Jan 7-13, 2019

Announcements should be communicated to members prior to Sunday so they do not take time in sacrament meeting, quorums, or classes; the bishopric may emphasize essential announcements briefly before the opening hymn (see Handbook 2, 18.2.2).

From Elder Quentin L. Cook's general conference talk Deep and Lasting Conversion to Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ (after President Nelson's two-hour meeting block announcement), "To help members prepare for the Sabbath, some wards already send an informative email, text, or social media message midweek. In view of this adjustment, we strongly recommend this type of communication. These invitations will remind the members of the Sunday meeting schedule for that week, including the upcoming class lesson topic, and support continuing gospel conversation at home."

1. Stake Youth Trek Kick-off Fireside, Sunday, January 13th, 4pm-5:30pm, stake center chapel
   • Who: All youth who will turn 14 in 2019, all youth currently in high school, and at least 1 parent of each youth (to sign registration form and be in the know)
   • When: Sunday, January 13, 4:00pm
   • Where: Stake Center chapel
   • Why: To learn all about the CSNS "Covenant Path" 2019 Youth Trek which will be Saturday, July 20 to Wednesday, July 24, 2019 at the historic locations of Rocky Ridge, Sixth Crossing, and Martin's Cove, Wyoming, and to REGISTER for this awesome event!
2. Worldwide Devotional for Young Adults with Elder and Sister Renlund, Sunday, January 13th, 6pm, Jamboree building chapel
3. Stake General Priesthood Meeting, Sunday January 20th, 4pm-5pm, stake center chapel
   • All Aaronic and Melchizedek Priesthood holders in the stake are to attend (Handbook 2, 18.3.2)
4. 2019 Institute Schedule - Institute classes will begin on January 10 through April 25, with the exception of Missionary Preparation which will start on March 7 (see below for more details). Most classes are taught at the Jamboree building* at 7:00 pm with dinner served at 6:30 pm and dessert and games following the lessons. Please review the details for each class to see if you or someone you know who is of Institute age (18-30) would be interested in attending.
   • Institute Choir—In this course students will discuss gospel principles from music and practice for upcoming performances throughout the community. We have not had an institute choir class in about 5 years, which makes this a great opportunity to reach out to young adults who have musical talent. If you know of anyone age 18-30, married or single, member or non-member, high school senior or graduate who would like to participate, please invite them or forward their name to the teacher, Brother Jared Mahoney, (719-492-9666) so he can reach out to them.
   • Foundations of the Restoration, BYUI Cornerstone class—This course is a cornerstone course that all BYUI students need to take. If you know of students who are home from BYUI and are off-track for the semester, please invite them to enroll. Credit earned in this course transfers to BYUI. This course gives students the opportunity to study the foundational revelations, doctrine, historical events, and people relevant to the unfolding of the Restoration of the Church.
   • Old Testament—This course covers the second half of the Old Testament and the writings of the prophets and focuses on covenants and temples taught throughout the Old Testament. If you know of anyone age 18-30, married or single, who is preparing for the temple, this class would be a good resource for them.
   • Women in the Scriptures—This course focuses on the stories and contributions from women in the scriptures. The teacher, Brother Jeremy J. Chatelain will also cater his teaching to anyone with adapted needs. If you know of anyone age 18-30 who does not participate in institute because of a disability please reach out to Brother Chatelain (719-362-0762) so he can invite that individual to attend.
   • Missionary Preparation—In order to cater to seniors in high school, this course will start later in the semester—March 7. This course is for anyone (including seniors in high school) anticipating starting their missionary service during the summer or fall. Please invite any individual who is working on their missionary application papers to attend this missionary preparation class.
   • *Fountain Institute — For young adults 18-30 who cannot attend Institute at the Jamboree building, there is a class taught at the Putnam building Thursday's from 7:00 to 8:30 pm.
   • *Air Force Academy — This institute course is only for Air Force Academy cadets.

Ward bulletin specialists, please consider permanently listing the following information:

For Young Single Adult (YSA) information, check out: www.facebook.com/groups/coloradospringsysas/ and www.instagram.com/coloradospringsysa.

The online stake calendar provides event details: e.g. end times, participates invited, point of contact for questions, address, reserved building room(s), etc.

This Week

Monday - January 7, 2019

• 1/7 - 1/13 Come, Follow Me: “Be It unto Me according to Thy Word” (Matthew 1; Luke 1)
• Family Home Evening
• 12/22 - 1/8 D-20 Winter Break
• 12/21 - 1/7 D-38 Winter Break
• 1/7 - 1/8 Carpet Cleaning [LX]
• 12pm Multistake Adult Education Gospel Study Class [ML]
• 6pm Multistake Middle Single Adult (MSA) Home Evening Group [LX]
• 6pm Multistake Single Adult (SA) Home Evening Group [CSCSC]
• 6:20pm Institute [USAFA]
• 7pm Multistake Young Single Adult (YSA) Home Evening Group [JB]

Tuesday - January 8, 2019

• 1/7 - 1/13 Come, Follow Me: “Be It unto Me according to Thy Word” (Matthew 1; Luke 1)
• 1/7 - 1/8 Carpet Cleaning [LX]
• 12/22 - 1/8 D-20 Winter Break
• 1/8 - 1/9 Carpet Cleaning [JB]
• 6pm Stake Temple Recommend Interviews (by appointment only) [LX]

Wednesday - January 9, 2019

• 1/8 - 1/9 Carpet Cleaning [JB]
• 1/7 - 1/13 Come, Follow Me: “Be It unto Me according to Thy Word” (Matthew 1; Luke 1)

Thursday - January 10, 2019

• 1/7 - 1/13 Come, Follow Me: “Be It unto Me according to Thy Word” (Matthew 1; Luke 1)
• 10am Stake Primary Leader Appreciation Brunch [LX]
• 10am Support Meeting [CSESC]
• 6:30pm Institute Mingle [JB]
• 7pm Support Meeting [DS]

Friday - January 11, 2019

• 1/7 - 1/13 Come, Follow Me: “Be It unto Me according to Thy Word” (Matthew 1; Luke 1)
• 7:30pm Multistake Young Single Adult (YSA) Temple Endowment Session [DCT]

Saturday - January 12, 2019

• 1/7 - 1/13 Come, Follow Me: “Be It unto Me according to Thy Word” (Matthew 1; Luke 1)
• 8am Stake Young Men Basketball [LX]
• 9am Stake Family History Workshop [LX]
• 7pm Multistake Late Saturday Temple Sessions [DCT]

Sunday - January 13, 2019

• Second Sunday: Priesthood quorums, Relief Society, and Young Women (Primary held every Sunday)
• 1/7 - 1/13 Come, Follow Me: “Be It unto Me according to Thy Word” (Matthew 1; Luke 1)
• 7am Meadow Run Ward Council [BF]
• 7am Cordera Ward Council [LB]
• 8:30am Meadow Run Ward Conference [BF]
• 11:30am Cordera Ward Conference [LB]
• 2:15pm Multistake YSA Council [JB]
• 4pm Stake Youth Trek Fireside [LX]
• 6pm Worldwide Devotional for Young Adults with Elder and Sister Renlund [JB]

Next Week

Monday - January 14, 2019

• 1/14 - 1/20 Come, Follow Me: We Have Come to Worship Him (Luke 2; Matthew 2)
• Family Home Evening
• 12pm Multistake Adult Education Gospel Study Class [ML]
• 6pm Multistake Middle Single Adult (MSA) Home Evening Group [LX]
• 6pm Multistake Single Adult (SA) Home Evening Group [CSCSC]
• 6:20pm Institute [USAFA]
• 7pm Multistake Young Single Adult (YSA) Home Evening Group [JB]

Tuesday - January 15, 2019

• 1/15 - 1/19 Temple Closed (Reopens Tuesday, January 29th) [DCT]
• 1/14 - 1/20 Come, Follow Me: We Have Come to Worship Him (Luke 2; Matthew 2)
• 6pm Stake Temple Recommend Interviews (by appointment only) [LX]
• 7pm Multistake Presidents YSA Coordination Council [JB]

Wednesday - January 16, 2019

• 1/15 - 1/19 Temple Closed (Reopens Tuesday, January 29th) [DCT]
• 1/14 - 1/20 Come, Follow Me: We Have Come to Worship Him (Luke 2; Matthew 2)
• 10am Stake Young Women Adult Leadership Meeting [LX]

Thursday - January 17, 2019

• 1/15 - 1/19 Temple Closed (Reopens Tuesday, January 29th) [DCT]
• 1/14 - 1/20 Come, Follow Me: We Have Come to Worship Him (Luke 2; Matthew 2)
• 10am Support Meeting [CSESC]
• 6:30pm Institute Mingle [JB]
• 7pm Support Meeting [DS]

Friday - January 18, 2019

• 1/15 - 1/19 Temple Closed (Reopens Tuesday, January 29th) [DCT]
• 1/14 - 1/20 Come, Follow Me: We Have Come to Worship Him (Luke 2; Matthew 2)
• 7pm Multistake Single Adult (SA) Activity [FCSC]

Saturday - January 19, 2019

• 1/15 - 1/19 Temple Closed (Reopens Tuesday, January 29th) [DCT]
• 1/14 - 1/20 Come, Follow Me: We Have Come to Worship Him (Luke 2; Matthew 2)
• 8am Stake Young Men Basketball [LX]
• 9am Stake Family History Center Staff Meeting [LX]

Sunday - January 20, 2019

• Third Sunday: Sunday School (Primary held every Sunday)
• 1/14 - 1/20 Come, Follow Me: We Have Come to Worship Him (Luke 2; Matthew 2)
• 7am Gleneagle Ward Council [LX]
• 8:15am Pine Creek Ward Council [LX]
• 8:30am Gleneagle Ward Conference [LX]
• 10am Pine Creek Ward Conference [LX]
• 1:30pm Stake Missionary Work Coordination Meeting [LX]
• 2:30pm Stake High Council Meeting [LX]
• 4pm Stake General Priesthood Meeting [LX]
• 5:45pm Multistake Single Adult (SA) Leadership Meeting [CSESC]
• 7pm Multistake Single Adult (SA) Fireside [CSESC]

Updates to the Stake Calendar of Events

• YSA Wards Temple Night, Saturday, January 12th: removed; will be held the second Saturday in February, 7pm.

Personal Calendar: Synchronize your personal calendar with ward and stake calendar events

You can automatically synchronize the events from your ward and stake calendar with your personal Google, Microsoft Outlook, or Apple calendar. Updates made to events in your Church calendar will be reflected in the sync'd calendar.

To setup your phone, tablet, or computer, go to LDS.org, Church Calendar, Sync, select the type of calendar you use (Google Calendar, Microsoft Outlook, or Apple Calendar), and follow the instructions.

This has the advantage as items are added, deleted, and modified on the ward and stake calendar, they are instantly updated on your personal calendar. LDS Tools has the drawback that: 1) it is only synchronized every 30 days, unless the user manually synchronizes it; 2) it is not integrated with your personal calendar for viewing on one screen; and, 3) the web links listed in some of the calendar events can be directly clicked on to open the web page from the event in your personal calendar, but not in LDS Tools.

2019 Ward Meeting Schedules

Unless exeption is noted below, all wards hold sacrament meeting first and ward weeknight activities are at the same building as Sunday meetings:

• Lexington building
  • Gleneagle Ward, 8:30am - 10:30am, Wednesday weeknight activities
  • Pine Creek Ward, 10:00am - 12:00pm, Wednesday weeknight activities at the Jamboree building
• Liberty building
  • Cordera Ward, 11:30am - 1:30pm, Wednesday weeknight activities
• Monument building
  • High Forest Ward, 8:30am - 10:30am, Tuesday weeknight activities
  • King's Deer Ward, 10:00am - 12:00pm, Wednesday weeknight activities
  • Jackson Creek Ward, 11:30am - 1:30pm, Tuesday weeknight activities
  • Monument Ward, 1:00pm - 3:00pm, Wednesday weeknight activities
• Black Forest building
  • Meadow Run Ward, 8:30am - 10:30am, Wednesday weeknight activities
• Jamboree building
  • Northgate Ward, 8:30am - 10:30am, Tuesday weeknight activities
  • Cheyenne Mountain YSA Ward, 11am - 1pm (sacrament meeting 11:00am, in the chapel), Thursday weeknight activities
  • Mount Herman YSA Ward, 11am - 1pm (sacrament meeting 12:05pm, in the chapel), Thursday weeknight activities
  • Pikes Peak YSA Ward, 11am - 1pm (sacrament meeting 11:00am, in the cultural hall), Thursday weeknight activities

Ward Quarterly Reports due no later than January 15th

Four times each year (Quarters ending in March, June, September, December) the ward clerk completes the Quarterly Report. The stake clerk works with the ward clerks to ensure that the report is submitted by the 15th of the following month after the end of each quarter.

Clerks may complete the Quarterly Report here or sign into leader.lds.org and click on Quarterly Report from the Reports menu. Specific instructions for completing the report are available by clicking on each of the numbered links presented in the report.

Thank you for your diligence in making sure that Church records are accurately maintained.

The lds.org online help for the quarterly report provides guidance and clarification to ward clerks and priesthood/auxiliary secretaries:

Policy and Principles

The Quarterly Report includes information for only the last month of each quarter.

The ward clerk or an assistant ward clerk prepares the report under the direction of the bishop. By the 10th of the month following the end of each quarter, quorum and auxiliary leaders or secretaries give attendance information for the previous month to the clerk so he can include it in the report. The bishop reviews the report for accuracy and makes sure the clerk submits it by the 15th of the month following the end of the quarter.

Indicators of Conversion and Church Growth

All of the information in the “Indicators of Conversion and Church Growth” section, except for the actual average sacrament meeting attendance, is provided automatically from Church headquarters. This section also includes the percentages relating to the information above from one year ago and five years ago to help leaders monitor trends.

Every number and statistic in the Quarterly Report represents an individual member who has unique needs and is used in tracking the progress of ward members and deciding how to strengthen the faith of individuals and families. The Ward Council should seek direction from the Lord as they consider who may need their help and what help to provide.

Sacrament Meeting Attendance

To determine the average sacrament meeting attendance, add the total number attending each sacrament meeting during the last month of the quarter and divide by the number of meetings held. Count all persons attending sacrament meeting, including members, nonmembers, and visitors. Do not count any ward members not in attendance, such as members serving missions, away performing other Church assignments, or attending other wards.

Quorum, Class, and Primary Attendance

For quorum, class, and Primary attendance, count each person who attended at least once during the last month of the quarter. Count only those who appear on the ward rolls, not visitors. Those who are unable to attend priesthood or Sunday Relief Society meetings because of a Church assignment are to be recorded as attending (including full-time missionaries serving from the ward).

For a description of each line in the Quarterly Report, click here.

Leader and Clerk Resources (LCR) Procedures

Click here to go to the report.

Eric Mather, Stake Clerk

Leader and Clerk Resources (LCR) Release Notes

Release 4.4.10

Date Released: December 20, 2018

New or Enhanced Functionality

Membership Related

• Updated LCR to support the age-group progression changes that were announced by the First Presidency on December 14, 2018. On January 1, 2019:
  • Aaronic Priesthood ordinations can be recorded based on the new age guidelines.
  • Limited-use temple recommends can be issued for young women and ordained young men who will turn 12 during the year.
  • Youth will be assigned to Sunday School classes, Young Women classes, and Aaronic Priesthood quorums based on the new guidelines. These guidelines direct that children and youth are assigned to a class or quorum based upon the year they turn a certain age. The Valiant 11 Primary class will be discontinued, and the Course 11 Sunday School class will be available.
  • Leaders can record ministering assignments for 13-year-old youth in Mia Maid classes and teachers quorums.
  • For more information, see childrenandyouth.lds.org.
• Updated the ward and branch version of the Officers Sustained form.
  • During ward conference, all members with callings listed on the form are now sustained in sacrament meeting.
  • Removed instructions to sustain certain callings in quorums and classes during ward conference.
  • Please note that outside of ward conference, leaders should continue to follow the instructions for sustaining members in Handbook 2: Administering the Church and the October 11, 2018, notice, “Sustaining Those Serving in Relief Society and Elders Quorum Callings.”
  • Removed the assistant ward mission leader.
  • Added the temple and family history leader.
• Added the ability for elders quorum and Relief Society leaders to print interview lists for each district of ministering brothers and ministering sisters.
• For units in the United States and Canada only, updated the patriarch recommendation link to go to the Boundary and Leadership Proposals site instead of providing a PDF application.
• Enhanced the Contact Us link so that it opens an incident with the Global Service Center instead of going to a Help Center article.
• Added a message reminding users that the Send a Message tool can be used only for Church purposes.

Issues Resolved

• Fixed the following issues related to ministering:
  • High councilors and stake Relief Society presidencies were unable to access relevant ministering reports.
  • The past-day filter was not showing changes until the page was refreshed.
  • A presidency member was not able to be assigned to a newly created district.
• Additional bug fixes and performance improvements.

Official Mormon Newsroom and Church News announcements and articles of interest to our stake.

New videos from the church from the Mormon Channel, Mormon Channel Video Series: Give Back, His Grace, Gospel Solutions for Families, Mormon Messages, Mormon Message for Youth, etc. (new Book of Mormon Videos coming soon)

The church’s Official Communication Library messages may contain confidential or privileged information and are only accessible by and for the use of the individual(s) addressed in the letter/policy.

New

• None

Previously Released

• Notice, 21 December 2018: Changes to Come, Follow Me for Aaronic Priesthood and Young Women
  • Starting in January 2019, quorum and class presidencies, with the support of adult leaders, will have added flexibility in deciding when the doctrinal topics in Come, Follow Me for Aaronic Priesthood and Young Women will be taught.
• Notice, 14 December 2018: Frequently Asked Questions about the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and the Boy Scouts of America
  • Help for Church leaders, members, and Scouting volunteers and professionals with the transition from the chartered partnership.