COTTONWOOD CREEK 3RD WARD 

Sacrament Meeting

March 8th, 2026

Presiding:  Bishop Jon Williams

Conducting: Brother Todd Musig

Organist: Sister Karen Holt Chorister:  Brother Keith Ritchie

Opening Hymn:  #83

"Guide Us, O Thou Great Jehovah"

Invocation: Brother Greg Lundt

Ward Business: Brother Todd Musig

Sacrament Hymn:  #173

"While of These Emblems We Partake"

Passing of the Sacrament

Speaker:  Brother George Williams

Speaker:  Brother CJ Stapley

Congregational Hymn #21

"Come, Listen to a Prophet's Voice"

Speaker:  Bishop Jon Williams

Closing Hymn:  #243

"Let Us All Press On"

Benediction: Sister Kathy Prisbrey

2nd Hour: Sunday School

Brothers and Neighbors

BOWLING NIGHT

DATE: Thursday, March 12th

TIME:  6:15 PM

LOCATION: All Star Sandy Lanes (10535 S State Street)

It is only here you will witness the amazing skills of hurling a large heavy ball down the alley to the unsuspecting pins beyond.  This is a night of brotherhood, and bonding forged through the battle of man vs. a standing army of stationary pins.  They are bold, unwilling to retreat, bidding us on to knock them down.  The match is set, some will succeed and some will be less successful in winning the battle of the of the pins, but all who are in this epic battle will succeed in stronger bonds with each other. These strong bonds and memories that will be talked about for generations, will be available only to those who choose to be part of this worthy battle. 

Don't miss out on the fun and memories!  We are looking forward to seeing you all there.

Elders Quorum Presidency

Scheduling the Building

To schedule the building, Bro Woodward had created a direct email for people to request building reservations rather than calling him (see his instructions below):

I now have an email set up specifically for scheduling the building.

cc3scheduling@gmail.com

 I’d like all further requests (from all ward and stake members) to be directed to this email only as it makes it easier for me to get all events scheduled as soon as possible.

For anyone who needs to schedule something, please include your name, contact info, the type of event (including what sections of the building are needed such as the gym or pavilion) and what day(s) and time(s) they need.

I will respond within 24-48 hours letting them know it’s been scheduled or if their time slot is occupied already.

English Language Classes

English as a second language (ESL) classes are being offered at the Stake Center every Thursday evening from 7:00 to 8:00  and all are welcome.  If you are interested or have questions, please contact Lisa Hill at 801-712-2910.

Please see the English Connect tab for more details.

Temple Recommend Interviews

New recommends or renewals of recommends expired more than 1 year

• Please schedule an interview with Bishop Williams through Brother Todd Robinson. 

Renewals of active recommends or those expired 1 year or less

• Please schedule an interview with one of the counselors through Brother Tracy Fisher.

Cottonwood Creek 3rd Ward Plan

VISION:

To help ourselves and others become true followers of Jesus Christ, receive the blessings of the Holy Temple, have enduring joy and qualify for eternal life.

WARD SCRIPTURE:

"By small and simple things are great things brought to pass" Alma 37:6

PRIORITIES:

EVERY member LIVES the gospel of Jesus Christ

EVERY member GATHERS Israel through missionary work

EVERY member should CARE for the poor and needy.

EVERY member ENABLES the salvation for our kindred dead.

Full-time, Local Missionaries

The names change now and then, but the phone number stays the same: 

801-259-1129. Always here, always energetic, and always ready to serve!

3rd Ward Missionary ADDRESSES:

Elder Jesse Bramwell

Arizona Tempe Mission

6001 S Lakeshore Dr

Tempe AZ 85283

Elder and Sister Christensen

Inner City Project

1294 E Siesta Dr

Cottonwood Heights, UT 84093

Elder and Sister Ellis

Inner City Project

7817 S Canterwood Lane

Sandy, UT 84093

Elder and Sister Haslam

Texas Fort Worth Mission

Drake on Summit

1424 Summit Avenue, Apt 4064

Fort Worth, TX 76102

Elder  Marcus Hill

Peru Trujillo Norte Mission

Marcus.hill@missionary.org

Elder Carter Hill

Cote D'Ivoire Abidjan East Mission

Hill.Carter@missionary.org 

Elder Preston Penovich

Church Service Missionary - Salt Lake City East mission 

1620 E Creek Road

Sandy UT 84093

News from Elder Carter Hill (Hill.Carter@missionary.org)

(3/2/2026) And so the voyage continues....

Wow, I thought Africa started to become clean. But I was emergency transferred to France with a temporal visa until I can get a real one. So I'm stuck in a French apartment, in France🤷‍♂️

I did get to go out and buy groceries, and check out this grocery store (see images below):

France is so cool but so different!! White dudes everywhere!! Can't wait to get started outside the apartment!

Hey, that was a joke... sorry to break it to you, but Africa has nice things too. All those photos were actually taken here in Africa. You should send me an email of you believed me😝

Spiritual thought:

I've been studying a lot on happiness lately. I want to share some thoughts I've come across this week. 

It started when I was shared this verse, and now has been deeply connected to my testimony. Its mosiah 2:41 and it reads

"And moreover, I would desire that ye should consider on the blessed and happy state of those that keep the commandments of God. For behold, they are blessed in all things, both temporal and spiritual; and if they hold out faithful to the end they are received into heaven, that thereby they may dwell with God in a state of never-ending happiness. O remember, remember that these things are true; for the Lord God hath spoken it."

Ok, let's break this down. Mosiah says here; and its very important; "Consider on the blessed and happy state of those that keep thr commandements of God"

Isn't that so true? I love this. But this blessed and happy state is not talking about our circumstances or situations. Our lives will never be easy. But this talks about a state of mind, where joy can be found in any event in our lives.

I want to read a little journal excerpt, it reads "further down we see that joy is not personal. What I mean by that is that it cannot be defined [by our terms]. It needs a godly view" 

Sister Tamara runway talks about thus godly view as the overview effect. When astronauts in space saw the earth as such a tiny point, they felt that all was possible. When we are all zoomed in, we see things as huge and impossible. But in comparison to God, it is nothing to be worried about.

It continues "we do not comprehend the same joy that god has. But someday, it can be given to us. I can't tell you that I find joy in watching [my favorite] movies. Although it's amusing, it does not bring long lasting and eternal joy" this is what we call Eternal life. 

"But what exactly is it? Well, we see all throughout the scriptures, jesus using it perfectly. Gratitude" think about that kne moment. Eternal life is based around Gratitude. Jesus, "throught heat, rain, and snow; tribulations and trials [gave] gratitude to his God all the day long. Every condition, circumstance, and situation, was to glorify God."

Now gratitude is made up of two things: Godly Joy, and Godly Love

Ok, so Godly JOY is CHOOSING TO LOOK FOR THE GOOD. In the EASY moments and in thr HARD. Godly joy looks for blessings and miracles, not excuses or misfortunes. 

Now, Godly LOVE is charity. This can be found in service. Now it is important to note that charity is not a virtue that once held, you can powerfully and justifiably correct someone. 

"That's not what charity is". Charity comes to those who share the light of christ, and choose to obey the will of God. With charity, we no longer feel this desire to correct, but to show. Show who we are because of the gospel, but more importantly show who we can become because of our lord and savior Jesus Christ. I know that with thr help of both Godly Joy, and Godly Love, we WILL be filled with a gratitude we never knew before, and that this greater gratitude will push us towards eternal life with a fullness of joy, happiness, peace, and love. I Invite you to seek this happiness. Look to serve others, both members, and non-members, "black and white, bond and free, male and female" (2 Nephi 26:33)

I know that we can be happy, and prepared for moments of sadness, if we turn away from our own thoughts and feelings and follow the will of God. We WILL recieve this "blessed and happy state" if we truely "keep the commandements of god" I say these things, with a firm knowledge of my joy in him, our savior, Jesus Christ, Amen

Ok, now for the events of the week:⬇️

- we always have kids running up to us and wanting a quick handshake, one of these times I'll film it and put it on the Google photos

- we had a baptismal date planned and now we getting ready for the baptism of Sarah. Please pray for her. 

- I got to see some massive boats rolling out the harbor. Up close and personal. 

- power was put consistently for 3+ nights. (I did not sleep thanks for asking)

- power went out during an important game so cries were heard all throughout the town.(these people borderline worship soccer)

- I ran a mile, and I think I'm still in decent shape

- talked with some amazing people this week, they seem to want to progress. So I'm hoping and praying. 

Ok that's my week and it was filled with amazing fun stories. I how you could sag the same. If not, go make those fun stories yourself this week. Then, email me about what you did. Love you guys, thanks for reading this email. I hope you read the spiritual thought (If you didn't, go read it). It's the only reason I do these things. 

- Elder Hill 🇨🇮 

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Join the photos! Im trying to update weekly, but wifi's not always available ⬇️

 https://photos.app.goo.gl/xDALHF5FdXDSeg899 

Images: 

1. Grocery

2. Grocery

3. Grocery

4. Beautiful sunset laid out before us

5. Up close and personal with these bad boys

6. The after rain shenanigans 

7. English connect has started. This will be our lesson for next week. (I can't help but feel like my mom in these moments) 

News from Elder Marcus Hill (marcus.hill@missionary.org)

(2-16-2026)   Let the Games begin

Whatup whatup!! Hello everyone to another wonderful week of gran gozo!!! (for the record and a little background, my comp hates that frase so much so much :) We have exciting news!!! Nothing happened🎉 we put a baptismal date for march 8th but she didnt come to church and three of our lessons with her fell through. Her name is Angie so pray for her please 🙏💀

Little context with the title... like i said last week we are now in whats called "carnivales"

Annnd if you didnt read last weeks email then i will endulge a little here. This is how our typical day of this week went. We get ready in the mornin with our fresh white shirts crisp formal ties and of course the badge of our savior over our hearts, just after taking a lovely cold shower. Feeling refreshed and ready we walk the streets looking for people to contanct. Little did we know that children for carnivales will stand on top of their 4 floor houses sitting with their water balloons 🎈 💧 ready to throw them at unsuspecting white boys with fresh white shirts, crisp ties, and jesus tags, walking down the street. In other words the missionaries...💀 oh and i forgot to mention sometimes they fill it with paint 🎨. The entire week we are just playing dodgeball with this kids hurling paint loaded water balloons at us. And just like jason bond we be dodging them for real, only they splash and get all over us anyway💀. So i bet none of you have ever seen some paint colored missionaries hahaha.

Spiritual thought:👻💭

     So with the theme on paint colored water balloons I want to talk about the Atonement of Jesus Christ and why we as christians have such strong faith in him. So like i said above paint with white shirts is not ideal, and in fact can cause lots of problems. I mean as most you mothers🫵🙂‍↕️ understand. Our lives are like these white shirts, satan and his followers are like those little boys on top of buildings tossing their temptations at us. Sometimes they hit the ground with a big splash and we catch a lick of it but other times it may land directly on top of our heads. 

     This is a time where we need to pay attention. YOU ALL NEED TO BE SPIRITUALLY AWARE OF THE CHILDREN THROWING BALLOONS AT YOU. Because if you don't your shirt will be stained in bright blues and purples and even reds. Sadly we cannot avoid all these terrible painted balloons thrown by children... sometimes we may need to call upon our pension, or Jesus, to wash our shirts. Bow i will tell you that Jesus will be more forgiving than your pension when giving him your paint stained white clothing... but just remember that it is still necesary to walk to him or come to him to give him your clothes.

 In the testimonies of the three witnesses it says,

     "And we know that if we are faithful in Christ, we shall rid our garments of the blood of all men, and be found spotless before the judgment-seat of Christ, and shall dwell with him eternally in the heavens.

     So be faithful and understand that Jesus can rid all your sins and clean each of our garments from our paint stained shirts."

WFW (weird food of the week)

- Ok so this week i got to try this really interesting Maracuya (passion fruit) type food. I'll tell you that it tasted like snot🐌

     Love you guys all so much!!! Thanks so much for all the love and support and hope that I can recieve more this week!!!

-elderhill🇵🇪

See all of Elder Marcus Hill's photos and videos here:

ELDER HILL'S FLICKS

https://photos.app.goo.gl/68u3jX7q7jzgih2Z7

1. Beautiful sunset

2. Helping members move

3. Helping more members move

4. Some more ruins (casual)

Stake History Publication Now Available

We want to let the ward know that we still have several of these books available.  Please check with the bishopric or any of the clerks if you are interested in one for your library.

Sandy Utah Cottonwood Creek Stake 

Brothers and Sisters, 

We are excited to announce the publication and availability of “Worthy of Remembrance” a history of the Sandy Cottonwood Creek Stake 1978-2022. Sister Terri Packer, a member of our stake, has done an amazing job compiling and writing the history. 

The stake has subsidized the cost of publishing the history in an effort to make the book available to as many people as possible. The history contains spiritually uplifting experiences shared by members of our stake in their own words. It includes interesting information about the area, the history, and creation of our Stake. The book is beautiful, readable, inspiring, and full of many, many, photographs, which tell a history of their own. 

Copies are available now. Ward clerks have access to the books and can help with the process of purchasing the history. The cost of the book is $10. Each ward has received a small number of copies to provide to those wishing to purchase. More copies are available for wards to obtain. In addition, copies of the history will be placed in each of our meetinghouse libraries for those who would like to explore the book without purchase. 

Those who live outside of the stake and are interested in purchasing a copy may contact our stake executive secretary, Don McOmie, to coordinate receiving a copy. 

We hope that you will find the history to be as wonderful and inspiring as we have. It bears witness of the hand of the Lord at work in the Sandy Cottonwood Creek stake over many, many years. We highly recommend it to all. 

Warm Regards, 

The Stake Presidency