Sacrament Meeting – April 28th, 2024

Presiding	Bishop Jeff Andrus
Conducting	Brother Kyle Graff
Organist	Kristen Erickson
Chorister	Marissa Stiggins
Opening Hymn	♫ Hymns 221 Dear to the Heart of the Sheperd
Invocation	By Invitation
Ward & Stake Business
Sacrament Hymn	♫ Hymns 193 I Stand All Amazed
Administration of the Sacrament	A sacred ordinance where we partake of bread and water in remembrance of Jesus Christ’s atoning sacrifice.
Speaker	Makayla Cox
Speaker	Natalie Bang
Speaker	Ben Bridge
Musical Number	Young Men
Speaker	Alexis Wistisen
Speaker	Brother Derek Kartchner
Closing Hymn	♫ Hymns 302 I Know My Father Lives
Benediction	By Invitation

Announcements

Temple and Family History
Download a copy of the 2024 Little Valley Ward Temple and Family History Plan

Temple Recommend Appointments
Need a Temple Recommend?
First, call or text Jeff Loveless for an appointment with a member of the Bishopric.
Second, Go to the Little Valley Stake Center.

Thought of the Week
A new feature we are starting is a weekly “thought of the week” that goes along with this weeks “Come, Follow Me”. The plan is to post these a few days ahead of time in the Adults circle of the Gospel Living app and then post them in the bulletin. We’d love to have many different people help with this. If you would like to write a “thought of the week” please send it to Michael Cox early in the week or post it in the Gospel Living app. Read the Current Thought of the Week.
Visit the Thought of the Week Archive to see past Little Valley Ward Come, Follow Me Thought of the Week.

Bulletin Announcements
If you have an item for the Ward Bulletin please ensure you have submitted it to Jenni Crandall no later than Thursday at 5:00 pm.

Stake Mission Prep
Stake Mission Prep is held on the 2^nd and 4^th Sundays at 4 p.m. at 2537 E Mountain Ledge. Dress is casual.

Stake Adult Religion Class
We are between classes right now for the Stake Adult Religion Class. A new class will start soon.

Gospel Library App Tips
Learn how to improve your gospel study and gospel teaching by enhancing your usage of the Gospel Living which is Church’s official gospel study app some of its powerful features by reviewing our Gospel Library apps Tips.

Little Valley Stake Calendar
You can view the Little Valley Stake Calendar on the Stake Website www.LVSaints.com

Save The Date
check out the Save the Date section for announcements/activities that are several months away. More details for these items will be added as we get closer.

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Activities

Young Women
YW High School Group activity calendar
YW Middle School Group activity calendar
YW Intermediate and Younger Group activity calendar

Girls Camp in Zion – June 20-22

Young Men
YM Deacon Quorum activity calendar
YM Teacher Quorum activity calendar
YM Priest Quorum activity calendar

High Adventure Camp – May 31-June 2.

Combined Youth Activities
2024 Youth Theme “I Am a Disciple of Jesus Christ” (3 Nephi 5:13)
Youth Theme Resources

Stake Mission Prep: Stake Mission Prep will be held the 2nd and 4th Sunday for each month at 4 pm. Held at Stake Young Men President Tye Roger‘s house for all senior and juniors.

Sunday, March 24th at 6 pm – Palm Sunday Bishop Youth Fireside at the Cox farm for the oldest Young Women and oldest Young Men classes.

Primary

Nov 10th- Primary Program

Activity Days:

Boys Younger is CTR 7 & Val 8
Boys Older is Val 9 & 10
Girls Group 7 is CTR 7
Girls Group 8 is Val 8
Girls Group 9 is Val 9
Girls Group 10 is Val 10

get schedule and details at the Primary Activity Calendar

Relief Society
April 28th-Stake Women’s Conference-Life Helps from Geoff and Jody Steurer @ 6:30
May 3rd – Relief Society General President Camille N. Johnson’s BYU Women’s Conference Message at 9:00 am. More information available on the Church website.

Elder’s Quorum

Seniors/Empty Nesters

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Save The Date

Young Men High Adventure camp – 5/31-6/2/2024
Young Women Girls Camp – 6/20-22/2024
Stake Conference – 10/19-20/2024
Primary Program – 11/10/2024

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Lesson Schedule

Sunday School (1st & 3rd Sunday of each month)
May 5th – Mosiah 4-6
May 17th- Mosiah 11-17

Elder’s Quorum/Relief Society (2nd & 4th Sunday of each month)
April 28th – Kingdoms of Glory By President Dallin H. Oaks

Young Men/Young Women (2nd & 4th Sunday of each month)

April 28th- Mosiah 1-3

Primary (Every Week)
Families – please review the Come, Follow Me for Families Appendix (Preparing Your Children for a Lifetime on God’s Covenant Path). As we all want to see our children stay on the covenant path, as a Primary Presidency we have decided to focus on these topics in the Little Valley Ward Primary.
April 28th – Mosiah 1-3
May 5th – Mosiah 4-6

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Thought of the Week

By Michael H Cox

This week for Come, Follow Me we are studying Mosiah chapters 1-3. An interesting side note – it appears that our modern Mosiah chapter 1 was actually chapter 3 on the Gold Plates. This means that it appears that Mosiah chapters 1 and 2 were among the “Book of Lehi” lost by Martin Harris. Some of the evidence for this is that Mosiah doesn’t include an introduction as all the other abridged books from the Large Plates have, is not named after the opening principal character of the book as all the other abridged books are, and on the Printer’s Manuscript “Chapter 3” is listed but then the 3 is crossed out and replaced with 1.

(from page 117 of the Printer’s Manuscript, on the Joseph Smith Papers website).

King Benjamin’s discourse in these chapters are worth in-depth study by all students of gospel truth. I will only mention one item – the importance of preserving and studying records.

If we read Mosiah 1:3,4 and 7 we learn that Benjamin taught his sons from the scriptures contained on the Brass Plates and then told them that if it wasn’t for these plates they would have suffered in ignorance because they didn’t know the “mysteries of God”. This verse reminds me of 1 Nephi 1:1 where Nephi tells us that he was born of “goodly parents” because they taught him so that he had a “knowledge of the goodness and… mysteries of God”.

Benjamin goes on to explain that if wasn’t for the scriptures contained on the Brass Plates father Lehi would have been able to remember everything he needed to know about God without the scripture records. This would have caused the people to “dwindle in unbelief” without the scriptures, which remind me of when the spirit told Nephi that “it is better that one man should perish than that a nation should dwindle and perish in unbelief” and Nephi understanding that his people “could not keep the commandments of the Lord… [unless] they have the law” which was in the scripture record found in the plates of brass, found in 1 Nephi 4:13-16.
Benjamin then tells his children to “search [the scriptures] diligently, that [they] may profit… and… keep the commandments of God that [they] may prosper in the land.”

The scripture record keepers throughout the Bible and the Book of Mormon labored much so that later generations can have a knowledge of God, His mysteries, and His commandments so that these later generations can know, understand, and follow the covenant path. I hope that we will follow this counsel of King Benjamin to not just read the scriptures but to diligently search the scriptures. We are blessed in a day and age when we have the entire standard works and 50+ years of words of modern prophets and apostles in our pockets. Let us daily immerse ourselves in the scriptures and the words of the prophets so that we may profit and prosper as we come closer to Jesus Christ.

Visit the Thought of the Week Archive to see past Little Valley Ward Come, Follow Me Thought of the Week

Our Missionaries would love to hear from you!

Sister Baily Fry

Virginia Richmond Mission

2500 Pump Road

PO BOX 29103

Henrico, VA. 23242

[email protected]

Sister Sarah Klomp

Washington DC South Mission

5242 Lyngate Ct.

Burke, VA. 22015