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STAKE INFORMATION SHEET Sunday, December 6Th, 2015 STAKE INFORMATION SHEET Sunday, December 6th, 2015 Today: FAST SUNDAY Bishopric Training with the Stake Presidency – 6:00 am - In the Relief Society Room at the Stake Center. This is for the 3-man Bishopric. Stake High Council – 6:00 am – In the Relief Society Room. Combined with Bishopric Training Meeting. No Temple Recommend interviews tonight 2015 First Presidency’s Christmas Devotional – 5:00 pm - lds.org; BYUtv, Mormon Channel, Stake Center. https://www.lds.org/church/events/2015-christmas-devotional?lang=eng&cid=email-CNU_120415_News Temple Assignments: a) YSA Baptisms (7M/5W) - Thursday, December 17th from 7:30pm - 9:00pm [Note the change in start time] b) SEA Temple Open Baptistry (4M) - Saturday, December 19th from 11:00am - 2:00pm c) SA Temple Open Baptistry (3M/1W) - Saturday, December 19th from 11:00am - 2:00pm Welfare Assignments: N/A DI Bins a) DI Bins - Saturday, December 26th through Saturday, January 2nd. Upcoming Events – THIS WEEK: N/A Upcoming Events – 2016 Ward Conferences: a) Jan 10, 2016, All Wards in the Stake Center. b) Jan 17, 2016, All Wards in the 17th Street Building c) Jan 24, 2016, All Wards in the Fountain Valley Building Please note that each Ward Conference will start with a Ward Council Combined Training Meeting at 7:00 AM in the same building. The meeting will be held in the Chapel and it is requested that all to be seated by 6:55 am. Weekly Meetings a) Missionary Prep (for youth 17 and up) – Wednesdays from 4:30pm – 6:00pm at the Costa Mesa Institute (333 Merrimac Way). A Practice Based Mini MTC Experience. For more information, call Brother Andre @ 949-292-8388. b) LDS Daily Dose Classes - Sundays at 4:15pm and Tuesdays & Wednesdays at 7:00pm at the 17th Street Building. Improve your English through vocabulary and pronunciation lessons. Call Don Snow 714-965-1651 for details. c) Addiction Recovery Program meetings: Thursdays at 7:00 pm, Stake Center (note that this program also includes those who suffer from eating disorders). Attendance at all ARP meetings is highly confidential. d) Pornography/Sexual Addiction Support Group for men only. Tuesdays at 7:00 pm at the Fountain Valley Employment Center on Mt. Herrmann. Attendance at all ARP meetings is highly confidential. We remind bishops to always call the Help Line when addressing issues of abuse. The telephone number is 801-240- 1911 (800-453-3860, extension 2-1911). Please notify the Stake President of instances of abuse. 2) Monthly Meetings a) Additional Tuesday 5:30am Temple Session: second Tuesday of each month. Please spread the “word” and see that the message has reached the end of the last row. It would be appreciated if you could spread the word among the ward Priesthood Quorums and ward Relief Society Groups. It would be helpful to have each ward include a reminder in its Sunday bulletins. b) Stake Dances for Youth – Below is the general information for Stake Dances for youth hosted by stakes in the area: 1st Sat - Irvine (23 Lake Rd., Irvine CA 92614). Church Dress Page 1 of 5 2nd Sat – Huntington Beach (17500 Bushard St., Huntington Beach, CA 92646). Casual Dress 2nd Sat – Santa Margarita (30522 Via Con Dios, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA 92688). Casual Dress 3rd Sat – San Clemente (310 Avenida Vista Montana, San Clemente, CA 92672). Casual Dress 4th Sat – Orange (674 S. Yorba St., Orange, CA 92869). Church Dress. 5th Sat – Laguna Niguel (22851 Aliso Creek Rd., Aliso Viejo, CA 92656). Casual Dress. REMINDERS JustServe - Remind the ward council and ward members to register on http://www.justserve.org/. If they have served at a project then share their success regarding the ease of the website and the service project on http://www.justserve.org/stories/. Pictures are great to include. Camp Kolob Video – http://vimeo.com/142654751 Please note that the Camp Kolob Video is now posted on Vimeo and Youth FaceBook Pages. Leaders, don’t forget to write down your spiritual experience(s) at Kolab and please encourage our youth to write down their spiritual experiences from Kolob as well. Follow HB Stake Youth on both Instagram and Twitter: @HBstakeyouth Newport Beach Temple Open Grounds: Tuesday-Sunday, 11 am to Sunset. Full-Time missionaries will provide ANNOUNCEMENTS information for self-guided visits. Please bring family and friends to learn more about our beautiful temple. It is also a great opportunity for Youth and Primary Activities. BISHOPS: Bishops Stewardship Interviews: a. SEA - Tuesday, December 15th at 7:00pm b. COR - Tuesday, December 15th at 7:45pm c. HAR - Tuesday, December 15th at 8:30pm d. YSA - Wednesday, December 16th at 7:00pm e. SA - Wednesday, December 16th at 7:45pm f. BCH - Wednesday, December 16th at 8:30pm g. MSP - Thursday, December 17th at 7:00pm h. PLE - Thursday, December 17th at 7:45pm i. PAC - Thursday, December 17th at 8:30pm Family Preparedness class resume in January 2016. Should you have any questions, please contact Belinda Terry. Enclosed is a list of 2015 Returned Missionaries; please review the list and consider the opportunity to have these newly Returned Missionaries speak in your ward. Also, enclosed is the list of Full Time missionaries from our Stake with the scheduled Release date. Please inform our Stake Executive Secretary, Brother Escobar, of when and where the Homing Coming and Fare well talks will be scheduled so that a member of the Stake Presidency can attend the meeting. Stake Temple Interview 4:00 pm to 5:00 pm. ACTION to Bishopric members: Immediately after your complete a Temple Interview, please inform members that Stake Temple Interview times are from 4:00 pm to 5:00 pm. Here is the summary: o No Stake Temple Interviews on Fast Sundays, or General Conference Sundays o Stake Temple interviews start at 4pm on a first come firsts serve basis, no appointment needed o First Time temple attendance must make an appointment with Stake President via Exec Secretary Teaching For Our Time – “What Lack I Yet” a talk given by Larry Lawrence of the Seventy. Please add this talk to your ward curriculum. https://www.lds.org/general-conference/2015/10/what-lack-i-yet?lang=eng Training for bishopric members and ward clerks is available at https://www.lds.org/callings/melchizedek- priesthood/records-and-technology-support?lang=eng. Training for other specific Church callings is also available at lds.org + "Resources." This is a valuable resource and should be made known to all members serving in your ward. Tithing Settlement – Interview may have started as early as October 15th, 2015 o Please have all members review their membership information and ensure it is accurate. o Please pay special attention to their personal email addresses, personal phones (you can list personal and home phones. The system assumes a personal phone is a mobile phone), and if possible a picture of them for the records. o These items will help us when we have an emergency as well as when we want to communicate directly with the members via email or text. o Please review the following sections of Handbook 1 . Sec 13.6, 13.8, and 13.9 Page 2 of 5 Other Activities: N/A 2015 RETURNED MISSIONARIES from Huntington Beach Stake Name Released Date Mission Served Engelman, Joseph Richard 2/3/2015 Pennsylvania Philadelphia Mission Rich, Jeremy Robert 2/17/2015 Arizona Gilbert Mission Meyers, Nathanael James 2/21/2015 Illinois Chicago West Mission Pratt, Alex Wilcken 3/6/2015 Colombia Bogota North Mission Richardson, Mary Ann 3/10/2015 Chile Antofagasta Mission Olive, James Visa 3/24/2015 Nevada Las Vegas West Mission Damitz, Brian Matthew 3/25/2015 Argentina Buenos Aires North Mission Harward, Tember Skye 4/20/2015 Utah Salt Lake City Mission Wilbert, Shelly 4/25/2015 Montana Billings Mission Kitchens, Kedric Stephan 4/29/2015 Provo Missionary Training Center Molen, Mari Elisabeth 5/22/2015 Japan Tokyo South Mission Barlow, Nathan Cress 6/2/2015 Brazil Ribeirão Preto Mission Metzger, Samantha Aileen 6/4/2015 Colorado Fort Collins Mission Pierce, Jared Hunter 6/11/2015 Texas Fort Worth Mission Miller, Ryan James 6/25/2015 Utah Salt Lake City East Mission Wishart, David Stanley and Linda Ngaperoperohau 7/1/2015 Utah Salt Lake City West Mission Wakeham, Steven Tanner 8/3/2015 Colorado Denver North Mission Trounce, John Tanner 8/3/2015 South Africa Durban Mission Mason, Tyler James 9/9/2015 Argentina Buenos Aires North Mission Phillips, Britton G 9/15/2015 El Salvador Santa Ana Mission Hafen, Logan Tayler 9/26/2015 Fiji Suva Mission Caudill, Zachariah Benjamin 10/5/2015 Tonga Nuku'alofa Mission Andrew, Williams James 10/13/2015 France Lyon Mission Kiser, Jared Taylor 10/21/2015 Canada Toronto Mission Baugh, Jason Edward 10/28/2015 Illinois Chicago West Mission MacCarthy, Connor Wilson 11/17/2015 Korea Busan Mission Wisrock, Veronica Ellen 11/17/2015 Chile Antofagasta Mission Braithwaite, Dale Evan and Nancy Kathleen 12/13/2015 Massachusetts Boston Mission Page 3 of 5 Full Time Missionaries from our Huntington Beach Stake Release Last Name, Name Date Mission WARD Tanner, Kiera Colette 12/10/2015 New York New York North Mission Pacific Shores Bell, Katherine 12/10/2015 France Paris Mission Pacific Shores Johnson, Avalon Rae 12/15/2015 Ecuador Guayaquil North Mission Pleasant View Ritter, Nathan Richard 1/1/2016 Philippines Cavite Mission Pacific Shores Johnson, Jared Ernest 1/29/2016 West Virginia Charleston Mission Pleasant View Boyack, Michael Andrew 1/30/2016 Fiji Suva Mission Harper Park Mason, Calvin Steele 5/12/2016 Florida Fort Lauderdale Mission Seapoint Terry, Jordan Andrew 5/16/2016 Peru Trujillo
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