(painting by Sue Orchant)
I had a minor epiphany a few weeks ago. It’s not like I hadn’t known it before, but this idea rang home anew after a conversation with a friend.
The epiphany? That the Church, at its heart, and at its best, really is all about trying to help people. A friend had been [...]
Dora’s post yesterday brought this music video to mind. Even though I’ve watched Sarah McLachlan sing this song dozens of times it never fails to make me a feel a bit teary-eyed. It seems to me that it’s so important to consider how a few of our dollars have the potential to make [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 2 so far )On my son’s support group listserve last week, someone mentioned GoodSearch.com as a way to make money for non-profits.
By adding your favorite non-profit and searching from GoodSearch’s webpage (instead of another search engine), money will go to your designated non-profit.
There’s over 45,000 non-profits registered. I figure with how often I run web searches, I [...]
Now, I’m no Julie M. Smith, but here’s the sharing time I did last week on service. I’m usually pretty good about not using outside sources, but I just couldn’t find any LDS source that summed up the messages I wanted (a. we give help/protect/serve people who are nothing like us and b. everyone, [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 2 so far )Opening Discussion
Question: What well-known women can you think of who have changed the world through service?
You might want to have some of these quotations written out on paper to post on the board, or perhaps you can read them out to the class as some of these names are mentioned as women who have changed [...]
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