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“Lovest Thou Me?”
By Elder Steven C. BarlowThe greatest manifestation of Heavenly Father’s love for us that resonates with both mind and heart is when He allowed His Beloved Son to offer Himself as the Atoning One.God’s love is perfect, is infinite, and fills the soul with joy. But at times, “we may find it difficult to recognize God’s love in our lives”. In these instances, one may be like the prodigal son’s older brother – focused on oneself. But the beautiful paradox is that the more we are focused on showing our love for God, the more easily we recognize His love for us.The exchange between Peter and the resurrected Savior at the Sea of Tiberias in John 21 teaches of ways to show one’s love for Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ. These include when we put Them first in our lives, serve one another, gratefully acknowledge every blessing from Them, and choose to obey and follow Them.Heavenly Father’s work and glory is not only to bring to pass our eternal life, but also includes a hope that our greatest desire is to return to Him. He yearns for us to experience His love in ways we recognize and understand.

March Relief Society Presidency MessageThis month is full of activities and what a great time to invite others to join us. We will be celebrating the Relief Society birthday. It's our 178^th year! This organization was patterned after the Priesthood and stands as a support for women all over the world to strengthen homes, provide service and to encourage discipleship to our Savior Jesus Christ.Sister Reyna I. Aburto related the following in her general conference address in Aprill 2022. "Relief Society is not limited to a room in a building, a Sunday lesson, an activity, or a presidency at the local or general level. Relief Society is the covenant women of the Church; it is us —each of us and all of us. It is our 'global community of compassion and service.' Anywhere and everywhere we go, we are always part of Relief Society as we strive to fulfill its divine purpose, which is for women to accomplish God’s work in individual as well as collective ways by providing relief: 'relief of poverty, relief of illness; relief of doubt, relief of ignorance—relief of all that hinders … joy and progress.'" (We Are The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, by Reyna I. Aburto, April 2022 General Conference)May we all realize the great gift we have in our sisterhood.Love,
Sister Jennifer Johnson

Announcements

Scripture Study will be this Wednesday, 7 p.m., here at the church.Relief Society birthday dinner will be Tuesday, March 17^th at 6 p.m. here at the church.*BAPTISMS
Jack & Bonnie Cook March 22^nd at 3 p.m.
Gracie Stwyer March 29^th at 3:30 p.m.The ward will have a Spring Picnic on Saturday, March 28^th at the church at noon.Stake Conference will be March 28^th and 29^th at the Redmond Stake Center (450 Southwest Rimrock Way, Redmond, Oregon).Easter is April 5^th. Here is the First Presidency Easter message.General Conference will be April 4^th and 5^th. Ways to watch: stream online through ChurchofJesusChrist.org, the YouTube: General Conference Channel, or streaming apps like BYUtv.org, KSL+ on your phone or connected TV. More details here from the Church website.

Fast Sunday will be April 12^th.The Willamette Valley Temple open house will be from Thursday, April 23^rd through Saturday, May 9^th. No tours will be given on Sundays.
Elder Uchtdorf will preside over the dedication on Sunday, June 7^th at 10:00 a.m., which will be broadcast to all units in the temple district. There will also be a rebroadcast at 2:00 p.m. that day.
Please share this news with family, friends, ministering sisters and brothers as you feel inspired. More information about preparations will be shared by the stake in coming weeks.Redmond Stake Youth Camp
July 13-18^th 2026
Brother Brad Wilcox will be joining them for a day!

Second Hour

Come Follow Me - Sunday SchoolMarch 9-15
Genesis 37-41
“The Lord Was with Joseph”March 16-22
Genesis 42-50
“God Meant It unto Good”March 23-29
Exodus 1–6
“I Have Remembered My Covenant”March 30 - April 5
Easter
“He Will Swallow Up Death in Victory”Priesthood and Relief SocietyMarch 22^nd
"The Atoning Love of Jesus Christ"
by Neil L. AndersenMarch 29^th
Stake Conference

Building CleaningMarch
Chris Poulsen & family
Bill Altig
Sheila Faubion
Jeannie Fessler & family
James Gordon

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