Saturday, May 31, 2025

Taylorsville 23rd Ward Weekly Update, June 1, 2025

 Announcements

Starting June 1st, our ward will be using the Gospel Living app as our primary communication tool

  • Stake Bowling Activity At Delton Bowling Lanes    Reserve your spot now by clicking here!    June 7th | 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM —12th Ward, 2nd Branch, 23rd Ward, 16th Ward     
  • Relief Society Activity - Wednesday, June 11 @ 7:00 pm, Chair yoga & meditation in the RS Room 
  • Ward Sealing Session - Thursday, June 12 @ 6:30 pm, Taylorsville Temple, Appointment Needed 
  • Stake Primary Activity - Saturday, June 14 @ 11:00am-12:30pm, Stake Center Pavilion (more details below)
  • July 26th and 27th from 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm, Neighborhood Swim Night activity at the Taylorsville Pool on   See Taylorsville Utah South Stake - Sports for more details.         
  • Stake Temple Recommend Interviews are now available from 3:30-4:30 at the stake center every Sunday except Fast Sundays.

Sacrament Meeting Program:  

Conducting: Bishop Wright 
Chorister: Janice Huddleston  
Organist: Holly Wamsley 

Opening Hymn: # 145 Prayer is the Soul's Sincere Desire 
Opening Prayer: TBA

Sacrament Hymn: # 180 Father in Heaven, We Do Believe 

Bearing of Testimonies

Closing Hymn # 81 Press Forward Saints 
Closing Prayer: TBA


Second Hour Meeting Schedule

June 1st  1st Sunday: Sunday School

June 8th  2nd Sunday:Elders Quorum, Relief Society, Young Men & Young Women


Come Follow Me



Ward Vision for 2025

                                      To See the full Flyer click here

Ward Activities: 


Taylorsville Utah South Stake:    

We are excited to invite you to a Stake Bowling Activity at Delton Bowling Lanes! (3544 W 3500 S, West Valley City, UT 84119)

Bring your family, your neighbors, or your friends—come as couples, families, groups, or individuals. All are welcome!

Bowling fees and shoe rentals are covered—no cost to you! Food will be available for purchase at the venue.

Please sign up on the Sign up Genius link to reserve a spot for your group (one sign-up per family or group). While we’ll have a few lanes set aside for walk-ins, signing up ensures we’re ready for you.

To help spread things out, we encourage you to attend on the date assigned to your ward/branch:

  • June 7th | 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM —12th Ward, 2nd Branch, 23rd Ward, 16th Ward
  • June 14th | 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM — 26th Ward, 11th Ward, 17th Ward

Come roll a few frames, connect with others, and enjoy a great time together. We can’t wait to see you there!

Also mark your calendars for the Neighborhood Swim Night activity at the Taylorsville Pool on July 26th and 27th from 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm.  See Taylorsville Utah South Stake - Sports for more details.


Local Service Opportunities: Just Serve link


Elders' Quorum 

May 25 - "Draw Near Unto Me" by President Eyring 

Taylorsville 23rd Facebook page   

Relief Society

click here for upcoming activities,

 ongoing service projects, 

and monthly newsletter

Youth & Young Adults 

https://www.familysearch.org/en/rootstech/session/2025-global-youth-activity-at-rootstech

See the new youth theme music video here

 

Primary







click here to go to our 23rd Ward Primary Facebook page

Ward Mission Message:

This conference talk given by Deiter F. Uchdorf reminds us that we should invite our friends and neighbors to join us at church:

It's important to remember that when most people experience the Church of Jesus Christ for the first time, they aren’t thinking about priesthood authority or ordinances or the gathering of Israel. What they’re likely to notice, above all else, is how they feel when they’re with us and how we treat each other.

“Love one another,” Jesus said. “By this all will know that you are My disciples.” Very often, a person’s first testimony of Jesus Christ comes when he or she feels love among disciples of Jesus Christ.                                 -Brother Ken Stevens

Temple & Family History 

           "The Temple lies at the  center of
       strengthening our faith"..President Nelson

“The Lord has declared that despite today’s unprecedented challenges, those who build their foundations upon Jesus Christ, and have learned how to draw upon His power, need not succumb to the unique anxieties of this era.”

click here for the Taylorsville 23rd Ward 2024 Temple and Family History Plan


Building Cleaning Assignments 

Here are the upcoming assignments for cleaning our building.  Please trade with another ward member if you have a conflict on your assigned date.  Contact Brother Elzinga if you have any questions.  Plan on 9:00 a.m. on Saturday unless told otherwise by your Team Leader.

Date               Team Captain         Team Members 

5/31/2025John HughesAllan Hess, Janice Huddleston, Josh Hunick, Melodie Motock, Jonas Manual
6/7/2025Anthony CruzRandy Foote, Jonathon Gardner, Harvey Wamsley, Gordon Black, Maria Marin
6/14/2025Brent PetersonJoan Thalman, Carel Jensen, John Lesko, Tanner Haderlie, Eric McGill
6/21/2025Shawn HuffmanMaxine Turner, Riley Thorpe, Tyler Wright


=See spread sheet for future assignments by using  Building Cleaning page


*Did you Know??* You can now receive a free monthly subscription to all Church magazines delivered right to your mailbox!  Sign up through the Church's online store.   

Thought:

Thursday, May 22, 2025

Taylorsville 23rd Ward blog update for May 25th

 Announcements

Starting June 1st, our ward will be using the Gospel Living app as our primary communication tool

  • Stake Bowling Acitivity At Delotn Bowling Lanes    Reserve your spot now           June 7th | 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM —12th Ward, 2nd Branch, 23rd Ward, 16th Ward     
  • July 26th and 27th from 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm.    Neighborhood Swim Night activity at the Taylorsville Pool on   See Taylorsville Utah South Stake - Sports for more details.         
  • Stake Temple Recommend Interviews are now available from 3:30-4:30 at the stake center every Sunday except Fast Sundays.
  • Thanks to those who signed up to be sacrament greeters! There’s a picture of the sign up sheet below if you need a reminder :) 

Sacrament Meeting Program:  Charity & Service

Conducting: Brother Jester 
Chorister: Rebekah DeWeese 
Organist: Jamie Haderlie 

Opening Hymn: # 29 A Poor Wayfaring Man of Grief
Opening Prayer: TBA

Sacrament Hymn: # 178 O Lord of Hosts
 Speaker:
Intermediate Hymn # 219 Because I Have Been Given Much
Speaker:

Closing Hymn # Home Can Be a Heaven on Earth
Closing Prayer: TBA

Second Hour Meeting Schedule

May 25th -4th Sunday: Elders Quorum, Relief Society 

June 1st  1st Sunday: Sunday School

June 8th  2nd Sunday:Elders Quorum, Relief Society, Young Men & Young Women


Come Follow Me



Ward Vision for 2025

                                      To See the full Flyer click here

Ward Activities: 


Taylorsville Utah South Stake:    
Taylorsville Temple Grounds assignment week of May 25th
contact
 Steve Richardson 801-647-3693 
or 
Ed Denney 801-671-5402

We are excited to invite you to a Stake Bowling Activity at Delton Bowling Lanes! (3544 W 3500 S, West Valley City, UT 84119)

Bring your family, your neighbors, or your friends—come as couples, families, groups, or individuals. All are welcome!

Bowling fees and shoe rentals are covered—no cost to you! Food will be available for purchase at the venue.

Please sign up on the Sign up Genius link to reserve a spot for your group (one sign-up per family or group). While we’ll have a few lanes set aside for walk-ins, signing up ensures we’re ready for you.

To help spread things out, we encourage you to attend on the date assigned to your ward/branch:

  • June 7th | 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM —12th Ward, 2nd Branch, 23rd Ward, 16th Ward
  • June 14th | 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM — 26th Ward, 11th Ward, 17th Ward

Come roll a few frames, connect with others, and enjoy a great time together. We can’t wait to see you there!

Also mark your calendars for the Neighborhood Swim Night activity at the Taylorsville Pool on July 26th and 27th from 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm.  See Taylorsville Utah South Stake - Sports for more details.


Local Service Opportunities: Just Serve link


Elders' Quorum 

May 25 - "Draw Near Unto Me" by President Eyring 

Taylorsville 23rd Facebook page   

Relief Society

May 25 - "Confidence in the Presence of God" by President Nelson 

click here for upcoming activities,

 ongoing service projects, 

and monthly newsletter

Youth & Young Adults 

https://www.familysearch.org/en/rootstech/session/2025-global-youth-activity-at-rootstech

See the new youth theme music video here

 

Primary



click here to go to our 23rd Ward Primary Facebook page

Ward Mission Message:

This conference talk given by Deiter F. Uchdorf reminds us that we should invite our friends and neighbors to join us at church:

It's important to remember that when most people experience the Church of Jesus Christ for the first time, they aren’t thinking about priesthood authority or ordinances or the gathering of Israel. What they’re likely to notice, above all else, is how they feel when they’re with us and how we treat each other.

“Love one another,” Jesus said. “By this all will know that you are My disciples.” Very often, a person’s first testimony of Jesus Christ comes when he or she feels love among disciples of Jesus Christ.                                 -Brother Ken Stevens

Temple & Family History 

           "The Temple lies at the  center of
       strengthening our faith"..President Nelson

“The Lord has declared that despite today’s unprecedented challenges, those who build their foundations upon Jesus Christ, and have learned how to draw upon His power, need not succumb to the unique anxieties of this era.”

click here for the Taylorsville 23rd Ward 2024 Temple and Family History Plan

Sacrament Greeters

Please arrive by 8:40 on your Sunday! 

Building Cleaning Assignments 

Here are the upcoming assignments for cleaning our building.  Please trade with another ward member if you have a conflict on your assigned date.  Contact Brother Elzinga if you have any questions.  Plan on 9:00 a.m. on Saturday unless told otherwise by your Team Leader.

Date               Team Captain         Team Members 

5/31/2025John HughesAllan Hess, Janice Huddleston, Josh Hunick, Melodie Motock, Jonas Manual
6/7/2025Anthony CruzRandy Foote, Jonathon Gardner, Harvey Wamsley, Gordon Black, Maria Marin
6/14/2025Brent PetersonJoan Thalman, Carel Jensen, John Lesko, Tanner Haderlie, Eric McGill
6/21/2025Shawn HuffmanMaxine Turner, Riley Thorpe, Tyler Wright


=See spread sheet for future assignments by using  Building Cleaning page


*Did you Know??* You can now receive a free monthly subscription to all Church magazines delivered right to your mailbox!  Sign up through the Church's online store.   

Thought:



Thursday, May 15, 2025

Taylorsville 23rd Ward - May 18, 2025

 Announcements

Starting June 1st, our ward will be using the Gospel Living app as our primary communication tool.

  • May 17th & 18th: Stake Conference.. see below! 
  • Our beautiful Primary children will be singing TWO songs in Stake Conference!  Parents, please have your children at the Stake Center by 9:40 on Sunday morning and see below for all the details!  
  • Temple Grounds Assignment - May 27-30, 9:00 AM-12:00 PM, a few more people are needed for this assignment, please consider volunteering!  Contact Ed Denney at 801-671-5402 or Steve Richardson at 801-647-3693 to sign up.  
  • Stake Temple Recommend Interviews are now available from 3:30-4:30 at the stake center every Sunday except Fast Sundays.
  • Thanks to those who signed up to be sacrament greeters! There’s a picture of the sign up sheet below if you need a reminder :) 

Sacrament Meeting Program: 

It's Stake Conference Weekend!  See below for all the details and come ready to be renewed and inspired! 

Second Hour Meeting Schedule 

May 18th - Stake Conference 
May 25th -4th Sunday: Elders Quorum, Relief Society 


Come Follow Me

May 12th-18th:“Seek Ye Earnestly the Best Gifts” Doctrine and Covenants 46–48

May 19-25: Doc & Cov 49-50

Ward Vision for 2025

                                      To See the full Flyer click here

Ward Activities: 


Taylorsville Utah South Stake

In preparation, we invite you to join the stake presidency in the temple. We will be holding six special sessions in the Taylorsville Utah Temple to provide options for those who would like to attend. A member of the stake presidency will join each session. We invite you to schedule your appointment today — or as soon as possible — to make sure seats are available. We have about 30 spots per session.  Here are the dates: 

  • 9:00 a.m. — Tuesday, May 13th
  • 6:30 p.m. — Tuesday, May 13th
  • 9:00 a.m. — Wednesday, May 14th
  • 6:30 p.m. — Wednesday, May 14th
  • 9:00 a.m. — Thursday, May 15th
  • 6:30 p.m. — Thursday, May 15th

Stake Conference -
May 17, 4:00 pm Saturday Leadership Meeting
May 17, 7:00 pm Saturday Adult Session 
May 18, 10:00 am Sunday General Session 






Taylorsville Utah South Stake:  We are putting together a stake choir for our upcoming conference in May. We are a super excited about the music. But we need YOU to give voice to those songs. To share your talent. To share your spirit. To share your love for the Savior.

If you would be willing to participate, please send me a quick email to say, "Count me in!" And if you're not sure, will you take 5 minutes and find a quiet place to ask Heavenly Father? You might just receive a call from Heaven. Then let me know. 

We'll be starting stake choir practice in two weeks. Here's the schedule:

  • Sunday, May 18th — 9:30 a.m. in the stake center chapel

We would LOVE to have you join. And youth are totally invited to participate too. Please let me know where your heart directs. I can promise a powerful spirit that will accompany this session as you participate.



Local Service Opportunities: Just Serve link


Elders' Quorum 

May 25 - "Draw Near Unto Me" by President Eyring 

Taylorsville 23rd Facebook page   


Relief Society

May 25 - "Confidence in the Presence of God" by President Nelson 

click here for upcoming activities, ongoing service projects, and monthly newsletter

Youth & Young Adults 

https://www.familysearch.org/en/rootstech/session/2025-global-youth-activity-at-rootstech

See the new youth theme music video here

 

Primary



Primary Stake Conference information - 
Our primary (along with all the other ward primaries) will be singing Gethsemane for the prelude at stake conference this Sunday, May 18 AND then Grateful Anyway during the actual Sunday morning conference (just our ward). Please have the children there by 9:40 am ready to go. All the other primaries will sing the prelude with us and go back to their parents throughout the audience. Our ward has saved/assigned seats since we're singing twice. These seats are the first two center rows in the stake center chapel and the first two rows on the east side of the chapel. Please feel free to sit there as a family or send one parental representative to sit with your child as we will be staying in those seats the entire two hour conference.  Questions? Give us a call
Please spend some time helping your children be familiar with the words. It would be sincerely appreciated. 
Please click here for the YouTube playlist that Sister Cox put together that has our songs and some extra that we hope to use for the November 9th sacrament meeting by the children.


click here to go to our 23rd Ward Primary Facebook page

Ward Mission Message:

I would like to encourage everyone to go to the Gospel Library app on your device and go to “Sharing the Gospel." There are 10 topics under that subject. I would encourage you to review these topic yourself and with your family to see how they can help you with sharing the gospel. These are some good tools that can help you with your ability to share the gospel. 

Bro. Major

click here for the Ward Mission Plan

Temple & Family History 

           "The Temple lies at the  center of
       strengthening our faith"..President Nelson

“The Lord has declared that despite today’s unprecedented challenges, those who build their foundations upon Jesus Christ, and have learned how to draw upon His power, need not succumb to the unique anxieties of this era.”

click here for the Taylorsville 23rd Ward 2024 Temple and Family History Plan

Sacrament Greeters

Please arrive by 8:40 on your Sunday! 

Building Cleaning Assignments 

Here are the upcoming assignments for cleaning our building.  Please trade with another ward member if you have a conflict on your assigned date.  Contact Brother Elzinga if you have any questions.  Plan on 9:00 a.m. on Saturday unless told otherwise by your Team Leader.


Date               Team Captain     Team Members 

5/17    Bob DangJaneen Davis, Ed Denney, Bonnie De Weese,
Rebekah De Weese,
Lowell Didas, Mike Smith, Cody Hedberg
5/24    Bob ElzingaLeonard Feil, Sam Fidler, Jonas Lether,
Andrew Jester, Tom Ollis,
Elena Hansen
5/31    John HughesAllan Hess, Janice Huddleston, Josh Hunick,
Melodie Motock, Jonas Manual
6/7    Anthony CruzRandy Foote, Jonathon Gardner,
Harvey Wamsley,
Gordon Black, Maria Marin

=See spread sheet for future assignments by using  Building Cleaning page


*Did you Know??* You can now receive a free monthly subscription to all Church magazines delivered right to your mailbox!  Sign up through the Church's online store.   

Thought:

                            


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