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
Stake Choir: every Sunday at the stake center until stake conference. Also in need of instrumentalists.
Young Men Camp: Wed July 16-19, meet at the church at 1:00 pm. The camp will be at Wallsburg. You will need to turn in a completed permission slip.
Relief Society Night with YW: this Thursday.
No Youth Battalion this week.
Seminary Enrollment: please have all HS youth sign up.
Dry Creek Stake “Strive to Be” Youth Concert: Thursday, August 7th, Spring Acres Arts Park, 700 S 1300 E, Springville. Dinner 7:30-8:30 pm, Concert 8:30-9:30 pm. All youth are invited!
Education Week: August 18-22, looking for volunteers to host. Volunteer hosts will receive free admission. For more information, please visit: Registration - Volunteering
Ward Musical Talent Survey: If you have any musical talents you would be willing to share with the ward, please fill out this survey: https://forms.gle/c1xuVmD68AJ7Lya47 Youth are encouraged to fill this survey out as well.
Please download and install the Gospel Living App. The Circles feature is a communications tool.
Elders Quorum – Upcoming Activities:
July 23rd, 7:00 PM – Duncan Aviation Tour, Provo Airport
September 12th–13th – Priesthood Campout, Jolly’s Ranch (Canyon Pavilion) Details to come on events—mark your calendars!
Ward Temple Night: 3rd Saturday of every month, the 6 pm session.
Missionary and Service Opportunities:
We are seeking volunteers (age 16+) to assist in the Springville Family Search Center one afternoon or evening a month. (No experience necessary - will train) For info, e-mail: 2serveutah@gmail.com
The Utah Salt Lake City Mission presidency has produced a video describing who and how Senior Service Missionaries serve in their mission. See https://youtu.be/IA74YQHLhYQ
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.
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 set 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: July 14–20: “I Will Lead You Along”: Doctrine and Covenants 77–80
Click to view the 2025 calendar.
Long Before 1776
(Some thoughts from October 2017)
Four-and-a-half centuries before the Declaration of Independence, the Scots sent this message to the Pope:
As long as a hundred of us remain alive, never will we on any conditions be subjected to the lordship of the English. It is in truth not for glory, nor riches, nor honours that we are fighting, but for freedom alone, which no honest man gives up but with life itself.
Declaration of Arbroath (1320 A.D.)
You see, the Pope had declared Robert the Bruce to be an illegitimate king and demanded that the Scots submit to Edward II of England. The Scots said, “No.” And under Robert the Bruce, they fought and won their independence against overwhelming odds and the vastly superior military might of Edward. Their spirit is memorialized in song:
O, Flower of Scotland,
When will we see your like again?
Who fought and died for
Your wee bit hill and glen?
And stood against them,
Proud Edward’s army
And sent them homeward
To think again?
“O, Flower of Scotland,” by Roy Williamson
Do not forget that the Scots feared the power of the Pope more than they feared Edward, because the Pope had the power to excommunicate them. They feared losing, not only their lives and their property, but their very immortal souls.
And yet they stood.
They stood for the truth that the right to be free comes from God, not from any foreign king, not even from their own king, and certainly not from Rome. They understood that the Lord Jesus Christ suffered and died to give us the freedom to choose for ourselves and to live with the consequences of our choices. This does not come from any president or from any congress. This doesn't come from any earthly government at any level. This doesn't even come from our collective wills.
This comes from God.
But just as it was in 1776 and in 1320, sometimes (including today) this God-given freedom must be defended by mortal blood. After all, Jesus defended our agency and secured our eternal freedom with His blood.