Brothers and Sisters, I hope you are well and remain optimistic about the future. We are assured by a prophet of the Lord that the pandemic will pass and we will be able to enjoy the blessings that come from serving and worshiping together. On August 26th we received an email entitled “Return to Church Message”. This email from our Stake Presidency outlines the plan for the Wards of our Stake to have opportunities to meet in small groups for sacrament meeting. Please refer to the Stake email for additional details. Our Ward is scheduled to have our first Sacrament Meetings in our chapel on September 13th. We have many…

Dear Brothers and Sisters of the Parley’s 3rd Ward, We hope this find you healthy and well. Congratulations to Maddie & Ryan Cannon with the birth of their baby girl, Alice Florence Cannon, 6 lbs 13 oz. A lot is happening on the missionary front…. Welcome home Sister Emma Romney, who just returned Thursday from the Frankfurt Germany Mission.  Welcome home in advance to Elder Max Okland, who will be returning this Tuesday, 8/25, from the Little Rock Arkansas Mission. We look forward to hearing from both Emma and Max sometime in the future. All our best to Anna Munns on her re-reassignment to Albania. Anna leaves for Albania this Wednesday,…

Brothers and Sisters of the Parley’s 3rd Ward, We take comfort in being surrounded by wonderful neighbors that care for each other especially in times of need. We are truly blessed to live in the Parley’s 3rd Ward and enjoy our associations one with another. Our dear Stake Presidency continues to prayerfully consider the right time for us to return to our church meetings. We are grateful for their care for not only our spiritual well-being, but also our physical health. As we know many wards outside Parley’s Stake have resumed having their in-person Sunday sacrament meetings, especially those wards outside of Salt Lake City proper. Our Stake Presidency regularly…

Dear Brothers and Sisters, We are thankful to a handful of sister missionaries (Sister Munns, Sister Anderson, and Sister Johnson) who are teaching us today about having faith in Jesus Christ. Faith in Jesus Christ strengthens and inspires us to greatness. Any amount of faith we acquire will upgrade our perspectives on our life situations. Faith has the power to improve our personal outcomes. Most importantly, true faith creates in us a reliance upon the Atonement of Jesus Christ for the remission of our sins. Eventually, our personal faith can make us worthy to stand in the presence of God. Prophets teach us that our personal faith grows incrementally, as…