You are a child of heavenly parents who love you. Your heavenly heritage is obscured while you live in a temporal, and telestial world. When you experience inspiration through the Holy Ghost you can remember who you really are, and your divine potential. The work and glory of our Father is expressed in each of us individually through His plan for us.
“My dear young friends, you are made of the same divine material. Some of you are married, some are single, but all of you are living among the people of this world. You are the chosen ones of our days, who by word and deed teach and live the gospel message among your people. For this purpose, you are placed in your village or city, your school or workplace, your nation, your family. Don’t forget, you have the potential to be angels of glory to those right next to you."—You are Leaders by Sister Harriet R. Uchtdorf, Worldwide Devotional for Young Adults • January 14, 2018Our Father in Heaven knows you, hears you, and will never abandon you. He has told you "Draw near unto me and I will draw near unto you" (D&C 88:63) If you are steeped in the world and it's natural ways and norms you will miss his influence and purpose in your life.
"You can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something - your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life."—Steve Jobs, Stanford Commencement Speech • June 12, 2005
Where you stand in relation to the dots, or events in your life, will make all the difference in your ability to understand the picture you are creating. Your trust and faith in the truth, the independent truth, will enable you to see His plan and your purpose.
"However, when we step back and take an eternal perspective, when we look at our lives in the frame of the gospel of Jesus Christ, we can begin to see how the various dots in our lives interconnect. We may not be able to see the entire picture just yet, but we’ll see enough to trust that there is a beautiful, grand design. And as we strive to trust God and follow His Son, Jesus Christ, one day we will see the finished product, and we will know that the very hand of God was directing and guiding our steps."—The Adventure of Mortality by Elder Dieter F. Uchtdorf, Worldwide Devotional for Young Adults • January 14, 2018
David Van Leeuwan
Wise Use of Technology
• Always have a purpose, never wander the internet or TV channels casually.
• Remember, everything you do on the internet is recorded. There is no anonymity. If you would not mind your actions on the internet to be front page news, then proceed. They could be some day.
• Never use the internet if you are bored, lonely, discouraged, or angry.
• Select a background screen image that reminds you of what is important to you, put pictures around the
computer desk (family, grandkids, God, etc).
• Be willing to give up “fun” and “popular” in order to stay clean; delete offending apps (Facebook, Instagram, snap chat, etc).
• Be accountable, have someone review your usage (computer in family area, spouse has all passwords and reviews regularly).
• Use filters and restrictions (they can’t stop you, but they will remind you of what you thought was important when you were thinking more clearly).
• Remember that we are all connected, your actions will affect someone else. Managing Technology Use with Children
• Never lie to yourself, “My kids are good, I don’t need to do this stuff.”
• Set boundaries, they want boundaries even if they complain about them.
• Set time limits on the use of the internet, computers, TVs, and gaming consoles.
• Set up as much filtering and restrictions as possible.
• No internet in bedroom or other private places.
• Phone is docked in parent’s room at night.
• Buy them an alarm clock to wake them up, not the smartphone.
• Parents have all passwords (accountability).
• Parents review text and social media accounts, etc. • Children and preteens do not need a smart phone.
• Pornography is so easy to find. Why would you facilitate that?
Relief Society
LESSONS:
Feb 4th - Jen Alexander Review of Last Month’s Counsel, and "Reduce and Simplify" Visiting Teaching principles and Birthdays for VT
Feb 11th – Vicki Fredericksen "Three Sisters" by President Uchtdorf
Feb 18th – Jolene Gates "By Divine Design" by Elder Rasband
Feb 25th – Susan Ehlers, Sabbath Day Lesson
ACTIVITIES
February 20th, 7pm- Cooking Class with Hollie Olmedo
We had a nice Relief Society activity in the month of January. We read the book "100 Dresses," and donated dresses to the YWCA, a shelter for abused women. It was a great night of service and friendship!
High Priests
How blessed we are as we witnessed the transition to our NEW Prophet, President Russell M. Nelson. He said, “Your commitment to follow the Savior by making covenants with Him and then keeping those covenants will open the door to every spiritual blessing and privilege available to men, women, and children everywhere.”
May we each think deeply as to what he said, and how "we can each open the door to every spiritual blessing and privilege,” and "strengthening our life, our marriage, and family, and increase our ability to resist the attacks of the adversary."
May we each, shoulder to shoulder, move forward in faith, love, and service to our God, till the end.
With love and respect,
High Priest Group Leadership
Lesson Schedule for February:
Feb 4th – Steve Young
Feb 11th – Neil Gooch, “The Needs Before Us,” by Bonnie L. Oscarson
Feb 18th – Jed Rawlins, “The Book of Mormon: What Would Your Life Be Without It,” by President Russell M. Nelson
Feb 25th – Keith Hafen, “Sabbath Day”
Mar 4th – Brian Salisbury
He chose to broadcast from the temple to emphasize their wish for members to be “endowed with power in a house of the Lord, sealed as families—faithful to covenants made in a temple,” which are key to “strengthening your life, your marriage and family, and your ability to resist the attacks of the adversary. Your worship in the temple and your service there for your ancestors will bless you with increased personal revelation and peace and will fortify your commitment to stay on the covenant path,” said President Russell M. Nelson.
Elders
We have been the recipient of quality teaching and discussion that has come by the method of Teaching the Saviors Way. I know by asking inspired questions and thoughtful discussion we have all been uplifted to be better people and to extend that love to people around us, including our families. Now we ask to take the next step and use the method of Teaching the Saviors way to our home teaching families.
I would ask that as we discuss how we can implement Teaching the Saviors Way into our home teaching, that we can come up with quorum goals about the quality of our home teaching, improved methods of reporting our home teaching, overcoming barriers to home teaching and establishing relations of trust with our home teaching families. These are the questions for discussion that will be raised in our first lesson of the new month so come prepared to share your ideas.
Teaching Schedule:
Sunday February 4th Quorum Council, Kyle Hays
Sunday February 11th Spencer Evans, “Spiritual Eclipse” by Elder Gary E Stevenson
Sunday February 18th Skyler Sorensen, “Love One Another as He Has Loved us” by Elder Jose L. Alonso. Sunday February 25th Brandon Hellberg, “The Sabbath Day”
Basketball Schedule:
Thursday February 1st 2/3 wards vs. 5th ward 8:00 Thursday February 8th Bye
Thursday February 15th 2/3 wards vs. 7/CE wards 8:00 Thursday February 22nd 2/3 wards vs. 4th ward 8:00
Young Men
The young Men are always looking for service projects to help those in the ward. Please contact Kevin Hardy (801-635-7745) if you have anything we can help with.
Activity Schedule for February:
7th – Top Golf
14th – Skip Valentine’s Day
21st – Walley Ball at Rec Center 24th – MTC Experience
28th – Spiritual Movie Night
Sunday School
In 2018 we will be studying the Old Testament in Sunday School (Gospel Doctrine). The schedule for February is listed below. Church leaders have asked us “to use digital versions of the manual and study guides where possible.” They can be found online at lds.org or in the Gospel Library Mobile app.
We will be having Teacher Council Meeting every other month – for 2018 this will be February, April, June, August, October, and December. Everyone who is a teacher in some capacity is invited to attend.
Feb 4
Lesson 5: If Thou Doest Well, Thou Shalt Be Accepted
Moses 5-7; additional reading 2 Nephi 2:25–27; Genesis 4:1–16
Feb 11
Lesson 6: ‘Noah ... Prepared an Ark to the Saving of His House’”
Moses 8:19–30; Genesis 6:5–22; 7:1–10; Genesis 7:11–24; 8; 9:8–17; Genesis 11:1– 9
Feb 18
Lesson 7: “The Abrahamic Covenant”
Abraham 1:1–4; 2:1–11; Genesis 12:1–8; 17:1–9; Doctrine and Covenants 132:19– 24, 29–32; Genesis 15; “Abraham, Covenant of,” Bible Dictionary
Feb 25
Lesson 8: “Living Righteously in a Wicked World”
Genesis 12, 13, 14, 18, 19; Joseph Smith Translation, Genesis 14:25–40; 19:9–15
Mar 4
Lesson 9: “God Will Provide Himself a Lamb”
Abraham 1:1, 5–20; Genesis 15–17; 21; Genesis 22; Hebrews 11:8–19; James 2:21–23; Jacob 4:5; Doctrine and Covenants 132:34–36
THE CHAPEL DOORS
The chapel doors seem to say to me, "Sh, be still."
For this is a reverent place to be, "Sh, be still."
We gather here on the Sabbath day to learn of Jesus, to sing and pray. So when we come through the chapel doors, "Sh, be still." words by Dorothy Little Reed
Announcements
Adult Religion Class: February Schedule
Feb. 1st - Joseph Smith’s Life: “To What Extent Do You Live a Lie?
Feb. 8th – Book of Mormon Prophecies of Latter-Day Events and the 2nd Coming Feb. 15th – NO CLASS
Feb 22nd – Testimonies of the Witnesses of the Book of Mormon
March 1st – Book of Mormon Traditions Found only in Mesoamerica
1) Temple night with the Bishop will be held on Tuesday, February 13th at 6:30pm.
2) We have several new families in our ward. We would like to welcome them and get acquainted with each of them. John and Shirley Odekirk and their two sons Tyler and Matthew, Tyler and Rachel Standing – newly married, and Kwasi and Chelsea Koranteng and their two sons Jonathan and Joshua.
We would like to welcome Darrold Crossen back into the ward. WELCOME
3) The grapevine is also available online at: grapevine2.blogspot.com
Primary
North Canyon 2nd Ward February 2018
I Am a Child of God
February Theme:
The Earth Was Created for Heavenly Father’s Children
Scripture:
“We will make an earth whereon these may dwell; and we will prove them herewith, to see if they will do all things whatsoever the Lord their God shall command them” (Abraham 3:24-25)
Song:
“My Heavenly Father Loves Me” (CS, 228-229)
Article of Faith #2
We believe that men will be punished for their own sins, and not for Adam’s transgression.
Birthdays:
4 Katie Keddington 13 Owen Hanks
News!
We want to thank Stephen Bennion who was released as a Primary teacher and Beau Griffiths for serving as the Cub Master and doing such a terrific job!
Beau Griffiths and John Odekirk were sustained as Primary teachers.
Stephanie Jensen released and Jessica Jackson called as Primary Secretary.
Teresa Salisbury and Tyler Standing called as a primary teachers.
Upcoming Events
Sunday, Feb 4th, Temple & Priesthood Preparation – for children turning 12 years old this year and their parents.
Sunday, March 4th, “Great To Be 8” – for children turning 8 years old this year and their parents.
February BIRTHDAYS
1st: Tiffany George 23rd: Hannah Hays
February teaching schedule
4th: Kaycee 11th: Hallie 18th: Sarah 25th: Kaylee
February activities:
7th: “Fit February” with the Stake
15th (Thursday): “Fit February” with the Stake
24th (Saturday): MTC Experience at the State Center @8:30am 28th: “Fit February” with the Stake
January activity recap:
January 3rd: We got pumped up for our 2018 theme, “Peace in Christ.” We are looking forward to an
amazing year learning about our Savior!
January 10th: There was no snow to sled on, so we ended up learning origami and decorating our bulletin board!
January 17th: We had a great time joining forces with the Relief Society — thanks for having us, ladies! January 24th: The talented Hannah Hays taught all of us how to cross stitch! We each did our own designs
and sang all The Greatest Showman songs while we did it! January 31st: Service night!
Family Spotlights
Carolee Cannon and Wayne Stump
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| On top of Mt. Timpanogos 2017 |
This amazing man opens my eyes to the great beauty in our natural world. He is a gentle and patient teacher of plants, birds, stars, weather and street directions! I noticed right away that he does not speak negatively of others but looks at differences with humility and unconditional love. Wayne is such a good person and has a tender heart. I thank Heavenly Father for bringing us
together! Wayne worked with medical labs and computers in his career. It involved travel to interesting places like Saudi Arabia. I was blessed to be a stay at home mom and try to nuture family in our changing stages. I enjoy a Church Service Mission in the SLC Headquarters Mission. Some of our other interests are art, reading (Wayne) and writing about family (Carolee). We are excited to get to know all of you better.
We are Ray and Dorothy Bronson and have lived in our ward area since 1967. That year we purchased our acre lot. Together we designed our home. Ray drew the house plans and was also the contractor for the home's construction.When we moved here our daughter, Colleen, was only nine and our son, Glenn, was six. Now they both have families of their own. We have nine grandchildren and three great- grandchildren. Most of our family live close by so we enjoy lots of family fun and activities.
We feel these past 50 years have been filled with many choice blessings, opportunities, and experiences including the usual challenges.
Ray has worked as a draftsman, an electrical engineer, real estate salesman and broker, a building contractor and as owner of his own Handy Man business before retiring. He enjoys hunting, fishing, boating - especially fishing and riding his tractor.
Dorothy loves her flower gardens and just being a mother, grandmother, wife and homemaker besides enjoying her talent as an artist, and doing genealogy and temple work.
Upon Ray’s early retirement, we served a leadership mission in the Philippines and later a temple mission in Nauvoo, Illinois. We both served missions prior to our marriage.
Presently we serve as ordinance workers in the Bountiful Temple and have for the last twenty years, taking time off to serve missions and necessary time for personal health reasons.
We love our good neighbors and being a part of the ward family. We have served in many callings. Ray has served as Bishop and High Councilman, and Dorothy as Relief Society and Young Women's president. Presently we teach the temple preparation class and love it.
Picture taken in the Indian Ocean 2017
We are Val and Lynn Christensen. When we decided to downsize our home in Herriman in 2015, we launched an exhaustive (unsuccessful) search for a new home. With no intent to ever build a home or move to Davis County, we fell in love with this beautiful spot in Ruth Estates. And here we are!Lynn was born and raised in American Fork, Utah, attended school at Utah Valley University and
joined Utah Power and Light right out of school. His employment took him to Kemmerer, Wyoming, where he and Val met. He spent his career in the power industry as an instrumentation technician for major power plants and hospitals. He grew up farming, hunting, and fishing. Now in retirement, he cares for his elderly mom, loves the gym and hits the golf course whenever possible.
Val was born in Evanston, Wyoming, and raised in Billings, Montana and Lander, Wyoming. She attended school at BYU and joined the small coal company in Kemmerer, starting her career in Labor Relations and Human Resources. The coal company was bought by Chevron, which changed the course of our lives. As a global executive for Chevron, she ran a worldwide organization in 104 countries, and had the privilege of traveling the globe contributing to the corporate machine and leading major philanthropic projects.
We have one daughter together, Dakota, who lives with our fabulous granddaughter, Aria (5), in Syracuse, Utah. We also have one son, Chad, who lives with his wife Sarah and our darling granddaughter, Claire (2), in Southern California.
We have been together 40 years and have lived in Wyoming, Hawaii, California and Utah. When we retired in 2008, we moved to Utah and settled in Herriman, planning to continue traveling the world together. Val had about 18 months of retirement when the Church called and asked for assistance with some global restructuring projects. That 2-year endeavor lasted for 6 years, when she retired for the 2nd time in 2016. Having this experience working for the Church blessed our lives in immeasurable ways.
We love the area and living among such great people! Thank you for welcoming us!
Our Ward Missionaries:
Chris Smedley, Mission Leader 801-718-5468 Curt Jensen 801-295-3971
Missionary Corner
Missionaries
Elder Aaron Rollins 5-17 California Riverside Mission 5900 Grand Avenue Riverside, CA 92504
Birthday – June 11th *********
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.
Birthday – May 2nd *********
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