On this date in Church History

1827-Joseph Smith Jr. receives the gold plates of the Book Of Mormon from the angel Moroni in Palmyra NY.

33 LDS players are on NFL rosters - Ravens lead the list

List of 2009 LDS NFL players:

• *Al Afalava, DB, Bears, Oregon State
• John Beck, QB, Ravens, BYU
• #Ryon Bingham, DL, Chargers, Nebraska
• #Stewart Bradley, LB, Eagles, Nebraska
• Kirk Chambers, OL, Bills, Stanford
  
• Austin Collie, WR, Colts, BYU
• *Chris Cooley, TE, Redskins, Utah State
• *Kevin Curtis, WR, Eagles, Utah State
• *John Denney, LS, Dolphins, BYU
• Ryan Denney, DE, Bills, BYU
• Jonathan Fanene, DL, Bengals, Utah
• Aaron Francisco, DB, Colts, BYU
• #Devin Frischknecht, TE, Packers, Washington State
• David Hale, OL, Ravens, Weber State
• *Todd Heap, TE, Ravens, Arizona State
• *Eric Heitmann, OL, 49ers, Stanford
• Chris Hoke, DL, Steelers, BYU
• Bryan Kehl, LB, Giants, BYU
• *Brett Keisel, DL, Steelers, BYU
• #Maake Kemoeatu, DL, Panthers, Utah
• Paul Kruger, DL, Ravens, Utah
• Spencer Larsen, FB, Broncos, Arizona
• *Deuce Lutui, OL, Cardinals, USC
  
• Brandon Manumaleuna, TE, Chargers, Arizona
• Fili Moala, DL, Colts, USC
  
• Shawn Murphy, OL, Dolphins, Utah State
• *Haloti Ngata, DL, Ravens, Oregon
• *Brady Poppinga, LB, Packers, BYU
• Sione Pouha, DT, Jets, Utah
• Cory Procter, OL, Cowboys, Montana
• *Derek Schouman, TE, Bills, Boise State
• *Naufahu Tahi, FB, Vikings, BYU
• *Eric Weddle, DB, Chargers, Utah
  

* Starter
# Injured reserve

 

(Source: www.MormonTimes.com)  

Welcome Brother Seth Dixon - new YM President for the Warwick Ward

The Young Men of the Warwick Ward in the Providence Stake of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints would like to welcome our newest Yong Men's President, Brother Seth Dixon.  Brother Ric Levett was released today as the former YMP and at the same time, Brother Dixon was called to replace Ric after almost 3 years.  President Dixon has called Brother Nolan Redding as his First Counselor along with Brother Harry Jones as his Second Counselor and Adonis Guaba as the Secretary to the group.  We wish them luck and extend our thanks to Brother Levett for all he has done.

Wood River canoe and campout slideshow

Finally it's here...photos from the Wood River canoe trip and campout back in July.

Last call and reminder for EFY

This is the last call and reminder that there will be a E.F.Y for a Day on September 5th, 2009 at the Hartford Stake Center in CT.  You must be 14 and over in age to attend. The event starts at 2 p.m. and runs until 10 p.m.  Sunday dress is required and please bring your scriptures as well.  A total of 5 Stakes will be included in this event so the turnout will be a good one.  I will not be able to attend or travel to CT and will not be in church this weekend of the 5th and 6th.

Dinner is provided.  Contact beynonct@ldsces.org with any questions.

No meeting on September 8th

We will NOT meet on Tuesday, September 8th. Please tell the other Young Men of the Warwick Ward.

Stake Youth activity cancelled for Pulaski Park!!!!!! 8/29

We have been watching the storm track for the latest Atlantic storm coming North and while it appears the center of the storm will stay off-shore, the latest forecast on Saturday ranges from 80 to 100% precipitation throughout the day with gusty winds, 15 to 30 mph. I am cancelling the planned youth activity, scheduled for Pulaski park / lake for Saturday afternoon. There will be no make-up for this activity. Please get the word out to your youth leaders and youth.

As a reminder, we have our EFY day the following Saturday, Sep 5, up in the Bloomfield building, Hartford stake. Last year's event was well worth the drive - hope to see the youth (14 and up) of the stake at next week's event - best wishes,

Brother Hutchins

Happy Birthday Richard Keith

The Warwick Ward Young Men wish Richard Keith a happy birthday today!

E.F.Y for a Day

There will be a E.F.Y for a Day on September 5th, 2009 at the Hartford Stake Center in CT.  You must be 14 and over in age to attend. The event starts at 2 p.m. and runs until 10 p.m.  Sunday dress is required and please bring your scriptures as well.  A total of 5 Stakes will be inlcuded in this event so the turnout will be a good one.
Dinner is provided.  Contact beynonct@ldsces.org with any questions.

Stake Youth Activity announcement

There will be a Stake Youth activity on Saturday, August 29th from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m.  This activity will take place at Pulaski State Park in Chepachet RI and will include: swimming, kickball, human pyramids, sand sculptures and food.  The park is located at 151 Pulaski Road off of Rt 44 near the CT/RI border. Any questions, call Sister Fountain at (860) 779-2477.

Happy Birthday to YM President - Brother Levett

On this day in 1964 Brother Ric Levett was born.  Happy Birthday Brother Levett of the Warwick Ward YM's Presidency.

Happy Birthday Michael Farrales

The Warwick Ward Young Men extend a happy birthday to Mike Farrales on this day!

Our two newest Elders!

Congratulations and our greatest love and support to our two newest Elders that are leaving the Warwick Ward Young Men.  Tonight, Akim Pittman and Matthew Coates were set apart and ordained Elders in the Warwick Ward of the Providence RI Stake of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Both will be leaving for college in Utah a few weeks and we wish them our very best while they are gone.

Pioneer Day

Today, July 24th, the residents and decendents of Utah celebrate Pioneer Day. This day commemorates the historical day when Brigham Young and the Church faithful pioneers entered into the Salt Lake Valley where he announced that "this is the place".

Stake General Priesthood Session at Warwick

The Providence RI Stake will hold its General Priesthood Meeting on Sunday July 26th at 4 PM in the Warwick RI building. All priesthood holders regardless of age and office should attend. Reminders will be made repeatedly over the next few weeks.

Upcoming events for the Young Men and Aaronic Priesthood

On Saturday July 25th at 4 PM, the Ward beach party will be held at Scarborough State beach in Narragannset RI.  The YM will be responsible for creating and monitoring some small activity for the Primary and nursery-aged children of the Ward. This will be to keep them occupied before the food and supplies are ready to distribute and to keep them away from the frying area that the Bishop will be cooking his wings for all of us to eat.

Wood River canoe trip and campout - 7/17+18

Here is a list of what we have come up with for our canoe trip and campout down the Wood River this Friday and Saturday, the 17+18 of July.





EVERYONE MUST HAVE A PERMISSION SLIP SIGNED BY PARENT(S) BEFORE GOING ON THE TRIP! NO EXCEPTIONS!

Trip info:

• Leave from the Church at 6:30 AM Friday morning
• Put in canoes at Wood River near exit 3B off RT 95 South.
• Camping at Burlingame State Park (river access only)
• Pick up from Pawcatuck River in Bradford RI Saturday afternoon (time? TBD)

Individual items to bring:
*Be sure everything is protected inside a Ziploc or heavy-duty trash bag!

• Backpack or duffel bag
• Sleeping bag and pad
• Change of clothes, socks and underwear
• Swim shorts
• Sandals or shoes that can get wet - no flip flops!
• Personal first aid kit and any medications that you require
• Towel
• Pocketknife
• Toiletries (toothbrush, soap, toilet paper, etc.)
• Hat
• Sunscreen
• Flashlight
• Bug Spray
• Mess kit, cup, fork/knive/spoon
• Fishing pole, tackel (license required if over 14 years old)
• Water bottle 
• Foil dinner, snacks

Group Items:

• Canoes / kayaks (2 person per boat)
• Life Jackets / PFD
• Tents / tarps
• Cook stove
• Lantern
• Water purification tablets
• Hatchet / saw
• Pancake mix, syrup, drink mix, lunch (tortilla/chees/meat)
• Rope
• Maps
• Extra garbage bags
• MRE's
• Hot dogs

Here are some website links and info that are very good resources for foil dinner recipes and hints:
Foil Dinner recipes
Chuck Wagon Diner
Helpful hints for Foil dinners (PDF document)

Upcoming events for the Young Men

On Tuesday July 7th we will be having a canoe-review and prep class for the upcoming trip to Greene Falls Pond which will be on the 11th.  This will give you an opportunity to learn and practice some of the safety rules and paddling techniques that you will need. Please make sure you attend so that we can also get any of our Boy Scouts started with the canoe badges as well.

On Friday the 16th, we will be setting out for an overnight river trip on the Wood River in southern RI.  The plan for now is to travle to a "put-in" site and do some paddling then camp out for a night. Next day, we will finish up with some more travel and a wrap up.

Happy Birthday Brother Redding

The YM of the Warwick Ward want to wish Brother Nolan Redding a happy birthday on this day.

Happy Birthday Joshua Tate

The Warwick Ward Young Men wish Joshua Tate a happy birthday today!

Providence RI Stake Youth Conference June 26th and 27th.

Ages 14 and up can attend Friday's activities at the Stake Center that will include dinner, Mystery Theater and a dance.  Saturday, all youth can attend at 8:30 am until ?  The activities scheduled will be workshops food and fun. If you want to attend Friday, call Brother Levett at 921-0486.  If you want to go Saturday contact Brother Redding 265-6066 or Brother Tate at 270-1757. Do not delay, make your choice and call your leaders right away.  CT will need a head count.

Special Olympics time again

The Youth from the Stake are again volunteering to help out with the RI Special Olympics tomorrow in Wakefield RI. We will be leaving the church at 7:15am so be there or call for a pick-up in the morning.  Also, BE SURE TO WEAR A WHITE T-SHIRT or POLO SHIRT!  This is so that the volunteers can easily be identified.  Call Brother Redding or Levett for more info or rides.   Other than that, see you at the church for 7am Saturday.

Friday, May 15th campout

One last reminder of the campout 15 and 16 MAY.  The Friday evening program will begin at 7:30 pm which consists of a talk from Scott Halverson in the Newport Ward, followed by skits, stories, and songs by each unit, and wrapped up with concluding remarks from a member of the Stake Presidency.  The famous Will Mason cobbler will be served with ice cream and hot chocolate after the program.  Saturday morning will begin with a real man breakfast, followed up with some inter-quorum competition and manly relaxation techiniques. 

Here is a equipment list that you will want divide among the members that are attending:

• Rain tarp and rope
• Tent
• Sleeping bag
• Fire starting materials
• Shovel
• Bucket
• Eating/cooking utensils & insulated cup
• Friday night meal
• Rain / cold weather gear
• Ax / hatchet
• Water container
• Camera

Happy Birthday Ben Pittman

The Warwick Ward Young Men wish Ben Pittman a happy birthday today!

Happy Birthday Matthew Chilvers

Today, we acknowledge one of our Young Men from the Warwick Ward and wish Matt Chilvers a happy 13th birthday!

Warwick Youth win again for the 3rd year in a row!

Once again the youth of the Warwick Ward have won our 3rd straight volleyball tourney at the stake center in Groton yesterday. Although officially there was no winner to be declared this year, our YM/YW won all of our games and finished in the final game.  Our team had so many players this year that we were able to split the sqaud into two groups and fill in for other teams that could not participate.

Congrats to all of our youth for a great showing, dedication and participation for this season's outing at CT.

Happy Birthday Jomar Farrales

The Warwick Ward Young Men wish Jomar Farrales a happy birthday today!

YouTube Channel to subscribe to: MormonMessages

There is a new channel you can subscribe to on YouTube called "MormonMessages". It's a great way to see some very well produced and inspirational short videos that are posted. Here's a a great 2 minute video from President Uchtdorf called "Create":


Please take a moment to view this video and be sure to subscribe to the channel on YouTube. MormonMessages

Happy Birthday Dan Miller

The Warwick Ward Young Men wish Dan Miller a happy birthday today!

Happy Birthday Erick Sajche-Meza

The Warwick Ward Young Men wish Eric Sajche-Meza a happy birthday today!

Welcome Home Brother Harry Jones!

The Warwick Ward Young Men and their leaders wish to welcome Brother Harry Jones, USN, back home and back to church. We're looking forward to getting you back into the groove as the Second Counselor in the YM Presidency.

Youth Oscar Night & Project for April 18th

Oscar Night April 18th, 2009  Warwick building 6:00 Each ward’s mutual age YM & YW group is to produce a 3 to 5 minute G rated movie using this year’s Theme:  1 Timothy 4:12. And remember be creative with it! Do spoofs of movies, music videos etc, anything you want! The movies are to be tape recorded and then turned in to the stake youth leaders by April 1st to insure there is proper equipment to play each movie.  Each ward is also to produce a poster advertising their movie and is to be handed in with the movies April 1st. Movies will be shown the 18th and judged by a panel of a member of each ward. Each ward can only receive one award, and the awards that will be given are: o   Best use of Theme o   Best sound quality o   Best  Music o   Best Actor/Best Actress o   Best Costumes o   Best cinematography o   Best drama o   Best choreography o   Best comedy o   Best overall movie Parent’s and family are intived to the Oscar night and everyone it encouraged to dress up like it is the Oscars. Have fun with it!! Any questions contact Hazley McReynolds at Hazleyct@yahoo.com

Welcome to our latest member

The Warwick Ward Young Men would like to welcome and congratulate Dammen Chhoeun for his baptism on this day! Welcome to the Aaronic Priesthood.

LDS Super Bowl players

The following is a list compiled from MormonTimes.com of LDS players that are tonight's Super Bowl:

Chris Hoke, DL, Steelers, BYU
*Brett Keisel, DL, Steelers, BYU
*Deuce Lutui, OL, Cardinals, Southern California
Aaron Francisco, DB, Cardinals, BYU
*Starters

Terrific video of Joseph Smith and the Book of Mormon; notice the detailed facts.

Remembering President Hinckley this day

President Gordon B. Hinckley died quietly in his home one year ago today at the age of 97. His obit can be found here President Hinckley .

January 23, 1970

Joseph Fielding Smith became President of the Church.

Stake General Priesthood session reminder

There is a General Priesthood session to be held at the Warwick Ward (not Groton) this Sunday the 25th at 4pm - 6pm. All Young Men as well as all Priesthood holders are urged to attend and to be dressed properly.
Call Brother Levett or Brother Redding if you need a ride to church. 

Draper UT Temple opens to media and public (1/15/09)

 Media video preview of Draper UT Temple

DRAPER — The new Draper Temple of the LDS Church is unlike any other temple along the Wasatch Front. That's because it is smaller, has its own design, features some unique artwork, lacks a patron cafeteria and has no clothing rental facilities. A contingent of more than three dozen media members took a 90-minute tour of the new temple Friday. The general public can tour temples of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, until they are dedicated.
Public open houses of the Draper Temple begin Jan. 15 and go through March 14. The temple will be dedicated March 20-22. Nestled in Corner Canyon in the southeast foothills of the Salt Lake Valley at 14065 S. Canyon Vista Lane, this temple (and the Oquirrh Temple now under construction in South Jordan's Daybreak community) will ease pressure on the Jordan River Utah Temple. It will serve approximately 60,000 church members in the Draper area. This will be the 129th operating temple in the world, the 12th in Utah and the third in Salt Lake County.

A Brand New Year website for LDS Youth

A new youth-oriented Web site, www.ABrandNewYear.lds.org, was launched January 1, with music, video, testimonies, and other features from the Brand New Year youth celebration DVD. Youth, parents, and leaders are invited to enjoy the resources on this Web site. It's very slick and has lots of youth content to use, learn and grow.