IncrediMom: No Cape Required

 📖 Come, Follow Me – May 12–18

“Seek Ye Earnestly the Best Gifts” – D&C 46–48

“Not every super has powers… but every disciple has gifts.” – Not Edna Mode, but probably should’ve been

This week, learn how to recognize and use your spiritual gifts to build the kingdom. Just like Elastigirl stretches in all directions, moms (and all of us) are asked to stretch spiritually with love, patience, and faith. Ask: What are my gifts? And how can I use them for good without needing a cape?

🦹‍♀️ Youth Activities – Wednesday @7PM

Cue the theme music. It’s time for some midweek super missions:

• Older YW & Priests – Video games, board games, and snacks at the Owens. Low-key, high-fun, Super Smash Bros optional.

• YW 12–15 – Crafting heroic keychains at the Staker’s. One ring to rule your backpack zipper.

• Teachers & Deacons – Backyard grill-off at the Slades. Steaks, veggies, and maybe someone trying to flip a burger like a Batarang.

“Dinner? Done. Games? Ready. Supervillain? Grounded.” – Every Mom on Youth Night

 🎤 Church Program – Sunday, May 11 (Mother’s Day!)

Speakers: Audrey Staker, Katya Thomas, Chazin Herzog, Thomas Rees, Blake Nielsen

Expect Spirit. Expect love. Expect tears (from joy, not baby spit-up). And maybe a few cape-worthy shoutouts to moms everywhere.

“Helen… you are Elastigirl! My Gosh, pull yourself together!” – Edna Mode 

Translation: Moms, you’re doing better than you think. Keep going.

🧡 Ministering Moment

Check on your people, show up with treats, and if needed, stretch like Elastigirl and just be there. That’s your real power.

Moroni’s Quest – Volunteers Needed!

Moroni didn’t wait to be handed powers, he earned them. Faith. Strategy. Leadership. Straight-up spiritual superhero status.”

💡 Adults needed for short reenactments at Moroni’s Quest – June 19–21 in Dripping Springs.

🎭 No experience required. Costumes provided. Roles are flexible.

📝 Sign up here (it works now)

📧 Questions? (email address in the emailed newsletter)

Let’s make this the most ambitious crossover event in ward history.

📅 UPCOMING EVENTS 

📅 Upcoming Events

✅ June 2–4 – Stake Young Women's Camp

✅ June 5–7 – Stake Young Men's Camp

✅ June 19–21 – Moroni’s Quest RSVP Here 📍 Kent’s Ranch

⛪️ Temple Closed: June 2–October 20

Double-check times and locations—communication errors lead to Sith-level confusion.

Missionary Section: Feeding the Adventurers!

The Elders are out there doing good faster than Dash at field day. You can be part of the mission by feeding them or joining them in lessons. Sign up today!

“With great dinner comes great responsibility.” – Someone’s mom, probably

🍽 Feed the Missionaries

🚗 Join Them for a Lesson

 🧵 TL;DR (Too Long; Didn’t Read)

• Come, Follow Me: D&C 46–48 – Seek and use your gifts.

• Youth Night: Gaming at Owens, crafts at Stakers, steak and veggies at Slades.

• Sunday Speakers: Audrey, Katya, Chazin, Thomas, Blake

• Events Coming Up: YW Camp, YM Camp, Moroni’s Quest

• Missionaries: Feed ’em. Teach with ’em. Be incredible.

• Temple: Closed for now. Worthiness is always in fashion.

• Mother’s Day Message: You’re not just a mom. You’re IncrediMom. And we love you.

💬 Final Thought – “No Cape Required”

This week, we celebrate a very special kind of hero, one who doesn’t need x-ray vision, a jetpack, or a supersuit to change the world. She just shows up. Every single day.

She stretches (emotionally, physically, spiritually). She listens when no one else will. She packs the lunches, teaches the lessons, folds the capes, and somehow still finds time to kneel in prayer for her family. She’s part comfort, part chaos, part Christlike disciple and all heart.

As we dive into Doctrine and Covenants 46–48 this week and learn about spiritual gifts, remember this: most of the greatest gifts are used quietly in kitchens, nurseries, laundry rooms, carpool lines, and late-night phone calls. Gifts like healing, comforting, teaching, and enduring all wrapped in love.

“To some is given one, and to some is given another, that all may be profited thereby.” (D&C 46:12)

Mothers and all those who mother are divine examples of how these gifts work in real life. Not with capes or catchphrases, but with compassion and consistency.

So this Sunday, don’t just hand her flowers, honor her gifts. Notice them. Thank her. Better yet, emulate her.

And to all the moms, grandmas, sisters, aunts, leaders, and bonus moms in our ward:

You’re not just incredible.

You’re IncrediMom.

And this ward is better because of you.