Top Gun: Maverick

Dripping Springs Ward Newsletter
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There's a moment in Top Gun: Maverick where Rooster finally trusts the guy he spent half the movie resenting, and they fly home together. It works because flying with someone is the opposite of flying alone. You cover each other. You call out what the other one can't see. You go home together or not at all.

That's most of what the gospel asks of us too. Cover your wingman. Watch each other's blind spots. And when somebody's spiraling, you don't lecture, you fly closer.

Speaking of flying closer, Josh is stepping in as first counselor in the bishopric this week. We're grateful for Spencer's service and excited to have Josh in the cockpit. Same mission, new wingman.

Church Program 

Second Hour - RS/EQ/YM/YW

Patriotic Sunday. Bring a flag in your heart and a tissue in your pocket, the hymn lineup is doing the most.

Speakers: Amanda Slade & Tyler Hoff

Hymns:
📖 Opening — #339 My Country, 'Tis of Thee
📖 Sacrament — #180 Father in Heaven, We Do Believe
📖 Intermediate — #340 The Star-Spangled Banner
📖 Closing — #338 America the Beautiful

 

Zoom Link: Join Here

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

 

Sunday, June 28 — 7:00 AM — Stake General Priesthood Meeting at the Stake Center. Yes, it's early.

 

DS Ward Missionaries 

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

Mark Your Calendars

📌 Stake Primary Activity (Children turning 8 in 2026 and older) — Saturday, July 18
Parker Lane Building · Outdoor area
Water and relay obstacle activities, Gaga ball, sand toys, arts and crafts, refreshments.

Youth — Summer Schedule

June 29 – July 4 — FSY at Trinity University in San Antonio (ages 14+). Pray for our youth, pray for their leaders, pray for the parents who drive carpool home on July 4th.

 

While we're on it — help us out.
We're building a roster of ward members who can share a skill, host a night, or lend a hand with youth activities. If you've got something you can teach, do, host, or supervise, take 60 seconds and let us know.

👉 Sign up to help with youth activities

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: June 29-July 5

"If the Lord Be God, Follow Him" — 1 Kings 12–13; 17–22

Elijah on Mount Carmel is basically the ancient version of "pick a lane." Four hundred and fifty prophets of Baal yelling all day, cutting themselves, getting nothing. Elijah soaks the altar in water three times just to make the math harder, prays once, and fire falls. The point wasn't the spectacle. The point was the question: if the Lord is God, follow him.

We don't usually get a Mount Carmel moment. We get a Tuesday. We get a quiet choice nobody sees. But the question is the same, and so is the answer.

Keep your eyes on the horizon this week. We'll see you Sunday.

TLDR

  • ✈️ Josh is in as first counselor — Spencer, thank you for your service

  • 🇺🇸 Patriotic Sunday — flags-in-your-heart hymn lineup, Amanda Slade & Tyler Hoff speaking

  • 👥 Second Hour: EQ · RS · YM · YW (4th Sunday)

  • 🌅 Stake Priesthood Meeting — Sunday 7:00 AM at the Stake Center

  • 🏫 FSY — June 29 – July 4, Trinity University, San Antonio

  • 🚧 Construction: sacrament in the cultural hall, park east/south/south-west

  • 📖 Come Follow Me: "If the Lord Be God, Follow Him" — 1 Kings 12–13; 17–22
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