Members and Friends of the Pheasant Valley Ward
Pheasant Valley Saints
Thoughts, ideas, and messages from leaders, teachers, and members of the Pheasant Valley Ward to support home-centered discipleship.
Weekly Sacrament Meeting Information
All members are encouraged to attend in-person to partake of the emblems of the sacrament. If you are unable to attend in-person, please reach out to Bishop Wilson to discuss arrangements for you to partake of the sacrament at home.
As a reminder, this is the link for the sacrament meeting broadcast:
10:30 am - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZpm9i4M784zCsdDUm8YWQA
Stake Youth Battalion: Today, 4 pm. The stake patriarch will speak.
Neighborhood Easter Egg Hunt and Potluck: Saturday, April 19th, 1pm at the stake center - Drop off 12 filled eggs for each child participating at the Allreds by the 18th.
Ward Temple Night: 3rd Saturday of every month, the 6 pm session.
Easter Sunday: We will meet for sacrament meeting only.
Stake Youth Conference: May 2-3. There will be a new permission form that will need to be returned as soon as possible.
Summer Youth Activities: Stake Youth Conference (May 2-3); Ward Youth Rafting Trip (June 6-7); YW Camp (June 23-26); YM Camp (July 16-19)
Primary Activity Days Summer Camp: Wednesday, June 18th, at Camp Maple Dell, for all boys and girls of Activity Day age.
Stonehenge Sacrament Meeting: now at 3 pm. Please feel free to invite your family members to attend and support our local residents and ward members.
2025 Meeting Schedule: Our regular Sunday meetings will be from 10:30 - 12:30.
Come Follow Me Manual: If you would like a physical copy of the 2025 Come Follow Me manual, please contact a member of the bishopric.
Family Home Evening at Stonehenge: The residents of Stonehenge would like to share Family Home Evening with your family! If this would be something you would enjoy sharing with them, please contact Cindy Belt or Sean Durham. You should plan for 6-8 residents to participate. Begin about 6 pm at the Stonehenge facility. Plan a short lesson with a treat, and try to include the residents as much as possible. Thank you!
Spanish-language Temple Session: A Spanish-language session in the Provo City Center Temple is held at 10:00 am every Saturday.
Self Reliance Group: The ward is instituting a Self Reliance Group focused on personal finance. If any individual or family is interested in participating, please contact a member of the Relief Society or Elders Quorum Presidencies, or Mike and Dixie Davis, for more information about meeting dates and times.
Gospel Living App: All adult members are encouraged to use the Gospel Living App (churchofjesuschrist.org) (also known as “Circles”) to stay connected to the ward and to keep abreast of what is going on. There are other benefits as well. The Gospel Living app focuses on living a Christ-centered life. You’ll discover inspiring content like music, videos, images, activities, and goal ideas. And you can create personal goals, plan activities, set reminders, record your impressions, or message your quorum, class, friends, and family.
Temple Recommends & Setting Apart: if you are in need of a temple recommend or have yet to be setfest apart for your calling, we encourage you to meet by the Bishop's office (southeast corner of the meetinghouse) after the 2nd hour and speak with a member of the Bishopric. Temple recommend interviews can also be scheduled for Sunday afternoons by contacting Max Gerasymenko (see information below).
Appointments with the Bishop: if you need to schedule an appointment with the bishop, please contact Max Gerasymenko, our ward executive secretary, at 321-978-8734.
Sunday Worship: all members are encouraged to attend in-person to partake of the emblems of the sacrament. If you are unable to attend in-person, please reach out to the bishop to discuss arrangements for you to partake of the sacrament at home.
As a reminder, this is the link for the sacrament meeting broadcast:
10:30 am - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZpm9i4M784zCsdDUm8YWQA
This week’s Come Follow Me: April 7–13: “Lift Up Your Voices … to Declare My Gospel”: Doctrine and Covenants 30–36
Click to view the 2025 calendar.
God So Loved the Egyptian Army
The story is told in the Talmud that, during the Exodus, when Moses, under God’s direction and by His authority, allowed the waters of the Red Sea to fall upon the Egyptian army, thus ensuring the safety of the Children of Israel, the angels in Heaven rejoiced and sang praises to God. I’m certain that the Children of Israel rejoiced as well and sang praises to God for their deliverance. But according to the Talmud, God said, “My children are drowning, and ye sing me praises?”
God loves ALL His children, even those who actively oppose His will. He loves even those who sin (which includes everyone, except Jesus). He even loves ME in all my imperfections and sins.
This week in the Come Follow Me curriculum, we studied Doctrine & Covenants section 18. In verses 10-13, God says, “Remember the worth of souls is great in the sight of God; For, behold, the Lord your Redeemer suffered death in the flesh; wherefore he suffered the pain of all men, that all men might repent and come unto him. And he hath risen again from the dead, that he might bring all men unto him, on conditions of repentance. And how great is his joy in the soul that repenteth!” God loves all His children. He is pulling for us. Jesus Christ is our greatest cheerleader. He made it possible for us (for ME) to repent, to be forgiven, to be perfected in Him. Without Jesus, none of this is possible.
He also says, “Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy. But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you.” (Mathew 5: 43-44) In D&C 64:10, He says, “I, the Lord, will forgive whom I will forgive, but of you it is required to forgive all men.”
Why is this so important? Why does He REQUIRE us to forgive ALL? I believe it is because (among other reasons) that to refuse to forgive ANYONE is to deny the power of Jesus Christ to atone for MY sins. If I refuse to forgive even those who hate me and persecute me, then I don’t really believe His atonement is infinite in its scope and power. It means that I don’t really believe He can redeem ME. If I want to be redeemed, I must forgive everyone, no matter what they have done.
Because God loves even the ancient army of Egypt. And He mourns when they choose to fight against His will, the only true path to happiness. Jesus suffered and died to save even the Egyptian army. And we know that the gospel is being preached in the Spirit World, even to them. Even to Pharoah. Because He still wants to redeem them. He still wants to save them.
Just as He still wants to redeem ME.