9 am Pacific Daylight Time - Aptos Sacrament - Sunday, March 12, 2023 

Presiding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bishop Richard Martinez 

Conducting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Brother Nate Jones 

Chorister . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sister Ann Latta 

Opening Hymn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . There is Sunshine in My Soul Today (227) 

Invocation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Brother Christian Heywood

Welcome, Announcements, & Ward Business . . . . . . . . . . . . . Brother Jones 

Sacrament Hymn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Behold the Great Redeemer Die (191) 

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Administration of the Sacrament . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 

Youth Speaker . . . . . . . . . . . . Sister Adeline Jones (Being Spiritually In Tune)

Intermediate Hymn: PLEASE STAND Guide Us, O Thou Great Jehovah (83) 

Speaker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sister Janae Jensen (Reformation to Restoration) 

Closing Hymn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Beautiful Zion, Built Above (44) 

Benediction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Brother Don Wollesen 

Postlude Music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Brother Moore

GOSPEL DOCTRINE LESSON

March 6 - 12, 2023 “THESE TWELVE JESUS SENT FORTH”

Matthew 9-10: Mark 5; Luke 9

Come, Follow Me—For Individuals and Families: New Testament 2023.

Meetings for the Second Sunday, March 12, 2023 9:00 am Sacrament Meeting

10:00 am Relief Society & Elders Quorum

10:00 am Young Women & Young Men

10:00 am Gospel Principles - Taught by the Aptos Sister Missionaries, Sister Goodworth & Sister Lealaitafea 408-708-6607 500372326@missionary.org The missionaries are available to provide lessons, service, and to join your family for a spiritual thought and dinner, any night of the week.

APTOS WARD MISSIONARY ASSIGNMENTS

Elder Declan Hambly, Oklahoma, Oklahoma City declan.hambly@missionary.org Elder Luke Edwards, Service Missionary luke.edwards@missionary.org

ANNOUNCEMENTS

SPRING FORWARD - Daylight Savings Time beginsTODAY, Sunday, March 12th. Move your clocks forward one hour.

APTOS WARD BUILDING CLEANING SCHEDULE 2023

Aptos Ward is responsible for ODD months. Please coordinate within your

team as listed in the above link, and find alternate coverage as needed.

Oakland Temple Cleaning

The Santa Cruz Stake has 3-days assigned in 2023 for Temple Cleaning; Mondays March 20, July 10, and October 23. Volunteers are to arrive at 11:45am in Sunday dress clothes, with Temple Recommend in hand. 2-3 volunteers are needed from each unit. If available, please notify Stake Temple & Family History director, Karl Cook at 831-295-2087.

Temple Baptisms | Our next stake appointment for temple baptisms is April 28th at 7:00 pm. These are open to all, but youth and newly baptized members are especially invited to participate. You can view the spreadsheet to sign up for time slots here.

● Looking Ahead:

The Watsonville Ward is hosting a chili cookoff at 6pm on Friday, June 30th at

Mount Madonna. For those wishing to camp overnight, the Watsonville Ward

Bishopric is cooking breakfast the next morning, July 1st. If interested,

please contact Bishop Welch at DCWelch5754@gmail.com or (831)726-6039.

Words of Encouragement

Find hope and healing from addiction through the Church’s Addiction Recovery Program (ARP). Meetings are in the High Council room at the stake center every Thursday at 7:30pm. Drop-ins are welcome. Connect with others working to overcome addiction or compulsive behaviors, including substance abuse and pornography.

Aptos Ward Organization Contact Information

Bishop Richard Martinez aptosbishrick@gmail.com 831-612-6456 First Counselor, Jesse Turner jtjd2004@yahoo.com 831-419-1532 Second Counselor, Nate Jones hxjones@gmail.com 831-588-5297 Elders Quorum Pres-Christian Heywood heychristian@gmail.com 831-334-6777 Relief Society Pres - Monica Myers msummerspa@gmail.com 831-588-8934 Primary President - Angela Powell powellsrule1991@gmail.com 831-535-2563 Sunday School President - Kevin Ward kward2242@gmail.com 308-746-2410 Ward Mission Leader - Greg Nohrden g.nohrden@att.net 831-722-5781 Young Women Pres - Megan Busath meganebusath@gmail.com 916-833-5582 Ward Clerk - Justin Hambly justinhambly@gmail.com 831-535-2626 Asst. Clerk: Finance - Brad Whaley b_whaley@comcast.net 831-768-9442 Asst. Clerk: Membership - Ryan Denney ryan@aptosfamily.com 408-332-6000 Media Specialist - Rebecca Struss rebeccadaria1@gmail.com 209-304-8788 Ward Communication Specialist-Chad Latta william.c.latta@gmail.com 801-576-6402 Email Communication Specialist-Wes Sims deskinsims@gmail.com 831-706-7360 Family History Consultant - Gayle Michael 831-761-2085 Ward Historian - Harold Shaw

For Temple Recommend Interviews: Please contact Brother Jones at 831- 588-5297 or Brother Turner 831-419-1532 for an appointment if you need to renew.

DEFINITIONS TO REMEMBER - Elder David A. Bednar

GOSPEL DOCTRINE: A truth of Salvation revealed by Heavenly Father. Gospel Doctrines are eternal, do not change, and pertain to the progression and exaltation of Heavenly Father’s sons and daughters. GOSPEL PRINCIPLE: A doctrinally-based guideline for the righteous exercise of moral agency.