Category: Bishopric

Brothers and sisters – I’m sending this email a day early because I have an exciting update for our ward and wanted to give you time to plan accordingly. As you know, we’re able to have up to 150 people worshipping together in person on Sundays. After evaluating attendance with half of the ward coming…

Sisters and brothers – Yesterday, my wife and I decided to take her car through the car wash, getting weeks of salt, dirt and gross off of the outside. We purposely waited until the afternoon, thinking any Saturday precipitation should be cleared by then. Just as we pulled through the end of the car wash…

Brothers and sisters – Until I was 11 years old, I grew up in a house in Rigby, Idaho, surrounded on three sides by farmland. I remember watching as the hay grew taller throughout the growing season, eventually becoming ready to cut and bale. I think for many of us living in agricultural areas, the…

Sisters and Brothers – One year ago, on the Sunday of President’s Day weekend, I was sustained as the fourth bishop of the River View Ward. It was an emotional day for me. Your sustaining votes —  both in symbolic hand-raising and in everyday practice— has enabled me to not feel overwhelmed in a year…

Sisters and Brothers – On Thursday, the Utah Area Presidency released updated information about Covid-related adjustments to worship services in our area. After reading the letter (which you can find here) and consulting with the stake presidency, we’re making the following adjustments to our worship services beginning tomorrow, Feb. 7, 2021 I. We will switch…

Sisters and Brothers— I hope each of you were able to participate in our stake conference last week. It was a tremendous opportunity to feel the love of the Savior and be enriched by the testimonies of our friends and neighbors. It was especially wonderful to be able to move forward with the conference virtually,…

Sisters and Brothers – I have loved studying the First Vision this week. I have been reminded of the faith shown by a young man, Joseph Smith, to prayerfully study the scriptures, heed the counsel he read in James 1:5 and go to a predetermined place to utter his first vocal prayer for guidance. The…

More information will be coming soon about the nature of the conference and how to participate.

Brothers and Sisters, I hope that each of you look at this first Sunday of the year as an opportunity for renewal, recommitment and reconciliation. You may need a renewal of faith in humanity or to recommit to your career aspirations or reconcile with a loved one. Whatever your journey of self improvement, the Savior,…