Announcements

• Ward temple night the fourth Friday of every month at 7:00 p.m. endowment session

• Use the following link/URL for the ward website which contains sacrament meeting program, events/calendar, these newsletters and organization information: https://sites.google.com/view/westpoint20thward/home

Assignments

• An upcoming welfare assignment at the Harrisville Cannery:

  • Wed, 22 March 2023 - 1 person

Business

Ministering assignments will be changed over the next several weeks to accommodate new members moving in and others moving out as well as new members of the Teacher’s quorum. Stay tuned for ministering assignment changes.

Quorum Meeting

Opening prayer was given by Bro. Mel Hansen.

We also welcomed visitors and expressed appreciation for those who served - especially with helping ministering families and neighbors with snow removal. More snow is expected this week so please ensure your families’ needs are met.

We also invited members to share experiences to “love, share, or invite” others during the past couple of weeks. Several quorum members described some experiences and blessings while “loving, sharing, and inviting.” This topic led nicely into our quorum discussion led by Bro. Rob Green.

Bro. Green started our discussion by reviewing the story told in Elder Gary E Stevensen’s conference talk from October 2022. The story told of a young man from Utah who went to a national event and had to wear a name tag that identified him as being from Utah. Almost immediately, he was asked if he was a “Mormon” and he responded he was. They asked further questions to the point of “do you really believe that?” Once he responded affirmatively, some chose to make fun, but one young man asked more questions and was really wanting to know. 

The quorum discussed this experience and how it compared to our own experiences. Several members discussed their opportunities and the outcomes. We then talked about what it means to have a testimony and what are the basic principles that a testimony needs to contain. We also discussed how our actions alone can portray our testimonies without using words. A good discussion about nurturing and bearing our testimonies.

Closing prayer by Bro. Mark May

Announcements

• Grateful for all those who made the sacrifices to fulfill assignments: the temple cleaning; the welfare cannery; snow shoveling; and cleaning the church building

• Grateful for Brothers Colton Harris and Brent Moser for our fun quorum activity We played games and had treats. Thanks to everybody who joined us!

• Ward temple night this week, Fri, 27 Jan 2023 7:00 p.m. endowment session - please make an appointment  by logging onto ChurchofJesusChrist.org and going to my temple appointments.

• Use the following link/URL for the ward website which contains sacrament meeting program, events/calendar and organization information: https://sites.google.com/view/westpoint20thward/home

Assignments

• Remove snow from the building walks throughout the month of January

• An upcoming welfare assignments at the Harrisville Cannery:

  • Thu, 2 Feb 7:00 - 11:00 a.m. - 2 persons

Business

Ministering assignments will be changed over the next several weeks to accommodate new members moving in and others moving out as well as new members of the Teacher’s quorum. Stay tuned for ministering assignment changes.

Quorum Meeting

Today’s quorum meeting began with discussing ministering and the recent leadership meeting with Elder Neil L. Anderson, Bp. Causse, Elder Pearson, Elder Murray and Sis. Dennis of the General RS Presidency. We talked about what’s easy and what’s hard with ministering. We then looked to the scriptures in John chapter 1 about two friends, Philip and Nathaniel, and how one wanted his friend to know about the Savior. When Nathaniel expressed doubt, his friend simply said: come and see.

Opening prayer was given by Bro. Jerry Chatterton.

We also welcomed visitors and expressed appreciation for those who served - especially with the activity on Thursday and snow removal. More snow is expected and we have the responsibility through January to remove snow during the week and weekends.

We also invited members to share experiences to “love, share, or invite” others during the past couple of weeks. Several quorum members described some experiences and blessings while “loving, sharing, and inviting.”

Bro. Jasper led our discussion on Elder Steven J. Lund’s talk entitled “Lasting Discipleship.” Elder Lund is the Young Men’s general president and his talk was a lot about the youth and how they stay strong. Bro. Jasper had us take those principles and apply them to us and how we can spiritually strengthen ourselves and our families and friends. We reviewed a few parts of the talk and then collected in small groups to discuss what things help us keep increasing in spiritual strength. We concluded there is no “arc of growth” without the simple and regular prayer and study, but other activities can accelerate our strength once our minds and hearts are focused on Him. We also hinted that if we can identify the things that help us be strong and continue growing, we can also identify those things that take away our growth. Plus, our growth can and will influence others close to us and even those farther away. We talked about how our quorum can influence and strengthen people outside of our immediate organization. Striving to keep growing is a life-long endeavor with realized joy and happiness in this life as well as increased hope in the next.

Closing prayer by Bro. Kevin McEvoy

Announcements

• Grateful for all those who made the sacrifices to fulfill assignments: the temple cleaning; the welfare cannery; snow shoveling; and cleaning the church building

• Quorum activity on Thu, 19 Jan 2023, 6:00 p.m. at 800 North church. Play games and have treats. Please invite your quorum brothers to join us! The building has already been reserved, so plan on it!

• Ward temple night Fri, 27 Jan 2023 7:00 p.m. endowment session

• Use the following link/URL for the ward website which contains sacrament meeting program, events/calendar and organization information: https://sites.google.com/view/westpoint20thward/home

Assignments

• Remove snow from the building walks throughout the month of January

• Two upcoming welfare assignments at the Harrisville Cannery:

  • Wed, 18 Jan 2:00 - 6:00 p.m. - 1 person

  • Thu, 2 Feb 7:00 - 11:00 a.m. - 2 persons

Business

Ministering assignments will be changed over the next several weeks to accommodate new members moving in and others moving out as well as new members of the Teacher’s quorum. Stay tuned for ministering assignment changes.

Quorum Meeting

Today’s quorum meeting began by Bro. Hirschi encouraging quorum members to attend the temple for our upcoming temple night - and to do an initiatory session before the endowment session to remind ourselves of the blessings we have been given and those we’re helping to bring to our kindred dead.

Opening prayer was given by Bro. Tom Summers.

We also welcomed visitors and expressed appreciation for those who served - especially last week with snow removal. More snow is expected and we have the responsibility through January to remove snow during the week and weekends.

We also invited members to share experiences to “love, share, or invite” others during the past couple of weeks. Several quorum members described some experiences and blessings while “loving, sharing, and inviting.”

Bro. Moss led our discussion on Elder Ronald A. Rasband’s talk entitled “This Day.” We quickly reviewed the major premise of the talk (flood the world with the Book of Mormon), but focused a majority of our time on discussing the best ways to do that. We first discussed the questions people might have and how those questions can be answered in the Book of Mormon. We also identified that people will likely have questions after experiencing trials or other difficulties, so we also tried to identify how to build relationships through love where sharing the Book of Mormon will be natural and an extension of who we are.

Closing prayer by Bro. Jeff Jasper