Riverton Farms

Riverton Farms Ward Bulletin

December 21, 2025

Sacrament Meeting

Conducting………… Brother Greg Johnson

Opening Hymn……………….#1204 Star Bright

Opening Prayer………………………Scott McHenry

Ward/Stake Business

Sacrament Hymn……………..#172 In Humility, Our Savior

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Christmas Program

Stars Were Gleaming……………..Primary Children

Away in a Manger……………..Primary Children

Little Baby in a Manger……………..Primary Children and Ward Choir

Congregational Hymn……………..#213 The First Noel

Silent Night……………..Young Men and Young Women

Still, Still, Still……………..Ward Choir

Congregational Hymn……………..#203 Angels We Have Heard on High

What Child is This?……………..Ward Choir

Speaker……………..Kathy O’Hara

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Closing Hymn……………..#214 I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day

Closing Prayer………………………Susan McHenry

Ward News and Announcements

• Monthly Ward Prayer: Each Fast Sunday, five minutes after the block, we will gather in the cultural hall as a ward to pray.
• Temple Recommend Interviews right after the block each Sunday by the clerk's office.

• The Stake Presidency holds Temple Recommend Interviews the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Sundays from 3 pm - 4 pm

Come Follow Me Schedule for Home and Family, Sunday School, Primary, Young Men, and Young Women

Now available from the Home page in the Gospel Library app!

Elders Quorum / Relief Society

Now available from the Home page in the Gospel Library app!

Click to download the app

Temple and Family History

• December Invitation: The invitation in December is to attend a sealing session on one of the following dates. (Please RSVP to Scott Dunkley 801-244-8514)

• Dec 9th 7 pm
• Dec 10th 6:40 pm
• Dec 11th 6:40 pm

If you missed attending a sealing session on one of the above dates, there’s still time to schedule a sealing session on your own.

• Note:  The first week of each month is Ward Temple Week.  Attend any session you can during the week.  Our ward focus will be the Wednesday 6:30 pm Endowment Session.

Ward Missionary

• December Invitation: Give the gift of Christ’s love by sharing your testimony or a Christmas message with those around you.

Emergency Preparedness

Action Plan for December: Rotating Your Food Storage

• Develop a plan for rotating without wasting your food storage.  

• Understand expiration dates on food items.
• Store what your family will eat
• Mark or Identify purchase dates so you can use the oldest items first.

• Download the Rotating Packet  Click Here

• Review the suggested options for storing and rotating
• Check out the links and choose options that work best for you.
• Resources are at the Bottom of the Page

Prepare:

• Understand guidelines for safe storage of the foods you plan to store.

• Commercially canned foods have a few years of nutrition beyond the stamped "best by" date, but check for signs of spoilage. If there are signs of spoilage, discard the food without eating.

• Make a list of the foods in your pantry or that your family typically eats.
• Clean out old items to make room for these “Store to eat” items

Practice:

• The simplest way to rotate your food storage without too much pain or waste is to “Eat what you Store and Store what you Eat”.  This seems like a simple concept but if you practice this approach you will naturally develop a supply of the foods your family likes and will eat.  You pull from your storage items for meals and snacks and replace the items with fresh ones.  In an emergency you will have food that is familiar and comfortable that also reduces the anxiety of the situation.
• Place items in your storage in an organized fashion, with similar items together and the oldest items toward the front for first use.
• Marking the purchase date on the items can be an easy way to see which items you should use first.

Contacts: Scott and Susan McHenry  BeReadyrf@gmail.com

To join the neighborhood email group to receive these bulletins, send us your email address to BeReadyrf@gmail.com

• Resources:
• It’s Not Toxic!  
• Store What You Eat
• Food Storage—BeReady Utah
• Ø  Past Emergency Preparedness Articles can be found here

Addiction Recovery Program

Addiction’s destructive behaviors negatively affect not only the addicted individual but their loved ones. The Church’s “Addiction Recovery Program” and its accompanying “Help for Spouses and Family Program” shares steps and principles of hope, guidance and healing available to each of us through the Savior’s Atonement. Anonymous, confidential and understanding help is available in weekly meetings that can be found by opening this link. We welcome you in joining others who started this healing path before you.  

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1NWlCyLn624E920yybJJnIIFPBvntVLQCHJaFhaxgx1g/edit?gid=1165121881#gid=1165121881

Children and Youth Corner

Primary

Primary Activity Days - First and Third Tuesday nights at 7:00 pm at the Church

Young Women (YW)

Upcoming Activities

Missionary prep (all youth invited) Sundays at 3:45 - 4:45 pm in the Relief Society Room at the Stake Center (except Holidays)

2026

Ward Youth Conference (Youth turning 14 in 2026 and older) June 2026 - More details to come

Young Men (YM)

Upcoming Activities

Mission Prep (all youth invited) Sundays at 3:45 - 4:45 pm in the Relief Society Room at the Stake Center (except Holidays)

2026

Ward Youth Conference (Youth turning 14 in 2026 and older) June 2026 - More details to come

Young Single Adults [YSA] (18-35)

For high school seniors and YSA’s in the Riverton area

YSA Gathering Place Every Thursday.

Free dinner is provided, along with activities, games, and much, much more.

Where: 1855 W. 13400 S. (Church House)

When: Thursdays 6:30 pm - 9:30 pm

Click HERE to sign up for notifications about activities and events.

Attention All YSA’s - Utah Area YSA Conference

“Together in Christ,” August 29-31, 2025.

Come enjoy the social and spiritual activities. Click here or scan the QR code to register.

Ward Goals and Unit History

• 2026 Riverton Farms Ward Goals

• https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vTjRKTY5Ojq0dGBTmIOMZjlzaFtCqzxtMNu7m0MQkJcyzThUByIK6GySWB1CMzf5A/pubhtml?gid=1332641429&single=true

• The Unit History tool is available for Ward members at the following URL. Any member of the ward can submit ward history items, stories, pictures, etc.

• To access Ward and Stake submissions to the Church’s Unit History tool, use your Church account to log in to https://unithistory.churchofjesuschrist.org/?lang=eng

Missionary and Service Member Addresses

Zoom Meeting Links

Broadcasts

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