RS Birthday Party

Follow the Yellow Brick Road

What a fun night we had at the RS birthday party! The decorations were darling, food so yummy, and the actors and speakers so wonderful! If you missed it, here is how it went:

First we met for appetizers in a room decorated in only in black and white (like the beginning of the Wizard of Oz movie). Dorothy (Sis Krahenbuhl) was worried that the wizard had said that we need to be better about visiting teaching. She was worried and didn't know what to do. The good witch (Sis Buchanan) encouraged her to visit her sisters and look for the connections and good we can do for our sisters. The wicked witch (Sis Tenney) was discouraging our visiting teaching, pointing out how hard it is and why we don't need to visit.

The partition opens and a room of color is decorated with tables, flowers, rainbows, and the yellow brick road. Dorothy skipped down with Glenda and the rest of the women followed.

After dinner, the scarecrow (Sis Graham) spoke about VT with knowledge, the Lion (Sis Rogers) spoke of having courage, and the Tin Man (Sis Vanderhoven) spoke about having a heart.
Their messages were so great, heartfelt, and even funny.

Thank you to all of those who planned, put together, and participated in this wonderful night!!

IF YOU TOOK ANY PICTURES OF THAT EVENING, PLEASE EMAIL THEM TO
mariebindrup@gmail.com . Thank you!

Book Club Schedule

We had our first book club meeting of the year this past Thursday. There was lots of suggestions and participation, so we were able to organize and plan for the year. We plan on having each meeting on the first Thursday of every month unless otherwise noted. Here are the books we are reading this year, and who is hosting.

Read in
January: Divergent by Veronica Roth
Hosted in February by: Angela Jones at the home Michelle Alber

Read in
February: Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi
Hosted in March by: Meleah Smith

Read in
March: Romancing Miss Bronte by Juliet Gael
Hosted in April (2nd Thursday) by: Michelle Alber

Read in
April: The Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton
Hosted in May by: Angela Jones

Read in
May: Wednesday Letters by Wright
Hosted in June 14 by: Lea Guy at Marie Bindrup's

Read in
June: Legend by Marie Lu
Hosted in July (date to be determined) by Jessie Humphries

Read in
July and August: Poisonwood Bible
Hosted in September at Krahenbuhl's (by Marie Bindrup)

Read in
September: The Alchemist
Hosted in October by: Laura Dryden

Read in
October: The Hiding Place by Corrie Ten Boom
Hosted in November by: Marie Bindrup

Read in
November and December: The Silence of God
Hosted in January by: Sherese Reed