We were warmly greeted by Marilyn and Fred Smith.
Conducting: 2nd councilor, Earl Bleak Snow.
Announcements:
Ward picnic at Pine Valley will be this Tuesday. They would like us to be there at 5:30 so we can eat at 6 o'clock. Coming into Pine Valley you go past the Pine Valley Church. At the stop sign turn left. At the check-in station tell whoever's there that you're with Bloomington Third Ward then take the first right to the campground.
Book of Mormon reading for next week: Alma chapters 36 through 39.
There will be a Provident Living Fair, Saturday August 13 in our building from nine to 11:00 AM for all sisters in the ward.
It is our month to clean the building so be prepared to receive a phone call and help keep our building looking spiffy.
Invocation: Lyla Joy Thomas.
Released: Dean Baxter as a High Councilman in the Southgate Stake.
Sustained: Michael Capik as a Southgate Stake High Councilman.
Our youth speaker today was Aaron Carey Junior
and his topic was Sabbath Day observance. He told us that the Sabbath was given for our benefit. we are to attend our meetings on Sundays; be on time; partake of the sacrament, and be willing to learn. Observing the Sabbath will bring us closer to the Lord and give us spiritual strength.
He quoted from Isaiah 58:13-14. "if thou turn away thy foot from the Sabbath, from doing thy will on my holy day (if you will do my will rather than your will on the Sabbath); and call the Sabbath a delight, (have a good attitude about the Sabbath), The holy of the LORD honorable; and shall honor him (The Lord), not doing thine own will, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking thine own words: Then shall thou delight thyself in the LORD (then you will have joy in the Lord); and I will cause thee to ride up on the high places of the earth, and feed thee with the heritage of Jacob thy father (you will receive the Lord's choicest blessings, blessings of Abraham Isaac and Jacob); for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it (this is a promise!).
Celina Brocknank shared her testimony.
She was so grateful to be able to go to girls camp where she was a youth camp leader. The sweet spirit of her testimony cannot be conveyed here!!
Cristalle Carey also bore her testimony.
She is thankful to live around people of her faith; grateful for the atonement and it's healing power and for priesthood power. She and her family will be moving out of the ward into the Bloomington sixth Ward area. We will surely miss them all.
Concluding speaker was Aaron Carey Sr.
His remarks came from Elder Mervyn B.Arnold's talk in April conference "To the Rescue." Elder Arnold told of his mother who quietly ministered to many that she was not even assigned to.
When we are called to rescue someone we must not delay; we must never give up and we are to bring souls into Christ. No matter our age we are all called to rescue others.
Elder Arnold also spoke of a priesthood leader who went out one Sunday morning to find one of his young priests who was missing. He found him surfing in the ocean. Without removing his jacket or his shoes he waded out into the water and brought that young man to shore. Said young man married his sweetheart in the temple. They now have five children who have all been married in the temple and served missions; he has many grandchildren and other relatives who are active in the church and have submitted thousands of names for temple work!! Again, when we are called to the rescue, We must not delay & we must not give up!!!!
Benediction: George Thomas
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