May's Activity Day was all about Keeping It Simple.
Claudia Healy spoke to us about 'End of Life Preparedness'.
The discussion included the importance of estate planning. There are 5 main components:
- Wills and trusts
- Durable power of attorney
- Medical or Healthcare Power of Attorney
- Living will and Advance directives for medical decisions
- Beneficiary designations
There are dozens of details regarding what can be completed before we pass that will be a blessing to those we leave behind.
Mary Jo Snyder and Patty Donohoe shared great ideas on 'Living a Clutter-free Life'.
What are the 10 Commandments of a Clutter-Free Life?
- Live within your means
- Purge often
- Have a place for everything
- Don't underestimate the importance of a junk drawer.
- Become a habitual putter-awayer.
- Store things where you use them.
- Stop clutter before it enters your home with a landing strip.
- Go paper-free
- Realize that life is about experiences, not things.
- Forgive yourself and try again
And Sue and Paul Olsen are our Stake Welfare and Self-Reliance Specialists.
The course consists of 2 parts:
Personal Finances
- Become a Wise and Faithful Steward
- Becoming Unified in Our Approach to Finances
- Paying Tithes and Offerings
- Creating a budget
- Sticking to a budget
- Protecting your family from hardships
- Understanding debt
- Getting out of debt
- Managing Financial Crises
- Investing for the future
- Continuing to give and bless others
Emotional Resilience
- Building emotional resilience
- Healthy thinking patterns
- Our body and emotions
- Managing stress and emotions
- Understanding sadness and depression
- Overcoming anger
- Managing addictive behavior
- Building healthy relationships
- Providing strength to others
- Moving forward with faith
Following then program we were treated to a wonderful lunch of various salads and bread sticks in the gym.
John 13:34
A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another as I have loved you.
What is the meaning of sisterhood?
Sisterhood is the affection and loyalty that women feel for other women who they have something in common.
The 5 values of sisterhood are: shared social experiences, support & encouragement, belonging, accountability and common purpose.
