Author: tykenworthy

Brothers and Sisters,

Please see the following video where I invite you to participate in a Ward Fast next Sunday, July 19th, on behalf of Sister Tami Vander Werff who is experiencing some complications associated with her current round of chemotherapy treatments. Please join us for that fast on her behalf.

Also, I encourage each of you to continue ministering and serving your neighbors (if you’ve slackened in your ministering efforts, now is a good time to recommit yourself and reconnect with your families). Also, you may consider expanding the scope of your service to benefit people beyond the neighborhood–or even beyond the veil. In the coming weeks, each of you will be given a chance to participate in service opportunities with the ward which I hope you will participate in. We hope that you will also look for service opportunities to do on your own and with your families. I highly recommend taking advantage of the resources available at https://www.justserve.org/ to find service opportunities you can do in our community or even from the safety of your home.

I hope you all stay safe and healthy. My prayers and those of the ward council are ever with you.

Faithfully yours,

Bishop Ty Kenworthy

Sisters and Brothers,

Due to the large number of people who have reported going out of town this weekend for the holiday, we will not hold Sacrament Meeting this coming Sunday, July 5^th. Those who would have attended (families with last names S and U-Z) should plan to attend on July 12^th. The subsequent weeks’ schedule has been shifted back as well. Please see the following update to our Sacrament Meeting schedule:

• July 5^th: Cancelled
• July 12^th: S and U through Z
• July 19^th: A through F
• July 26^th: G through L
• Aug 2^nd: M through R and T
• Aug 9^th: S and U through Z

This coming Sunday, please hold home worship services at home–or wherever you may be–including the administration of the Sacrament according to the permissions and principles we’ve adhered to throughout the pandemic. 

Additionally, with the recent spike in COVID-19 cases in the state of Utah, I ask each of you to continue to be vigilant in your efforts to maintain social distancing, wash your hands regularly, disinfect high-touch areas you come into contact with, and refrain from direct, in-person social interactions if you are exhibiting symptoms associated with COVID-19 or have recently been in contact with someone who has tested positive for the disease. I also strongly recommend that you wear face coverings when in public, enclosed spaces or where social distancing is impractical. These principles should be observed especially when attending one of our public Sacrament Meetings. The ward continues to follow strict hygiene and disinfection protocols for our worship services to help mitigate the risk of communicating COVID-19 and other diseases. That said, your personal efforts to protect yourself and others are essential and greatly appreciated.

Please know that I and the other members of the bishopric and ward council continue to pray daily for you and your wellbeing. I encourage you all to be diligent in reaching out to the families you minister to, your friends and your neighbors. We all need one another to make it through these ongoing challenges.

Faithfully yours, Bishop Ty Kenworthy