Upcoming Primary Activity

The HV 4th Ward Primary is having a Pioneer Activity on Saturday July 10th.
We are very excited about this upcoming activity, and want to make it a great experience for the children. We are in need of the following items:

Baby food jars (with lids)
Plain buttons (flat, any size)
Pioneer clothing
We hope to share pioneer life and spiritual heritage with the children. Please let us know if you are able to donate or lend any of the mentioned items.

Love and Thanks,
The Primary Presidency
Sativa Kozerski
Melanie Francis
Megan Davis
Amanda Hardee

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Thanks to all of you who helped at the Humanitarian Center tonight. I felt like I gained more from the experience than I ever could have given. I learned a lot but also caught the spirit of serving and can't wait to work on some more projects. Here is a quote they shared with us tonight that I really enjoyed.

-Tami


Helping Vs. Serving by Rachel Naomi Remen

In recent years the question how can I help? has become meaningful to many people. But perhaps there is a deeper question we might consider. Perhaps the real question is not how can I help? but how can I serve?
Serving is different from helping. Helping is based on inequality; it is not a relationship between equals. When you help, you use your own strength to help those of lesser strength. If I'm attentive to what's going on inside of me when I'm helping, I find that I'm always helping someone who's not as strong as I am, who is needier than I am. People feel this inequality. When we help we may inadvertently take away from people more than we could ever give them; we may diminish their self-esteem, their sense of worth, integrity, and wholeness. When I help, I am very aware of my own strength. But we don't serve with our strength, we serve with our Selves. We draw from all of our experiences. Our limitations serve, our wounds serve, even our darkness can serve. The wholeness in us serves the wholeness in others and the wholeness in life. The wholeness in you is the same as the wholeness in me. Service is a relationship between equals.
Helping incurs debt. When you help someone, they owe you one. But serving, like healing, is mutual. There is no debt. I am as served as the person I am serving. When I help, I have a feeling of satisfaction. When I serve, I have a feeling of gratitude. These are very different things.