Lakeview Lighthouse
May 2010

Bishopric message

In listening to Bro. Matthew Wright and Bro. Mark Lekic speak this past Sunday in Sacrament meeting, I was reminded again how important it is to review the words of our prophets, seers and revelators. As I heard President Uchtdorf and President Eyring give their Priesthood session addresses in April, I knew that we needed to have those same messages in a sacrament meeting, and soon! How pleased I was that my counselors not only addressed the themes of patience and diligence, they also shared wonderful insights with us from their own personal experiences. As we review the teachings of our church leaders from the latest General Conference, we always pick up on different things that they touch upon, as opposed to when we first hear them speak. And the church has made it so easy for us to review their messages. We can view, listen or read them online at lds.org or we can wait until the Ensign magazine becomes available to review their teachings.

Many of these leaders talked about the importance of families and how we need to teach one another and not wait for the church to take sole responsibility to teach our family members. As parents, this is our role and charge. As children, it is important that we remain teachable and listen to what our parents are trying to teach us. We can’t always expect a Primary Teacher, a Sunday School teacher, a Young Men or Young Women leader to teach us the things we need to know. Certainly they can help, but the essential resource for us to learn basic gospel principles is in the home. This principle was repeated time and again in this most recent General Conference. I hope that you will join with me in reviewing these important and timely messages. May we do all that we can to apply these teachings in our homes with our families. As we make the effort to reinforce the principles taught in General Conference, love can prevail and our ability to cope with challenges and trials that we face will increase.

A few weeks ago, I asked my son, Roger, to help with the Tresner family’s move to their new home in the 6th ward. As we were working side by side he mentioned how serving always seems hard before you begin doing the work. Once you get started, serving others actually gives you more energy and you don’t seem to get tired or fatigued. I’m glad he shared that with me, as I think it applies to our efforts in teaching and reinforcing the principles taught in General Conference in our own homes. We might feel unsure how to begin or even where to start, but once we get involved in reviewing their messages and how they might be applied in our own personal situations, it will undoubtedly become easier.

We live in a great neighborhood and ward. I so appreciate the things that you good people do for one another. Please take the time to do good things in your own homes by teaching, reviewing, and learning from the messages of our church leaders. As we do so, I testify that we will be blessed and strengthened and that a greater spirit of love and understanding will prevail in our lives.

Bishop Ron Brough



Primary Happenings— May 2010

This past two months we have talked about how the Savior blesses our lives through giving us prophets. During April we have talked about the Prophet Joseph Smith and his important role as the first prophet or our dispensation. We talked about how Joseph Smith was able translate the Book of Mormon though the power of God. We discussed how Jesus restored His true church to the earth through Joseph Smith. It has been a month of testimony building as we have realized the blessings of being a part of this restoration.

In May we will be discussing the basic principles and ordinances of the gospel and how these lead us to Christ. We will take particular notice of the covenants we make at baptism and how we can be more mindful of those covenants in our lives. We are looking forward to a wonderful month.

Coming & Going
We said “good-bye” to two of our Valiant 11 students during the past two months. Tiffany Morales and Christopher Nielson both turned 12 and have moved on to the Young Men’s and Women’s programs. Both Tiffany and Christopher earned their Faith in God Award before graduating. We appreciate the example they have been to the rest of us and we will miss them in our primary.

We also said farewell to Sister April Woodhouse in March as she was released as our Primary councilor. She is moving on to work with the stake girl’s camp program this summer. She has served in primary for many years as a teacher then councilor. We appreciate her faithfulness and diligent work and wish her well in her new church service. In turn, we welcome Sister Kristen Bingham as our new Primary councilor. She has been serving in the nursery and we are excited to have her with us in primary.











Young Women activities for May-

May 5- Fiesta De Fun @ the Stake Center
May 12- Camp Kickoff!
May 19- Learning the camp skit
May 26- Video Festival

Girls, please remember your money for camp ($52) is due May 9!

Congratulations to Sheri Millard who was elected Mountain View's Student Body President!

Belated thank you to Toma Blair, Cheryl Yeager, Rachel Hirschi, and Michelle Rasmussen.
Thank you for all your great lessons and thoughts. You will be missed!



Scouting Announcements:

The Scout-o-Rama is going to be held on Saturday, May 22nd at the Scera Park (550 South State Street). It goes from 9:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. It is a 3 District event for the entire Utah National Parks Council. The event is free for all Scouts and cubscouts. It will have pinewood derby events with prizes (I'd bring your pinewood derby car) , cub scout booths, merit badge booths, and food to buy (fry bread $2 and Taco lunch $4). For more information: go to www.oremscoutorama.org. It is especially fun for scouts, but families may just like to wander around and look at the fun exhibits.

2010 Cub Scout Summer Day Camps at Jeremiah Johnson (Hobble Creek Canyon)
Wolf & Bear Day Camp will be on June 30th
Webelo Day Camp will be on June 26th
*Return 'permission to go slip' to Memoree Durfee no later than April 29th...camp spots will be reserved according to slips returned.
*Pay $15.00 camp fee on donation slip marking cub scout summer day camp in "other" box.

Scout camp: June 26-July 3, Camp New Fork (Wyoming)
Varsity weeklong: Aug 3-7, Camp Wild (Idaho)
Venturer’s weeklong: Aug 3-7, Cedar City/St. George
Each young man needs to earn $52 and have that turned in several weeks before the campout! (Deacons need their money turned in by June 7.)