Cottonwood Creek 3rd Ward

COTTONWOOD CREEK 3RD WARD 

Sacrament Meeting

April 19th 2026

Presiding:  Bishop Jon Williams

Conducting:  Brother Todd Musig

Organist:  Sister Karen Holt  Chorister:  Brother Keith Ritchie

Opening Hymn:  #9

"Come, Rejoice"

Invocation:  TBA

Ward Business:  Brother Todd Musig

Sacrament Hymn:  #182

"We'll Sing All Hail to Jesus' Name"

Passing of the Sacrament

Speaker:  Elder White

Speaker:  Elder Letteer

Special Musical Number

"Because"

Young Women and Leaders

Speaker:  Brother Brian Williams

Closing Hymn:  #2

"The Spirit of God"

Benediction:  TBA

SECOND HOUR:  Sunday School

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)

(4/14/2026) The chicken launcher 🐥🏹 

Hey guys we got a good week in. Butt of course let's hit up with the spiritual thought

Spiritual thought:

I want to start with a story that comes from this morning actually. I decided that I wanted to make some chocolate pancakes. So I went through the normal routine and added the chocolate powder. Soon enough, I was frying the pancakes on a skillet. Except this time, the pancakes were just not turning out. Sticky, messy and just not looking pretty when they come off. They were always torn, or looking half cooked.

I started to get really frustrated. Like, I've done this a million times. Maybe it was the batter, or the spatula. Why was I not getting the results I wanted? I almost just gave up on the batter and stuck to the pancakes I already had. Cut my losses right? Now easily agitated, I took a step back and chose to continue. Change the batter a little bit, and try again. This did not change the outcome, but the last pancakes definitely looks better than the first. Not so torn, and still unevenly cooked. 

I ended up with about 7 pancakes all pretty thin and now heaped up in one pile. I placed the last clean pancake on top and I could almost forget the horrendous mess underneath. But as I was eating them, I found the most interesting thing. 

All of the pancakes were delicious. The bad ones and the good ones. I really enjoyed breakfast this morning, even if I started in a bad mood. 

Ok, I hope that you are starting to see how this applies to us. In my interpretation, I see the pancakes as our lives. The process of making the 7 pancakes represent our choices. Some decisions we make are good, some are bad. Some don't turn out because of outside factors just like the batter or sticky spatula. 

I can't help but feel like all of our actions will be put on a plate and given directly to jesus christ. We may feel sometimes that we can hide all our ugly pancakes under the nice pretty-looking ones. God will still inspect each pancake, both the good and the bad. But God, blessfully, does not judge based off of looks, he judges off of taste. How merciful is that? I just love that. Sometimes our batter may stink, but we can always change it for the better NEXT time. Yeah some pancakes struggle at first, but giving up and throwing out the batter won't get to better results. God asks us to change, but he'll always love us, and our effort. I say these things in the name of Jesus Christ amen. 

Ok, random events

• (chicken launcher story) me and a companion went pretty out-there for a lesson. Got a bit lost but found it eventually. At the end of the lesson, we walk outside to see two young boys throwing a chicken around just for kicks and giggles. My comp shut it down pretty quickly. (It was pretty cruel)🐥🏹

• we had zone conference and found some more info on the new mission split.☄️🌊⚡️ 

• we ate at a restaurant that was really nice. The food wasn't like the states, but it looked fancy. 🥧🥧

• crazy rainstorm that kept us in all day. ⛈️

• contacted an apartment that was actually successful. (that never happens)🏢✅️

Anyways, if your thinking avoir emailing me, do it. I have way too much time and it'd much appreciated. Love you guys!

- Elder Hill 🇨🇮

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

(4-14-2026)   Its the last of the transfer!!

What up what up, how're you all going. Let me know because I won't be able to know unless you shoot me a message! But I don't want this email to be too long. 

⚠️Warning it's pretty long⚠️

Lets start off with the week!

Monday:

   We headed up to a place called Yanasara about an hour away. Basically their natural hot tubs... so lit 🔥. Will be adding photos!

Tuesday:

   Ok ok so today was so blessed!! We have a plaza in the center of our city with crazy loud speakers and they were playing white girl music 🎶🥲. Another thing that happened was we found an amazing friend this day. His name is Alejandro Gabriel, and he's been on the search for truth so we're excited to be teaching him.

Wednesday:

   Wow today we ate one of the most colorful dishes I think I've ever eaten. Beats(purple) potatos(yellow), beef(brown) and corn/rice(white) ya crazy. We ended today with a Noche de Hogar with the Ynglessie family, our friends Kevin and Liz and their daughter who has about the same amount of time living as I have in the mission, let's just say I'm winning the language game haha sucker! We then played some version of the board game "trouble" and E Javobsen accused me of being to agressive while playing by saying "vaya a su casa" whenever I killed someone. Dunno man I'm just passionate🤷‍♂️

Thursday:

   Holy moly today was hilarious. We left with one of the senor couple missionaries whos name is Elder Morales and somehow got talking about music. Apparently he does not like music because of the way sole people dance. He then prosceeded to show us. I can't even describe what I saw but let me try. It was mix between Elvis Presly, and a four year old. So ya pretty funny. 

Friday:

   Today we had another noche de hogar but with the relief society again. It was very similar to the last time only E Jacobsen lost one of the games and had to do the chicken dance 🕺

Saturday:

   Today we just knocked and knocked and knocked. We knocked an entire street and more...

Sunday:

   No church today due to peruvian elections. I saw way to much people and crazy things today. Watched an elderly lady pee in the street 😳 and heated peruvians fight over who won all the while drunk outta their minds... ya and apparently we have to do this all over again because nobody won. What the flip!

   Okok enough of that lets get to the

SPIRITUAL THOUGHT:

   So I want to name my thought today "The glory of God is intelligence" coming from D&C 93 verse 36

   So what is intelligence seems to be the question here. Well intelligence is many things, knowledge of our world in which we live (how it functions), knowledge of those around us (relationships or psychology) but all this means nothing, or intelligence is not gained unless we put the benefits of knowing these things into action. Everything in intelligence requires action so we may gain wisdom alongside knowledge. 

   Next verse is in D&C again D&C 50:24. It says. 

That which is of God is light; and he that receiveth light, and continueth in God, receiveth more light; and that light groweth brighter and brighter until the perfect day.

So in this we learn that intelligence clearly requires that we continue, and continue. There is no day, at least in this work, in where we may reach complete intelligence. Does that mean we give up. No! Because we learn only those who are enduring till the end can achieve this intelligence. I encourage antinguo to reread or reliance to the talk by Elder David A. Bednar just this last general conference! 

   So now I bring up another thing. So many times I hear the wonder words of "oh that's just my truth" or "oh that's just what I believe." In what world have you been given the right to decide truth. Have you reached a level of intelligence to decide anything? No, but when we put those thoughts in our mind we close ourselves to progression bevause we've decided that "I know whats best for me" when in reality we may have an idea but it is nothing to say the least to what Gods got in store for each one of us! Like in Elder Ulysses Soares talk about the grapevine last conference, (which you should also listen to) John 15:4 says

Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me.

So in this we learn the source of all intelligence. Ya that's right all. If we wish to gain that intelligence single to the glory and eye of God we must put our trust in his Son Jesus Christ. So a question arises then. Who is God to determine truth, how are we to know of his intelligence. Well in Job 22, it asked the same question. Verse 13 says

And thou sayest, How doth God know? can he judge through the dark cloud?

How doth God know? The answer isn't actually answered in the following verses but the one before it in verse 12 saying.

Is not God in the height of heaven? and behold the height of the stars, how high they are!

We trust in God not only in blind faith, but because we can behold the throne of God and how high he sits. Just like a tower, God sits on his thrown of intelligence higher than that which we can imagine. All He needs to do is look down upon us and can see all. He is not blinded by the same dark clouds that cover us. So this trust is like trusting a guide who looks down at an entire maze guiding each of us inside it so we may find the exit. He knows, and I testify that he does. 

   Sorry guys had been so long but to end I wanna end with a title of God that I love. It is Allpowerful Lord Omnipotent. God has such a powerful view of all from his thrown above and intelligence capable of knowing each one of his creations perfectly. This is intelligence, God didn't just sit on his throne and watch but he is actively moving innumerable pieces to help us keep moving forward. He is in the middle of his work, "[bringing] to pass the immortality and eternal life of man" for that "is [his] work, and [his] glory" In these things I testify in the name of Jesus Christ amen. 

   Yeah ok let's just end this thing already. 

WFW(weird food of the week)

- ate some duck... 

🌟🌟🚫🚫🚫 didn't sit well in the stomach and basically no meat👎

   Thanks to everyone who sent emails I'll get back to ya!

-elderhill🇵🇪

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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