Reminders: Saturday and Sunday

Elders and family,

 

Here are three reminders for Saturday and Sunday—

 

Saturday

 

-          Mia Johnson and Ariel Elegante are being baptized at 10 AM at the Stake Center

-          Trunk or Treat starts at 5:30 PM (not 5:00 PM). There will be chili and some fix’in’s to eat. Make sure if you’d like to contribute you bring some Chili or get into contact with Julie Newman 801-256-9153

 

Sunday

 

-          Stake Priesthood Meeting is Sunday at 7:30 AM at the Stake Center. This is for ALL Priesthood holders. See ya bright and early!

 

Best regards,

 

Doug Minnick

1446 Capella Way

Sandy, UT 84093

T. 801-562-8525

C. 801-835-9770

doug@minnickfamily.com

 

EQ Bulletin October 20, 2009

Elders and family,

 

I trust you all enjoyed our excellent Regional Stake Conference that we had. Elder Costa (not Hales) requested that we review this talk in a family night from President Ezra Taft Benson. Make sure you do it—you’ll obviously be blessed ;) ‘Fourteen Fundamentals in Following the Prophet’

        

Thursday night we have EQ Temple Night at the Draper Temple. We’ll be arriving around 6:30 to go to do an Endowment Session or to do Sealings. Please let me know if you can attend.

 

Ward Calendar Events- if you have a ward event that you’d like to get on the ward calendar please send it to me. Holly Horton and I will be coordinating our ward calendar. You will be able to view them on the Sandy Hills Ward Website on lds.org

 

Check below for more announcements and lessons to catch up on before Sunday comes.

   

Here is this week’s bulletin:

 

Sandy Hills Elders Quorum Goals Reminder:

1.      Pray: 3 times daily individually and with your family

2.      READ: Read The Book of Mormon daily

3.      MEDITATE: Meditate on those things that you read in The Book of Mormon and prayed about. Put something from your reading into practice daily.

4.      ATTEND: Attend your Sacrament Meeting, Sunday School, Elders Quorum, and other Ward activities

5.      MINISTER: Minister in your calling as a husband, father, home teacher, or other callings you might have

 

You’ll be blessed! I can promise that—for sure!

 

Updates/ Spotlights:   

 

-Holly Horton and her dog, Rockz, are on the road to winning the National Championships! Go HOLLY! Click here to see her winnings!

 

Upcoming Events

 

 -EQ Temple Night October 22^nd – We’ll be making assignments to do certain ordinances (Sealings, Initiatory, Endowments, Baptisms) rotating through the quorum membership. The goal will also to be to work in doing Family History work of our own and taking those names as we progress with this. This will be a fun time every month for us to get out to the temple together—and a good excuse to go, right. Currently I have a Sealing sessions reserved through November. Future dates will be—November 17^th.

-         October 22^nd and November 17^th for 6 (walk in status—endowed members must have family names)

-Pinewood Derby-at the Stake Center or Chapel (anyone know?)

-Scouting Conference, October 27^th

-Temple Cleaning Assignment, November 3^rd at 10 PM- Midnight. 12 people needed to clean the Draper Temple. Please let me know if you’d like to volunteer. (We’ll need 25 people from our ward alone. We’ve got an assignment for 12.)

-RS Christmas Party, December 3^rd

-Ward Christmas Party, December 19^th

 

  

Sundays Lesson(s):

 

-Elders Quorum & Relief Society: Temple Worship: The Source of Strength and Power in a Time of Need by Elder Scott

-Sunday School: Lesson 37: He was a Prophet of God

-Young Women: Lesson 29: Drug Abuse

-Gospel Essentials: coming soon…      

-Nursery: Lesson 7: The Holy Ghost Help Me

-Junior Primary: Lesson 38: I Can Be Pure and Righteous  

-Senior Primary: Lesson 29: Joseph and Hyrum Are Martyred  

-Sunday School (12 – 14): link coming soon…

-Young Men: link coming soon…

 

Home Teaching and Visiting Teaching Message:

 

Home Teaching             Finding Strength in Obedience by President Monson

Visiting Teaching           Nurture the Rising Generation

 

Service Projects

 

Missionary Addresses (I’m sure these guys would LOVE a letter or a card as the holidays are approaching!)

 

Elder Chance Burrows

(Coming soon…)

 

Elder Zachary Hendrickson

7404 Armstrong Place

San Diego, CA 92111

 

Elder Spencer Hatch

5310 Alder Close

Olds, AB T4H 1L4

Canada

 

Fun and Free Around the City

 

-Which Witch Scavenger Hunt at Gardner Village (go to their website and print out the page or go to Naborhood Bakery while there)

runs through 10/31 (and get a free sample of fudge at Sweet Afton's anytime) They have all kinds of Halloween stuff going on.

 

-Engh Gardens on 7th East and about 8200 S has a free little hay maze with pumpkins and blow-up decorations and stuff with a pirate ship. Good for kids under 4 feet tall.

 

Here are some that cost but are recommended:

 

-Halloween on the Farm at Wheeler Farm $4 to pick your own pumpkin, $3 for a corn and hay maze, $1.50 for a tractor ride (as usual) or $7 for all activities. From 10-8 M-Th and 10-9 F-Sat. I called them because their website was lacking....

 

-This is the Place has Haunted Village for $15 (not recommended for under 12) all month, and Little Haunts on 10/24 and 10/31 for $6 ages 3-11 and $8 for 12 and up. Bring youngsters in costume for trick-or-treating, plus games, wagon rides, all that stuff. Looks fun. www.thisistheplace.org

 

-Hogle Zoo has a few things going on this month with admission. I know of some people in our ward who have access to a group pass from work and can get a big group in (they took 17 at once without a problem...) But we need to organize it and keep it a little smaller. Let me know if anyone is interested.

 

-Christmas Season Concerts—You’ll want to register now for some of the good concerts the church hosts at http://www.lds.org/events/0,8191,713,00.html

 

 

Ward Members Blogs (Let me know if you’d like to add yours and I’ll drop it in!)

-Just to let you know this email only goes to the Elders, their spouses, and the ward leadership…

 

Minnick Family http://minnickfamily.blogspot.com/

Minnick Family Recipes http://teaspoonsandtablespoons.blogspot.com/

 

Our EQ blog address is: http://sandyhillseq.blogspot.com/

Our LDS Ward Website is: https://secure.lds.org/units/home/0,9781,600-1-7-2283,00.html

Our Facebook Group Page is: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=16903462474&ref=ts

 

 

 

Fourteen Fundamentals in Following the Prophet

Elder Hales, yesterday in our Stake Conference, requested that we all review in our Family Home Evenings this week this talk by President Ezra Taft Benson it is ‘Fourteen Fundamentals in Following the Prophet’. I found it this morning and wanted to pass it along. Enjoy!

 

http://lds.org/ldsorg/v/index.jsp?hideNav=1&locale=0&sourceId=cc52b4f40c9db010VgnVCM1000004d82620a____&vgnextoid=f318118dd536c010VgnVCM1000004d82620aRCRD

 

Best regards,

 

Doug Minnick

1446 Capella Way

Sandy, UT 84093

T. 801-562-8525

C. 801-835-9770

doug@minnickfamily.com

 

EQ Bulletin October 13, 2009

Elders and family,

 

Reminder: Stake Conference is on Sunday at 10 AM at the Stake Center. Come one, come all! Please make sure to invite your neighbors.

        

We’ve got some fun-ness coming round the corner with EQ Temple Night, RS Family History Workshop, the Trunk or Treat and Spook Alley, announcing a soon to be National Dog Champion Holly and her dog Roxy, the last week of volleyball, and some additions on Fun and Free Round the City. Please enjoy below! I’ve added two sections as well—Ward Members Blogs and Missionary Addresses. Hopefully they’ll be good additions to the bulletin.

 

Also Brother Karl Williams’s brother, Kent Williams, passed away last week. The funeral is tomorrow at the ward house starting at Noon. The Elders have the assignment for the set up and take down of the chairs. We’ll be setting up at 7 AM. Take down we’ll discuss…Likely after 5 PM…. Here is a link to the obituary:

 

http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/deseretnews/obituary.aspx?n=kent-williams&pid=134320965

   

Here is this week’s bulletin:

 

Sandy Hills Elders Quorum Goals Reminder:

1.      Pray: 3 times daily individually and with your family

2.      READ: Read The Book of Mormon daily

3.      MEDITATE: Meditate on those things that you read in The Book of Mormon and prayed about. Put something from your reading into practice daily.

4.      ATTEND: Attend your Sacrament Meeting, Sunday School, Elders Quorum, and other Ward activities

5.      MINISTER: Minister in your calling as a husband, father, home teacher, or other callings you might have

 

You’ll be blessed!

 

Updates/ Spotlights:   

 

-Holly Horton and her dog, Roxy, are on the road to winning the National Championships! Go HOLLY! More information on this to come!

 

Upcoming Events

- RS Enrichment Night—Family History Fair on October 15^th

 -EQ Temple Night October 22^nd – We’ll be making assignments to do certain ordinances (Sealings, Initiatory, Endowments, Baptisms) rotating through the quorum membership. The goal will also to be to work in doing Family History work of our own and taking those names as we progress with this. This will be a fun time every month for us to get out to the temple together—and a good excuse to go, right. Currently I have a Sealing sessions reserved through November. Future dates will be—November 17^th.

-         October 22^nd and November 17^th for 6 (walk in status—endowed members must have family names)

-Auxiliary Training, October 20 at the Stake Center for all YW Leaders, Primary, and RS

-Scouting Conference, October 27^th

-Temple Cleaning Assignment, November 3^rd at 10 PM- Midnight. 12 people needed to clean the Draper Temple. Please let me know if you’d like to volunteer. (We’ll need 25 people from our ward alone. We’ve got an assignment for 12.)

-RS Christmas Party, December 3^rd

-Ward Christmas Party, December 19^th

 

  

Sundays Lesson(s):

 

Stake Conference at 10 AM at the Stake Center  

 

 

Home Teaching and Visiting Teaching Message:

 

September:       Home Teaching             Finding Strength in Obedience by President Monson

                        Visiting Teaching           Nurture the Rising Generation

 

Service Projects

 

Missionary Addresses

 

Fun and Free Around the City

(Shannon Melchior recommended these… Thanks Shannon!)

 

-Which Witch Scavenger Hunt at Gardner Village (go to their website and print out the page or go to Naborhood Bakery while there)

runs through 10/31 (and get a free sample of fudge at Sweet Afton's anytime) They have all kinds of Halloween stuff going on.

 

-Engh Gardens on 7th East and about 8200 S has a free little hay maze with pumpkins and blow-up decorations and stuff with a pirate ship. Good for kids under 4 feet tall.

 

Here are some that cost but are recommended:

 

-Halloween on the Farm at Wheeler Farm $4 to pick your own pumpkin, $3 for a corn and hay maze, $1.50 for a tractor ride (as usual) or $7 for all activities. From 10-8 M-Th and 10-9 F-Sat. I called them because their website was lacking....

 

-This is the Place has Haunted Village for $15 (not recommended for under 12) all month, and Little Haunts on 10/24 and 10/31 for $6 ages 3-11 and $8 for 12 and up. Bring youngsters in costume for trick-or-treating, plus games, wagon rides, all that stuff. Looks fun. www.thisistheplace.org

 

-Hogle Zoo has a few things going on this month with admission. I know of some people in our ward who have access to a group pass from work and can get a big group in (they took 17 at once without a problem...) But we need to organize it and keep it a little smaller. Let me know if anyone is interested.

 

 

Ward Members Blogs (Let me know if you’d like to add yours and I’ll drop it in!)

-Just to let you know this email only goes to the Elders, their spouses, and the ward leadership…

 

Minnick Family http://minnickfamily.blogspot.com/

Minnick Family Recipes http://teaspoonsandtablespoons.blogspot.com/

 

Men’s Sports Schedule

 OCT 13                  OCT 20

           COED                           COED

7:15   CV v FP                        FP v SH

8:00   PP v AH                        CV v AH

          SC v SH                         PP v SC

 

            MEN                           MEN

8:45   CV v SH                        PP v FP

          AH v FP                        AH v SH

 

 

Women’s Sports Schedule

 

					OCTOBER 13th
YW	5:45 p.m.	FP	vs	PP/SC			YW	5:45 p.m.	AH	vs	SH
WOMEN	6:30 p.m.	SC	vs	SH			WOMEN	6:30 p.m.	CV	vs	FP
WOMEN	7:15 p.m.	AH/SC	vs	PP			CO-ED	7:15 p.m.
					OCTOBER 20th
YW	5:45 p.m.	PP/SC	vs	AH			YW	5:45 p.m.	SH	vs	FP
WOMEN	6:30 p.m.	PP	vs	SH			WOMEN	6:30 p.m.	AH	vs	FP
WOMEN	7:15 p.m.	CV	vs	SC			CO-ED	7:15 p.m.

Our EQ blog address is: http://sandyhillseq.blogspot.com/

Our LDS Ward Website is: https://secure.lds.org/units/home/0,9781,600-1-7-2283,00.html

Our Facebook Group Page is: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=16903462474&ref=ts

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EQ Bulletin October 5, 2009

Elders and family,

        

Thanks to all of those that were able to come to EQ Temple Night. What a fun time. We had people for sealings and baptisms. Please save Thursday, October 22^nd for our next Temple Night! We’d love to have you come. We are getting a fair amount of family names and we need help!

 

Also our good friend Sister Mindy Hatch came home from her mission last night! Make sure to say hello to Mindy!

  

Here is this week’s bulletin:

 

Sandy Hills Elders Quorum Goals Reminder:

1.      Pray: 3 times daily individually and with your family

2.      READ: Read The Book of Mormon daily

3.      MEDITATE: Meditate on those things that you read in The Book of Mormon and prayed about. Put something from your reading into practice daily.

4.      ATTEND: Attend your Sacrament Meeting, Sunday School, Elders Quorum, and other Ward activities

5.      MINISTER: Minister in your calling as a husband, father, home teacher, or other callings you might have

 

You’ll be blessed!

 

Updates/ Spotlights:   

 

-Sister Mindy Hatch came home from her mission last night! Make sure to say hello to Mindy!

 

Upcoming Events

-Provident Living: Gardening Workshop- Come Thursday October 8th at 6 PM to a workshop on gardening and pruning. It will be fairly simple, but hopefully will help you conjure up some thoughts on what you can do now (quickly) to prepare your gardens for spring or start planning your gardens.

 

 -EQ Temple Night October 22^nd – We’ll be making assignments to do certain ordinances (Sealings, Initiatory, Endowments, Baptisms) rotating through the quorum membership. The goal will also to be to work in doing Family History work of our own and taking those names as we progress with this. This will be a fun time every month for us to get out to the temple together—and a good excuse to go, right. Currently I have a Sealing sessions reserved through November. Future dates will be—November 17^th.

- October 22^nd and November 17^th for 6 (walk in status—endowed members must have family names)

 

- RS Enrichment Night—Family History Fair on October 15^th

  

Sundays Lesson(s):

 

-Elders Quorum & Relief Society: Family: The Sweetest Union for Time and Eternity in EQ Doug Oviatt will be teaching us! Welcome Doug!

-Sunday School: Lesson 36: The Desert Shall Rejoice and Blossom Like a Rose

-Young Women: Lesson 28: Nutrition and the Word of Wisdom

-Gospel Essentials: coming soon…      

-Nursery: Lesson 6: The Holy Ghost Helps Me

-Junior Primary: Lesson 37: I’ll Serve Jesus Christ by Serving Others  

-Senior Primary: Lesson 28: Joseph Smith Writes the Articles of Faith

-Sunday School (12 – 14): link coming soon…

-Young Men: link coming soon…

 

 

 

Home Teaching and Visiting Teaching Message:

 

September:       Home Teaching             Finding Strength in Obedience by President Monson

                        Visiting Teaching           Nurture the Rising Generation

 

Service Projects

 

Fun and Free Around the City

More to come…

 

Men’s Sports Schedule

 OCT 13                  OCT 20

           COED                           COED

7:15   CV v FP                        FP v SH

8:00   PP v AH                        CV v AH

          SC v SH                         PP v SC

 

            MEN                           MEN

8:45   CV v SH                        PP v FP

          AH v FP                        AH v SH

 

 

Women’s Sports Schedule

 

					OCTOBER 13th
YW	5:45 p.m.	FP	vs	PP/SC			YW	5:45 p.m.	AH	vs	SH
WOMEN	6:30 p.m.	SC	vs	SH			WOMEN	6:30 p.m.	CV	vs	FP
WOMEN	7:15 p.m.	AH/SC	vs	PP			CO-ED	7:15 p.m.
					OCTOBER 20th
YW	5:45 p.m.	PP/SC	vs	AH			YW	5:45 p.m.	SH	vs	FP
WOMEN	6:30 p.m.	PP	vs	SH			WOMEN	6:30 p.m.	AH	vs	FP
WOMEN	7:15 p.m.	CV	vs	SC			CO-ED	7:15 p.m.

 

 

 

Our EQ blog address is: http://sandyhillseq.blogspot.com/

Our LDS Ward Website is: https://secure.lds.org/units/home/0,9781,600-1-7-2283,00.html

Our Facebook Group Page is: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=16903462474&ref=ts