Announcements:
1. We have been blessed with two sets of missionaries in our ward. You have all been great
about offering the Elders your support and we encourage you to keep up the good work. At the same time, please help your wives (if applicable) to free up some time to do visits with the sister missionaries. We have heard that they could really use some of the members support. Thank you in advance.2. Stake Conference is not this weekend but the following weekend. On Saturday the 24th we will be meeti
ng at 7:00 PM at the Ponce building. This meeting is for every member with children or those that work with the youth. We are told that babysitting will also be provided. At 4:30 PM that same day there will also be a Priesthood leadership meeting. On Sunday the 25th, we will be meeting at the Glenridge Building for the general session of conference at 9:00 AM. We do need 4 members of the quorum to help with ushering and another 4 to help with putting chairs away. Please reply on this post if you are willing to help with either one of those. Please give your name, and phone number. Thank you.Message:
The holiday season has come to an end. Many of us have been out of town visiting loved ones, celebrating the season, and taking a break from the regular week to week activities. Hopefully we all took time to pause and reflect on Christ and all that he has given each one of us throughout the year.
Most of us start the new year with resolutions. Some are written down. Some are specifically fixed in our minds. And some, though not labeled specifically as “resolutions” are definitely things that we know we should be working on may take on a greater importance with the birth of the new year.
My brother and his wife drove home from California just before the new year. They have three boys, the oldest is 6 (I think). They ended up arriving home at roughly 1:30 AM. They carried the boys inside and put them to bed and my brother began carrying in the luggage, gifts, and other items from the minivan. In that process he noticed the light in the boys room turned on for 10-15 minutes and then shut off. My brother did not think much of it and finished his task and went to bed himself. The next morning as he was preparing for work he saw his 6 year old in the kitchen as asked him what the light was doing on so late at night? His son replied, “I couldn’t go to bed without reading the scriptures.”
I hope we treat the scriptures as a vital part of each day the same way that my nephew does. If we can remember times in our lives when the spirit was stronger in our lives then it is right now, then let us all make the scripture a more central focus in our lives. For my nephew, the scriptures were not some he COULD do in the day, but they were in fact PART of his day.
Whatever the steps we take, brethren, we hope there is some way that the Elder’s Quorum can help you reach your goals.
We love you.
Sincerely,
EQ Presidency
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