Top Gun: Ward Weekly Flyby


 

🛩️ Dripping Springs Ward Weekly Flyby

 

Engage your testimony. Engage your ministering. Engage your seatbelt.

 📖 Come, Follow Me – May 12–18

 

Callsign: Operation Spiritual Radar

 

This week’s lesson reminds us that truth from God is like an eternal runway light. It’s always on. It never flickers. And it keeps us from crashing into dumb ideas.

 

“That which is of God is light… and that light groweth brighter and brighter until the perfect day.” - D&C 50:24

 

In other words, don’t trust the fog. Trust the light.

 

The Holy Ghost is your wingman. Just don’t ignore the headset.

 

 

🦹‍♀️ Youth Activities – Wednesday @7PM

Top Secret Mission: Finals Break

 

Location: Slade Command Center

Objective: De-stress. Destroy boredom. Disappear finals from your brain.

Mission kit includes:

  • Swimming

  • Arcade games

  • Barbecue

  • Snacks that may require a second plate

No notebooks. No textbooks. No Google Docs.

Just float, eat, and win a few rounds of air hockey.

 

Uniform: Swimsuits, smiles, and sunscreen

Code phrase at the door: “I am no longer available for homework.”

 

“You can be my wingman anytime.” – Iceman

“As long as you bring chips.” – Everyone else

 🎤 Church Program – Sunday, May 18

 

Mission Briefing: High Council Sunday

 

Speakers:

  • Ryan Horne

  • Rachel May

They’re coming in hot with testimony, insight, and clear skies of spiritual clarity. These two don’t waste fuel circling the runway. Buckle up.

 

“It’s not the plane. It’s the pilot.” – Maverick

Translation: Come with the Spirit, not just your sleepy face and crumpled tie.

🤝 Ministering Reminder

 

Ministering is like flying formation. If someone falls out, the whole squad feels it.

This week, send that text. Make the visit. Drop off the brownies. Be the Goose to someone’s Maverick.

 

“You never leave your wingman.” – Goose

Even when they still haven’t responded to last time's check-in.

🎓 Seminary Graduation – Saturday, May 25

Location: Stake Center

Time: Who needs clocks when you’ve been waking up before sunrise all year?

 

These youth have braved early mornings, long chapters, and weird lesson analogies. Come celebrate them. They earned their wings.

 

There might be donuts. There will be tears.

 

Moroni’s Quest – Volunteers Needed!

“Moroni didn’t just carry the light, he became it. Faithful. Focused. Fearless. The kind of leader who flew with purpose and never lost sight of his mission.”

 

💡 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

Missionary Section: Feeding the Adventurers!

 

Our Sisters are out there flying daily missions.

They need food. Not just the spiritual kind. The cheesy, saucy, dessert-on-the-side kind.

 

Sign up to feed them. Or go out teaching with them.


🍽 Feed the Missionaries

🚗 Join Them for a Lesson

 

“I feel the need… the need to feed.”

– Also you, every Sunday after church

📋 TLDR – Tactical Latter-day Recap

 

📖 Come, Follow Me

D&C 49 through 50

God is light. Stay out of the spiritual danger zone.

 

👨‍✈️ Youth Activity

Finals Break at the Slades

Swimming, snacks, and zero homework. Aviators encouraged. Pencils not allowed.

 

🎙️ Sacrament

High Council Sunday

Speakers: Ryan Horne and Rachel May

Come for the talks. Stay for the Spirit. Bonus points if you don’t fall asleep.

 

🎓 Special Announcement

Seminary Graduation on May 25

They woke up before the sun for a year. The least you can do is show up in your church clothes.

 

📅 Upcoming Events

YW Camp, YM Camp, Moroni’s Quest

Also the temple is closed so plan accordingly and stop Googling “nearest open temple near me”.

 

🍕 Missionary Meals

Feed the missionaries before they start knocking on your door with puppy eyes.

 

🤝 Ministering

You are someone’s wingman. Don’t leave them flying solo in emotional turbulence.

 🛬 Final Approach – Last Thought

 

There are moments in life when we feel like we’re flying blind. The clouds roll in, the controls feel shaky, and we wonder if we’re even on the right course. Maybe you’ve had a week like that. Maybe finals, work, parenting, or just trying to hold it all together has left you feeling like you’re barely staying in the air.

 

But here’s the good news. You are not flying solo.

 

You have a Heavenly Father who sees your exact position, even when you cannot. You have a Savior who has already flown through every storm, every trial, every fear  and came out victorious. And you have the Holy Ghost constantly whispering directions, comfort, and truth, helping you course correct when needed and reminding you that you are never alone.

 

The gospel is not just a checklist or a Sunday routine. It is a daily co-pilot. It gives us power to take off when we feel grounded, and peace when everything around us feels like turbulence.

 

Courage does not mean never feeling fear. It means choosing to fly anyway. It means showing up to church even when you are exhausted. It means sending that ministering text even if it feels awkward. It means praying one more time even when you are not sure what to say.

 

So this week, hold your head high. Lift your eyes up. Tighten your grip on your faith and keep moving forward. You do not have to be perfect to make progress. You just have to stay in the cockpit and trust the One who knows exactly how to get you home.

 

And remember  the skies may change, but your mission never will. Choose light. Choose love. Choose to fly.

 

We’ll see you in the air.