North Canyon 2nd Ward
October 2017
October is the month we have the opportunity to listen to wise and
spiritual people at General Conference. Hopefully, you took the time to
listen and hear new perspectives, explanations, and examples that could help
you understand God's ways better. What a blessing it is to have prophets
and apostles.
Sometimes when we have something amazing in our lives, we grow
accustomed to it, and may even start to disregard it. We forget or don't
realize how empty our lives would be without it. As a boy I yearned to
have a basketball like my friends. The lack of a basketball left me out
of certain associations with my friends, and I could not practice leaving me
more awkward in their presence. To simply go out and buy a basketball was
not in the tight family budget, such things were available only as birthday or
Christmas gifts. But it was so very important to my young mind that
somehow they relented and agreed to buy this "luxury," but it would
be the "family" basketball (the only apparent way to justify this extra
expense). I rejoiced to have my heart's desire. My life was better
somehow. Now, much older, I have three or four basketballs sitting in the
garage, unused. They are so accessible, so easily obtained that their
apparent value has diminished. It is a crude comparison of basketballs to
prophets, but we live among the prophets, and their teachings are also very
accessible and freely available. Please reconsider their great worth and
the privilege it is to have easy and frequent access to their words.
Bishop Merrill
LESSONS:
Oct 1st – General Conference
Oct
8th – Lesson 38: "In Mine Own Way"
Oct
15th – Lesson 39: "The Hearts of the children Shall Turn to
Their Fathers"
Oct
22nd – Lesson 40: Finding Joy in Temple and Family History Work
Oct
29th – Teachings for Our Times TBA
Relief
Society Activities:
Stake Relief
Society and Young Women enrichment meeting to be held on October 10th at 6:30pm
at the Stake Center. The guest speaker is Josie Solomon. To learn more about
Josie go to her website https://www.josiesolomon.com/
We had such a
great month in September! We had a great activity that our amazing Relief
Society Committee put on! We talked about little tips and tricks to make our
lives easier!
We also had a
beautiful Relief Society General Conference, the talks were inspiring. We
learned so much from them!
High Priests
Lesson Schedule
for October:
Oct
1st – General Conference
Oct
8th – Lesson 18, “Virtue- A Cornerstone on Which to Build Our Lives”
by Jed Rawlins
Oct
15th – Lesson 19, “Priesthood Leadership in the Church of Jesus
Christ” by Neil Gooch
Oct
22nd – “Teaching of our Times - TBD” by Keith Hafen
Oct
29th – 5th Sunday Bishopric
 High Priest October Building Cleaning Schedule |
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Date
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Team
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Oct
7
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Team
4 – Keith Hafen, Lee
Merrill, Oly Mudrow, Brian Salsbury, George Naegle
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Oct
14
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Team
5 – Larry Sheffield, Daryl Peterson, Eric Bell, David Badham, Dave
Vanleeuwen
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Oct
21
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Team
6 – Terry Graham, Scott Cornelius, Ray Bronson, Kim Eggett, Stephen
Bennion
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Oct
28
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Team
1 – Joe Richardson, LaVerl Criddle, Dennis Lunt, DeVor Moss, Steve
Young, Michael George
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Each father is
listed and can request the help of their wife and children. This can be a great
learning experience of service for all willing to help clean the building. Be
at the church on Saturday at 9:00 a.m.
Young Men
Activities
Planned for October
Oct. 4th – Combined YM/ YW Corn Maze
Oct. 11th – Combined
YM/YW Serving Dinner at the Homeless Shelter
Oct. 18th – Face to Face
Oct. 25th – Tennis Ball
Dodge Ball
The young Men are always
looking for service project to help those in the ward. Please contact
Kevin Hardy (801-635-7745) if you have anything we can help with!
Scouting
The scouts
have had a great summer. We kicked it off with our week long camp. This year
the troop went to Camp Steiner located in the High Unitas. It is hard to
believe now but when we arrived there was still snow in shady areas. The
glacier fed Scout Lake was described as very cold but our boys and three adults
did the cold water check with just a little complaining about the frigid
temperatures.
We have
spent the last couple of months working on some merit badges, a little hiking,
some service, and just recently held a Court of Honor where all the merit
badges that have been earned were awarded and a couple of scouts advanced in
rank. Dallen Young advanced to Life Scout, Adam Drotar advanced to Star Scout,
Joshua Green was awarded both First and Second Class and Joe Rollins earned his
Scout rank. We have 4 or 5 boys who are ready for their Eagle Projects so
it is an exciting time in the scout program.
Scouting is
thriving and we are having a great time!
We
can turn tragedy into happiness by doing something as simple as donating new
colorful socks (the more the better). I will be collecting bright colored and
crazy socks for those in need on Wednesday November 1st 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. for
my eagle project. We will come to your home to collect these socks so please
purchase them beforehand. These will be delivered to the Socks for Sadie
non-profit, for more information about this cause please see SocksForSadie.org.
#SocksForSadie #PeterEagleScout
Peter
Van Leeuwen
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Sunday School
The
October Gospel Doctrine Lesson Schedule will be:
Oct
1
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General Conference
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Oct
8
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Lesson 38
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D&C 38:30; 42:30-31, 42; 58:26-28; 104:13-18;
Our Heritage, pp. 108-9, 111-14
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Oct
15
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Lesson
39
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D&C 2; 110:13-16; 138; JS-H 1:37-39; Our
Heritage, pp 98-99, 101-102, 105-107
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Oct
22
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Lesson
40
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Malachi 3:16-18; D&C 85:9; 128:7; Moses 6:5-8,
46; Abraham 1:31
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Oct
29
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Lesson
41
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D&C 1:4-5, 30; 65; 109:72-74; 123:12; Our
Heritage pp 116-117, 124-125
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Nov
5
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Lesson
42
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D&C 1:38; 68:1-4; 84:109-110; 107:25, 34, 93-98;
132:8; Official Declaration 2 (pp 293-294 in D&C); Our Heritage pp
117-119, 125-127
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Primary
News:
Mason Maggio will be baptized in October. Congratulations Mason! We are
so proud of
you for following the example of Jesus Christ.
September theme:
Blessings of the Priesthood Are Available to All
Scripture:
“And also all they who receive this priesthood receive me, saith the
Lord.” (D&C 84:35)
Callings/Releases:
Thank you to our released teachers for you great service in Primary. And
welcome to
our new teachers. We are excited to have you join us.
Releases- Joseph Pierce, Jeannette Peterson
Callings- Jaycee Ehlers, Robert Jackson
Young
Women
OCTOBER teaching schedule
1st: General Conference 8th: Kaycee
15th: Hannah
22th: Becca
29th: Bishopric
OCTOBER activities
4th: Corn Maze at Cross E Ranch combined with the Young Men
10th: Stake Fireside with Josie Solomon at 7:00pm
11th: Feeding families at the Shelter. Arrive at the shelter at 6:00pm. More details to come. 18th: Pumpkin launching
25: Trick or Treat bags for shelter children
28th: Neighborhood October Festival at 12:00pm. Trunk or treat, chili, pies, and games!
SEPTEMBER activity recap:
September 6th: We sat down with each young woman and mapped out individual plans to complete their
personal progress goals.
September 13th: We formed a car caravan and drove around the ward boundaries, performing random acts of service to ward members and left notes for the mailman!
September 20: We went up to Station Park and had a really fun scavenger hunt! We went around to different stores and completed our silly list of tasks — things like getting videos of us dancing in the middle of the mall and finding leaders hiding in the stores!
September 27th: We will be having a combined temple trip.
1st: General Conference 8th: Kaycee
15th: Hannah
22th: Becca
29th: Bishopric
OCTOBER activities
4th: Corn Maze at Cross E Ranch combined with the Young Men
10th: Stake Fireside with Josie Solomon at 7:00pm
11th: Feeding families at the Shelter. Arrive at the shelter at 6:00pm. More details to come. 18th: Pumpkin launching
25: Trick or Treat bags for shelter children
28th: Neighborhood October Festival at 12:00pm. Trunk or treat, chili, pies, and games!
SEPTEMBER activity recap:
September 6th: We sat down with each young woman and mapped out individual plans to complete their
personal progress goals.
September 13th: We formed a car caravan and drove around the ward boundaries, performing random acts of service to ward members and left notes for the mailman!
September 20: We went up to Station Park and had a really fun scavenger hunt! We went around to different stores and completed our silly list of tasks — things like getting videos of us dancing in the middle of the mall and finding leaders hiding in the stores!
Elders
Teaching in October -
October 1: General Conference
October 8: Skyler Sorensen - Chapter 19 October 15: Brandon Hellberg - Chapter 20 October 22: Rob Cohen - Teachings for our Times October 29: Bishopric Message
We Have No Cleaning Assignment in October
November Cleaning Assignments -
November 4th - Wyatt, Sorenson, Jensen, and Jackson Families
November 11th - Hardy, Larsen, and Smedley Families
November 18th - Hays, JT Baty, and Cohen Families
November 25th - Ivins, Trevor Baty, and Hellburg Families
Day of Service - It was a great success as we helped a lot of families in the neighborhood.
Dutch Oven Dinner - We had a great turnout and many helped to make it an amazing success.
October 1: General Conference
October 8: Skyler Sorensen - Chapter 19 October 15: Brandon Hellberg - Chapter 20 October 22: Rob Cohen - Teachings for our Times October 29: Bishopric Message
We Have No Cleaning Assignment in October
November Cleaning Assignments -
November 4th - Wyatt, Sorenson, Jensen, and Jackson Families
November 11th - Hardy, Larsen, and Smedley Families
November 18th - Hays, JT Baty, and Cohen Families
November 25th - Ivins, Trevor Baty, and Hellburg Families
Day of Service - It was a great success as we helped a lot of families in the neighborhood.
Dutch Oven Dinner - We had a great turnout and many helped to make it an amazing success.
Missionary
Corner
Our Ward Missionaries:
Chris Smedley, Mission Leader 801-718-5468
Curt Jensen 801-295-3971
Neil Gooch 801-292-6598
Missionaries
California
Modesto Mission
4300 Dale Rd.
Modesto,
California 95356
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California
Riverside Mission
5900 Grand
Avenue
Riverside, CA
92504
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Elder Evan Young
Australia Sydney
North Mission Office
PO
Box 2723,
Carlingford Court, NSW 2118,
Australia. Packages may be sent to: Australia Sydney North Mission
Office; Elder Young
756
Pennant Hills Road,
Carlingford, NSW,
2118, Australia.
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Announcements
1)
Adult Religion
Class:
Next class taught by Jack Marshall for the stake will begin the last week of
November. Further information will be coming.
2)
Fall Festival
* Saturday, October 28th
* Noon to 3pm
* Lewis Park or if poor weather at
the Church Building
* Chili and Pie "Showoff"
- All who want to do so, bring a pot of your favorite chili or your favorite
pie to share. Other food will be provided
* Trunk or Treat - kids come in costume
(no masks), decorate your car for the trunk or treat
* Games for treats and prizes:
relays, toss, tag, ball
* Shooting Gallery: paint ball
* Food donation: extra paintball
rounds if you bring food donations for the Food Banks
3) Congratulations to Aaron and
Stephanie Jensen on the arrival of their new baby boy on September 12, 2017.
His name is George Maxwell (Max) Jensen, 6 lbs 6 ozs, 19 inches. He was two
weeks early and has a big brother Caleb that adores him.
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