HOMESTEAD WARD 5605 S Vi ne S t M urray , U T 84107
O CT O BE R 2009
Bishopric Message
Kevin DeMass, 2nd Counselor
I love this time of year with cold nights and
warm days. I love to see the leaves change color and
start to drift slowly to the ground. I love my trips to the
local Farmer’s Market where I can hunt and peck for all
the best fruits and veggies of the harvest season. For
me, the harvest season is one of the best times of the
year.
I have many fond memories of watching my
mother and grandmother stay busy in the kitchen,
canning to their hearts content. Nothing seemed
sweeter to me as a young boy than opening a bottle of
fresh peaches or pears and then digging in with a large
spoon.
As I tried to balance a cut peach on my spoon I would
hear my mother talk about the law of the harvest.
(Galatians 6:7-10) and/or (http://tinyurl.com/yefftsa )
Do you remember the parable of the sower as taught in
the Gospel of Mark, chapter 4? “And he began again to
teach by the sea side: and there was gathered unto him a
great multitude, so that he entered into a ship, and sat in
the sea; and the whole multitude was by the sea on the
land. And he taught them many things by parables, and
said unto them in his doctrine, Hearken; Behold, there
went out a sower to sow: And it came to pass, as he
sowed, some fell by the way side, and the fowls of the air
came and devoured it up. And some fell on stony ground,
where it had not much earth; and immediately it sprang
up, because it had no depth of earth: But when the sun
was up, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it
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Bishop Richard Workman
Dan Erekson, 1st Counselor 801-266-8507
Kevin DeMass, 2nd Counselor 801-263-3505
Randy Wardell, Executive Secretary 801-268-8338
withered away. And some fell among thorns, and the
thorns grew up, and choked it, and it yielded no fruit.
And other fell on good ground, and did yield fruit that
sprang up and increased; and brought forth, some thirty,
and some sixty, and some an hundred. And he said unto
them, He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.” (Mark
4:1–9.)
Elder L. Tom Perry of the Quorum of the Twelve
once wrote, The Lord’s “growth cycle has always been a
marvel to me—the process of fertilizing, tilling, planting,
weeding, and irrigating to produce a harvest. I am
continually amazed with the power in a single seed as it
multiplies itself many, many times. I’ve tried to
perpetuate this understanding in the lives of my children.
Each has had his turn in tilling, planting, weeding, and
watering. Exposing yourself to the Lord’s system cannot
help but give you an appreciation for his bounteous
blessings to us. There have been very few years in my life
when I have not been responsible for a garden. Even now
as a city condominium dweller, I still plant and harvest a
garden each year.”
It really doesn’t matter what type of garden we chose to
plant. It might be a garden of fruits and vegetables,
relationships, friendships, spirituality, or service. No
matter what we sow, that is what we will reap. Fear not
to do good, my sons, for whatsoever ye sow, that shall ye
also reap; therefore, if ye sow good ye shall also reap
good for your reward (Doctrine and Covenants 6:33).
As a Bishopric we are very grateful for the law of
the harvest. (http://bible.org/article/seven-laws-harvest)
We have witnessed many of you sharing of your harvest
with each other. Whether it be eatable, spiritual, or a
simple handshake and smile, it has lifted and brought us
closer together. Thank you for your crops of kindness
and bushels of blessings in our neighborhood.
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QUIZ OF OCTOBER = surprising answer on page 4
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According to tradition a person born on Halloween
possesses a certain ability: Which one is it?
1- see into the future 2- talk to the dead 3- have extra luck
Ward Mission Message
By Lynn Alder, Ward Mission Leader
We would like to welcome Adam Harmon as the
newest ward missionary. He works at Ivory Homes
in Marketing and is married to Aubrey. They have
two beautiful girls. Faith, two and loving Nursery
and Aliza, who is all of one. The Harmon’s live in
the Rivendell Condos and love the Ward. Adam will
be a great addition to the missionary effort and
joins Ray and Tina Nilsson, Linda Pugmire and Lynn
Alder.
Sadly, Cody Wardell has moved out of the Ward.
Happily, he is getting into a home and we wish him,
Sarah and their son Mason all the best!
Now that summer is over, the kids are back in school
and things have slowed down… What will you do with
all that extra time? Get to know your neighbors.
Take over a fresh-baked something, share some
veggies, or just find out what they did this summer.
“It’s easier to share the Gospel, if you have a
connection with that person.”
In Doctrine and Covenants Section 88:81, we read,
“And it becometh every man who hath been warned
to warn his neighbor.”
In April Conference, 2009, L. Tom
Perry said, “I have had the privilege of traveling to
many of the stakes of the Church to encourage the
growth and development of ward missions. It has
been a very rewarding and spiritual experience for
me. I have discovered in these travels, and a recent
survey has confirmed the fact, that over one-half of
the people in the United States and Canada have
little or no awareness of our practices and beliefs. I
am certain the percentage would be much larger in
other parts of the world. This same survey also
showed that when nonmembers interact with faithful
members of the Church over an extended period of
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time or are exposed to clear and accurate
information regarding Church beliefs and doctrines,
their attitudes become positive and open.”
It is my hope that we will follow the instructions in
Doctrine and Covenants Section 4 to “…open your
mouths.”
Don’t forget to pray daily for an opportunity to share
the gospel!
...October is the deadliest
month for car crashes? The risk of dying in a crash
in October is 16% higher than in March-the safest
month. Reason: No single cause, though daylight,
weather, alcohol consumption and other factors
that exhibit seasonal variations all create a joint
influence.
Michael Sivak, PhD, research professor, University of Michigan
Transportation Safety Institute, Ann Arbor, and leader of an
analysis of US crash-death figures from 1994 to 2006, published
in Traffic Injury Prevention.
Have you ever seen five angels in action?
Last Tuesday, September 29th, I saw many angels
dedicated to feeding God’s children who we
sometimes call the “homeless.” An agency of the
Catholic Church, called St. Vincent de Paul, has a
place downtown that serves meals to our homeless
brothers and sisters. (Many of our pioneer ancestors
were homeless more than once!) It’s been providing
meals for so many years that the building and its
facilities are as worn and torn as its visitors.
We arrived in the afternoon, at 1 o’clock, at the door
labeled “volunteers entrance.” We stepped inside
the main feeding hall to find the last group of clients
eating on a short line of tables. While we waited for
direction, our first encounter was seeing junior high
school boy-angels eat the food they’d been serving.
That’s right they’d left school to help out at the soup
kitchen that day.
As soon as we were asked if we’d come to work and
signed in we were led to the back of the kitchen by a
happy worker, who gave us our assignment and
showed us what to do. Sheryl and Pete Robbins,
Tyler, Pete Sundwall and Doug Hill found themselves
slicing bread. Evidently, bakeries around town had
donated bread and it need to be sliced and wrapped
in containers and returned to the cooler until it is
served at the next meal.
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The happy worker told us to use an old bread-slicing
machine and then cautioned us that it would stop and
need to be restarted, often.
Pete Robbins, smiled and
said, “You’ve given me something I can fix, I’m an
electrician.” He pulled out his pocket tool and began
to take the switch apart. This angel performed no
small miracle! The switch wasn’t easy to take apart.
Pete had a bandaged left thumb, which he called into
play to complete the tricky job.
We would have been out-of-business without an
operating bread-slicing machine, all of us. When it
was finally reassembled and operating, we began to
ask for more bread as the newly sliced bread tumbled
into the new containers to be plastic wrapped by
doctor Sundwall’s experienced hands.
Finally, after slicing all the available bread, we
asked, “What is next?” and expected to go to the
next assignment but were told that our mission for
the day was complete. Five angels went off to their
own other afternoon assignments.
Relief Society Transitions
Sandra Hill, President
September brought a couple of changes to the Relief
Society Board. Julie Beck was released as a teacher.
Julie will be serving in a student ward with her husband,
Ray, while he serves as Bishop. We will miss The Best
Family and with them success and happiness in their new
callings.
Melanie Campbell has been called to be a Relief Society
teacher, we welcome her and look forward to her
lessons. We know she will be a great teacher!
Additionally, Sarah Wardell has moved out of the ward,
and has been released as Relief Society Secretary. Sarah
has done an extraordinary job in her calling. We will miss
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her dearly. Lucky is the ward that will inherit the
Wardell Family.
Elizabeth Payne is the new Relief Society Secretary and
we are excited to be serving alongside her and to get to
know her better.
September also brought our ward the opportunity to
organize the Relief Society meetings for the Plantation
Branch. We would like to say a big THANK YOU to
everyone who helped to make these meetings run
smoothly, especially Holly DeMass. There was definitely a
special spirit there each week, felt by those participating
as well as those simply attending.
Finally, we would like to say an additional big THANK
YOU to everyone who assisted with and/or attended our
Hundred Dresses Enrichment Activity on Tuesday,
September 29th. It was a very run evening, and many
items of clothing were collected to donate to the "Road
Home Program".
A special thanks to the members of our Enrichment
Committee, who always does a fantastic job at making
our activities successful!
Going forward, our activity meetings will be called Relief
Society Meeting. We will all need to get used to not
calling our monthly meeting "Homemaking" or
"Enrichment". I guess in the end, no matter what we call
the meetings, they are fun and we hope to see you all at
our Relief Society Meetings and Relief Society Activity
Meetings.
October Checklist
Identity-Theft Awareness Day:
Saturday, October 17. Shred old financial and
personal documents. Monitor credit reports at
www. annualcreditreport.com. Get into the habit
of requesting a free report every four months from a
different reporting company -Equifax (www.equifax.
com)...Experian (www.experian.com)...and
TransUnion (www.trans union.com).
Small-business opportunity: Local banks can make
interest-free loans to qualifying businesses through the
new American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
government stimulus program. Details: Small Business
Administration, www.sba.gov/recovery.
Make A Difference Day: Saturday, October 24. Join
millions of neighbors helping neighbors in a nation
wide volunteer effort. Sponsored by USA Weekend
magazine, www.usaweekend.com/diffday
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October 2009
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Building Cleaning
Eleanor Duane Tucket Grover Sweetest Day
Roosevelt Jacob Watts Trisha Stake Conference
Jeremy Lowry Hepworth Broadcast
Jennifer James
18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Building Cleaning
Stake Star Spangled National Nut Tracey Daw Jesse Dunn
Banner first
Conference Day
sung
Broadcast
Gary Ralison
La Donna Wheat

25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Building Cleaning
Dyan Haskie Yen Tran Teddy Statue of •7:00pm Stake Pamela Bates
Roosevelt Liberty Auxiliary Training John Adams HALLOWEEN!
(Stake Center) Luke Campbell

Building Cleaning Groups ==================================

ANSWER TO THE QUIZ
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A person born on Halloween (Luke Campbell) in theory
can talk to the dead. By the way if you see a spider on
Halloween - it is said to be a spirit of a loved one
guarding you! It is very lucky!
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Dan & Kathy Erekson
Jerry & Carol Billings
Robert Startner
Wayne Wilde Family
Clint 7 Lisa Erekson

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Ken & Tracy maxfield
Rowley Family
Kirk Erekson
Rosemary Laufer
Kimball Family

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Hunt Family
DeMass Family
Evan & Ethel Rudd
Duane & Marge Tucket
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