Dripping Springs Ward Newsletter 

 

After much tribulation… comes the blessing (and maybe a jellyfish sting)
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🐢 Church Program – Sunday, Sept 14 (Fast Sunday) 9AM

Hop in the current with us. Zoom optional. Spirit mandatory.

  • Opening Hymn: 239 – Choose the Right

  • Sacrament Hymn: 172 – In Humility, Our Savior

  • Speakers: It’s open mic Sunday. Share your testimony

  • Closing Hymn: 1010 – Amazing Grace

Optional Zoom Link: Join Here

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

🌊 Come, Follow Me: Doctrine & Covenants 102–105

“Just keep swimming… even when you don’t know why you’re in the water.”

Zion’s Camp looked like a failure. No battle. No Zion. No big miracle moment. But underneath all that walking and whining, the Lord was preparing future apostles and church leaders.

 

Sound familiar? Ever feel like your prayers lead you in circles instead of forward? Just keep walking. Just keep swimming. Just keep trusting.

 

Think about it:

  • Has God ever rerouted your plans?

  • Do you trust that peace comes after the paddling?

🎯 Youth Activities – Wednesday 

“Fish are friends, not food… but also friends who plan epic activities.”

  • Priests: 🐎 Horseback riding at Ranch Park at 6:30

  • Teachers & Deacons: 🏃‍♂️ Scripture Chase Tag at the Stake Center. Bring your scriptures. 

  • Young Women 16–18: 🧠 Mental Health Night. Location TBD

  • Young Women 12–15: TBD. Check with leaders for updates

🎓 Extra:

September 21 – Senior Fireside Kickoff

  • 7 PM at the Staker Home

  • For all High School Seniors

🐙 Just Keep Ministering

Ministering is a two-way street. Like Dory and Marlin navigating the drop-off.

Don’t just check in with the people you’re assigned to. Reach out to those assigned to you too. You never know who’s treading water this week.

🧼 Special Announcement: Primary Service Project

Our Primary is leading a project to assemble 75 Hygiene Kits for foster children and families supported by Foster Village, Dripping Springs.

 

🗓️ Donations due by Sept. 21 (Next Sunday)

Two ways to help:

  1. Sign up on Google Form and drop items in the chapel bin

  2. Order from Amazon Wishlist and ship direct

Let’s blow past that 75-kit goal. Because clean kids = happy hearts.

📅 Upcoming Events

These are like ocean currents. Double check the tide before sailing

  • Sept 21: Senior Fireside Kickoff at 7 PM. Staker Home

  • Oct 12: Stake Choir Practice begins. Sundays 6:30–8 PM at the Stake Center

  • Oct 30: Trunk or Treat and Chili Cookoff. 6 PM at High Point Amenities Center. Costumes encouraged. Crockpots welcome

  • Dec 5–6: Stake Christmas Concert

🐟 Feeding the Missionaries (Literally and Spiritually)

The sisters are swimming strong. Sign up to feed them or take them out.

Want to go teaching with them? Reach out. They’re bold, faithful, and surprisingly good at finding parking.


🍽 Feed the Missionaries

🚗 Join Them for a Lesson

✂️ TL;DR – Too Long; Didn’t Reef

 

  • Come Follow Me: Zion’s Camp looked like a failure. It wasn’t

  • Church: Fast Sunday. Bring your voice and your hunger pains

  • Youth:

    • Priests: Horseback Riding at 6:30

    • Teachers and Deacons: Scripture Chase Tag

    • YW 16–18: Mental Health Night

    • YW 12–15: TBD

    • Sept 21: Senior Fireside at the Staker Home

       

       

     

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  • Ministering: Two-way support. Be the Dory in someone’s week

  • Events: Trunk or Treat Oct 30, Choir starts Oct 12, Christmas Concert Dec 5–6

  • Missionaries: Feed them. Walk with them. Love them

  • Primary: Help reach the goal of 75 hygiene kits

 Final Thought

Sometimes God gives you an address. Instead of swimming straight to it, He sends you through jellyfish, sharks, a surfer turtle commune, and a dentist’s office in Sydney.

 

It feels like you’re lost. It feels like He forgot.

 

But later you realize you weren’t wandering. You were becoming.

 

So yeah. Zion’s Camp looked like a joke. But the punchline was glory.

And if your life feels like a weird Pixar side quest right now

just keep swimming. He’s still directing the current.

 

-Mason Slade 

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