MOUNTAIN VIEW WARD
PARADISE VALLEY ARIZONA STAKE
November 20, 2016
Bishop Taylor 602-743-4655
3601 East Shea Boulevard - Phoenix, Arizona 85028
Sacrament Meeting 11:00
Just a Thought . . . .
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Turkey Bowl
Thanksgiving Morning - Thursday November 24 at 8am
Mercury Mine Basin Park - 3535 E. Mountain View Rd.
December 4 - First Presidency Christmas Devotional
Monthly Teachers Council
Everyone who teaches in ANY capacity should attend
Date: December 18th
2nd hour topic: Love those you teach.
3rd hour topic: How to reach out to those who don't attend
2nd hour topic: Love those you teach.
3rd hour topic: How to reach out to those who don't attend
(Please note those that attend third hour should go directly to the high council room instead of opening exercises to maximize discussion time.)
WARD CHOIR PRACTICES WEEKLY IN THE CHAPEL AT 3:30
ALL ARE WELCOME.
Sign ups are outside of the Bishops office
Mountain View Ward Christmas Project
As a ward we are adopting 8 Refugee Families in conjunction with the
Holiday Giving Campaign 2016
International Rescue Committee
Look for Posters at the church and pick an ornament and purchase the gift listed in the ornament.
In regards to some of the larger items, Jeri Breshears has volunteered to collect money for some of the larger items that are cost prohibitive to some of us. If you'd like to donate $5 or $10 or more towards the purchase of a microwave or Walmart gift card, let Jeri know and she can purchase it as a group gift.
Christmas - Sunday, December 25, 2016
On Christmas Sunday there will be Sacrament Meeting only
11:00 - 12:10
Everyone is welcome to come and worship with us on this beautiful Christmas Day
Thank you
to everyone who has been signing up to feed our wonderful missionaries.
We have just opened up the dates for DECEMBER - Can YOU sign Up ?
Let's make sure these Elders are well taken care of this Holiday Season
- PLEASE take a moment and sign up
Please help our Elders serving in the Mountain View Ward feel welcome by introducing yourself. They would also enjoy any teaching opportunities you have. Invite them into your homes and allow them to share a message and enjoy the spirit that they bring.
Our ward is responsible for feeding the elders on the ODD days of the month.
Please sign up to feed the missionaries !!!!
click on this link {Mountain View Ward Missionary Dinner}
Click {HERE} to go to the missionary page on the blog
and keep up to date with the missionaries serving from Mountain View Ward
Jackson Gardner reported to the Navy on Monday November 14, 2016
He will be at
Great Lakes Naval Station
for basic training for 8 weeks
More Info to come . . . . .
Watch it {HERE} and Read all the Talk Summaries {HERE}
Now we can take the time to study and review the messages that were shared
Sacrament Meeting
Kaitlyn Wulff - spoke about "For the Strength of Youth"
Message from the First Presidency
OUR DEAR YOUNG MEN AND YOUNG WOMEN, we have great confidence in you. You are beloved sons and daughters of God and He is mindful of you. You have come to earth at a time of great opportunities and also of great challenges. The standards in this booklet will help you with the important choices you are making now and will yet make in the future. We promise that as you keep the covenants you have made and these standards, you will be blessed with the companionship of the Holy Ghost, your faith and testimony will grow stronger, and you will enjoy increasing happiness.In all that you do, stay focused on the temple. In the temple you will receive the greatest of all the Lord’s blessings, including marriage for time and all eternity. Keeping the standards in this booklet will help you be worthy to attend the temple, where you can perform sacred ordinances for your ancestors now and make essential covenants for yourself in the future.Our Father in Heaven has placed great trust in you. He has a work for you to do. Seek His guidance in prayer, and counsel with your parents and leaders. The decisions you make now will set the course for much of what will follow during your mortal life and throughout eternity.We testify that God lives. It is our fervent prayer that you will remain steadfast and valiant throughout your lives and that you will trust in the Savior and His promises. As you do this, you will be an influence for good in helping to build the kingdom of God and prepare the world for the Second Coming of the Savior.The First Presidency
Penny based her talk off of the TalkPenny Wright -Stake Primary Presidency-Spoke on Families
Read talk {HERE}
Our Father has a family. It’s me!
It’s you, all others too: we are His children.
He sent each one of us to earth, through birth,
To live and learn here in fam’lies.
A father’s place is to preside, provide,
To love and teach the gospel to his children.
A father leads in fam’ly prayer to share
Their love for Father in Heaven.
A mother’s purpose is to care, prepare,
To nurture and to strengthen all her children.
She teaches children to obey, to pray,
To love and serve in the fam’ly.
I’ll love and serve my family and be
A good example to each fam’ly member.
And when I am a mom or dad, so glad,
I’ll help my fam’ly remember:
God gave us families to help us become what He wants us to be—
This is how He shares His love, for the fam’ly is of God.
Jared Matkin - spoke on Forgiveness
Read more about FORGIVENESS {HERE}Is there someone in your life who perhaps needs forgiveness? Is there someone in your home, someone in your family … who has done an unjust or an unkind or an unchristian thing? All of us are guilty of such transgressions, so there surely must be someone who yet needs your forgiveness.” ~ Elder Jeffrey R. Holland ~ Amazed at the Love Jesus Offers Me
Each of us might learn something by reading
“I will try in all I do and say to live the gospel more each day”
(Children’s Songbook, 148).
EXTRA - EXTRA
Mom's Night Out Cookie Exchange
Church Encourages “Small and Simple Acts” on
Worldwide Day of Service
“Serve anyone you want, any way you want” this December 1.
That’s the message of the Church’s Worldwide Day of Service, which kicks off a month-long “Light the World” Christmas initiative encouraging members to share the light of Christ through small, but meaningful acts of service on each of the 25 days before Christmas.
“When people think of Christmas, they often think of lights,” said Bruce Muir, director of emergency response for the Church. “Christmas lights, lighted store windows, tree lights. Christ taught ‘Ye are the light of the world,” and we hope that through small and simple acts of service, we can spread the light of Christ—helping others to feel the love of the Savior through genuine kindness.”
Click (HERE) to find our more of how you can help
LIGHTtheWORLD
Need some ideas about how you can serve? Here are some suggestions to inspire you and help you get started:
- Call your mother.
- Give blood at your local blood bank.
- Visit a nursing home in your community.
- Invite a neighbor to dinner.
- Donate non-perishable items to a local food bank.
- Leave only positive comments on social posts.
Donald and Marjorie McGrath
Happy Anniversary
November 22, 1966 - 2016
Thank you to all who have been placing your donations in the DI POD.
The DI Pod is at the Stake Center Parking Lot permanently. Please help us support the DI by dropping off your donations here. #8738
Time to clean out those closets.
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