Message from Ruth Holt x

Dear Young Women,

Phew, what a week! You will hopefully have heard by now that our presidency was released at Stake Conference last Sunday.

Firstly, a word about my forever friends Emma, Leah and Julie. Whenever I meet someone new I try to take a quality or attribute I admire in them and apply it to my own life. Emma had so many beautiful qualities I had a lot to choose from! She definitely won the presidency glamour contest-even after two nights on camp she would look immaculate and unruffled! Glamour is not my strong point so I chose another 'Emma attribute', she taught me that we need not be afraid of sharing our knowledge of the Gospel of Jesus Christ; praying and reading our scriptures can be more than just a 'guilty pleasure' and we should be vocal in our love for this our Saviour's church. Emma told me today that she is enjoying retirement:) but misses you already. What a blessing she will be to her new baby when he/she arrives!

Leah was a joy to serve with and despite our age gap, we found a shared sense of humour, particularly on occasions when we probably should have been more serious (oops!) Leah typifies a virtuous young woman, her testimony shines from her. She is busy serving in the YSA ward and can regularly be seen displaying her moves on the dance floor at YSA dances!

Julie, a generous, kind hearted woman, I love her. Young women of the Stretford ward , treasure your president! She taught me that service is not always big and brash. A kind word, a quiet chat or a hug is sometimes just what Heavenly Father ordered and I ALWAYS get a hug!

So, as one presidency leaves, another begins. I am joined by Michelle Grant who is serving with me by assignment for the time being and is already proving to be all I had hoped for, getting this blog updated and word out about all the fabulous activities we are organising in the coming months. Get ready for an exciting year ahead. We are working hard already to make it one to remember... Watch this space!

I am both excited and more than a little nervous about my new responsibility (smiles, chats and hugs are welcomed!) but please know that I am totally committed to serving you, the amazing Young Women of the Manchester Stake and your devoted ward leaders. I look forward to sharing time with you, having fun with you and watching you become all that you can be. The Church is True and I love it!!!
Ruth x

Manchester Stake Youth Christmas Party...

Get the date in your diary, we would love to see you all there and bring along a friend! Make sure that you invite the girls in your ward who don't always make it on a Sunday x

By the way... which colour combo is your favourite?

Don't Forget...

The challenge set to our Young Women by President Liptrott - keep reading the Book of Mormon and fulfil the challenge that he set! IF you don't know what the challenge is then ask your Ward YW leaders and they will fill you in.

Date for your diaries!

 

Make sure that you tell all your friends and come along and celebrate the 'Snowball' with the other Youth in the region. Please note: It is a 14 + dance, and please remember to be modest.

 

We look forward to celebrating 2012 with you and looking forward to 2013.

ONE MORE SLEEP!

Yipee!! Only one more sleep to go then its Young Women Camp, I'm soooo excited.  It has come around so quickly and now after all the planning it has finally arrived.  I hope that you are all looking forward to this as much as we are, there will be so much to experience and learn.
Betsy, Stacey and your Stake Young Womens Leaders have all worked very hard to make this a great
time for you tohelp you make new friends, strengthen friendships already made and to see and do things that you may not have done before.  It promises to be a busy time filled with fun and hopefully lots of laughter as well as a spiritual experience.  This year we also celebrate 100 years of camp, so lets all ......

"ARISE AND SHINE FORTH".

See you all in the morning....

YOUNG WOMEN LUNCH & GENERAL YOUNG WOMEN BROADCAST

Hi girls,
Just a reminder that we will be having young women lunch at 2pm this Saturday, 31st March.  We really hope that you can come or else we will be left to eat all the pizza!!
You will also be given your pillowcases for camp and your kit list.
Lunch will be followed by General Young Womens broadast at 3pm and we are excited for this.  If we follow the counsel given by our Stake President and come with a question in our mind, write it down on one side of our pice of paper and write our impressions and feelings down on the other side as we listen to those who will speak to us, we will find our answers.
So see you Saturday, don't forget your paper/pen and your appetite and you will be fed both with pizza and spiritually.
Emma will not be there as she and Luke are away on a well deserved holiday.  We will miss you Emma but hope you have a great, relaxing holiday.  See you when you get back!    
GETTING EXCITED FOR CAMP!!!!  Not long now yipee!
 

MANCHESTER STAKE YOUNG WOMEN PRAYER CHALLENGE

This year the worldwide theme for Youth is 'Arise and shine forth'. We decided as a stake that we wanted our lights to shine brighter so we decided to commit ourselves to kneeling in prayer daily. 
Your challenge is to spend 10-15 minutes on your knees each day for 30 days!  At the end of the challenge contact Emma Kerr - garretemma@hotmail.com and we will have a little presentation for each girl who completed 30 days. You have until July to complete your task and get your name in.  You also need to read 3 Nephi.  We know that as you do this challenge you will be blessed both in spirit, mind and body. 
We love you and want the best for you.
Manchester Stake Young Womens Presidency

JUST A REMINDER

Hi everyone,
Hope that all of you who went to the dance at Liverpool on Friday had a great time! 
Just a reminder about our activity on Friday which will be a separate one from the Young Men.  We will be introducing our theme for this year:-

"Arise and shine forth, that thy light may be a standard for the nations."  (D&C 115:5)

ALSO  we are soooo excited to welcome Sisters Betsy Snider and Stacey Liptrott who are are our YW
Camp Leader and Assistant.  We are looking forward to working with them and know that they have got fantastic ideas for camp and also for our activity on Friday.
Our next Stake Youth dance is on 2nd March and the theme is NEON so we would love to see you dressed in neon colours or wear a wristband or socks or something in neon colours - go on WE DARE YOU!!!

 

HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL YOU WONDERFUL YOUNG WOMEN!

Well, we hope that you enjoyed the New Years Eve Eve Dance on the 30th December.  Paul Sleem was great as usual and we also heard from Fred Diamonds band the Newtons.  It was so great to see so many of you there enjoying yourselves and also mixing with non-member friends and those who had travelled from the other stakes. We had more than 100 youth in attendance, which was really good considering that the weather that day was so bad and also the fact that there had been some really bad traffic jams. Thanks to all who helped to set up and clear up and man the car parks.
We, as a Stake Young Womens Presidency are really excited about this New Year and are looking forward to the many activities that are being planned.  We are planning a Young Womens camp in April and there will also be a Youth Conference to look forward to in the summer, plus many other things. 
We hope that you will continue with your Personal Progress, just as we are, and that we can share our experiences together.
Don't forget the fireside on Sunday (8th January) at 7.30pm, we look forward to meeting with you.  Please bring along your scriptures, notebook and pen/pencil.  We are going to be hearing from members of our Stake Presidency. We want you to know that we love you all and want to get to know you better.