Sunday, January 28, 2018

Hannah Kerr to Serve in Washington DC North Mission

Sister Hannah Kerr, oldest of Charlie and Sarah Kerr’s four children, entered the Provo MTC on Wednesday, February 7 for the first month (3 weeks at the MTC plus one additional week at the Salt Lake Temple Visitor Center) of her 18-months of fulltime missionary service in the Washington DC North Mission.  

While her call letter from Presidents Monson, Eyring and Uchtdorf tells her she will serve in the Temple Visitors Center, she has also been told she will have the opportunity to  “knock doors” every other day in search of those the Lord has prepared to hear the gospel message.  Another assignment for this enthusiastic sister missionary will be to serve as one of the Church’s online representatives, teaching those who call Church headquarters for more information, before passing them along to missionaries in their own area.

“I didn’t really have a burning desire to serve a mission,” notes Sister Kerr, “but then I got my patriarchal blessing and it talked a lot about missionary service, so I had a change of heart when I realized the Lord had a mission in mind for me.  I love history and I thought serving in a visitor center sounded really fun, so getting to serve in Washington DC feels like a miracle.  I didn’t really worry about serving outside of the U. S., but I’m OK with a call to serve stateside, and can’t wait to get underway!”

The Washington DC North Mission, based in Potomac, Maryland, currently has 2758 members in 3 congregations in the District of Columbia.  Described as a “melting pot of diverse ethnicities, including large communities of immigrants from Ethiopia, Ghana, China and other places” the area is also said to have “gorgeous landscapes with luxurious vegetation” and “awesome spring weather, hot and humid summers, beautiful fall days and nights, and lots of snow in the cold wintertime … all accentuated with buckets of rain throughout the year.” 

We wish you well on this journey, Sister Kerr and look forward to hearing of your missionary adventures and growing testimony.

Norah is B7 Ward's Newest Member

Norah Fielding, oldest of Logan and Katey Fielding’s 3 children was baptized and confirmed by her father at the Bloomington Stake Center on Saturday, January 20, 2018.  The 8-year-old 2nd grader at Bloomington Elementary, described by her mother as “amazing, smart and strong-willed,” was  - at this beautiful service - surrounded with the love of her parents and younger siblings as well as grandparents from Logan, aunts and uncles from Salt Lake City as well as grandparents … and “greats” – from St. George.

When not in school, Norah enjoys ice skating, tumbling, any kind of art project, playing her ukulele … and, Primary!

Norah, who reached the age of accountability this month, has learned at home and in Primary about the importance of her baptism by immersion which represents the burial and resurrection of Jesus Christ and which information and testimony serves as a reminder to this beautiful new member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints of her promise to follow the Savior and keep His commandments.

Friday, January 5, 2018

New YW Presidency Called and Sustained


Sisters Annie Green, Briette Peterson and Brittani Munk, with Katie Christensen again called to serve as YW Secretary, are the newly called Young Women's Presidency following the release of Sisters Jill Fraser, Kim Christensen and Shar Simkins after 4 years of service to (currently) 36 girls - ages 12 to 18 - in the B7 Ward.

With the 2018 Young Women's theme of "Peace in Christ" to guide their activities, the new YW Presidency is determined to build upon the strength and testimonies of their predecessors in all they do, including recognizing the 100th anniversary of Girls Camp this year, while assisting parents and priesthood leaders in guiding young women on the path to the temple and helping them grow their testimony of Heavenly Father, His son Jesus Christ and the restored gospel.