Jul 22 - 28, 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."

New Announcements

1. Stake Youth Trek: IMPORTANT UPCOMING DATES, TIMES, LOCATIONS!
   • July 24th - Trek Return
     • 7:00 pm Lexington building

Continuing Announcements

1. Denver Colorado Temple is closed for maintenance; reopens Tuesday, October 8th
2. Missionary Preparation Class, every Thursday, 7pm-8:30pm at the Jamboree Building
3. Young Single Adults (YSA), ages 18-30
   • Colorado Springs YSAs Facebook and Instagram groups
4. Middle Single Adults (MSA), ages 31-45, Events and Information
   • Colorado Springs LDS Midsingles (ages 31-45) Facebook group and email: CSMidsingles@gmail.com
5. Single Adults (SA), ages 31+, Events and Information
   • Colorado South Single Adults (CSSA) Website
   • Colorado Springs LDS Multi-Stake Single Adults 31+ Facebook group
   • Denver LDS Singles Website
   • Castle Rock LDS Singles crssingleadults@hotmail.com email

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

Updates to the Stake Calendar of Events

• Changed: Stake High Council Meeting [LX], Sunday, 6:30am-8am, from July 21st to July 28th
• Changed: Stake Missionary Work Coordination Meeting [LX], 1:15pm-2pm, from July 21st to July 28th
• Changed: Multistake Young Men Young Women Dance [FCSC], Saturday, August 17th, 7:30pm-10:30pm, from indoor dance and church dress to an outdoor dance and casual dress, from Fountain Colorado Stake Center [FCSC] to Liberty building [LB]
• Added: Multistake Middle Single Adults Activity [LX], Saturday, October 26th, 10am-11:30pm.

This Week

Mon, Jul 22, 2019

• Come, Follow Me: “The Lord Had Called Us for to Preach the Gospel” (Acts 16–21)
• Stake Youth Trek [WY]
• Family Home Evening
• Multistake Adult Education Gospel Study Class [ML]12 - 1:30pm
• Multistake Middle Single Adult (MSA) Home Evening Group [LX]6 - 8pm
• Multistake Single Adult Home Evening Group [CSCSC]6 - 7:30pm
• Multistake Young Single Adult (YSA) Home Evening Group [JB]7 - 9pm

Tue, Jul 23, 2019

• Come, Follow Me: “The Lord Had Called Us for to Preach the Gospel” (Acts 16–21)
• Stake Youth Trek [WY]
• Temple Closed (Reopens Tuesday, October 8th) [DCT]
• Stake Temple Recommend Interviews (by appointment only) [LX]6 - 9pm

Wed, Jul 24, 2019

• Come, Follow Me: “The Lord Had Called Us for to Preach the Gospel” (Acts 16–21)
• Stake Youth Trek [WY]
• Temple Closed (Reopens Tuesday, October 8th) [DCT]
• Pioneer Day

Thu, Jul 25, 2019

• Come, Follow Me: “The Lord Had Called Us for to Preach the Gospel” (Acts 16–21)
• Temple Closed (Reopens Tuesday, October 8th) [DCT]
• Support Meeting for Women [CSESC]10 - 11am
• Institute Mingle [JB]6:30 - 9:15pm
• Support Meeting for Women [DS]7 - 8pm

Fri, Jul 26, 2019

• Come, Follow Me: “The Lord Had Called Us for to Preach the Gospel” (Acts 16–21)
• Temple Closed (Reopens Tuesday, October 8th) [DCT]

SatJul 27, 2019

• Come, Follow Me: “The Lord Had Called Us for to Preach the Gospel” (Acts 16–21)
• Temple Closed (Reopens Tuesday, October 8th) [DCT]

Sun, Jul 28, 2019

• Come, Follow Me: “The Lord Had Called Us for to Preach the Gospel” (Acts 16–21)
• Fourth Sunday: Priesthood quorums, Relief Society, and Young Women (Primary held every Sunday)
• Stake High Council Meeting [LX]6:30 - 8am
• Stake Missionary Work Coordination Meeting [LX]1:30 - 2:30pm
• Support Meeting for Men [JB]6 - 7pm

Next Week

Mon, Jul 29, 2019

• Come, Follow Me: “A Minister and a Witness” (Acts 22–28)
• Family Home Evening
• Multistake Adult Education Gospel Study Class [ML]12 - 1:30pm
• Multistake Middle Single Adult (MSA) Home Evening Group [LX]6 - 8pm
• Multistake Single Adult Home Evening Group [CSCSC]6 - 7:30pm
• Multistake Young Single Adult (YSA) Home Evening Group [JB]7 - 9pm

Tue, Jul 30, 2019

• Come, Follow Me: “A Minister and a Witness” (Acts 22–28)
• Temple Closed (Reopens Tuesday, October 8th) [DCT]
• Stake Young Women Beehive Camp [CJ]
• Stake Temple Recommend Interviews (by appointment only) [LX]6 - 9pm

Wed, Jul 31, 2019

• Come, Follow Me: “A Minister and a Witness” (Acts 22–28)
• Temple Closed (Reopens Tuesday, October 8th) [DCT]
• Stake Young Women Beehive Camp [CJ]

Thu, Aug 1, 2019

• Come, Follow Me: “A Minister and a Witness” (Acts 22–28)
• Temple Closed (Reopens Tuesday, October 8th) [DCT]
• Stake Young Women Beehive Camp [CJ]
• Stake Family History Night [Home]
• Support Meeting for Women [CSESC]10 - 11am
• Institute Mingle [JB]6:30 - 9:15pm
• Support Meeting for Women [DS]7 - 8pm

Fri, Aug 2, 2019

• Come, Follow Me: “A Minister and a Witness” (Acts 22–28)
• Temple Closed (Reopens Tuesday, October 8th) [DCT]
• Stake Young Women Beehive Camp [CJ]
• Multistake Single Adult Temple Night [DCT]7:30 - 9:30pm

Sat, Aug 3, 2019

• Come, Follow Me: “A Minister and a Witness” (Acts 22–28)
• Temple Closed (Reopens Tuesday, October 8th) [DCT]
• Stake Primary Child-of-Record Baptisms [LX, JB, MN]9 - 11:30am

Sun, Aug 4, 2019

• Come, Follow Me: “A Minister and a Witness” (Acts 22–28)
• Fast Sunday
• First Sunday: Sunday School (Primary held every Sunday)
• Stake Bishops' Welfare Council Meeting [LX]5:45 - 6:30am
• Stake Meeting with Bishoprics [LX]6:30 - 8am
• Stake Primary 11-Year-Old Scout Campout Planning Meetings [MN]3:30 - 4:30pm
• Stake Young Women Summer Camp Leadership Meeting [LX]4:30 - 5:30pm
• Support Meeting for Men [JB]6 - 7pm

2019 Ward Meeting Schedules

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

• Lexington building, 8710 Lexington Dr, Colorado Spring CO 80920
  • Gleneagle Ward, 8:30am - 10:30am, Wednesday weeknight activities
  • Pine Creek Ward, 10:00am - 12:00pm, Wednesday weeknight activities at the Jamboree building
  • [Chapel Hills Ward (CSES), 11:30am - 1:30pm, Tuesday weeknight activities]
  • [Briargate Ward (CSES), 1:00pm - 3:00pm, Tuesday weeknight activities]
• Liberty building, 8610 Scarborough Dr, Colorado Springs CO 80920
  • [Explorer Park Ward (CSES), 8:30am - 10:30am, Tuesday weeknight activities]
  • [Fairfax Ward (CSES), 10:00am - 12:00pm, Tuesday weeknight activities]
  • Cordera Ward, 11:30am - 1:30pm, Wednesday weeknight activities
  • [Wolf Lake Ward, 1:00pm - 3:00pm, Wednesday weeknight activities]
• Monument building, 950 West Colorado Highway 105, Monument CO 80132
  • 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, 6950 Shoup Rd, Colorado Springs CO 80908
  • Meadow Run Ward, 8:30am - 10:30am, Wednesday weeknight activities
  • [Black Forest Ward (CSHPS), 11:30am - 1:30pm, Tuesday weeknight activities]
• Jamboree building, 8295 Jamboree Cir, Colorado Springs CO 80920
  • 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

2018 Annual Histories Due by 1 March 2019

Dear Ward Clerks, Ward Councils, and Stake Council,

It is that time of year to submit your 2018 Ward History which will be compiled into the 2018 Stake History.

Please submit your ward organization's history to your ward clerk (or ward history specialist, if you have one), and required documents, in enough time for the ward clerk (and/or ward history specialist) to the stake clerk no later than March 1st. For the stake organizations, please submit your organization's history for 2018 to the stake clerk no later than February 15th.

Highlight what you feel was important and are inspired to include. There were a lot of changes in leadership and several big events worth talking about. You may need to reach back to ward leaders that were in ward leadership callings earlier in the calendar year.

Purpose

• Preparing and submitting an annual history helps fulfill the Lord’s charge: “Continue in writing and making a history of all the important things…concerning my church…And also, my servants who are abroad in the earth should send forth the accounts of their stewardships” (Doctrine and Covenants 69:3,5)

Guides and Resources

• Church History Guide
• Annual History Resources
• Annual History Checklist for Wards
• Annual History Suggestions for Bishops

Process

• Use the checklist below to guide your efforts.
• Please submit your history in Microsoft Word file format
• There are several required documents that are easier to create / scan as a PDF. Send me those PDFs and indicate in the Word document where you want me to combine them.
• Recommend a 6-12 pages per ward. A few more or a few less will be fine (if you have over 20 pages you’ll need to scale back a bit).
• Pictures are encouraged to help tell your ward/organization's history. All owners of included pictures must fill out the permission form and submit with your history.

Checklist: What to Include in an Annual History

• Cover sheet
• A brief narrative describing the year’s important events and developments. Include faith-building stories most likely written by your ward clerk or assigned ward history specialist.
• Ward Calendar. Use some judgment on this one. If you can set the filters appropriately on the shared calendar from churchofjesuschrist.org to just show what you want for your Ward (and turn it into a PDF) go for it. Otherwise, suggest you just type it out (see example in template). You’ll have more control and It will probably be faster in the long run.
• Officer’s sustained forms read at Ward conference will be provided by the ward clerk.
• Reports from priesthood and auxiliary leaders summarizing their efforts to help individuals and families qualify for exaltation. For example, a bishop may identify a few goals for the Ward early in the year and then invite the Ward Council to contribute stories and photographs giving details on how each organization worked to achieve these goals.
• Significant records created by or about the unit, such as:
  • Photographs that are clearly identified and dated (see example in template)
  • Newsletters
  • Special programs and publications
  • Photocopies of newspaper clippings (include information that will identify the newspaper and the date it was published)
  • NOTE: CONFIDENTIAL OR PRIVATE INFORMATION IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE ANNUAL HISTORY

Don’t worry so much about the format. Just send me the info / stories, and the pictures / forms, and I’ll get it combined into a nice clean report for you to review before it is submitted to church headquarters.

If you have questions, feel free to contact me at any time: 719-649-8974.

Eric Mather, Stake Clerk

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New

• Notice, 19 July 2019: For the Strength of Youth (FSY) Conferences in the United States and Canada
  • The Church will begin holding For the Strength of Youth (FSY) conferences in the United States and Canada. Attached is the list of stakes participating in 2020.
• Notice, 15 July 2019: Children and Youth Update
  • A website is now available for stake presidents and bishops to help them prepare for the Children and Youth effort, which will begin on January 1, 2020.

Previously Released

• Notice, 11 July 2019: October 2019 General Conference Tickets—United States and Canada
  • Tickets for general conference will be distributed electronically to all stakes and districts.
• Notice, 5 July 2019: 2020 Curriculum Materials
  • The document Instructions for Curriculum 2020 lists materials to be used during the coming year.
• Notice, 28 June 2019: Worldwide Devotional Face to Face Event for Young Adults with Elder Ulisses Soares
  • On September 15, 2019, Elder Ulisses Soares will be joined by Elder Craig C. Christensen of the Seventy as well as by Sister Rosana Soares and Sister Debbie Christensen.
• Notice, 17 May 2019: Children and Youth Introduction Meetings
  • Two events will be held to help prepare children, youth, parents, and leaders to implement the worldwide initiative for children and youth. Please include these dates on ward and stake calendars.
• Notice, 11 April 2019: Recent Handbook 1 and Handbook 2 Updates
  • To reflect recent changes announced by the First Presidency, the handbooks have been updated on ChurchofJesusChrist.org and in the Gospel Library app. Printed copies will no longer be updated.
• Notice, 4 April 2019: Ward or Branch Temple and Family History Plan and Coordination Meeting
  • A simple ward or branch temple and family history plan could be developed and discussed by the ward or branch council and approved by the bishop or branch president. To help coordinate temple and family history work, a ward or branch temple and family history coordination meeting may be held.