Free Local New Testament Class – ongoing
Laguna Niguel Stake Adult Religion Class – This Tuesday, January 13th at 9:30 a.m. at the Stake Center. Topic covered: Matthew 6, The Sermon on the Mount continued. This is a great class for members as well as their friends and a great way to start 2009. The class is free.
Thanks so much!!
Bradford Rowley
Laguna Niguel Stake High Council
Stake CES Supervisor
OC Mormon Choral Organization
The Orange County Mormon Choral Organization begins its Winter Quarter this week. Below is information for each age group, ranging from 4 year olds through adults. Only the orchestra, adult choir, and Concert Choir (high school age) are audition ensembles. The children’s and youth choirs of ages 4-14 are non-audition. See below for details or visit our website at www.ocmco.org.
ORCHESTRA
If you are an advanced high school/college or adult instrumentalist and would like to audition for the orchestra, please fill out an Interest Form at this link http://www.ocmco.org/JOINOCMCO/MormonOrchestra/tabid/90/Default.aspx and you will be contacted by our Orchestra Manager.
ADULT CHOIR
Auditions for the adult choir are on Tuesday and Wednesday evening this week only. The first rehearsal is Thursday in Newport Beach (time and directions attached. If you wish to audition you must do so on Tuesday or Wednesday evening. Please fill out an Interest Form at this link http://www.ocmco.org/JOINOCMCO/MormonChoir/tabid/89/Default.aspx and we will reply to you immediately with information about auditions.
CONCERT CHOIR (high school)
Auditions for the adult choir are on Tuesday and Wednesday evening this week only. The first rehearsal is Thursday in Newport Beach. If you wish to audition you must do so on Tuesday or Wednesday evening. Please fill out an Interest Form at this link http://www.ocmco.org/JOINOCMCO/ConcertChoir/tabid/91/Default.aspx and we will reply to you immediately with information about auditions.
YOUTH CHORUS (ages 10-14), CHILDREN’S CHORUS (ages 6-10), SUNBEAM CHORUS (ages 4-6)
Participants in these choruses come to one rehearsal each week, and may choose either the Tuesday or Thursday rehearsal options. (Tuesdays in South Mission Viejo, Thursdays in Newport Beach). Attached is rehearsal information, including rehearsal times and locations for the Tuesday and Thursday rehearsal options.
If your child would like to participate, you may go ahead and register online at this link https://www.ocmco.org/JOINOCMCO/OfficialRegistration/tabid/114/Default.aspx and show up to the first rehearsal either tomorrow or Thursday. There are no auditions for these choruses.
You may come to the first rehearsal without registering if you wish to observe. Simply show up tomorrow or Thursday. The registration deadline wihout incurring a late-registration fee is this Friday, January 9.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us at info@ocmco.org.
YOUNG WOMEN THEME
‘Virtue’ added.
The First Presidency announced the addition of “virtue” to the Young Women theme.
We are daughters of our Heavenly Father, who loves us, and we love Him. We will “stand as witnesses of God at all times and in all things, and in all places” (Mosiah 18:9) as we strive to live the Young Women values, which are:
Faith
Divine Nature
Individual Worth
Knowledge
Choice and Accountability
Good Works
Integrity
and Virtue.
We believe as we come to accept and act upon these values, we will be prepared to strengthen home and family, make and keep sacred covenants, receive the ordinances of the temple, and enjoy the blessings of exaltation.
— We invite Young Women leaders to immediately include this addition as they repeat the Young Women theme.
— “Virtue” will be added to the Personal Progress value experiences and projects. Instructions on how to implement this change in Personal Progress will be forthcoming.
The First Presidency
Draper Utah Temple
Following tours for the media and dignitaries, public tours of the Draper Utah Temple will begin Thursday, Jan. 15, and continue through Saturday, March 14.
Open house organizers request that advance reservations be made online at www.lds.org/reservations (maximum of 10 guests per reservation) or by calling 1-800-537-6181 (toll free) or 801-240-7932 (local). Reservations for larger groups can also be accommodated by calling these numbers.
Following the open house, the temple will be formally dedicated on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, March 20–22. A total of 12 dedicatory sessions will be held.
The Draper Utah Temple was announced by President Gordon B. Hinckley at the October 2004 general conference. It will be the 129th operating temple in the world — the 12th in Utah — and will serve approximately 60,000 members living in the Draper area.
