Ward communications

Food Drive this Saturday

Two things about the upcoming Stake Food Drive for Tabitha's Way--

• Place food outside before 8:00 am, where it can be easily picked up, Saturday 17th (details below)

• Need volunteers to drive & pick food, Saturday 17th--let Steve Dimond know you can help (stephen.dimond.lds@gmail.com) & meet at the church parking lot at 8:00 am

The food bank requests the following--

• Soft sided boxes of food items (cold cereal, baking mixes, peanut butter, Rice-a-Roni, dry soup mixes, Hamburger Helper, sugar, flour etc.). Please make sure that nothing you give the pantry has a date older than 2019.

• 12 count empty egg cartons. They receive large boxes of eggs and then divide them up into smaller 12 count egg cartons for the clients, so they are always in need of these.

Temple Cleaning Assignment

Our stake has the privilege of cleaning the Mt. Timpanogos Temple July 19-22. We need to have volunteers by this Sunday, July 4th--so please don't delay.

5 Volunteers: Monday, July 19, 8am -12-noon, Enter the temple using the Dock on South side

3 Volunteers: Tuesday, July 20, 10pm-midnight, Enter the Main Entrance

3 Volunteers: Wednesday, July 21, 10pm-midnight, Enter the Main Entrance

3 Volunteers: Thursday July 22, 10pm-midnight, Enter the Main Entrance

Volunteers for this assignment needs to

1. Be endowed and have a current temple recommend

2. Come to their assignment in Sunday clothes with comfortable shoes (that do not need to be white)

3. The Temple will provide white scrubs to wear during the temple cleaning assignment

Please email or call Mike Shepherd, mwshep@gmail.com, with the day you are able to serve.

Ward Meetinghouse Cleaning Assignments for 2021

We have the blessing and responsibility to clean our meetinghouse through the remainder of 2021.

Brother White is coordinating this. Click this link to find a roster assigning each family to one -- or possibly two -- weeks to assist in the cleaning. Some things to note:

• Each month, there is a "lead family" in charge to help coordinate the effort.

• Please find the date you are assigned and write it on your calendar. While the lead family will remind you -- and I'll remind the ward via the weekly email as to who is assigned for the week -- please also do your part by planning accordingly and showing up.

• If you CANNOT do the date you are assigned, you are responsible for switching with another family...that is not Brother White's job OR the lead family's job. Find another family on the roster and make a switch AND THEN please alert the relevant lead families AND Brother White (at 801 995 0630) so he can update the master list

• While the cleaning will typically happen on Saturday morning, the lead family may move it to Friday night (or another time) to accommodate teams and holidays.

2020 Ward History

Marla and I have been asked to put together a short Manila Creek 8^th Ward history for 2020. This can include Ward member experiences great and small. We will not include personal information that would identify individuals unless we have specific written permission from that individual to do so. Would you please let us know of anything you and/or members of your household have experienced or felt as a member of this Ward wherein you have sensed the hand of the Lord in your life during this past year. We have been asked to include experiences and feelings about how the Covid19 pandemic has impacted members of the ward.

As examples: Our grandchildren have expressed how they are closer together as a family. For Sister Allen and I, holding Sacrament Meeting in our own home has been a beautiful experience as the Spirit came into our home during these authorized home-based meetings (more abundantly in some than others.) The Lord is mindful of us in this unusual circumstance. Having the privilege to administer the sacrament has never before held as much meaning for me as it has this past year. However, we sincerely miss the associations, handshakes, hugs, and united spirit that Ward Sacrament Meetings offer. With just the two of us we soon felt the effect of the limited number of in-person Sacrament Meeting speakers.

Those of you who have a household of one, who have families with small children, who have families with older children, and who have single parent families will each have had a uniquely different experience. The range of experiences for one household may be very different from that of another ranging from very difficult to very fulfilling.

Many of us may have had singular experiences during the year that serve to witness that the Lord is in our lives. If you are willing to share, we would love to have a few we can reference in this short 2020 history.

You can send your stories, comment, or testimonies that you are willing to share to us at stevemarla@1791.com or text us at (Steve) 801-592-9561 or (Marla) 801-592-1010. We would also welcome them in printed format. We need to have them by Jan. 17^th but sooner would be helpful.

Sincerely, Steven and Marla Allen

Ward Focus

Follow the perfect example of our Savior Jesus Christ by ministering to all of God’s children, on both sides of the veil.

Ward Goals

• Heed the promptings of the Spirit by loving/serving those around us weekly.

• Be temple worthy, hold a current temple recommend, and attend the temple often completing ordinance work for ancestors, whenever possible.

• Increase personal and family faith in Jesus Christ through sincere daily prayer and actively engaging in Come, Follow Me.

Need Some Help With Your Family History Work?

Check out our Family History page. Do you need help getting names to take to the Temple or help with Family History or Indexing? Please sign-up using this form. Please contact Sister Kathleen Muir momma.rules10@gmail.com or Sister Terresa Krum rrnt2019@gmail.com. Please don’t keep your family waiting.