Elders and family,
I hope you are doing very well and preparing for the holiday season. We have a few updates please read below for them.
-EQ Sub-for-Santa- We have all of the information to help out a family. I would appreciate it if you’d let me know if you would like to participate with the EQ Sub-for-Santa. We have a family certainly in need and would like to help them out. There are several items that are still need. Most of which are low costing presents. Please let me know if you’d be willing to participate.
-EQ Temple Nights- We will be skipping in December, yet have dates all the way through May. Please place them on your calendar. Thanks!
-Lauritzen’s Granddaughter- Princess Gwen, as Grandma calls her, is now at home and has a heart monitor that is helping tremendously. The Lauritzen’s are thankful for this progress.
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:
Upcoming Events
-Neighborhood Christmas Party, December 19th at 6pm
-EQ Temple Nights We will continue to have them once monthly. Please note these dates. We will do as many ordiances as we can with the idea in mind to do family names and disperse the quorum doing ordnances throughout the temple—including baptisms, initiatory, endowments, and sealings. Please plan to attend with you and your children that can go. If you can let me know in advance if you and your family are going I will have reservations made for all of you and even have plenty of family file names that you can do while there. Please arrive by 6:30 PM at the Draper Temple as the sessions would start at 7:00 PM. Here are the dates:
-January 21st 7:00 PM,
-February 18th 7:00 PM
-March 18th 7:00 PM
-April 29th 7:00 PM
-May 19th Ward Temple Night, 8:20 PM Endowment Session, must arrive by 7:45 PM. (Tentative)
-May 20th 7:00 PM
Sundays Lesson(s):
-Elders Quorum & Relief Society: Chapter 46: The Martyrdom: The Prophet Seals His Testimony with His Blood
-Sunday School: Lesson 43: Be Good Citizens
-Young Women: Lesson 45: The Value of Work
-Gospel Essentials: coming soon…
-Nursery: Lesson 13: I can Pray to my Heavenly Father
-Junior Primary: Lesson 44: Do Unto Others
-Senior Primary: Lesson 45: I Can Be A Good Example for My Family
-Sunday School (12 – 14): link coming soon…
-Young Men: link coming soon…
Home Teaching and Visiting Teaching Message:
Home Teaching Home For Christmas by President Eyring
Visiting Teaching Nurture through Compassionate Service
Service Projects
-Sub-for-Santa- The EQ will be doing a Sub-for-Santa this year. I will be sending out information on voluntary donations this next week.
Missionary Addresses (I’m sure these guys would LOVE a letter or a card as the holidays are approaching!)
Elder Chance Burrows
elderchanceburrows@myldsmail.net
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
-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
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
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