Ward Temple Night

Friday night is the Carnton Ward Temple Night as many of you know. Our ward is scheduled for the 7:30pm session; we would like to invite you (and your wife) to join us before the temple session at the Genghis Grill in Franklin for dinner (600 Frazier Drive Franklin, TN 37067, http://www.genghisgrill.com). We will be meeting at the restaurant between 5:00pm and 5:30pm for dinner and then proceeding directly to the temple at about 7:00pm.

You are welcome to join us for just dinner or just the temple or both. We look forward to spending time with each of you serving the Lord and hope you can take time out of your busy schedules to enjoy time with your wife and ward family!

Please RSVP by Friday morning (11:00 am) if you will be joining us for dinner or the temple or both so I can let the temple and the restaurant know that we are coming and they are prepared.

p.s. This invite is going out to mostly Elders so if there are others (High Priests, single Sister's or Brother's or young adults) who you would like to invite please forward the invite as all are welcome to join us! Email addresses were blind copied to protect privacy as this is not an official church email/announcement

Kindly,
Michael and Aimee Sizemore

FEMA Crisis Counseling

Dear Sisters:

Below is an e-mail shared by Pat Woodmansee/Maury County Emergency Team, concerning potential full-time job opportunities in our stake boundaries. Please share this information with the bishops, employment specialists and sisters in your units. These positions will fill quickly, but may be a great opportunity for those looking for full-time employment for the next year.

Thank you,
Lynette Harris, Secretary
Franklin Stake Relief Society

As Centerstone looks to receive a FEMA grant to provide "Crisis Counseling" for the next 60 days (and more than likely an extension for another 10 months for a one year grant), I am going to be in need of 11 Crisis Counselors; these are full time positions paying hopefully around $20 per hour. These individuals will be working in 14 counties of middle Tennessee that Centerstone covers and were declared disaster counties by the President. The counties are:
Columbia Area
Hickman
Lawrence
Lewis
Maury
Perry
Wayne

Clarksville Area
Cheatham
Dickson
Houston
Humphreys
Montgomery
Robertson
Stewart
and sharing responsibility of Davidson county with the Mental Health Coop.

Their job will be community outreach; going door-to-door checking on people impacted by the floods and attending community meetings of flood victims, etc.
These positions do not require a mental health degree or experience. Training will be provided by FEMA to these individuals prior to there "hitting the streets" on psychological first aid.
Please pass this information along to anyone you might know of that lives in any of these areas that might be looking for a full time job for the next year and that you think would be a good fit?
Tell them they can contact me via my e-mail and to also include your name in their e-mail to me.

Thanks.
Becky Stoll, LCSW
Centerstone
Director, Crisis Services
633 Thompson Lane
Nashville, TN 37204
Office (615) 460-4481
Fax (615) 460-4431

Mother/Daughter Pictures

To all those sisters who had pictures taken at the Mother/Daughter Ice Cream social by Amy Rahm you will receive them via email this week and if they don't receive them for some reason to please contact Amy at amyrahm@gmail.com

Thanks so much!

Temple Day in May

Our May temple day will be on the 19th. The endowment session will be at 10AM. If you are interested in doing some baptisms, please let me know. Please RSVP for childcare as soon as possible. This will be our last RS weekday temple for this school year, it will began again in August once school starts!

Provident Living Field Trip!

Provident Living Field Trip! Want to be more prepared? Interested in the possibilities? See self-reliant living first hand with the Miller Family. Observe their rain-water collection system, year-round organic greenhouse garden, chicken coop, outdoor wood-burning furnace, and much more! Demonstrations will include Dutch Oven cooking with the Whitney's. Celebrate this month of Independence at Sewanee Creek Village. Can't spend the whole day? Come for as little or as long as you can. Bring a picnic and your own self-reliant projects to share. It will be an event to remember! Join us Saturday, July 24th 12:00 p.m. Address is 3800 Browns Hollow Rd, Tracy City, Tennessee 37387 For questions, contact Christine Brady

Nashville flood relief opportunities

As the case in any disaster, the recovery phase is the longest part of the experience, and one that requires a strong and sustained effort from volunteers. While the events of the past 48 hours have created a sense of urgency, the real effects of volunteers are going to be felt through the rest of this week and month as we do the nitty-gritty work of cleaning, rebuilding, and restoring.

If you would like to find ways to help please click on the links below:

Hands on Nashville

Nashvillest

Gladys Knight fireside canceled

The Gladys Knight fireside scheduled for tomorrow has been CANCELED

Activity Day Mother Daughter Roast rescheduled

Mother Daughter Roast for Activity Day girls has been rescheduled to the 18th. Same time and Place: 6-7:30pm at Becky Bangerters home: 9040 Lochmere Ct. Brentwood.

Seek the Higher Ground

Upcoming Mother/Daughter Ice Cream Social

May 8th 6:30-8:00pm the Relief Society is having an Ice cream social for mothers and daughters of all ages.
It will be a fun night field with Dancing, pictures, letter writing, beautiful program and yummy Ice Cream!!!

Remembering Our Culture Performance CANCELLED

Due to current weather conditions the performance tonight has been CANCELLED

Visiting Teaching Interviews

Hello Sisters,

During the next couple of weeks, P. Seegmiller and I will be conducting Visiting Teaching Interviews with all of our Ward's Visiting Teachers. We just want to get some of your input and insight as to your calling as a Visiting Teacher, and also hear your thoughts or concerns regarding your companion or your route. We will begin these interviews this Sunday, April 18th, after church from 2:15 to 3:15. We only need 5 or 10 minutes of your time. We will also do the same thing on Tuesday, April 20th during mutual, from 7:00 to 8:30. We hope to hear from each of you during these two time periods, however, we will again do the same thing on Sunday, April 25th and Tuesday, April 27th.
Please e-mail me and let me know which day works better for you and even if there is a time that is better for you. I will keep a list that is first come first serve and let you know where I can fit you in. If you would rather call, my phone please do so. I look forward to hearing from you.

Thanks,
F. Strawbridge

Day of Service

Dear Sisters;

Just a note to remind you of our upcoming day of service on April 24th. We have been asked to provide 20 people to volunteer from 9-12 at the Carter House at 1140 Columbia Avenue, Franklin, TN. We will be doing clean-up so please dress accordingly. As we only have one Sunday left I am trying to get an idea of who will be available to participate. Please email me at ramonarossrn@comcast.net if you are planning to participate. Remember is a community project so you can invite your friends and neighbors to help. Thanks
Ramona Ross,
Public Affairs Rep

Blood Drive

Blood Drive
Date :4/24/2010 from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM
Location :Church of Jesus Christ Latter Day Saints
1100 Gray Fox Lane Franklin, TN

Temple Day in April

Join us for a weekday Temple session on Friday April 23rd. Childcare is available at the church beginning at 9:40, PLEASE RSVP to munni@bellsouth.net, prior to April 23rd!

Stake Conference

Stake Conference adult session Saturday (7-9p) Sunday session at 10am.

Provident Living

"Can you believe Provident Living is this TUESDAY!? That's right, Tuesday, April 13th at 7 pm. We wanted to make sure that everyone who signed up to get a 72-Hour Food Kit had an opportunity! Kits are $10 each. You may still order online here using paypal. The 'Pay Online Now' button is found in the upper right hand corner of the KnowWhat2Do Event page (underneath your RSVP). E-mail Christine livebyfaith22@gmail.com if you have any trouble. Several people have taken advantage of this convenience. The service is free and easy."

Final collection date Sunday, April 11th.

Service opportunities for Primary Children

The Primary has been asked to help with 'The Day of Service' on April 24th. Although the primary children will not be actively involved on the 24th, we have been asked to donate new or gently used children's books for Mercy Clinic and children's shoes and adult shoes for Soles 4 Souls. Donation boxes will be located in the primary room and in the foyers at the church. If members are donating shoes, we ask that rubber bands be put around the shoes to keep them together.
Each week in Primary we will help the children get excited about being involved in the stake wide day of service by donating their old shoes and books to less fortunate children.

He Lives

Important! P r o v i d e n t L i v i n g

Food Kit Orders! What a great time to rotate your 72-hr Emergency Food! As General Conference and Stake Conference occupy the following two Sundays, we will not have a chance to collect any checks in person for the 72-Hour Food Kits. Several of you have ordered, and we are excited to put these together! With Spring Break approaching, be sure to go online here and purchase these right away or mail Christine a check as we won't be able to purchase your food without payment. Kits are $10 each. Final collection date April 11th. (Thanks for understanding). See the attachment above to verify if your payment has been received.

KnowWhat2Do This coming Provident Living Night promises to be both informative and fun! While we could personally provide you with text book information on how to be prepared, our speaker, Kathy Elskamp, has lived it! Prepare yourself for a wonderful evening Tuesday, April 13th and bring a friend. For more information go to the Carnton Relief Society Blog and click on Carnton Ward Provident Living.


Last Chance! The garden grow containers were such a hit! So many of you have asked for another and another that Kathy is offering one more opportunity to get your 'bucket containers' in time for the growing season. Thank you Kathy and Peter! You can order as many as you need by going to the website where you will see the Bucket Garden Container heading in the left hand column of the homepage or mail Christine a check (Garden Containers are $13.60 each.) Final collection date April 4th.