Shawnee Trail Ward

October 18, 2026

Presiding: Bishop Ben Martino

Conducting: Brother David Kiser

Chorister: Sister Debbie Broberg

Organist: Sister Alisha Linford

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Welcome and Announcements
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Opening Hymn: #64 On This Day of Joy and Gladness

Invocation: Brother Jim Strong
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Ward Business
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Sacrament Hymn: #195 How Great the Wisdom and the Love

Administration of the Sacrament
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Speaker: Sister Sam Garvin

Musical Number: I'll Go Where You Want Me To Go
Maggie Packer, vocalist
Debbie Broberg, violinist | Lexy Fogelberg, flutist | Ashley Rencher, pianist

Speaker: Sister Paulina Kiser

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Closing Hymn: #89 The Lord Is My Light

Benediction: Sister Rosanna Kiser
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END OF PROGRAM

Priesthood and Auxiliary Leaders

Bishop - Ben Martino (469) 534-3043
1st Counselor - Brennan Stice (214) 548-8685
2nd Counselor - David Kiser (360) 213-5055
Executive Secretary - David Broberg (805) 657-5871
Ward Clerk - Jamie Panganiban (801) 499-6850
Relief Society President - Kerry Stiles (214) 929-7303
Elders Quorum President - Logan Rencher (512) 919-2189
Young Women President - Tara Hart (832) 233-7898
Primary President - Samantha Garvin (801) 623-8933
Sunday School President - Andrew Emery (469) 777-9431
Disability Specialist - Tammy Hermann (214) 734-0500
Missionaries - Sister Aird & Sister Whitney (972) 214-4798

ANNOUNCEMENTS

THIS WEEK

Sunday, October 18: Shawnee Trail Ward Choir, 11:30 am at the Wren Home (2909 Santa Anita, Celina - Mustang Lakes)

Sunday, October 18: Tithing Declaration 2026, all time slots for today are full. (Other dates available are Sunday October 25 and Sunday, November 1 with only 6 remaining appointments starting at 12:00 pm to 1:30 pm) Click here to schedule your appointment. Please avoid leaving large gaps between your appointment and other scheduled appointments. We encourage you to compare your online donor statement with your own records beforehand, and report any discrepancy to the Bishop.

Sunday, October 18: Stake Youth Mission/Temple Prep, 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm at Prosper Stake Teel Building for youth turning 16+.

Wednesday, October 21: Primary Valiant Activities, 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm at Prosper Coit Building

Friday, October 23: Tough Gospel Questions from your Friends, 7:00 pm at 1122 Pine Street, Gilmer. (Alternate event to the Frisco event on October 24 below). See flyer below for more details.

Saturday, October 24: Primary Program Practice, 10:00 am - 12:00 pm at Prosper Coit Building. Pizza and service project will also be provided. (See flyer below)

Saturday, October 24: Ward Fall Festival & Trunk or Treat, 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm at Prosper Coit Building. Join the ward family fun for trick-or-treat bag decorating, Chili Cook-Off & Soup Dinner, Costume Contest, Trunk-or-Treat and Trunk Decorating Contest! Click here for further details and to sign up for dinner items.

Saturday, October 24: Tough Gospel Questions from your Friends, 5:00 pm at 11000 Eldorado Parkway, Frisco. Inviting all youth across great North Texas. Steven Collis, Southwest Area Communication Specialist for Religious Freedom and Peacemaking for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and founder of the Law and Religion Clinic at UT Austin School of Law. He's a global speaker and author of Habits of a Peacemaker, and helps youth learn to navigate tough religious conversations with confidence and respect. The event is a one-hour devotional, with light refreshments provided. See flyer below for more details.

Saturday, October 24: Tough Gospel Questions from your Friends, 7:00 pm at 500 West McDonwell School Road, Colleyville. (Alternate event to the Frisco event on October 24 above). See flyer below for more details.

Missionary Meal Calendar: Please sign up by clicking here or contact Diana Barnhouse at 469-471-1085 to be added to the Missionary Meal Calendar.

LATER THIS MONTH

Sunday, October 25: Shawnee Trail Primary Program, 9:00 am - 10:00 am at Prosper Coit Building during regular Sacrament Meeting. Please use the flyer below to invite friends, teachers, coaches, neighbors, and family members to the program (or send a link)! This is such a wonderful missionary opportunity. What better way to invite someone to church than to let them hear our Primary children sing and share their love for Jesus Christ?

Sunday, October 25: Tithing Declaration 2026, appointments are still available. Click here to schedule your appointment. We encourage you to compare your online donor statement with your own records beforehand, and report any discrepancy to the Bishop.

NEXT MONTH

Sunday, November 1: Tithing Declaration 2026, appointments are still available. Click here to schedule your appointment. We encourage you to compare your online donor statement with your own records beforehand, and report any discrepancy to the Bishop.

Sunday, November 1: Worldwide Devotional for Young Adults, 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm church wide broadcast. Young adults (ages 18–35) in North and South America are invited to gather and view this devotional featuring counsel and teachings from the Lord’s chosen servants.

Saturday, November 7: Prosper Stake Conference at Prosper Teel Stake Center

Sunday, November 8: Prosper Stake Conference at Prosper Teel Stake Center

Friday, November 13: Shining in Dark Places: Valiant Girls & Dads (or Favorite Adult) presented by Prosper Stake Primary, 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm at Prosper Stake Teel Building. White clothing suggested. For girls born between 2015-2018. (See flyer below)

Friday, November 13: Shining in Dark Places: Valiant Boys & Moms (or Favorite Adult) presented by Prosper Stake Primary, 7:30 pm to 8:30 pm at Prosper Stake Teel Building. White clothing suggested. For boys born between 2015-2018. (See flyer below)

Saturday, November 14: Valiant 10 Class Trip to Fort Worth Temple Open House, 7:00 am at Prosper Coit Building (See Save the Date below)

Saturday, November 14: All other Valiant Ages Firehouse Visit, 11:30 am meet at 4400 FM 1385 Celina (See Save the Date below)

Thursday, November 19 through Friday, January 1: Texas Giving Machines. For more information on how you can participate and charities selected, check out https://texasgivingmachine.org/dfw/.
Locations: Friday, November 19 to Tuesday, December 8: By fountain in Dr. Glenn Mitchell Memorial Park (300 W Louisiana St, McKinney)
Thursday, December 10 to Friday, January 1: Grapevine Main Street (309 S Main Street, Grapevine)

If you'd like to volunteer as a Giving Machines Host, the Prosper Stake has been assigned 2 dates, with 4 times still available to volunteer on Sunday, November 29th and Thursday, December 3rd. Volunteers must be 18 years or older. Click here to sign up.

LATER THIS YEAR

Saturday, December 5: Shawnee Trail Ward Christmas Celebration, at Prosper Coit Building. Watch for more details.

Sunday, December 6: First Presidency's Christmas Devotional, broadcast. The First Presidency invites General Authorities and General Officers to speak in this devotional focused on the birth of Jesus Christ at the start of the Christmas season. For links and more information, click here.

Tuesday, December 8: Relief Society Favorite Things Christmas Party, 7:00 pm. Watch for more details.

Friday, December 11-12; Shawnee Trail YM Campout.

Saturday, December 12: Prosper Stake Nativity, at Frontier Park (Coit Building in case of weather)

Sunday, December 20: Shawnee Trail Christmas Worship Service, 9:00 am - 10:00 am at Prosper Coit Building during regular Sacrament Meeting service. Invite for friends and neighbors below.

NEXT YEAR

Saturday, April 3: General Conference Saturday Morning Session, 11:00 am - 1:00 pm; Saturday Afternoon Session and 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Sunday, April 4: General Conference Sunday Morning Session, 11:00 am - 1:00 pm and Sunday Afternoon Session and 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Saturday, May 1: Prosper Stake Conference at Prosper Teel Stake Center.

Sunday, May 2: Prosper Stake Conference at Stake Center Prosper Teel Stake Center.

Tuesday, May 24: Prosper Stake Primary Valiant Day Camp , 8:45am arrival, event from 9:00 am to 2:00 pm at Meyers Park & Event Center (7117 Country Road 166, McKinney). More details coming. For children born between 2016-2019 (See flyer below)

ONGOING

Missionary Meal Calendar: Shawnee Trail Ward is responsible for feeding the missionaries on the 1st and 3rd weeks of the month. We share the missionaries with the Wilson Creek Ward, responsible for feeding them on the 2nd and 4th weeks. Please sign up by clicking here or contact Diana Barnhouse to be added to the Missionary Meal Calendar. Diana can be reached at 469-471-1085. Thank you! The Missionaries' phone number is 214-714-7895.

"Miracles" Prosper Stake Adult Religion Class (Institute) Wednesdays at 10:00 am at the Prosper Coit Building. Nursery will be provided for those who RSVP. Please take a look at the flyer and note below for more details. To receive more information or to be added to the weekly email distribution, please email adultreligionclass@gmail.com.

Prosper Stake Newsletter: Stake news, announcements and relevant information. Here's the link: https://secure.smore.com/n/q59kf

Fairview Texas Temple: https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/temples/details/fairview-texas-temple?lang=eng Latest information about the temple and answers to any questions you have: https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/initiative/mckinney-texas-information?lang=eng

Addiction Help & Resources: See flyer below for more information.

Addiction Recovery and Family and Spouse Support - General Addiction
Thursday's 8:00 pm at the Prosper Stake Building, (522 Teel Parkway, Prosper). For those who struggle with any addiction, men and women welcome. They meet in the High Council Room (north side of building).

Addiction Recovery - Pornography - Men Only
Currently via Zoom. Sunday evenings at 8:30 pm. Contact Elder Dennis Shanklin for Zoom link at 818-378-1603.

If you have any announcements for the Ward Bulletin, please text them by the prior Wednesday night to LaSchelle Low at 310-993-6053 or email ldsllow@gmail.com

SCHEDULE

Sunday Schedule

Come Follow Me - Old Testament Study Schedule

October 12 - 18: “The Redeemer Shall Come to Zion” Isaiah 58–66

October 19 - 25: “Before I Formed Thee in the Belly I Knew Thee” Jeremiah 1-3; 7; 16-18; 20

October 26 - November 1: “I Will Turn Their Mourning into Joy” Jeremiah 31-33; 36-29; Lamentations 1; 3

November 2 - 8: “A New Spirit Will I Put within You” Ezekiel 1-3; 33-34; 36-37; 47

November 9 - 15: “There Is No Other God That Can Deliver” Daniel 1-7

November 16 - 22: “I Will Love Them Freely” Hosea 1-6; 10-14; Joel

November 23 - 29: “Seek the Lord, and Ye Shall Live” Amos; Obadiah; Jonah

Scripture of the Week

Behold, in the day of your fast ye find pleasure, and exact all your labours. Is not this the fast that I have chosen? to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke? Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh?

Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thine health shall spring forth speedily: and thy righteousness shall go before thee; the glory of the Lord shall be thy rearward. Then shalt thou call, and the Lord shall answer; thou shalt cry, and he shall say, Here I am. And if thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul; then shall thy light rise in obscurity, and thy darkness be as the noonday: And the Lord shall guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in drought, and make fat thy bones: and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not. And they that shall be of thee shall build the old waste places: thou shalt raise up the foundations of many generations; and thou shalt be called, The repairer of the breach, The restorer of paths to dwell in.

If thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on my holy day; and call the sabbath a delight, the holy of the Lord, honourable; and shalt honour him, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking thine own words: Then shalt thou delight thyself in the Lord; and I will cause thee to ride upon the high places of the earth, and feed thee with the heritage of Jacob thy father: for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it.
Isaiah 58:3, 6-14

CALLED TO SERVE

Missionaries Serving from Shawnee Trail Ward

Elder Holden Alder
Ohio Columbus Mission
holden.alder@missionary.org

Elder Carter Boix
Spain Madrid South Mission
carter.boix@missionary.org

Elder Boston Hooper
Brazil Fortaleza East Mission
boston.hooper@missionary.org

Sister Grace Martino
Uruguay Salto Mission
grace.martino@missionary.org

Sister Presley Nielsen
Nevada Las Vegas West Spanish Mission
presley.nielsen@missionary.org

Sister Tatum Nielsen
Colorado Colorado Springs Mission
tatum.nielsen@missionary.org

Sister Adelynn Ranc
Idaho Idaho Falls Mission
adelynn.ranc@missionary.org

Elder Carter Ranc
Idaho Pocatello Mission
carter.ranc@missionary.org

Elder Henry Stice
Argentina Salta Mission
henry.stice@missionary.org

OTHER INFORMATION

Need your temple recommend renewed or an appointment with the Bishop?

For temple recommend renewals: Email Mike Nielsen at md.nielsen68@gmail.com to set up an appointment with the bishopric.

For living ordinance recommends and other needs: Email David Broberg at dnbroberg@gmail.com to set up an appointment with the Bishop.

Prosper Stake Interviews

For temple recommend renewal, ecclesiastical endorsement, or priesthood ordinations: please schedule via either of the links below.

President Gillespie - President Lloyd

For living ordinance recommends, missionary interviews, and other: please contact Jeremy Dibble.

jdibble@PROSPERSTAKE.ORG (404) 713-8496

Young Single Adult Activities

Frisco Young Single Adult Ward
Frisco Stake Center 11000 Eldorado Pkwy, Frisco, Texas

Sacrament Meeting - Sundays @ 1:30 pm
FHE - Mondays @ 7:00 pm
Institute & Sports after Institute - Thursdays @ 7:00 pm

Information on upcoming events can be found on Facebook: Frisco YSA Ward | Instagram: @friscoysa
Bishop Stelling: 469-362-6944 | Executive Secretary - Zach Nelson: 469-215-4899

2026 Prosper Stake Temple
& Family History Celestial Cup

October 2026 activity is to discover a famous relative in your family tree! Log in to familysearch.org, click on Family Tree, and explore. You might be surprised who you find! Once you do, reflect as a family — what traits or accomplishments do you admire about them? What talents or gifts do you see in yourself that you'd like to develop more fully?

See other monthly activities for 2026 below.

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