Thoughts, ideas, and messages from leaders, teachers, and members of the Pheasant Valley Ward to support home-centered discipleship.
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
Please Note: I will not have reliable phone coverage next Sunday, June 1st. If you need something added or changed in the announcements, please send me an email at cdavidbelt@hotmail.com.
Missionary Member Messages and Member Meals: this is our week to have member messages and member meals with the missionaries. If anyone wants to sign up, please text or call Noah Thompson at 801-494-4515.
Tassels and Tacos: Potluck, June 1st, 5:00 pm, at the church.
Chapel Cleaning: June is our Ward’s responsibility to clean the chapel. This will begin the first Saturday in June.
Ward Temple Night: 3rd Saturday of every month, the 6 pm session.
Ward Youth Rafting Trip: June 6th and 7th. If you have not submitted the $15 participation fee, please give that to a member of the Bishopric.
Parking Lot Repaving: The parking lot will be repaved on June 10th and 11th and will not be available to park in during those days.
Summer Youth Activities: 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: May 26–June 1: “A Faithful, a Just, and a Wise Steward”: Doctrine and Covenants 51–57
Click to view the 2025 calendar.
Angel in the Garden
(Some thoughts from April 2015)
When Jesus was born, choirs of angels sang to announce His birth.
But when He knelt in the Garden of Gethsemane, enduring the agony of the sins of all mankind—the central, most important event in all of human history—a single angel came to strengthen Him.
In the last couple of weeks, I have imagined myself as that lone angel. I’m sure it was a great honor to be the one to comfort and strengthen the Savior at that all-important time. The only sinless Man suffered for us all, and without Him, we would all be lost—for we have all sinned, we have all fallen short.
And as I imagined myself comforting and encouraging the Son of God in His agony, as He bled from every pore, I thought, I caused this—not all of it, certainly, but some small part of it. I, David Belt, caused Him part of this pain. And I continue to add to that awful burden every single day.
And I am so very grateful that He willingly paid this debt that I cannot.
So as I picture myself there with the Savior, I see myself weeping and pleading with Him. “You can do it. You’re the only One who can. Don’t give up. Please endure. Please, please endure for me, for my wife, for my children, for all of us. I’m so sorry. Please forgive me for my sins, for the pain I have personally caused you. Thank you so much. Thank you for not giving up on me, even when everyone else—including myself—might. Thank you for loving me. I love you.”
Someday I hope to bathe His feet with my tears, but until that day, I daily renew my pledge to more fully, more humbly serve Him.