MOUNTAIN VIEW WARD
PARADISE VALLEY ARIZONA STAKE
June 25, 2017
Bishop Taylor 602-743-4655
3601 East Shea Boulevard - Phoenix, Arizona 85028
Sacrament Meeting 9:00 am
Just a Thought . . . .
Ward & Stake Business
Shawn Webster was called to be the Young Men's Assistant Secretary
Sacrament Meeting
Dale Davis
Dale Davis
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Sophia Packard and Elder Ebisch performed
a beautiful Violin and Piano Duet
"Praise to the Man"
Steve Harper, High Council, Desert Ridge Ward
"Too often we think of obedience as the passive and thoughtless following of the orders or dictates of a higher authority. Actually, at its best, obedience is an emblem of our faith in the wisdom and power of the highest authority, even God. When Abraham demonstrated his unwavering faithfulness and obedience to God, even when commanded to sacrifice his son, God rescued him. Similarly, when we demonstrate our faithfulness through obedience, God will ultimately rescue us.
Those who rely solely on themselves and follow only their own desires and self-inclinations are so limited when compared to those who follow God and tap into His insight, power, and gifts. It has been said that someone who is all wrapped up in himself or herself makes a very small package. Strong, proactive obedience is anything but weak or passive. It is the means by which we declare our faith in God and qualify ourselves to receive the powers of heaven. Obedience is a choice. It is a choice between our own limited knowledge and power and God’s unlimited wisdom and omnipotence."
Elder L. Tom Perry
Announcements
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Mesa Temple Closed for cleaning July 18th - August 1st
Tucson Arizona Temple - Open House and Dedication
The Tucson Arizona Temple will be dedicated in three sessions at 9:00 a.m., 12:00 noon, and 3:00 p.m. on Sunday, August 13, 2017. All sessions will be broadcast at the Stake Center. To enable the Saints to participate in the temple dedication and to place appropriate focus on this sacred event, the three-hour block meetings will be canceled.
Monthly Teachers Council
Everyone who teaches in ANY capacity should attend
WILL MEET AGAIN IN AUGUST
(Please note those that attend third hour should go directly to the high council room instead of opening exercises to maximize discussion time.)
No Choir for the Summer
WE NEED YOU TO FEED THE MISSIONARIES
THE JULY CALENDAR IS NOW OPEN
THE JULY CALENDAR IS NOW OPEN
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LOT's OF AVAILABLE DINNER SPOTS
Elder Ebisch was transferred to the mountains, we will surely miss him. We have a new Elder serving with Elder Hampton, his name is Elder Dorius. Keep an eye out for him and welcome him to the Mountain View Ward.
Elder Ebisch was transferred to the mountains, we will surely miss him. We have a new Elder serving with Elder Hampton, his name is Elder Dorius. Keep an eye out for him and welcome him to the Mountain View Ward.
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“It Takes Preparation to be a Successful Member-missionary”
by
Daryl Williams
The June 6, 2017, member-missionary thought published in this newsletter addressed the measure of being successful, getting a not-interested response from someone. We need to keep up that effort so that the Lord will say to us, like He did to Moroni after his lament that he had not been able to convert people, “[I]t mattereth not unto thee, thou hast been faithful; wherefore thy garments shall be made clean.” Either 12:36.
But what happens when someone says yes? We have to be prepared. We cannot expect the Holy Ghost to give us utterance (using scriptural phraseology here) in the moment we need it if we are not prepared. Hyrum Smith, Joseph Smith’s brother, wanted to be a missionary, and the Lord said no because he was clueless, “Seek not to declare my word, but first seek to obtain my word, then shall your tongue be loosed.” D&C 11:21. Hyrum had to study up first. He had to have something in his head to be enlightened by the Holy Ghost. Only then could he open his mouth.
You have to like this open-your-mouth metaphor, which has nothing to do with sitting in a dental chair. It is about telling people what we have in our heads—another metaphor—about the gospel. So stuff your head full. How? Read the Book of Mormon to note subjects that can involve you in contemporary interactions, so that you can refer to the Book of Mormon in your conversations with others. Is it all right to be a conscientious objector to war, and what responsibility to the government does the conscientious objector have, other than moving to Canada? Is it all right to portray President Trump as Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar? How should we react to college campus protests preventing speakers from speaking? What do you think about distractions from governing at the seat of government? How should we respond to a media that gives us calculation rather than fairness? These are segues that allow us to city the Book of Mormon as the reason for our reactions to these contemporary issues. We know, after all, that the Book of Mormon was written for our day.
And who would think it wrong for us to base our opinions of today’s strife on an historical book? Just hope someone attacks the book as not being historical if you rely on it. You’ve got them, then. An open door to say why the Book of Mormon is historical—bearing your testimony by stating your reasons for its historicity—without any offense if, of course, you have the reasons for its historicity in your head. You do not use the word testimony when you do this, either, because that is a discussion-killer declamation. Nor do you say that you know it is a true book or cite them to Moroni 10:5–5. Kills the discussion. Instead, you give the reasons you have concluded it is an historical book, which invites discussion and an opportunity to give them a copy, pointing them to the portion that is the basis of your opinion on the particular subject at issue in your discussion. They are not going to think this is a made-up book if you can get them to read the wisdom exuding from the book’s pages addressing the issue you talked to them about, and you can bring up the book during a followup conversation.
Using the Book of Mormon in your discussions is opening your mouth without talking about religion in the workplace or at the store or at lunch, etc. The Lord said this about opening our mouths, “But with some I am not well pleased, for they will not open their mouths, but they hide the talent which I have given unto them, because of the fear of man. [It’s against company policy for me to talk about religion at work.] Wo unto such, for mine anger is kindled against them.” D&C 60:2.
I do not understand what to means to get wo from the Lord, but I suspect it is not a happy event. I would much rather open my mouth, which means I have to put stuff in my head so I have something to say. Then the Lord can say to me, “It mattereth not [that they told you no], thou has been faithful.”
You can read all of Brother Williams weekly posts {HERE}
You can read all of Brother Williams weekly posts {HERE}
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April 2017 GENERAL CONFERENCE
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