Cottonwood Creek 3rd Ward

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 Ellis

Inner City Project

7817 S Canterwood Lane

Sandy, UT 84093

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

Congratulations to Sister Abby Hale on her call to the Indiana Fort Wayne, Spanish Speaking mission!  Que tengas un gran exito!

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

(7/6/2026) 

Hey hey hey, its a wonderful day! 

How was everyone's week. Mine was well spent you could say the least. Let's jump in.

Spiritual thought: Cast off to put on

Ok, so today's spiritual thought comes from the chapter Romains 13, and there are a couple fo verses I'd like to share with you that I loved so much while studying it. 

On kahoots with last weeks email, (take this as the transition) we see another phrase talking about the "NOW". 

I love the spin on the words as it says "now it is high time to wake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed" -Romans 13:11

Of course now is the time to wake up, as I said last week, this work is not something we can lazily make our way through. I can't sleep my way into heaven with God. 

Ok, verse 12 is where the thought comes in, 

"let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light" -Romains 13:12

Two sides to it; "cast off" and "put on". 

Two action words. The first invites us to get rid of something that brings darkness. I know each of us has a work of darkness in our life. Sp what should we do with it? Cast it away, but not only that. We are also asked to REPLACE it with something that has real value. 

Promises are given and I know of their veracity; that you will be happier without it. No matter what it is, I promise you'll be happier without it. Even if it's something small. Cause all it is is a call to faith. Do you want to see the blessings that come? Well it starts by obeying. 

President nelson gave us a great invitation by asking the question; "What does it mean to overcome the world?" Or in other words, "cast off darkness"

His response? "It means choosing to refrain from anything that drives the Spirit away. It means being willing to 'give away' even our favorite sins." - President Nelson. I LOVE THIS SO MUCH. 

Give up even your most favorite sin, and see the blessings that come. When we do we "put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh," I ask each one of you to make one step towards christ, then the following steps become smaller and smaller. It's the first step that is hard. 

I know many of you are missionaries. Take one thing away "that drives the Spirit away." Even the small things. I know you can do it, you were made to do it. 

Weeklys: 

- Saturday I got to talk with a lady from Indonesia who doesn't speak a lack of French. She knew "small, small" English so I was able to get to know her. She's been here for 6 months which is WILD I've been here longer than her. 

- Comp had a few health issues so not a whole lot of procylyting hours but we make it work. 

- We had the temple last week which was fire, and deserves to be written about twice. 

- Sadly, not much was celebrated for the 4th of July, but I'm definitely hitting up the 24th with some roman candles 👀🧨🎉🎇

Have a great week, and I'll see ya at the next one. Also, send me some emails, I haven't heard from a few of you in ages. 

- Elder Hill 🇨🇮 

(7/8/2026) KNOCK-OUT 🥊💥💫

Yup, Côte d'Ivoire is officially out of the ranks. But they made a good running. Had the whole country triped up thinking they could finish with a tie, but Haaland is too strong 💪. 

Ok let's jump in 

Spiritual thought: Now

This whole world is a test of now. We move through this life little by little. There will never be a time in your life where you can hit a fast-forward button. I hope that I'm not the only one that feels that way sometimes. But what do we learn? God has put us on a course, where each step along the way is essential to our progress. Each step forward; each step backward; slowly shapes the way we are. Our ULTIMATE goal is to become as God is. So, little by little, precept upon precept. 

Becoming like God is a life-long process that is not easy. It takes diligent effort, a willing mind, and integriful actions. Our missions president's final words before he left really touched me. 

He said that the church "will continue to move increasingly toward a higher and holier way of living, not back to an immediate implementation of severe penalty as was the case under the law of Moses". Oftentimes people look at these changes in principals and see it as a lifting a rule for the church. Finally! Some may exclaim, but we can see that this is just a lack of understanding. The church isn't lifting rules, but turning them into choices. We then, must accept the consequences that follow from our own truth seeking paths.

Alma 5:26,

"behold, I say unto you, my brethren, if ye have experienced a change of heart, and if ye have felt to sing the song of redeeming love, I would ask, can ye feel so now"

Alma asks if a touch in their hearts has come before unto the people he's talking with. But then he asks the real question, "What about NOW". Because from NOW we can make the changes necessary to progress like God. We can't change our past so leave it as the past. 

The most impactful moment is and will always be; now. Not your past, and not your forseeable future. Don't push things off to tomorrow, for they "procrastinate the day of [their] repentance". Longing for something else is always a form of comparison, and "Comparison is the thief of joy" as sister Joy D Jones put it so well. Comparing against the past, or other possible versions of yourself or others will not lead to joy. Only through "living in the moment" can real joy be felt. 

It can be hard, but thats the test of this life. Will we stick it out through the tough times as well as the sinple times? My hope is that we can, and that we know we can. One family quote that I love (I know you'll be proud mom) is "we can do hard things"; because it's true. We tell ourselves too often "I'm tired" or, "I can't go on". I know that there will always be a better "now", so use your time now, to prepare for those better days. I know God loves you. He has consecrated you afflictions for your gain. Take your time to appreciate the blessings you do have; and by being grateful, you will see changes that I want you to see for yourselves. So be grateful, (try saying a prayer of gratitude, by starting each sentence with, "thank you for...". I know that if we do this we can be happy in whatever circumstance our life is in. The air of gratitude is contagious so spread it with others. This keeps up an eternal perspective that let's us feel peace and satisfaction from our current situation. 

Ok weekly update

- Like I said before, Côte d'Ivoire is out, but the US is still in it baby. GO EAGLES!!🦅🇺🇸

- We had our new mission presidents come in and it seems like it'll be a wonderful year and 2 months with them! Welcome president and sister Tailor! 🇨🇮🤗

- Temple today, and I'm so stoked!🏛 Its been 4 months since the last time😫😭

- We had a handyman come fix our toilet that's flooding our bathroom, only to find out the next day that it did absolutely nothing. Zilch, nada. 🚫⛔️🚰🚮🚼

- Barely anyone showed up at chu4ch because it rained again... 2 for 2 goes so hard!!! 🎆🎇🎉✨️💥🔥☄️🌊⚡️❄️💧☔️

Good fête de 4th of july for you alp and make good choices. Tchao

- Elder Hill 🇨🇮 

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

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

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

6/30/2026)   Big things In Perú

   Wowowow Hey guys it has been quite some time, the only thing more neglected than all of you is my Journal...💀 but hey we hitting it back up! We got a lot to talk about!

   Firstly...

SPIRITUAL THOUGHT👻💭:

   Well clearly today, we are going to start this off with a spiritual thought, with what was shared with us by a general authority, Elder Godoy. About 3 weeks ago we got to hear from Elder Godoy, who talked about the importance of perspectives. From our Earthly perspectives, we can decide whatever we desire to be truth. What we have is so small compared to what God sees that we could be thinking one thing is truth when in fact it is completely wrong.

   So why am I talking about this, well its because I wanna talk about the Church of Jesus Christ of Later Day Saints, and what we view as true. We know, with Moses or Noah or Adam or Abraham, that way back then God himself came to those who he had chosen, to be the ones to guide or rule us. God didn't send some messenger or some feeling, but God himself and his Son came. So if truth is truth now, and forever will be truth, why would God change that way to call prophets. Joseph Smith was called by God and his Son to be the leading prophet in this dispensation. We recieve revelation daily by those prophets because God is not done talking to us and we are not done moving closer to Him. The joys of the gospel are not come through man, but through God. I say all these things in the name of Jesus Christ amen.

   Okokok now for the part that everyone has been waiting for! The updates (but just the highlights)

   We had the wonderful opportunity of hearing from Elder Godoy a general authority of the Church. He shared a wonderful thought and we got to see the whole mission there it was so dope. My goat Elder Nicol shoutout🔥

   We've been on the straight grind as we've been dealing with lots of people getting ready to be baptised. We had one family get baptised, a friend of that family, and an elect all get baptised. Your prayers are heard thank you all so much for praying!! These are their names.

Monica Casas

Yunder Asencio 

Yarumi Asencio

Danna Asencio

Cristopher Campo

Yoselin Hernandez

   We recently went to a place called Puerto Malabrigo and it is quite beautiful, famous for their waves and surfers.🤙 Pictures to come!

   WFW (weird food of the week)

- tuna noodles. Ya thats right noodles with tuna 

🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 ya I absolutely love those things🤤

But ya thats it if anyone would like to or have got time on there hands you can send me an email. Hopefully I can respond but if not, have a great week and we'll see you all next wednesday!

-elderhill🇵🇪

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

ELDER HILL'S FLICKS

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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