Date night is coming! Date night is coming!

Date Night is coming soon.

Please email Kat Clough at dclough44@aol.com to be included in our August 12, Couples Date Night. Provide your name, phone and email address. Also, indicate if you are interested in being a host. All host volunteers will need to provide a physical address as well. Hosts have the best job ever and that is to come up with a theme and entertainment. Have an enjoyable time with it! Thank you in advance to those willing to host.

This event is strictly a date night for couples not for the entire family please plan accordingly. There are many YW available to watch your little ones.

We look forward to this event and know that many who participated last month enjoyed the time together as well.

Bon Appetit!

Thanks,

K@

Announcements July 25

July 28 - Book Club at Carla Wandelt's home. 7:00 pm.  Discussing "Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet."
August 7 - Seminary Kick-off at Stake Center 7:00 pm.  Parents and students who will be attending seminary.
August 12 - Couple's date night.  If interested in being matched up with a group to get together on this night, please contact Kat Clough.
August 27 - Relief Society Activity.  Combined with North Canyon Ward for a Health and Fitness day.  9:00 am - 1:00 pm.  Lunch will be served.  More details to come!

TONIGHT!!

Come to the grand opening of the Pinnacle Vista Family Memories and Keepsake Art Gallery

Thursday July 21
7:00-8:30
Happy Valley Building

Come and bring some examples of how you preserve your families memories and save those special keepsakes.  We will have tables set up so you can display your memories and keepsakes.  It is going to be a wonderful evening to see and to share all the different ways we preserve our families memories and keepsakes.

It can be anything: scrapbooks, journals, blogs, computer scrapbooks, video diaries, family trees, memory boxes - or anything your family finds special!

Even if you don't have an item to bring, please come and enjoy an evening of mingling and sharing!

Peaches and Blueberries?

Hey Arizona,

We're thinking of bringing tree ripened Washington peaches & straight from the field Oregon blueberries to ARIZONA.

Please click the link below to tell us which of these products you would like and how much you would purchase at the prices we're proposing.

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/Peaches-n-Blueberries

Thanks so much for your input.

The Z Team

WEEKLY READING

Week of July 18-July 24
Gospel Doctrine: Lesson 26: “To This End Was I Born” Matthew 26:47–27:66; Mark 14:43–15:39; Luke 22:47–23:56; John 18–19

• What did Peter do when people outside Caiaphas’s palace said that he knew Jesus? (See Matthew 26:69–75; see also verse Matthew 26:34.) How do some of us, like Peter, sometimes deny our faith? What can we learn from Peter’s life after he denied the Lord?


• How do you feel when you ponder the Savior’s suffering in your behalf? How can you show your gratitude for the Atonement? (As you ponder these questions, you may want to record your thoughts in your journal.)

Suggestion for Family Discussion : Discuss the following people mentioned in the scripture account of Jesus’ death and burial. Ask family members what they remember about each person or group of people.

Scripture Chain: “Greater Love Hath No Man”
Luke 23:33–46; John 15:13; 1 Nephi 19:9–10; D&C 34:1–4

Relief Society: TFOT – “Desire” by Elder Oaks pg 42

General Conference Talks: “The Sanctifying Work of Welfare” by Bishop Burton pg 81

Book of Mormon Reading: Alma 16- 21

Pioneer Day Activity

Please plan to attend the Ward Pioneer Day Celebration on Saturday, July 23rd from 5:30 to 8:00 pm at the Happy Valley Building.

· Hot Dogs, Homemade Root Beer and Homemade Ice Cream

· Children’s Pioneer Parade

· Quilt Tying

· Pioneer Games

Tons of fun and a wonderful way to commemorate our pioneer history!

Weekly Reading Schedule

This Week’s Reading Schedule
Week of July 11- July 17
Gospel Doctrine: Lesson 25: “Not My Will, But Thine, Be Done” Matthew 26:36–46; Mark 14:32–42; Luke 22:39–46
Why was Jesus willing to submit to the great suffering he knew he would experience in the Garden of Gethsemane? (See Matthew 26:39, 42, 44.) What can you learn from the Savior’s prayer in Gethsemane? How have you been blessed as you have submitted to Heavenly Father’s will?
What did the Savior experience in Gethsemane? (See D&C 19:16–19; Luke 22:44; Mosiah 3:7; Alma 7:11–13.)
Why do we need the Atonement of Jesus Christ? (See 1 Nephi 10:21; 2 Nephi 2:5–9; Alma 34:9; Moses 6:48.) What blessings are available to us because of the Savior’s atoning sacrifice? (See Mosiah 16:7–8; Alma 7:11–13; D&C 19:23.) How can we receive these blessings? (See Alma 7:14; Articles of Faith 1:3.)
Suggestion for Family Discussion
Display the picture Jesus Praying in Gethsemane (Gospel Art Picture Kit 227). Read the account of Jesus in Gethsemane, as found in Matthew 26:36–46, Luke 22:39–46, or Doctrine and Covenants 19:16–19. Invite each family member to share his or her feelings about the Atonement of Jesus Christ.
Scripture Chain: The Atonement of Jesus Christ
Luke 22:39–44;  D&C 19:15–19; Mosiah 3:7, 9;  2 Nephi 9:5–8;  Alma 7:11–14; Articles of Faith 1:3
Relief Society: Gospel Principles 37
General Conference Talks: “Waiting on the Road to Damascus” by President Uchdorf pg 70 & “ More Than Conquerors through Him That Loved Us” by Elder Johnson pg 78
Book of Mormon Reading: Alma 10-15