Relief Society, which has the responsibility "to look after the spiritual welfare and salvation… of all the female members of the Church, was organized to provide 'relief of the poor, the destitute, the widow, and the orphan, and for the exercise of all benevolent purposes.' This includes 'relief of poverty, relief of illness, relief of doubt, relief of ignorance; relief of all that hinders the joy and progress of woman.' " - Julie B. Beck

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Sunday, October 25, 2009

Ward Harvest Party

Cedar River Ward is having a Harvest Party.
WHEN: Saturday, October 31st
TIME: 5:00 - 7:00 p.m.
WHERE: At the church building on Wax Road
WHAT: Dinner at 5 (please bring your favorite fall soup to share. Salad & Muffins provided).
Trunk-or-Treat following dinner (approx. 6 p.m.) in the parking lot.
Before the 16th century, harvest was the term usually used to refer to the Autumn season: in fact the word comes from old English hærfest, which meant Autumn (the German word Herbst has the same origin and still means Autumn).
The word is a compound word (hær + fest) and its first part has Indo-European roots in *kerp meaning to gather, pluck, harvest. Compare it with the Latin verb carpere meaning to cut, divide, pluck (Carpe diem).
So hærfest indicated originally the joyful celebration of finally being possible to gather the mature crops; it extended afterwards its meaning to the all period beginning with the harvest (autumn).

Happy FALL.

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