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Fast & testimony meeting
Réunion de jeûne et de témoignage
Sunday 24 September 2023
Dimanche 24 septembre 2023
Opening hymn | Cantique d’ouverture
#135 ▪ My Redeemer Lives
#72 ▪ Il vit, mon Rédempteur
Opening prayer | Prière d’ouverture
Sister Kerlly Moreira
Ward & stake business | Affaires de paroisse et de pieu
Sacrament hymn | Cantique de Sainte-Cène
#175 ▪ O God, the Eternal Father
#100 ▪ A toi, Dieu, notre Père
Administration of the sacrament | Ordonnance de la Sainte-Cène
Testimonies | Témoignages
Members of the congregation
Membres de l’assemblée
For more on what it means to bear testimony, see Sharing your testimony.
Closing hymn | Cantique de clôture
#221 ▪ Dear to the Heart of the Shepherd
#142 ▪ Au Berger elles sont chères
Closing prayer | Prière de clôture
Sister Davie Persaud
Presiding & conducting | Présidée et dirigée par
Bishop Dustin Tyler Joyce
Organist | Organiste
Fiona Joyce
Chorister | Directrice de la musique
Sister Kathiana Jean-Louis
Today’s second-hour meetings
10.10–11.00am
| Meeting | Location |
|---|---|
| Elders quorum | Room 303 (3rd floor) |
| Relief Society | Relief Society room (1st floor) |
| Aaronic Priesthood quorums | Bishop’s office (2nd floor) |
| Young Women | Room 401 (4th floor) |
| Primary | Primary room (5th floor) |
ANNOUNCEMENTS
The Jamaica 1st Ward’s usual Sunday meetings will not take place on the next two Sundays:
1 October general conference
8 October stake conference
Our regular Sunday meetings will resume on 15 October.
Building cleaning
Throughout September
In September it will once again be our ward’s turn to help keep our church building clean. We invite all members to participate in at least one cleaning session throughout the month. Signup sheets will be passed around in second-hour meetings. For more information and to volunteer, see the enclosed flyer or visit jamaica1stward.org/cleaning
Tithing declaration
Starting Sunday 3 September
Tithing declaration is an opportunity to meet with the bishop and review your tithing and other church records. All members should plan to participate. More information will be sent out soon. In the meantime, you are invited to set an appointment for tithing declaration at jamaica1stward.org/appointments
Ward service project: Bishop’s storehouse delivery
Little Neck Building
Saturday 14 October ▪ 9.30am
Volunteers from the Jamaica 1st Ward are needed to help fill food orders for families in need in the Lynbrook New York Stake. All food and other supplies are provided. May require moderate lifting. Volunteers should expect the process to take 1½–2 hours. For more information and to volunteer, visit jamaica1stward.org/storehouse
Stake service project and campout
Camp Liahona
Friday 20 October: Overnight campout begins
Saturday 21 October ▪ 9.00am: Service project
Members of the Lynbrook stake are invited to help clean and prepare Camp Liahona for the winter. Members who would like are welcome to camp out starting the evening before.
REGULAR MEETINGS & ACTIVITIES
These meetings and activities are scheduled on an ongoing basis:
| Meeting/activity | Day | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Gospel Principles class | 1st & 3rd Sundays | 1.00pm |
| Missionary coordination | Every Sunday | 1.15pm |
| Minister & Mingle | 2nd Sundays | 1.15pm |
| Ward youth council | 4th Sundays | 1.15pm |
| Appointments with the bishop | 1st & 3rd Sundays Every other Tuesday | After 1.15pm 6.00–8.00pm |
For additional information found in the printed program:
- Lesson schedules
- Ward directory (login required)
Moroni appears to Joseph Smith
21–22 September 1823 — 200 years ago this week
While I was thus in the act of calling upon God, I discovered a light appearing in my room, which continued to increase until the room was lighter than at noonday, when immediately a personage appeared at my bedside, standing in the air, for his feet did not touch the floor. … He called me by name, and said unto me that he was a messenger sent from the presence of God to me, and that his name was Moroni; [and] that God had a work for me to do ….
Joseph Smith — History 1:30, 33
(see verses 27–47)
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