2019 Goal

2019 Goal - Strive to have the spirit guide us as we help our families on the covenant path.

Sunday, April 7, 2019

April 7th Weekly Connection

TONIGHT!  Invite your neighbors and those you minister to!

PLEASE HELP US OUT AND TAKE THIS SHORT ANONYMOUS QUESTIONNAIRE 
THANK  YOU! 


It's a Wrap.... What will you do with it now?

What an amazing General Conference this past weekend!  We hope you received the revelation you were seeking.  We know that we can continue to receive answers as we listen and study these talks over the next 6 months. Here's the link to listen to or read the talks: General Conference April 2019




Upcoming Lessons
April 14th - Discussion on ministering led by Valerie
Please refer to the following talks (click on each title to go to the talk) in preparation for the discussion:
Just as He Did
For Him
Shepherding Souls
Be With and Strengthen Them
Ministering as the Savior Does
Ministering Website

April 28th to be announced - taught by Julie

BIRTHDAYS
  

April 
 3-Heather Cannon
4-Judy Dunston
 5-Janel Tuckett
 7-Lisa Putnam
12-Linda Bright
19-Kasey Huggans
24-Savannah Phillips
25-Kirsten Novilla
25-Melanie Williamson






Upcoming Events - Mark your calendars
TONIGHT - Relief Society Birthday Party 
 Wednesday April 10th 7:00 pm @Centennial Building

Tuesday, April 16th the YW will be sewing clothing for Trek and they need our help!  Bring your willing hands and helpful hearts to spend time with our wonderful Young Women making memories as new skills are learned.  More info will be announced Sunday. Stay tuned! (Many sewing machines will be needed.)
  
Ministering to our Sisters
Five Things Good Listeners Do

Truly listening will help you know how to help meet the spiritual and temporal needs of others as the Savior would.

  1. Give them time - time to gather their thoughts, the silence doesn't always need to be filled
  2. Pay attention - listen with intent
  3. Clarify - clarifying reduces minunderstandings and shows your interest
  4. Reflect - Paraphrase again to understand and show you are listening
  5. Find common ground - Allthough you may not always agree with what they say, find things you can agree with.

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The elders quorum president and the Relief Society president communicate important needs directly to the bishop and will receive counsel and direction from him.

"A new name, new flexibility, and fewer reports will not make one ounce of difference in our service unless we see this as an invitation to care for one another in a bold new holier way."  


Prayers for....
Charai has been moved to a facility in Provo as she continues to improve and hopefully be home in a few weeks.  Please keep the prayers coming.  Here's the info where she is at:  
Utah Valley Specialty Hospital 
306 West River Bend Lane. Provo, UT 84604 
Room #252

Please keep Cliff Dunston and Judy in your prayers.

Leslie Elmer is in Montana helping her daughter recover from a surgery. There's been some setbacks and hard things that they are dealing with and Leslie reached out to ask for prayers from her Saratoga Springs friends.  Please pray for her to have the strength and endurance to continue to help her daughter and family and that things may improve soon so she can come home.  She also asks if you want to contact her to do it through email as phone service is very spotty where she is at. Card and letters also welcomed: 239 Frontier Trail, Kalispell, MT 59901 - email to lifelmer@gmail.com  

Pray for those you minister to...

Do you know of anyone in need of our prayers?  Please contact a presidency member.

Service Opportunities 
Saturday, April 27, 2019, 9:00 am · WHERE: 895 N 900 E, American Fork, UT 84003 · (Meet at 9:00am in the south parking lot next to the chapel across from the Mt.Timpanogos Temple) · WHY: Utah State Dev. Center (USDC) needs help · WHO: Youth and Adults (16 years old & Older) from SS3, SS4, SS5, & Lakeside Wards · HOW: Please come with: o Work clothes o Closed-toe shoes o Gloves o You are welcome to bring any garden tool (rakes, hoes, weed-whacker, brooms, & etc.) 

Saturday, May 4, 2019, 9:00 – 11:00 am (Centennial Building) All Stake members are invited. Bring your kids. Participate in fun, simple service activities from the JustServe website and app. Get acquainted with this fun resource to give service or organize youth or other groups with read-to-go service requests from the community. All are welcome. Invite your neighbors.

Serve those who have gone before, plan a regular time to attend the temple.

Take a moment and drop a letter or a card to one of our missionaries:

"Just Serve"
A great resource to find service opportunities in our community.

Elder Ethan Graham
Taipei Taiwan Mission
ethan.graham@myldsmail.net 

Sister Jordan Fitting
California Ventura Mission
3301 W Gonzales Rd
Oxnard, CA 93036
jordan.fitting@myldsmail.net

Sister Sadie Sterrett
Illinois Chicago Mission
Sadie.Sterrett@myldsmail.net

Elder N.K. Novilla 
Paraguay Asuncion North Mission
Avenida Santisaima Trinidad N. 1280
C/Julio Correa
Casilla de Correo 1871
Nathan.Novilla@myldsmail.net

Saratoga Springs Stake Institute
Open to all men and women
Course of Study: Pearl of Great Price
Tuesdays 10:00-11:15 am
Starts January 8, 2019
Saratoga Springs Stake Center on Tanner Lane
Teachers: Betsy Jones and Sue Spencer
Come join us for an inspirational lift to your week!



LDS Tools Info
1.  Are you using LDS Tools on your phone or tablet? 
We encourage you to use LDS Tools to access the ward directory, Your Ministering Assignments, Calendar, Temple Info, Missionary Info and more!

2.  Do you have a current photo of you and/or your family? 
Please take a few minutes and follow these instructions. 

3.  Is your contact info correct?  
If not and you need to change or update your info, go to your name in the directory (on a mobile device) and touch the red circle with a pencil and you can edit from there.  If you are signed on at lds.org, click on your name and then the edit button.

4.  Do you know how to access your ministering assignment?
On your mobile device click on your name.  Directly underneath your name is a blue bar that says:  contact, household, membership information, callings and classes and ministering (you must scroll across to access each of these headings.)  Click on ministering and it will list those that minister to you and who you minister to.

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