Toy Story

Dripping Springs Ward Newsletter

Toy Story works because the heroes don't look like heroes.

A cowboy doll with a pull-string. A plastic spaceman who genuinely believes he can fly. A potato. And somehow, by the end, they save the day, get the kid home, and make every adult in the room a little misty-eyed.

That's the bench God's been drafting from since the beginning. He doesn't pick the obvious ones. He picks the available ones.

We're going to talk about a few of those this week.

Floor Plan Update (Still Under Construction)

Quick reminder while the chapel renovation is happening:

  • Sacrament Meeting is in the cultural hall. Lectern, sacrament table, and piano are near the stage. Plastic chairs face the stage.

  • The chapel, main west foyer, and west-side bathrooms are closed. So is the library, room 117, and room 114.

  • Pews and the organ are stored at the north end of the cultural hall — please keep that area off-limits, kids included.

  • Park east, south, or south-west. The west foyer door is not a door right now.

  • The kitchen is sacrament prep central.

Andy's room got rearranged plenty. They figured it out. So will we.

Church Program 

Speakers: Marisabel Holmes and Riley Skinner

Hymns:

  • Opening: #1013 God's Gracious Love (new)

  • Sacrament: #195 How Great the Wisdom and the Love

  • Intermediate: #177 'Tis Sweet to Sing the Matchless Love

  • Closing: #219 Because I Have Been Given Much

A reminder that #1013 is from the new hymnal, so it might feel unfamiliar. Lean in. The toys had to learn new songs every time Andy got a new birthday present, too.

 

 

Zoom Link: Join Here

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

Mark Your Calendars

📌 Linger Longer — Sunday, May 31
Right after church. On the grass by the picnic tables. Sandwiches and drinks provided.
Sign up for a side dish here

 

📌 Family Home Evening at Sundance Hill Farms — Monday, June 8
Home of Russell and Teresa Scott
(address in the emailed newsletter)
6:30 PM
Alpacas to feed. Chickens to admire. Hot dogs, ice cream, and s'mores. Bring lawn chairs and roasting sticks if you have them.

Closest thing to Bullseye the horse this ward will ever get. Don't miss it.

Riverside Ward — Spanish Exchanges

The Riverside ward missionaries need members to go on exchanges with them, visiting and teaching friends in Spanish.

 

If you've got an evening to spare and un poquito of Spanish (or even none, they'll take willing hearts), please sign up.

Sign Up for an Evening with the Missionaries →

¡Muchas gracias!

 

DS Ward Missionaries 

Call, Text, or Email (contact info in the emailed newsletter)

Youth Activities — Wednesday 7pm

All Combined — Slip 'n Slide Kickball + Senior Celebration at the Church.

Field your team. Round your bases. Don't slide head-first if you're wearing glasses. We're sending our graduating seniors off with a soaking-wet round of applause and as much cake as can reasonably be consumed before the lawn dries.

Andy went off to college at the end of Toy Story 3. We're doing the same thing, just with more chlorine.

If you've got a senior, bring them. If you are a senior, you're the reason we're here.

 

Stake YM Camp Sign-Up →

Temple Recommends

Temple recommend interviews are available after church every Sunday. Just come see a member of the bishopric.

Also available by appointment upon request.

 

Stake Interviews: 

• 1st Tuesday each month — Oak Hill Stake Center — 7:00 PM

• 3rd Tuesday each month — Parker Lane Chapel — 7:00 PM

📖 Come, Follow Me (May 25–31)

"The Lord Raised Up a Deliverer" — Judges 2–4; 6–8; 13–16

Judges is the part of the Old Testament that reads like a montage. Israel forgets. Israel suffers. Israel cries out. God sends a deliverer. Israel remembers. Then they forget again.

The deliverers don't look the part. Deborah is a woman in a culture that didn't expect one. Gideon hides in a winepress and argues with the angel for like three pages. Samson has the strength but keeps making it about his hair.

The whole book is God reaching into the toy box.

He pulls out the unlikely one. Hands them the mission. And somehow, the wall comes down, the army scatters, the people come home.

You are not too small, too quiet, too distracted, or too far gone for the job He has for you this week.

Reach for the sky.
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