Maggie Jean McGhie Was Baptized

 MAGGIE McGhie had to wait through the holidays and a month long COVID illness in their family as they passed it around.  But the day finally arrived and Maggie was baptized by her father Skip McGhie.

On her baptismal day February 2022, 2022 she poses in the foyer with her father and her mother Julie McGhie.

Congratulations Maggie!

Mokelumne River Individuals Perform Service

    Joseph and Vickie Anderson had a neighbor who needed help picking oranges and citrus from his trees.  He needed help, but wanted to make sure what was picked was donated to non-profit agencies. Enter Cathy Leonard who works with many such groups.

    The Andersons headed up the project and were helped by Luis Gonzalez's brother-in-law from Ione, the Clegg family (Lisa, Arnel, Logan and Leanna.)  Cathy distributed fruit to Showered With Love, Lodi House, Loel Center, and Grace & Mercy.

   Leanna and Logan Clegg went with Cathy to deliver fruit to Sunshine Food Pantry in Galt.  Faye Gaines, the director there, was thrilled and impressed by the donation and work by these youth.

Relief Society Sisters Put LOVE into Baskets

 "Gifts from the Heart" was the theme of an evening planned by activity coordinator Stacey Kadlacsik (bottom left) and her committee. It was to be an evening of service and friendship.

   There were three activities.  (1) With the idea of filling three baskets, sisters were asked to bring three of the same gifts to go in the baskets.  It could include a favorite quote, poem, scripture, note of encouragement, candle, lotion, soap, beauty product, socks, music, pre-wrapped food item, candy, treat, etc. (2) Each sister wrote a letter for a resident of a local nursing home or care facility.  (3) A game was played that helped sisters get to know each other better.

    Sister Kadlacsik noted that the Relief Society presidency delivered the baskets to three sisters in the ward who would appreciate a little lift. The letters were delivered by RS counselor Tammy Woods. The get-to know-you game was fun.  Each person was given a page with a few questions about themselves which they answered. The papers were read and sisters tried to guess who it was.

Young Women Have "Chopped" Activity

     The Young Women had a combined girls activity called "Chopped."  The idea was taken from a TV show.  The girls were divided into 5 groups and each group was given six food items with which to create a dessert.  The items were raspberry pop tarts, popcorn, hot tamales (candy,) cooked tater tots, hostess snowballs, and circus cookies.  They could also use other basic ingredients such as eggs, flour, sugar, etc., but they had to incorporate the six items somehow.

The judges (left) choose Group #2 (below)as the winner.