COTTONWOOD CREEK 3RD WARD 

Sacrament Meeting

February 22th, 2026

Presiding:  Bishop Jon Williams

Conducting: Brother Jeff Abbott

Organist: Sister Karen Holt | Chorister:  Brother Keith Ritchie

Opening Hymn:  #86

"How Great Thou Art"

Invocation: Brother Kent Payne

Ward Business: Brother Jeff Abbott

Sacrament Hymn:  #184

"Upon the Cross of Calvary"

Passing of the Sacrament

Speaker: Brother Karl Prisbrey

Ward Choir

"Standing on the Promises"

Under direction of Brother Mike Smith

Speaker: Elder Zo Velluto

Closing Hymn:  #84

"Faith of Our  Fathers"

Benediction: Brother Wes Jones

2nd Hour: Priesthood and Relief Society

Please Note

Our heartfelt condolences go out to former ward member Missy Mumford on the passing of her mother, Carol Mumford. Please keep Missy and her family in your prayers as they grieve the sudden loss of their beloved matriarch. 

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)

(2/216/2026) And so the voyage continues....

Wow, so I didn't know that whutr missionaries could go to Zimbabwe, but now things are changing. It's gonna be so cool! 

But no, seriously they're just a neighborhood in our area called Zimbabwe. It is pretty cool, got some cool stands for food. We head out there every week now. Lots of fun adventures.

Spiritual thought:

I want to talk about the devotional that president oaks gave. I think every missionary will, but I'm still gonna do it. 

There are a few key things that stood out to me. First was the warning that we must be in tune with the Holy Ghost to know what is true. People WILL be deceived in coming days, we know that technology is growing rapidly. By the time I get home from my mission, we may be able to generate full movies. Maybe not good ones, but still.

The other thing that stood out to me was to put ourselves with good people or friends. These will be beneficial on the later days. I'm so grateful for my friends and family who vos me up so well. Love you guys! Thanks for all the support! I know that they are a big influence in my life. Stay with good people! Thats how joy is found!! I know that.

It is crucial that we try to strengthen our testimonies, in any way that we can. Read the scriptures, go to church, to go seminary, find good people/friends, love others, and serve. These are the recipe for a life without regrets. They are the key that unlocks the blessings of peace, joy, and love in our lives. These treasured times in our lives build us up, along with our faith. Thanks for reading! God lives you and wants yo6u to feel consistant joy.

Random events:

• we had exchanges and I took a boat to get to my ZL's area!

• we went to Zimbabwe and found amazing friends

• we had a motorcycle accident just outside our house. People were hurt, but everyone made it to the hospital conscious🙂👍🏍

• interviews with president were super helpful!

• me and my comp sang the studio C hunger games. Perfect match

Thanks again, and until next week

- 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.  Crossing the boat to our sector

2. On our way to interviews

3. Vibin in the apartment🕶🕺 

4. Sleepy goobers 💤💤😴 

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 mor 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