Dripping Springs Ward Newsletter 

Adventure Is Out There!
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🎶 Church Program – Sunday, Aug 31, 9:00 AM

Opening Hymn 1019. To Love Like Thee

Sacrament Hymn 169. As Now We Take the Sacrament

Speaker: Sidney Hoff

Intermediate Hymn 232. Let Us Oft Speak Kind Words

Speaker: Heather Light

Closing Hymn 223. Have I Done Any Good?

 

Optional Zoom Link: Join Here

(We’ll miss you in person, but we’re glad you’re with us.)

 

🌲 Special Sunday School 

The stations are back by popular demand. Choose your own adventure!

 

🎶 Music | 🌳 Nature | 📜 Prophetic Teachings | 📖 Scripture Study

 

Think of it like flipping through Carl & Ellie’s “Adventure Book,” only this time the Spirit fills in the pages.

 

📖 Come, Follow Me: Sept 1–7

“For the Salvation of Zion” – Doctrine & Covenants 94–97

 

Carl’s house floated because of thousands of balloons, each one adding lift. Zion is built the same way, except our balloons are covenants, service, prayer, and small acts of goodness. Every choice we make to follow Christ is like tying one more balloon to our own discipleship.

 

This week, ask yourself:

  • Which balloons in my life are already lifting me closer to Zion?

  • What new balloon could I add, such as scripture study, ministering, or forgiveness, that would help me rise a little higher?

  • How can I help lift someone else’s house with my strings tied to theirs?

Adventure is not just about flying away. It is about rising together.

🧬 Family History Hour

 

Every Sunday @ 3:00 PM on Zoom

Perfect for beginners, curious minds, and those looking to connect past to present.

Zoom Link: Online meeting link removed from archive

🎯 Youth Activities – Wednesday @ 7:00 PM

 

  • Older YW & Priests – Family History at the Clark home. Bring an iPad or laptop. (Your “Genealogy Badge” awaits.)

  • YW 12–15 – Fitness instruction. Location TBD. (Work toward your “Strong Like Kevin the Bird” badge.)

  • Teachers & Deacons – Capture the Flag Laser Tag at the Herzogs. (Russell would 100% count this as a wilderness survival skill.)

 

🤝 Ministering Reminder

Do your thing. And remember, Carl needed Russell, Russell needed Dug, Dug needed snacks. Ministering goes both ways. Who can you lift this week? And who’s lifting you?

📅 Upcoming Events

🎶 Every Sunday – Stake Choir Practice @ Stake Center, 6:30–8:00 PM

🏛 Sept 6-7 – Stake Conference (aka Stake Reunion Weekend)

🛣 Dallas & Houston Temples – Carpool. Be the ride someone else needs.

 Missionary Moment 

The sisters’ dinner calendar is starting to look like Carl’s empty house before Russell showed up, too quiet. Let’s fill it with food, lessons, and laughter. Help them earn their “Fed and Fellowshipped Badge” by signing up this week.


🍽 Feed the Missionaries

🚗 Join Them for a Lesson

📝 TL;DR – Adventure Recap
  •  📖 Come, Follow Me: D&C 94–97 – Zion built one balloon at a time
  • ⛪ Sacrament Meeting: Speakers Sidney Hoff & Heather Light
  • 🌲 Special Sunday School Stations – Aug 31
  • 👧👦 Youth: Family History, Fitness, Laser Tag
  • 🤝 Ministering: Be someone’s Russell, accept someone’s Dug
  • 📅 Stake Choir Sundays, Stake Conference Sept 6-7, Temple Carpool
  • 👩‍🚀 Missionaries need YOU on their dinner calendar

 

Adventure is out there. Zion is in here. Bring snacks either way.

🎈 Final Thought – Adventure Is Closer Than You Think

In UP, Carl thought his great adventure was waiting at Paradise Falls. He packed balloons, maps, and a lifetime of plans. But in the end, he realized the real adventure was not a destination. It was the people who had walked (and waddled) with him all along.

 

We are often tempted to look for “big adventures” in life: a trip, a milestone, a perfect plan. But just like Carl and Russell learned, the greatest adventures are tucked inside the everyday moments: helping a neighbor, sharing a meal, teaching a child, or simply sitting with someone who needs company.

 

So here is your invitation this week:

  • Do not wait for Paradise Falls. Notice the adventures happening right here in Zion.

  • Fill someone else’s balloon. A kind word, a ministering visit, or an invite to choir might lift them more than you will ever know.

  • Keep your own “Adventure Book.” Not for exotic trips, but for the sacred, simple stories that show the Lord’s hand in your life.

Adventure is out there. But the kind that saves souls and builds Zion? That is already here, waiting for you.

 

-Mason Slade 

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