Avalon Ward News
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- Dec - 2024
Hi Avalon Ward Family,
Time flies and things get extremely busy this time of year. Can you believe it is almost December and Christmas with a new year right around the corner. This is the time of year I like to look back over the year and see what we accomplished, trials we overcome, painful things we went through and also the Joy and happiness we have had. I hope you can reflect back and see the Savior's hand in your life over this past year.
Warmest regards,
Brennen Thompson | Ward Clerk
Joel Hirtle | Assistant Ward Clerk
Month's Inspirational Message - Thanksgiving and Christmas
To me Thanksgiving and Christmas go hand in hand. As we celebrate the Christmas season we give thanks to God and to our Savior for the many blessings they share with us. The tender mercies they abundantly share and the joy we can have from living by their teachings. We give thanks to our Father in Heaven for these things and countless many others.
First Presidency
President Russell M. Nelson
“[Jesus Christ’s] birth occurred in humble circumstances among the animals. There the ‘Lamb of God’ (John 1:29) was born during Passover season among
animals being prepared for paschal sacrifice. And one day, He would be ‘brought as a lamb to the slaughter’ (Isaiah 53:7). He was both the Lamb and the
Shepherd. ...
“From His example, He taught that we, too, can arise from the depths of our individual challenges — our sadness, weakness and worries — to reach the heights
of our own glorious potential and divine destiny. All this is possible by virtue of His mercy and grace” (First Presidency’s Christmas Devotional, Dec. 6, 2020).
President Dallin H. Oaks, First Counselor
“Christmas is a time to remember that we are all children of a Father in Heaven who gave His Only Be- gotten Son that all would be redeemed from death and
who has offered the blessings of salvation and exalta- tion to all mankind on the same conditions” (First Presidency’s Christmas Devotional, Dec. 4, 2022).
President Henry B. Eyring, Second Counselor
“[Jesus Christ] towers above us, and yet the events surrounding His mortal birth draw from us a feeling of His being close to us. He chose to come down from
His throne at the right hand of the Father to take upon Him mortality. He did it out of love for every son and daughter of His Father who would be born into the
world. He did it out of love for you — and for me” (First Presidency’s Christmas Devotional, Dec. 5, 2021).
