Presiding - President Platt
Conducting - Bishop Schofield
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Welcome and Announcements
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Opening Prayer - Sister Lindsey Scott
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Ward and Stake Business
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Sacrament Hymn - # 184 Upon the Cross of Calvary
Administration of the Sacrament
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Speaker - Bishop John Schofield
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Closing Prayer - Brother Darvin Clement
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has been carefully monitoring the COVID-19 developments and is taking steps in several areas to provide assistance, help missionaries be safe and effective, address concerns regarding member safety and plan for upcoming events. Please go to the following link for additional information regarding best practices released by the Stake and Church Headquarters.
Employment - If anyone is out of work, underemployed, or if you have or are aware of employment opportunities, please reach out to President Schaack (214-517-2125 ), Bishop Schofield (801-358-7190) or Brother and Sister Cragun who are the new Ward Employment Specialists (540-719-2425).
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
After counseling with our Area Seventy and considering President Nelson’s direction to exercise an “abundance of caution”, we are postponing the previously announced Prosper Stake Center dedication broadcast. When it is safe and appropriate to once again meet together in our buildings, we will proceed forward with the building dedication.
In the meantime, we will be releasing a series of Stake videos over the course of the next few weeks to remind us of the joy that comes as we “Hear, Heed, and Hearken to” the voice of the Savior Jesus Christ. The first video is released on the ProsperTexasStake YouTube channel.
Ministering Through Service (at Social Distances)
A Mighty Army of Peace on Earth
Please feel free to subscribe to the channel and leave comments (all comments will be screened for appropriate content). We hope you enjoy the video as you watch members of the Prosper Texas Stake serve the Lord by serving others (and watch out for the surprise ending!). Next week’s video will feature, “A Mighty Army of Peace on Earth. In the days to come we will again ask for some personal video contributions, particularly around Family History.
Finally, Brothers and Sisters, we hope and pray for your well-being—spiritually, physically, financially, and emotionally—during these troubled times. We marvel at the way that the Lord has prepared His Church for times like these. Truly we are witnessing the prophetic direction of “Family centered, Church supported.” While our callings are important to help in building the Kingdom of God on Earth, we hope we will take this unique opportunity to “Establish Zion” in our hearts, in our families, and amongst neighbors and friends. In the absence of “meetings” we are truly privileged with precious time to strengthen families, serve neighbors, and turn our hearts to our ancestors.
May the Lord bless you our dear friends! He Lives, He Heals, He Comes!
Our kindest regards and love,
The Prosper Texas Stake Presidency
We have wonderful missionaries serving our ward who are bringing the spirit to the homes of our members through virtual Zoom meeting visits. It has not only been strengthening to families, but it also gives us a great opportunity to support these missionaries and get to know them as they are far from home and experiencing unique challenges.
We also know that at this time many people are feeling a desire for increased connection with others. The missionaries would love to teach families in group Zoom meetings with multiple families. To combine our desire to connect with each other, along with the opportunity to support and benefit from missionary lessons, we invite you to consider inviting other families (perhaps your ministering families or other friends) to a combined Zoom meeting with the missionaries where they can teach all invited families together at the same time.
To do this, please just take the initiative to reach out to other families and the missionaries to coordinate this. Please see details below under "Missionary Lessons for Ward Members" on how to schedule lessons with the missionaries.
Per the guidance of President Platt and President Dalton of the Dallas Texas Mission, we have been given guidance and an initiative to help our full time missionaries teach the Gospel and baptize converts during this unprecedented time of COVID-19. Currently, our missionaries have been given the directive to “remain mainly in their apartments” for the time being and so now we have the opportunity to work with our missionaries virtually through digital mediums to preach and teach the gospel of Jesus Christ with our families and with our friends.
We have been asked to have our full time missionaries Elders Bingham & Holt teach each individual and/or family the Five Lessons from Preach My Gospel, namely:
Sign-up genius account to help schedule these missionary lessons with your family at the following link: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/904084AABAB2EABFA7-p2missionary
We hope you continue to have faith building experiences as you study Come, Follow Me. We would like to invite you to download and use the church's Living app to share your thoughts and impressions, especially during this time when meeting together each week is not possible.
Sharing your spiritual insights through the app is simple – open the app on your device, click on "Circles" in the bottom right, then select the group that is most relevant. For example, you can select "Adult" to share with all adult members of Sunday School.
We look forward to reading what you have to share! Thanks,
Brother Dold, Sunday School President
There are currently no in-person Addiction Recovery Meetings due to COVID-19. However, zoom meetings are being held every Tuesday night at 9:00 PM. Anyone can attend a meeting by simply clicking here: https://us04web.zoom.us/j/6433449337
This is the only scheduled meeting that is being held, but if you are aware of needs beyond what that schedule can accommodate, just reach out to the Zimmermans, Brother Sallaway or President Gillespie for further assistance.
For authorization to administer the sacrament in your home for the month of June please contact Bishop Schofield at 801-358-7190 or obisposchofield@gmail.com
Members are encouraged to maintain a current temple recommend; please schedule through Brother Barker at 469-207-0750.
At this unprecedented time the Bishop wants everyone to continue reaching out to their ministering families and make sure they are doing well. Please reach out to President Schaack or Sister Sorenson if anything needs to be brought to their attention.
In an emergency unless you are in immediate danger, send a text. Texts often have an easier time getting through during emergencies, and you don’t want to tie up phone lines needed by emergency responders (like 911).