MOUNTAIN VIEW WARD
PARADISE VALLEY ARIZONA STAKE
January 29, 2017
Bishop Taylor 602-743-4655
russelltaylor2004@yahoo.com
3601 East Shea Boulevard - Phoenix, Arizona 85028
Sacrament Meeting 9:00 am
Just a Thought . . . .
Ward business
Tristan Jackson turned 8 years old and was baptized yesterday
Dalene Bjazevich was released as a counselor in the Relief Society Presidency. Thank you Dalene for all the love and service you give to the sisters in our ward
February 4 - Cub Scout Pinewood Derby 8:30 am Stake Center
February 4 - PV Stake Primary Activity Day Girls 8-11 - 9-11:30 Waltann Building
February 5, 12, 19 - Stake Youth Choir Practice 6pm - Stake Center
February 9 - Provident Living Class 7pm - Stake Center Relief Society Room
February 11 - Roots Tech Family Discovery Day rootstech.org
February 25 & 26 - Stake Conference
Sacrament Meeting
The youth in our ward have recently participated in 2 very meaningful service projects that have touched their hearts and lives. In December they delivered gifts to 8 Refugee Families and in January they spent 2 Sundays at Randolph Ranch also known as the Arizona Training Center. This is a home for disabled individuals that was opened in 1952, some of the residents have been there from the very beginning when the Center opened. There are still nearly 80 residents that still live there with the average age of 50 - 70
First they had an orientation meeting and then everyone headed out on the grounds to gather their new Friends from their homes,
and bring them to the gathering hall for Primary.
Lindsay Harrison, Hailey Colburn, Matt Wulff & McKay Gardner
all shared their experiences of serving at Randolph Ranch.
What each of the youth shared was they quickly came to realize that they were experiencing a great opportunity, a true privilege. Rather than blessing these people's lives by being there to help them, they were blessing the lives of those there serving, simply by allowing them to spend time with them. As the director put it,
"Today you will have the opportunity to make celestial friends."
Just by listening to Lindsay, Hailey, Matt and McKay share their experiences you can tell each of their lives have been changed for the better because of this experience.
Special Musical Number by the Mens Choir
Closing Speaker Jessica Hatch - Laurel Advisor
Jessica also shared experiences from serving on the Holiday Refugee Project and Serving at Randolph Ranch.
Jessica referenced a wonderful talk by President Monson which you can read {HERE}
ANNOUNCEMENTS
We are now in charge of Building Cleaning - Please mark your calendar for assigned day. If you cannot be there please be sure to call another family to cover your shift
Girls ages 8-11
Stake Activity Days Activity
Feb 4th from 9-11:30am at the Waltann bldg
CUB SCOUT PINEWOOD DERBY
Saturday Feb 4th at our Building starting at 8:30 am
Families Invited to Attend
Monthly Teachers Council
Everyone who teaches in ANY capacity should attend
Date: February 19th
2nd Hour Topic: An Electronics' how-to.
3rd hour: Create and Environment that invites the Spirit.
(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 PRACTICE
Choir will practice Sundays at 2:30
Choir will practice Sundays at 2:30
Thank you
to everyone who has been signing up to feed our wonderful missionaries.
Can YOU sign Up ?
- 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}
We love these missionaries and the service they give to our ward
(if you take pictures of our missionaries email or text them to Kristan Paolacci to post on the missionary page of the Mountain View Ward Blog)
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
Jackson Gardner
440 Roberts Ave
PMB # 537
Pensacola, FL 32511-5161
440 Roberts Ave
PMB # 537
Pensacola, FL 32511-5161
EXTRA - EXTRA
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
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.
Define Your Dash: Start Writing Your Personal History with the #52Stories Project
All of us are “in the dash.” But, you may be thinking, “I’ve got plenty of time to record my life story for my posterity. Why start now? Why this year?” “Journals are a way of counting our blessings and of leaving an inventory of these blessings for our posterity”
Do you have news to share with the ward
email Kristan at paolaccikristan@gmail.om and she will add it to the newsletter
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VIDEO OF THE WEEK
Tiffany saw perfection in her future as a wife, mother, and overachiever. But as checklists grew longer and expectations grew harder to meet, Tiffany felt exhausted and broken.
“Who was I if I wasn’t everything I did? How could I have worth while sitting in bed day after day? Who was I as a wife, a mother, and a woman when my body didn’t allow me to do the things that a wife, a mother, and a woman should do? I had a testimony that my Savior’s Atonement was real. I believed His miracles, I believed Him when He said that all things were possible. But in my most broken state, I wasn’t sure how to use His power.”
Hear Tiffany tell her story in this Hope Works presentation about how she overcame what she calls “The Perfect Lie.”
