A Fun in the Sun BBQ & Potluck

When

• May 23rd, Saturday from Noon until Dusk. Lunch will be served at 1:00pm. If you'd like to help our activity committee, Sister Belinda Vicars, please arrive at 11:30am.

Who

• Anyone is welcome! Even your friends and families!
  

What

• The Deaf Branch will provide hamburger, buns, condiments, lemonade and water. If everybody else could pitch in and bring whatever they feel would go with hamburgers and lemonade, that would be great. We suggest you can bring chips, salad of any kind, cookies, etc. The benches are first come, first serve basis. So hopefully we'll have the spot when we get there. It is a popular place. You may have to try and find us around that area. We will put up the signs "Deaf Branch BBQ"
  
• Activities at BBQ: Just chillin'. Bring Frisbee, a swimsuit, or whatever you'd like to stay cool and have fun!
  

Where

• Click on the image to view larger scale map. It will open a new window.

The highlighted blue area is Nimbus Flats State Park. The Red lines where follows from where you may be coming from: Orangevale area or Highway 50. We meet at the yellow "x" mark.

Direction: From Orangevale/Fair Oaks/Citrus Heights/Roseville areas, take Hazel Avenue towards Highway 50. When you pass Lake Natoma river on the bridge, turn left onto Natmoa Canal Way. Continue on Folsom Road. Slight left into the parking lot. If you passed Tributary Point Drive and the freeway bridge, you went too far.

From Sacramento/Fairfield/San Francisco areas, continue on Highway 50 until you take Hazel Avenue exit (exit number 21). Turn left on Hazel Avenue (signs for Orangevale). Turn right onto Natoma Canal Way, just after Tributary Point Drive. If you passed Gold Canal Way, you went too far. Then continue on Folsom Road and turn slight left into the parking lot

Remember, if you go to that direction, you'll have to pay $8.00 (just found out today) for parking. But if you park at the Lake Natomas Aquatic Center parking lot and walk to the Natomas Flat State Park (Approximately 0.2 miles) it is free. You can also take lightrail and get off at the Hazel Street Light Rail station (locate on Folsom Blvd.), walk west towards Hazel Avenue. Then when you get to intersection of Hazel Avenue and Folsom Blvd. Go north on Hazel Avenue until you'll see Natoma Canal Way on the right side.

Questions?

• Contact Belinda Vicars for any concerns or questions. Her email is belindagvicars@aol.com Carpool plans will have to be on your own, meaning contact people you'd like to ride with or if you're offering one, please contact who you think needs a ride.
  

Close Captioning Available for LDS Members

The Church has been developing short messages that can be watched on U Tube. The following is a sample: www.youtube.com/mormonmessages. This is the first one which the Church has prepared with closed captioning. We would appreciate you giving us any comments you might have on this new item (deafsupport@ldschurch.org ).

2009 LDS Deaf Symposium

On behalf of the 2009 LDS Deaf Symposium committee, I'd like to encourage you (bishops and branch presidents) to email your local members and remind them of the early-bird deadline for registering for the Symposium event.

I realize that some are planning on going, but may have forgotten about the early-bird deadline.

Further details can be found at http://www.deaflds.org/deafsympo09a.html which is our webpage.

Additionally, I'd like to attach a General Schedule that the Committee has put together, for the interest of any who may be considering attending the event.

We've requested this General Schedule to be linked to our webpage at www.deaflds.org but it's not there yet. In the interest of time, I'll just go ahead and attach it to you.

Please remind your members by email or in person about the upcoming event. We appreciate your support very much.

It promises to be a wondrous spiritual feast!

With much gratitude,

Bishop Chris Flygare
co-chair, 2009 LDS Deaf Symposium

A New LIttle Angel from Heaven

Here's more picture of Quetzaly just a little bit older :)

Please welcome Mathew and Marleny Call's new baby girl.
Her name is Quetzaly Rizel Call-Jimenez
She was born on 22 January 2009 at 5:04pm
She weighed 8 lbs. 12 oz.
Congratulations!

Baptism for Velma Foust

Velma Foust decided to get baptized! Please come and share her wonderful experience together.

Where: 4512 San Juan Ave., Fair Oaks, CA in Relief Society room.

When: May 9th, Saturday, at 2:00pm. After the Relief Society Stake Enrichment meeting.

Who: She wouldn't mind anyone to come

What: Celebrate her decision to be baptized into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. The refreshments will be served after the baptismal program. Please contact BelindaGVicars@aol.com if you have any questions or concerns. Or you can contact the Sister Missionaries for any information about the baptism. Their email is aslmissionaries@gmail.com. Thanks! Hope to see you all there!