New Blog Pages

 You may or may not have noticed two new pages added to our blog. One is for spotlights and one is for recipes. Now you can look through current and past posts. Just click on the page labels and you'll be there!

Thank you!

 A big thank you to all who made the Relief Society Birthday Celebration a Success! Here is a recipe form that event you may recognize. 

Recipe

Zuppa Toscana (soup)

1 pound ground spicy Italian sausage

8 slices of bacon, cubed

1 medium yellow onion

2 cloves garlic minced

2 TBS flour (corn starch can be substituted)

32 ounces chicken stock

4 large russet potates, peeled and diced

1 cup heavy cream

½ bunch kale (a couple handfuls) destemmed and torn into bite sized pieces

Salt and pepper to taste

Pinch of red pepper flakes

 Drizzle olive oil in pot.

Brown sausage in pot until brown and crumbly. Remove from pot and set aside.

Fry bacon in residue sausage grease until crisp and set aside.

Remove all but 1 -1/2 TBS of remaining grease from pot.

Add onion to pot and cook 4 minutes. Add garlic and cook an additional minute.

Sprinkle flour or cornstarch over onion mixture. Stir. Pour in chicken stock stirring as you pour. Add potatoes and bring to boil. Gently boil about 15 minutes or until potatoes are fork tender. Add sausage, bacon, heavy cream and kale. Stir and cook 5 – 10 minutes until kale is wilted. Salt, pepper and red pepper flakes to taste.

 

Ministering Ideas

Notice the sidebar of this blog. It has a list of ideas for ministering. The first suggestion is to visit. To be clear, a visit is always a good idea. There's nothing like talking to someone face to face to get to know them and learn to love them. 

These other ideas can be sprinkled in along with personal visits. We are on the Lord's errand as we minister to others and our Savior will help us to know what our sisters need if we listen to Him.

Having said this, do your ministering sisters a favor and make yourself available to them! Please don't ignore their texts and calls and efforts to get to know you. They are trying to do what our prophet and Savior has asked them to do - which is to love you. 

Revived Blog

 Hello all, 

Welcome back to the Park Pointe Relief Society Blog. Watch this space for updates on upcoming events, spotlights, announcements and ideas for ministering to our sisters. 

A Big Thank you and Congratulations!

We are saddended to be ending our callings as your Relief Society Presidency, but are also excited to welcome our new amazing presidency!

It has been a pleasure to serve you sisters and we are all so grateful for the opportunity that we had to get to know each of your better and to feel of your sweet spirits. We are grateful to have been blessed with wonderful opportunities to learn, to grow, to serve and to love. We thank each of you for allowing us the chance to get to serve as your presidency for the past three years and we are looking forward to an exciting time with our new presidency !

All our love!
President Dorothy Williams
Sister Garie Short
Sister Julie Garner
Sister Angie Evans


We are so excited and happy to welcome the new Park Pointe Relief Society Presidency:

President: Annette Davis
Counselor: Sister Rebekah Beck
Counselor: Sister Carolee Hogan
Secretary: Sister Sarah Morrow

We wish you the best of luck and know that you will be blessed for serving!

Relief Society University

Mark you calenders for our 2nd annual Relief Society University!
It will be held Saturday September 15th from 9:00am to 12:00pm
The classes we are offering this year is as follows:
9:00am Self Defense with Brother Punta
10:00am Health and Nutrition with Sister Moore
11:00am Intro to Essential Oils with Sister Ericksen
and lunch to follow!

It will be a fun and informative day - please plan to attend if you can!

Upcoming Activities

It seems that summer has been so busy .... and there is still more to come! Here is an update on some of the activities to be aware of for the Relief Society:

August 15th from 4:00pm - 6:00pm we have an opportunity to go to the dry pack cannery to do some personal food storage. We only have 2 other times this year to go to the cannery, so if there is something you are wanting to can, this would be a great time! Contact Kathie Bigelow if you have any questions.

August 24-25 will be the Ward Campout at our usual location: Hobble Creek Campground. There will be more information to follow as the event gets closer.

Sept 15 - We will have our 2nd Relief Society University! This was an extremely fun and informative event last year, and this year will be just as fabulous! There will also be more details to follow as the event gets closer.

We hope you are all enjoying your summer and are getting to spend some time with your family. We are grateful to each of you in the ward for your service!

Dry Pack Canning Opportunity June 21st

We have an opportunity to visit the Dry Pack Cannery this month! The date we have available is June 21st from 1:00-3:00pm. We will only have 3 other times available this year, so if you are interested it might be a great time to get some food storage canning done!

Here is a link to the order form if you are interested!
http://www.providentliving.org/pfw/multimedia/files/pfw/pdf/123141_HSC_OrderFormUS_EngNov2011_pdf.pdf

Stake Day of Service - May 19th 2012

The Stake Day of Service is planned for Saturday May 19th, in conjunction with West Jordan’s “I Love West Jordan” day of Community Service.


If you are interested in spending some time doing a service project the City has asked that all volunteers arrive at 8 a.m. at the pavilion in Veterans Memorial Park, 1985 West 7800 South (just west of City Hall). Bring your gloves, a rake or shovel, and a willing heart. Register early and you’ll receive a T-shirt and breakfast courtesy of Dannon, Dunford Bakers and Bubba’s Bagels.

Please mark your calendar and spread the word. Everybody is welcome to participate! To register please email julieb@wjordan.com or call Julie Brown at 801-569-5119.

There is also a Stake Barbeque planned for the same day – May 19th at 1:00pm at the “North” building. The address for that building is 1465 West Bristol Ridge Road (8420 S.) This BBQ is for everyone – whether you participated in the day of service or not. The Stake would just like everyone to get together and have a great time.

Please plan to attend these events if your schedule allows for it – you will be blessed for serving, will have a great time and will get to know some of your neighbors and friends even better!

♫ Ward Choir Practice ♫

Ward Choir Practice will be held every Sunday at Josh and Lisa Moore's house at 1:30pm. Please come join, it will be a fun experience for everyone!

Stake Relief Society Meeting May 3rd, 7:00pm

The Stake has invited all the sisters in our ward over the age of 18 to a special evening. It will be held at our building (the Stake Center) on May 3rd at 7:00pm. It will be a delightful evening to be entertained and uplifted through song, stories and other narrative based on the book Daughters in My Kingdon. Dress is casual and there will be light refreshments served after the program. Help us spread tthe word and bring along a friend or neighbor. It will be a wonderful evening!

Stake Relief Society Temple Trip

The Stake is having a Sister's Temple Day. We will be meeting at the Jordan River Temple Saturday March 3rd. We will be doing the 9:00am Endowment Session, so please be in the chapel by 8:45am.

Relief Society Birthday Dinner March 22nd 6:30pm

Please plan to join us to celebrate our Relief Society's Birthday!
There will be a dinner and a wonderful program to commemorate the establishment of the Relief Society Program. The date has been moved to March 22nd at 6:30pm.

We hope to see you all there!

Recipe - Stollen Bread

Here is the much requested recipe from Kale for her "Stollen Bread" that she brought to our Super Saturday. Thanks Kale!!

Mix:
3 cups water
3 Tbsp. yeast
1/2 cup sugar
Let set until foamy

Add:
3 lg eggs
3 tsp. salt
4 Tbsp. oil
9 cups flour

Mix well-divide into 9 pieces. Let set for ten minutes. Roll out each piece the size of a pizza pan. Place one on a pizza pan. Put on nut mixture and margarine and end with dough on top. Mark the center with a glass. Cut into glass in 1/4’s. Then take each 1/4 and cut into 4 pieces. Twist each piece three turns. Continue with other 1/4 pieces. Remove glass. Continue with other dough, enough to fill three pie pans. Let rise 45 to 60 minutes. Bake each at 350 for 20 minutes. Put on icing of powdered sugar and water.

Nut mixture:
1 cup sugar
2 tsp. maple flavoring
1 cup chopped nuts
2 tsp. cinnamon
Mix together well

Super Saturday February 25th 9:00am - 12:00pm

We will be having a Super Saturday this month so that we can do some fun spring and Easter projects!

The projects will include: Easter Wreath, Spring Origami flowers, journal, Easter Egg Activity for the last week of Christ's life, and a sign.

We will also have a table available for you to bring some of your unfinished projects and come to work on them!

There will be a light breakfast served and will be a fun time for all! The sign-ups for the projects will be in the hallway this Sunday (Feb 19th) - so please come look to see if there is a project that you are interested in!

Relief Society Activity Thursday January 19th, 2012

 The Relief Society activity for January will be focusing on Scripture Study. 

We will be making a fun Washer Necklace so that we can carry our favorite scripture reference with us! Please plan to join us! The activity will begin at 7:00pm in the Relief Society room. 

If you can get your scripture reference to Kale on Sunday - that would be helpful in getting this project partially done before Thursday night! Thank you!!!

Potato Soup

Potato Soup (Slow Cooker) Time: Approx. 3 1/2 hours
Recipe provided by: Dorothy Williams

In a slow cooker add:
1 can chicken broth 14oz.
4 large potatoes peeled and diced
1/2 onion chopped
2 ribs celery sliced
1 carrot grated
1 tsp. salt

In a large skillet add:
6 strips bacon - cook until crisp. Remove bacon from skillet but keep the grease.
Add to bacon grease: 1/4 cup butter and 1/2 cup flour stirring to make a roux.
Gradually add 2 1/2 cups milk, stirring constantly until thick and flour has cooked.

Add cream mixture to potatoes once they are tender.  Cook in slow cooker for  3 1/2 hours.
* Just before serving add the bacon crumbled and 1 cup shredded cheese.

Mimi's Cafe Corn Chowder

Mimi’s Cafe Corn Chowder
Source: Mimi's Café – Recipes
Recipe provided by: Kale Snyder

4 tablespoons butter or margarine
6 tablespoons onion, chopped
3/4 cup celery, large dice
2 1/2 cups hot water
2 cups raw potato, peeled and cut into 1/2-inch cubes
3 cups frozen corn
2 tablespoons granulated sugar
2 teaspoons salt
1 pinch white pepper
3 tablespoons flour
1 quart half-and-half

On medium heat, melt butter and simmer onion and celery for 5 minutes until soft, but not brown. Add water, potato, corn and seasonings. Cover and simmer for 30 minutes or until potatoes are barely tender. Whisk the flour into 1 cup of the half and half and stir into the soup. Add the remaining 3 cups of half and half. Simmer for about 15 minutes until the soup has thickened to a creamy consistency. Correct the seasoning with additional salt and pepper, if needed. Correct the consistency, if needed. To make the soup thinner, add a little milk. To make the soup thicker, simmer another 5 to 10 minutes.

Dinner Rolls

Dinner Rolls
Recipe provided by Angie Evans

5-6 c. flour
1/2 c. sugar
1 ½ tsp salt
2 pkgs yeast
1 c milk
2/3 c. water
¼ c. butter
2 eggs

Mix 2 cups flour, sugar, salt and yeast in a bowl. Combine milk, water and margarine in a saucepan warm to 120-130 degrees Farenheit. Add milk/water mixture to dry ingredients. Mix until combined. Add additional ¾ c. flour and eggs. Continue to add flour until dough becomes thick, but not too sticky. Turn dough out onto a board. Knead dough for 5 minutes or until soft and smooth. Cover dough with non-stick spray, plastic wrap and a towel. Let rise for approximately 1 hour or until double in size. Punch down dough and knead again. Roll dough out and shape. Place shaped dough onto cookie sheets. Brush tops of rolls with melted butter. Cover with plastic wrap or wax paper and towels. Let rise again (approximately 1 hour). Bake rolls at 375 degrees for 10-12 minutes or until golden brown. Brush rolls with melted butter again after taking out of oven.

Creamy Chicken Tortilla Soup

We would like to share some of the soup recipes with you from our November appreciation dinner! Here is the recipe for "Creamy Chicken Tortilla Soup" brought by Angie Evans.

• 3 Chicken Breasts, diced
• ½ C. chopped onions
• 1-2 cloves minced garlic
• 3 TBS butter
• 2 chicken bullion cubes
• 1 C. hot water
• 1 ½ - 2 tsp ground cumin
• 2 C. half & half
• 2 C. Shredded Monterey Jack Cheese
• 1 can creamed corn
• One 4 oz. can diced green chilies (un-drained)
• ¼ tsp. Tabasco (to taste)
• 1 medium tomato chopped
• Fresh cilantro chopped (to taste)
• Tortilla strips
• Sour Cream
In a large saucepan brown chicken with onion, garlic & butter until chicken is no longer pink. Dissolve bullion in the hot water, add to pan with cumin and bring to a boil. Reduce heat, cover and simmer for 5 minutes. Add half & half, cheese, corn, green chilies and Tabasco. Cook and stir over low heat until cheese is melted. Stir in tomato and cilantro. Serve with tortilla strips and sour cream as garnish!