Presiding:  Bishop Kent Hooper

Conducting:   Brother Jimmy Nielsen

Chorister:  Brother Spencer Emery

Organist:  Sister Darla Palfreyman

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Welcome and Announcements
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Opening Hymn:  #213 The First Noel

Invocation:  Brother Douglas Bauss
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Ward Business
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Sacrament Hymn: #196 Jesus, Once of Humble Birth

Administration of the Sacrament
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Speaker: Sister Merritt Bauss

Special Musical Number:  "Born to  Bring Us Joy" by the Primary Children
Chorister: Brecka Shipley
Pianist: London Haws

Speaker: Brother Dunes Nielsen
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Closing Hymn: #214 I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day

Benediction: Sister Lori Nielsen
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END OF PROGRAM

Priesthood and Auxiliary Leaders

THIS WEEK

Sunday, December 22: Sacrament Meeting only. 

Now through Wednesday, January 1: Texas Giving Machines. McKinney Town Square (The Guava Tree, 104 S Chestnut St, McKinney) For more information on how you can participate and charities selected, check out https://texasgivingmachine.org/dfw/.  

NEXT YEAR

Saturday, January 4: Prosper Stake Youth Junior/Senior Activity at Prosper Stake Teel Building. 

Sunday, January 5: Shawnee Trail Ward Meetings, 1:30 pm to 3:30 pm at Prosper Coit Building. Sacrament Meeting starts at 1:30 pm in the Chapel. Sunday School and Primary will start at 2:30 pm. 

Sunday, January 5: Worldwide Event for Youth 8, 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm Elder Dieter F. Uchtdorf, Young Women General President Emily Freeman, and Young Men General President Steven J. Lund will address Latter-day Saint youth and youth leaders on the 2025 youth theme, “Look Unto Christ.” 

Sunday, January 12: Shawnee Trail Ward Great to Be 8, 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm at Prosper Coit Building for children turning 8 years old (born in 2017) and their parents.

Sunday, January 12: Stake Mission Prep & Junior/Senior Mission Activity, 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm at Prosper Teel Stake Center in the Chapel. All youths 15 and up are invited. Whether you are planning to serve a mission or not, come join us as we prepare for the next chapter of life after HS. Our focus is on spiritual self-reliance and emotional resilience. Think of it as a monthly fireside for the big kids. 

Wednesday, January 15: Prosper Stake Junior/Senior Mission Activity Part 2, 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm at Prosper Teel Stake Center.

Sunday, January 19: Shawnee Trail YM/YW Combine Fireside Junior/Senior Mission Activity Part 3, 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm at Prosper Teel Stake Center.

Sunday, January 19: Prosper Stake Junior/Senior Mission Activity Part 3, 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm at Prosper Teel Stake Center.

ONGOING

Missionary Meal Calendar: Feel free to click here to sign up. Shawnee Trail Ward is responsible for feeding the missionaries on the 2nd and 4th weeks of the month. Please add your name with ST and a contact phone number. We share the missionaries with the Prosper Trail Ward, responsible for feeding them on the 1st and 3rd weeks. The Missionaries' phone number is 214-714-7895.

"Women In Scripture" Prosper Stake Adult Religion Class (Institute)  Wednesdays at 9:30 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. 

Come, Follow Me Adult Group: Monday, December 23, 7:00 pm. On the 2nd & 4th Mondays of the month at 7:00 pm for adults without children at home. Please contact LaSchelle at 310-993-6053 for more information.

McKinney Texas Temple: A website McKinneyTexasTemple.org was launched to keep church members and the community well-informed about the temple's progress as it becomes available. Please share this site with friends and neighbors who may have questions or concerns about the temple and the building process. 

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 email them to LaSchelle Low at  ldsllow@gmail.com or text to 310-993-6053 by Wednesday night. 

Sunday Schedule

December 22: Sacrament Meeting only

December 29: 5th Sunday & Primary

January 5: Sunday School & Primary [“The Promised Restoration Goes Forward” The Restoration of the Fullness of the Gospel of Jesus Christ] 

January 12: Priesthood, Relief Society, Young Women & Primary

January 19: Sunday School & Primary [“I Saw a Pillar of Light” Joseph Smith - History 1:1-26 and Voices of the Restoration] 

January 26: Priesthood, Relief Society, Young Women & Primary

Come Follow Me - Book of Mormon  & Doctrine and Covenants Study Schedule

December 16 - 22: “Come unto Christ, and Be Perfected in Him” Moroni 10 

December 23 - 29: “He Shall Come into the World to Redeem His People” Christmas 

December 30 - January 5: “The Promised Restoration Goes Forward” The Restoration of the Fullness of the Gospel of Jesus Christ 

January 6 - 12: “Hearken, O Ye People” Doctrine and Covenants 1  

January 13 - 19: “I Saw a Pillar of Light” Joseph Smith - History 1:1-26 and Voices of the Restoration

January 20 - 26: “The Hearts of the Children Shall Turn to Their Fathers” Doctrine and Covenants 2; Joseph Smith-History 1:27-65 

Behold, I would exhort you that when ye shall read these things, if it be wisdom in God that ye should read them, that ye would remember how merciful the Lord hath been unto the children of men, from the creation of Adam even down until the time that ye shall receive these things, and ponder it in your hearts. And when ye shall receive these things, I would exhort you that ye would ask God, the Eternal Father, in the name of Christ, if these things are not true; and if ye shall ask with a sincere heart, with real intent, having faith in Christ, he will manifest the truth of it unto you, by the power of the Holy Ghost. And by the power of the Holy Ghost ye may know the truth of all things. And whatsoever thing is good is just and true; wherefore, nothing that is good denieth the Christ, but acknowledgeth that he is. And ye may know that he is, by the power of the Holy Ghost; wherefore I would exhort you that ye deny not the power of God; for he worketh by power, according to the faith of the children of men, the same today and tomorrow, and forever. Moroni 10:3-7

Missionaries Serving from Prosper 5th Ward

Elder Trevor Allan
Japan Tokyo South Mission
trevor.allan@missionary.org 

Sister Audrie Hart
Nevada Las Vegas West Mission
adriana.hart@missionary.org

Elder Porter Kimberling
Brazil Fortaleza East Mission
porter.kimberling@missionary.org

Elder Mark Miller & Sister Charlotte Miller
Philippines Area
mark.miller@missionary.org
charlotte.miller@missionary.org 

Elder Charles Stice
Arizona Phoenix Mission
charles.stice@missionary.org

Sister Olivia Wren
France Paris Mission
olivia.wren@missionary.org

Need your temple recommend renewed? 

Email Brennan Stice at brennan.stice@gmail.com to set up an appointment with the bishopric.

To schedule an appointment with a member of the Stake Presidency for your temple recommend renewal: 

www.calendly.com/prosperstakefirstcounselor

www.calendly.com/prosperstakesecondcounselor

Young Single Adult Activities

Young Single Adult Frisco Stake Center 11000 Eldorado Pkwy Frisco - Sacrament Meeting Sundays @ 1:30 pm 2023 meetings will remain at 1:30 pm.  Family Home Evening Mondays @ 7:30 pm followed by Basketball/Volleyball at 9:00 pm - Institute Thursdays @ 7:30 pm  Information on upcoming events can be found on
Facebook: Frisco YSA Ward | Instagram: @friscoysa
Bishop: Craig Parker: 214-837-1573 | Executive Secretary - Zach Nelson: 469-215-4899