Banbury Ward of
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Zoom link for Banbury Ward Sacrament Meeting: https://zoom.us/j/93822966300
Sacrament Meeting begins at 9:00 am
2024 Banbury Ward Sunday Meeting Schedule - Sacrament meeting starts at 9:00 am.
All YM, and YW with greeting assignments arrive at 8:30 am to setup chairs, prepare sacrament, and greet arriving members.
Ward Council begins at 11:45 am on 1st, 2nd, 4th, and 5th Sundays.
Ward Youth Council begins at 11:15 on 3rd Sundays.
Ward Facebook group:
We have a private Banbury Ward Facebook Group. You may request to join the group by going to http://www.facebook.com/groups/banburyward. Once you join, you'll find a set of guidelines and learn more about what to share. We hope this provides a meaningful way for more two-way communication between ward members.
If you would like to add an announcement to this website and the Sunday bulletin, please email the information to: banburybulletin@gmail.com
Message from the Bishopric
Dear Banbury Ward Members,
On April 3, 1836, Elijah the Prophet appeared to Joseph Smith and Sidney Rigdon in the Kirtland Temple and declared:
"Behold, the time has fully come, which was spoken of by the mouth of Malachi—testifying that he [Elijah] should be sent, before the great and dreadful day of the Lord come—To turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the children to the fathers, lest the whole earth be smitten with a curse."
One small, but extremely valuable activity we can each do that will help turn our hearts to our ancestors is adding memories to ancestral records in FamilySearch. This type of work for the dead is extremely personal and helps connect us to our departed loved ones and others we have yet to meet in simple but tangible ways. On the FamilySearch website or in the FamilyTree app, you can add many different kinds of memories, including photos, videos, and audio recordings. Even if you don't have such artifacts available, you can start by finding an ancestor that you knew personally during their life and typing in a brief personal remembrance or story. Each memory adds life and color to the very real person represented in each record, and your effort will help other relatives, including future ones, know more about your shared relation.
Earlier this year, I was able to discover the name and number of my paternal grandfather's military unit in WWII. This information allowed me to find a detailed history about his unit's participation in the Battle of Attu in the Aleutian Islands, which I was able to upload to his profile. My grandfather rarely spoke of his experience during the war, and I was astounded to learn about what happened to him. Reading this history increased my compassion and love for my grandfather in ways I could not have predicted. My simple act of adding a memory to my grandfather's profile in FamilySearch helped turn my heart to him.
This year, our ward has a goal for 100 members to add at least one memory to FamilySearch. To reach this goal, we need 28 more people to add a memory. If you haven't done so yet, I invite you to add a memory before the end of the year. If you have already added a memory, I invite you to help someone else do so - particularly children, youth, and the elderly in our ward. Together, we can turn our hearts to our ancestors in ways that will bless our lives and the entire earth!
Love,
Brother Bliss
Announcements
Upcoming Youth Events:
Ignite Your Faith for Graduating Seniors - Sunday, November 3rd at 7:00pm - It will grow your testimony, build your faith, and prepare you for discipleship, missionary activity, and life. All graduating seniors are invited to join in Gospel discussion each Fast Sunday at President Allan Hall’s home located at 1011 River Heights Drive in Meridian. The dress is casual. The desserts are stellar. The discussion will be epic. Help us spread the word! All high school seniors are encouraged to join in, bring your friends, and plan to attend this youth led discussion each month on Fast Sunday.
The Youth Game Nights that were held on Thursday evenings in the Stake Center Gym have been replaced with a series of Youth Sports Leagues. Youth Sports Leagues will run for about 6 weeks and be focused on one sport. The first session is a Pickleball League that started on October 3rd and continues to November 21st (skipping Halloween) on Thursday evenings from 7 to 9 pm in the Stake Center Gym. All youth turning 14 to 18 years old in 2024 are invited to join the league and bring their friends with them. Please bring a paddle if you have one. We will have limited supplies available for use.
Summer 2025 Youth Camps - Block your calendars for the week of July 7-12, 2025. Please direct any questions or concerns to Bishop Price or President Lisa White.
Ward Choir Practice - Sundays at 2pm at the church
Church cleaning for November - Please come to the church Saturday at 8:00am on the assigned day or trade with another family if your assigned day doesn't work:
Nov 9th: Michalsky, Meck, Moss, Muir, Nate, Nations, Nelson, Nielsen, Oleson, Peterson, Pfleger, Poole, Poole
Nov 16th: Price, Ragsdale, Ranstrom, Richards, Roth, Sasser, Schlosser, Schrum, Shreeve, Simmons, Spencer, Stewart
Nov 23rd: Stone, Stone, Strong, Swenson, Swenson, Taylor, Thomas, Thompson, Vande Merwe, Wahl, Ward, White
Nov 30th: Wissenbach, Yearsly, Yorgason, Young, Adamy, Anderson, Armstrong, Asetre, Azzarito, Bates, Bernhardt, Bird
November 3 - Teacher Council Meeting for Parents - Second Hour of Sunday Meetings - The primary purpose is to counsel together and learn together about teaching the Gospel of Jesus Christ within our families. All are welcome to join and participate with us. In preparation for counseling together, please ponder your recent experiences in teaching the Gospel of Jesus Christ at home and consider sharing both successes and challenges. Wherever you are in your Gospel teaching, come learn together with us.
November 4 - Blood Drive at the Stake Center - 9:00am-3:00pm - Please join our lifesaving mission and schedule an appointment! CLICK HERE to schedule an appointment. URGENT NEED! Please take a look at your schedules and carve out a little time to make this important, life saving sacrifice. Every donation makes a difference to friends and neighbors right here in our community. The need for blood is constant. Nationwide, someone needs a unit of blood every 2 to 3 seconds and most of us will need blood in our lifetime. Thank you for supporting the American Red Cross blood program!
November 7 - Stake RS HOPE Fireside - 7:00-8:30pm at the Stake Center - All Is Safely Gathered In--Spiritual and Physical Preparedness (church dress/nice casual)
November 9 - Ward Service Activity--Raking Leaves - Meet at the church at 9:00am
November 14 - JOY Luncheon - Noon at the Stake Center for Relief Society sisters 65+
The Activities Committee is collecting extra Christmas Cards you may have for our Ward Christmas Party on December 7th. You may give these to someone in the Activities Committee.
Live Nativity with Boise North Stake: Dec 6/7
Light the World Giving Machines: Our stake is hosting the Giving Machines, located at The Village in Meridian, on Saturday December 14. Learn more here.
Family History Invitation - This month, we invite you to think about your preparations to enter the temple. Please consider using the "Ordinances Ready" feature in the Member Tools App to help you take a family name to the temple. "Therefore, if we change our preparation to enter the temple, we will change our experience in the temple, which will transform our lives outside the temple." Elder Ulisses Soares, April 2024 General Conference
We are inviting all ward members, young, old and in-between, to deepen their connections to their ancestors, both living and deceased, by adding a memory to your Family Search family tree in 2024 and/or by adding an ancestor to your family tree and/or by submitting an ancestor’s name to the temple for ordinance work. If you do, then add a leaf or two or three to the ward tree on the bulletin board. Let’s fill the tree! If you need assistance with any aspect of your family history, please contact a member of the ward council or the ward Temple and Family History Leader.
FAMILYSEARCH CENTER: Our local FamilySearch Center has new, high-tech book scanner that can quickly digitize documents and combine them into single PDF files. It is well-suited for handwritten journals and utilizes a laser to scan a book page in two seconds. This scanner will “flatten” the digital images and won’t damage the book’s binding. Bring your family's books, journals, and documents to the center at 11443 McMillan Rd., Boise or see MERIDIANIDAHOEASTFSC.COM for more information.
MISSIONARY MEALS
Just a friendly reminder that our day to feed the missionaries is on Fridays. There are a couple of options available.
We can have them come teach a lesson in our home to us or friends, and then feed them.
We can provide them a meal to pick up and take home.
Please reach out to our Ward Missionary Leader, Daniel Michalsky if interested, and for further details and options.
CANNERY NEWS
Here are our cannery assignments for 2024. Thank you for supporting the cannery!
Nov 01 - 7:30 pm to 10:30 pm (10 people)
Nov 15 - 12:30 pm to 4:30 pm (5 people)
Dec 11 - 12:30 pm to 4:30 pm (5 people)
The Boise Home Storage Center (formerly at the Garden City Cannery) is now open at its new location on 10740 West Fairview Suite 300, Boise, Idaho 83713. This location (by Deseret Industries) is easily accessible and fully stocked! Hours of operation are:
Tuesday 2:00 pm to 6:00 pm
Saturday 10:00 am to 2:00 pm
"To allow for greater access to the words of the living prophets, printed copies of Church magazines are now available at no cost in your area as of February 1, 2024. These magazines include the Liahona, For the Strength of Youth, and Friend. This policy will eventually apply to every area of the Church.
Members can use their Church account to choose their preferred subscription(s) on a yearly basis at MagazineSubscriptions.ChurchofJesusChrist.org"
Please contact a member of the Bishopric, Relief Society Presidency, Elders Quorum Presidency, or your ministering sisters/brothers if you have any questions about this change or if you need assistance with subscribing for no-cost print magazines.
For temple recommend interviews with the Bishopric and other meetings with the Bishop, please call or text Phil Pfleger at (208) 409-9633.
All temple recommend interviews with the Stake Presidency must be scheduled ahead of time. There are no walk-in appointments at this time. For recommend renewal interviews, please visit https://calendly.com/minorth/temple to see available times and schedule an interview with the stake presidency.
Photos for LDS Tools: If you don't already have a picture in LDS Tools you are encouraged to get your picture taken or upload a picture of your own. You can also get your photo updated. If you need help uploading your pictures, please contact Ann DeBurgh at 208-789-4148.
The resources from the "Planning for Life" firesides are available here: