly Hoffman!) - Oct. 24

FROM THE STAKE:


Stake Relief Society Senior Sisters Meeting, Mon., Oct. 24, 10:00 am, Stake Center.  
Masterful Storyteller, Kelly Hoffman, will delight us with storytelling tips and take us “Around the World in 30 Minutes.”  Spotlight - Fran Trettin will share experiences of serving with her husband as park hosts in state parks throughout the western United States.   A “Soup-er” lunch with tasty Pumpkin Desserts will be served.

Information about our speaker:

With an uncanny ability to get people laughing, storyteller and ABC television personality Kelly Hoffman has told stories on air and in festivals across the West for over ten years.  She has been a presenter and performer at a variety of festivals and conferences, including the Mount Timpanogos Storytelling Festival.  Kelly uses her amazing range of vocal ability combined with her hypnotizing body movements to paint vivid pictures for her listeners.   Whether she is telling fractured fairy tales in a New York accent, Native American stories with songs and changing, or an original comedic tall tale, Kelly's stories are well-crafted and uniquely her own.  Listening to her stories will have you laughing one minute, crying the next, and occasionally hanging on the edge of your seat.

JOB OPPORTUNITY

Oak Hills RS President Paddi Chirdon, has a need in her ward.  For information, call Paddi at 503-533-8885, or email the Tragni's directly at:  bret@tragnifamily.org.  

 

We are in need of an assistant to replace Juliet, as Juliet is going to school starting the 26^th.

Duties:

-          Care for Gabbrialle, including helping her with showers, etc.

-          Housecleaning

-          Cooking

-          Organization

Hours:

-          Normally Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday from 10am to 5pm

-          Tuesday the 27^th of September would also need to be a work day.

-          $70 per day

Other:

-          Must be comfortable around large dog

-          Not allergic to cats or dogs

Book Club

Ellen Dorrough hosts a Book Club open to all interested participants.  It is not an official Relief Society group, but since there are many members of our RS participating, we will gladly share information here!  Any friends are more than welcome, and you do not need to have read the book to attend.

The next meeting will be Saturday, September 17, 7 p.m. at Ellen's. Her address is 13819 NW Falconridge Lane.  The book is "Tender at the Bone" by Ruth Reichl.  Here is Ellen's latest email:

Below is a list of the recipes in the book.  If you need copies of the recipes, I will make copies for you.  Now... alot of these recipes are either very complex,  too expensive for a potluck, or simply outside of most of our palates.  So feel free to bring something as a replacement or bring your own version of the same thing.  If you are going to bring something from her book please sign-up below so that we don't end up with 10 lemon souffles (on second thought that wouldn't be so bad).  Anyway, please sign up below or indicate if you will be bringing something else.  Please copy everyone (sorry) that way everyone has the most upto date list.  I will send a final list next week.  (Note: feel free to give Ellen a call--number at the bottom of the post--since you can't respond here to her email!)

Recipes from Tender at the Bone

Miriam Reichl's Corned Beef Ham

Aunt Birdies Potato Salad - Holly

Alace's Apple Dumplings with Hard Sauce - JaNea

Weiner Schnitzel

Lemon Souffle - Marcia ?

Devil's Food Cake - Ilene

Oleron Berry Tart - Lacie

Coconut Bread - Angie

Claritha's Fried Chicken

Show-off Salad - Rachael

Mohammad's Bisteeya

Sauerbraten for Doug and Dad

Milton's Pate

Mr Bergaminti's Sliced Veal Breast

Con Queso Rice - Beth

The Swallow's pork and tomaillo Stew - Kay

Artpark Brownies - Ashley

Boeuf a la bourguignonne

Marion's deviled eggs - Ellen  

Daurie - you had mentioned bringing something with Pumpkin...Can't remember now what it is. 

Questions?  Ellen Dorrough, 503-645-8148

Our own Julie Buchan stars in "Blithe Spirit", playing at the Hart Theater in Hillsboro.  Congratulations, Julie!

Fridays & Saturdays at 7:30pm and Sundays at 2pm, through Oct. 2.
Go to www.hart-theatre.org to buy tickets
or call (503) 693-7815 to make reservations.
185 SE Washington
Hillsboro, OR, 97123
Show is probably not suitable for young children.
(Unless you are hard of hearing, we recommend not sitting in the front row. They aren't good seats unless you want to be practically sitting on the actors laps. The best seats are center stage up a few rows.)

STAKE INDEXING UPDATE

Hello all -- Hope you are enjoying a sunny (yeah!) Labor Day weekend. With fall right around the corner it's a great time to evaluate your personal indexing goal for the year. Have you met it yet? Are you on track to meet it? We're doing great as a stake, and are poised to meet our stake goal for the year probably in the next month or so, once indexers are back to their old routines. You can always spice things up by trying to index a batch in a foreign language with which you are familiar, or moving from beginner to intermediate, or intermediate to advanced in the batches you choose. Accuracy is more important than speed, so these batches may take a little longer to index, but the need for people to move on from beginner batches is great. So challenge yourself!

Here are the numbers for August:

names indexed in August: 31,397
names arbitrated in August: 6,649
total indexing for August: 38,046
total indexing YTD: 562,989

Remember, our stake goal for the year is to reach 611,300 names. We're almost there! 

Happy Indexing -- Stephanie Holladay, stake indexing director  503-690-3603  or  stake.indexing.director@cm-stake.org 

COMING UP

TO LINK TO OUR WARD CALENDAR, CLICK HERE:  Skyline Ward Calendar


SEPTEMBER

 9/11 - CES Young Adult Fireside broadcast featuring Dallin H. Oaks. For information, see lds.org. Also, Tom Brokaw will be featured on the 9/11 commemorative broadcast of "Music and the Spoken Word".

9/24 - RS General Broadcast, 7 p.m. at the Stake Center. Desserts and appetizers to follow.  Senior Laurels will be recognized.

OCTOBER

10/1 & 10/2 - General Conference

10/6 - Thoroughly Enjoyable Thursday (our version of "Fabulous Friday"!). Please join us for an evening of wonderful speakers and activities, 7 p.m. at the church.

Summer RS Party

Thanks to the Thelins for allowing us to use your wonderful backyard for our summer party!

RS Party this Thursday!

Please join us for a relaxed summer gathering the home of Justin & Ashley Thelin, in their beautiful backyard/pool. We'll have salads, rolls and desserts and have a chance to visit. The address is 5390 NW Roanoke Lane. Questions? Call Bethany Sebra at (503) 834-2454. We hope to see you all there--and friends are welcome!