Danville CA Stake News

Please join us Sunday, January 24th at 10am for the missionary farewell for Lauren Mosher in the Tassajara Ward Zoom Sunday meeting. Sister Mosher will be serving in the Lansing Michigan mission and enters the virtual Mission Training Center on February 3rd. She will leave for Michigan on February 24th. Message us for the Zoom link if you would like to attend.

MOCK INTERVIEWS- We are looking for volunteers to meet virtually with Opportunity Junction clients to role play interviews, helping them hone their skills and prepare for job searches. Opportunity Junction is a charitable organization that assists low-income residents of Contra Costa County gain the skills and confidence needed to obtain and keep jobs and achieve financial independence. These clients have gone through Opportunity Junction’s job training program and are curr...ently interns with companies that partner with Opportunity Junction. They are motivated job seekers and need help practicing interviews. Mock Interviews: January 26, 9 am to 12:30 pm. Deadline for volunteering is Jan 15. This is done in coordination with the Interfaith Council of Contra Costa County's ICARE program. Sign up here: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/409084ea5ab28abff2-operation

There are so many great Family History classes that are available each week!

This Sunday, January 24th at 7pm there will be a special youth devotional led by President John Quereto with a focus on the 2021 Youth Theme of Be not weary in well doing for ye are laying the foundation of a great work. And out of small things proceedeth that which is great Youth and parents are invited along with any other friends that would like to attend. Message us for the Zoom link.

2021! Ready or not...! What are you looking forward to in the next year?

The 2021 Youth Theme for the @churchofjesuschrist is Doctrine and Covenants 64:33-34. 33 Wherefore, be not weary in well-doing, for ye are laying the foundation of a great work. And out of small things proceedeth that which is great. 34 Behold, the Lord requireth the heart and a willing mind; and the willing and obedient shall eat the good of the land of Zion in these last days. ... Church Youth leaders shared, As you seek revelation, the Lord will guide you to know how to use your individual talents and personality to serve and live the gospel. He will stretch your imagination, creativity, and capacity in ways you never would have thought possible. As you offer your willing heart and mind to the Lord, you will discover more friends and increased opportunities to serve. Your sense of identity and purpose will be strengthened, and you will find joy. We may sometimes feel content to settle and coast, but God has something else in store. Just as He had a great work for Moses, He has a great work for you. Be not weary! We have complete confidence in youthe youth battalion of the Lord.

Sister Alli Robins (of the Danville Stake) is serving a mission on Temple Square in Salt Lake City. If your family would like to participate, she is offering virtual tours of Temple Square and the Conference Center. Message her for details.

Come get your car washed for FREE this Saturday between 11am-5pm! Please share this post with your friends and neighbors!

Join Elder and Sister Susan Gong for a virtual gathering of adults 1831 on January 10, 2021.

Project Hygiene, an Interfaith service project to provide hygiene kits for Contra Costa County residents in need, delivered over 1,000 kits in the winter of 2020. This is an ongoing project and more help will be needed for our next project in partnership with the Interfaith Council of Contra Costa County coming up soon. Watch here for more details!... https://patch.com//interfaith-members-assemble-1-000-hygie Danville Patch

The Church is once again encouraging you to #LightTheWorld during the Christmas season. Beginning November 15, several pandemic-friendly service ideas will be found at LightTheWorld.org.

UNCARVED and UNPAINTED pumpkins are needed to donate to the elephants at the Oakland Zoo. . Any size would be appreciated (even minis). . Due to the pandemic, the zoo didn’t receive as many as usual from local pumpkin patches.... . Message us (or comment below) and we will send you details on where to drop off the pumpkins anytime this month! See more

The submission of one’s will is really the only uniquely personal thing we have to place on God’s altar. It is a hard doctrine, but it is true. The many other things we give to God, however nice that may be of us, are actually things He has already given us, and He has loaned them to us. But when we begin to submit ourselves by letting our wills be swallowed up in God’s will, then we are really giving something to Him."Neal A. Maxwell

FREE CAR WASH! Pass the word along to your friends and neighbors! Saturday, November 7th from 11am-1pm... 655 Old Orchard Drive Danville. See more

This month we are partnering with San Ramon Valley United Methodist Church in conjunction with the Interfaith Council of Contra Costa County to support the Contra Costa County Health, Housing, and Homeless Services (H3) to help those in need in Contra Costa. We need volunteers to write personal notes to go in hygiene kits that we are making! We need your help! Use the sign up genius link below to sign up to write notes at home and then deliver the completed notes to the SRVUM...C mail slot by November 10th. https://www.signupgenius.com/go/409084ea5ab28abff2-hygiene1

What are you grateful for today? Tell us below!

Want a way to help this holiday season? Join us! We are participating in the Angel Tree Program which helps needy foster children in Contra Costa County. This year due to COVID-19, they are only collecting $50 gift cards to Walmart or Target to give to the children. If you would like to participate by donating a $50 gift, message us and we can connect you to a coordinator! . #angeltree #justserve #christmasservice #sharegoodness #lighttheworld

Don't forget: this weekend marks the end of daylight saving time, so before you go to bed Saturday night, set your clocks back one hour. #fallback #moresleep

Our first ever *virtual* Danville Stake Conference will be held on Sunday, November 8, 2020 at 10am LIVE on the Danville Stake YouTube channel. . We will send the direct link to the live stream closer to the date. . Mark your calendars and plan to be there. We are delighted to have Elder David L. Wright of the Seventy, and Sister Wright, speaking to us along with several other wonderful speakers.... . All are welcome! This photo just shares a few of the presenters we will hear from on November 8th. Go here to follow the Danville Stake YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjjy-4vwHp2kp7lhgScucMg

Fireside for all Young Single and Married Adults this Sunday evening, November 1st at 6pm. Elder Cook, of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, will be speaking alongside Sister Cook. The fireside will be accessible on churchofjesuschrist.org/broadcasts/

Join us for a special youth fireside on Sunday, November 1st at 7pm on Zoom with Amy Antonelli. Amy is the CEO of HEFY (Humanitarian Especially for Youth) and has an inspiring message to share with us. We will have a Zoom link for you later this week. Comment below if you want us to send it to you!

For years my eye doctor invited me to have a lens replacement surgery done to increase the quality of my vision. As a military and professional pilot, I had exc...ellent vision throughout my life. To have surgery performed on my eyes scared me quite a bit. Talking with friends who went through the same experience helped me a lot to gain courage and confidence. It was the right step to take and would influence my vision for the rest of my life. Since we are living in the year 2020, what time would be better to regain 20/20 vision? The doctor did one eye first and asked me to compare the vision with the uncorrected eye. When I did, I realized that through my uncorrected eye everything appeared darker, as through a brown filter. Through the restored eye, I could see more clearly, brightly, and in its true color. With the help of the doctor, something was taken off my eyes that had slowly developed over many years and had limited my vision without me really noticing it. I am still amazed and grateful as I now enjoy my regained ability to see things as they really are. Thanks to all who helped me to take that important step. I believe that such a step also occurs when we first learn about the gospel of Jesus Christ, or when we decide to recalibrate our life the Lord’s way. The path of repentance and forgiveness may at times seem a bit scary and hard to do. The Savior is the Master Healer. His divine sacrifice and love for us are the path to regain the clear and true vision of things as they really are. By the power and gift of the Holy Ghost, obstructions are taken away, and we will see with clarity how to decide and move forward in our lives. It is only after our vision is cleared that we realize what we had missed before. Let us pray for each other, help each other, and walk the Lord’s path together. I send my love and invite each of us to let Him open our eyes so we may see things as they really are. #HearHim

Last Fall we welcomed Collin Kartchner to speak to our community in Danville. Several hundred of you joined us to listen to him share his message in a packed chapel and gymnasium. Earlier this week, Collin unexpectedly passed away. We invite all youth, parents, and any other community members to join us in writing cards/messages to be shared with his family. We will be collecting them through October 29th. Contact Kathy Salsbury with any questions or message us for where to drop off cards.