2026 Old Testament Study resources here
Classrooms: 1st / 3rd Sundays
Sunday School
Gospel Doctrine – Cultural Hall
Sunday School Course 17 – Room 108
Sunday School Course 15-16 – Room 106
Sunday School Course 13-14 – Room 103
Sunday School Course 11-12 – Room 102
Combined Primary
Singing Time – Primary Room
Classrooms after Singing Time:
Room 110/111 – Nursery
Room 109 – Sunbeams / CTR 4
Room 112 – CTR 5 / 6
Room 113 – CTR 7 / Valiant 8
Room 114/115 – Valiant 9 / 10
Classrooms: 2nd / 4th Sundays
Relief Society – Relief Society Room
Elders Quorum – Cultural Hall
Young Women
YW Rooms 104, 105, & 106 – All YW
Young Men
Bishop's Office – Priests
Room 102 – Teachers
Room 107/108 – Deacons
Combined Primary
Singing Time – Primary Room
Classrooms after Singing Time:
Room 110/111 – Nursery
Room 109 – Sunbeams / CTR 4
Room 112 – CTR 5 / 6
Room 113 – CTR 7 / Valiant 8
Room 114/115 – Valiant 9 / 10
The purpose of Relief Society is to save souls and relieve suffering. Members of Relief Society work together to help accomplish God’s work of salvation and exaltation. They serve others, fulfill covenant responsibilities, build unity, and learn and live doctrine. The motto of Relief Society is “Charity never faileth” (1 Corinthians 13:8).
If you haven’t already, please join us online! Search for our ward Relief Society Facebook group page: PDS Relief Society
Lesson Schedule:
28 December 2026: Do Your Part with All Your Heart, Dieter F. Uchtdorf - Sunny Ray
11 January 2026: Adorned with the Virtue of Temperance, Ulisses Soares - Trinity Peterson
25 January 2026: Proved and Strengthened in Christ, Henry B. Eyring - Jessica Rutherford
TBA
Members of the elders quorum work together to help accomplish God’s work of salvation and exaltation. They serve others, fulfill priesthood duties, build unity, and learn and live doctrine.
TBA
Lesson Schedule:
28 December 2025: Do Your Part with All Your Heart, Dieter F. Uchtdorf
11 January 2026: Adorned with the Virtue of Temperance, Ulisses Soares
25 January 2026: Proved and Strengthened in Christ, Henry B. Eyring
TBA
2026 Youth Theme: The 2026 youth theme is “Walk with Me” (see Moses 6:34). Details and resources can be found HERE. More information also available at youth.ChurchofJesusChrist.org.
PDS Ward Youth Council: Every 2nd Sunday after church. Bishop's Office.
PDS Youth Temple Trips:
Saturday, January 3rd. We will leave the church building at 10:00am for our 12:30 appointment.
2026 Youth Activities (click HERE for additional Stake YW/YM information).
December 31st 9:30pm to Midnight. New Years Dance. Cochise and PDS Ward in charge. Youth Age turning 14+ in 2025 and those turning 14 in 2026
January 18, 2026: “Walk with Me” Worldwide Discussion for Youth with President D. Todd Christofferson, Second Counselor in the First Presidency. This event will feature Church leaders, youth, and music to help young people better understand and be inspired by the new youth theme “Walk with Me” (Moses 6:34). Youth and local leaders are invited to plan a gathering where young women and young men can view this video together and then share how they might “walk with” the Savior throughout the year. Youth are encouraged to lead these discussions. Details to come.
FSY 2026. Youth can preregister for FSY through January 13, 2026. During preregistration, youth can indicate their preferred session and link with up to five other youth if desired. Preregistering significantly improves their chances of attending their preferred session. Preregister at: https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/youth/childrenandyouth/fsy. 2026 is on-cycle for our stake, so PDS Ward will cover half of the $150 fee ($75 ward contribution and $75 individual contribution). The sessions for which Sierra Vista Stake Youth can preregister for are: 5/25/2026-7/4/2026 FSY Sessions at the UofA and Easter Arizona College (EAC). (Note: Youth can register for other sessions/locations, but do not have preference.)
June 9-13 June 2026, Young Men Camp and Young Women Camp: Both will be held at the Stake Level for Summer 2026 and both will be held at the same time. Here are some details: Young Women Location: Faithful Pines in Alpine. Young Men Location: Either Brentwood LDS Camp (50 minutes from Faithful Pines, 20 minutes from Big Lake) or directly at Big Lake. Each camp will have its own cooks, activities, sleeping quarters and schedule. There will be a few combined Young Men & Young Women activities held during the week (e.g., fireside, rappelling, lake activities, line dance, etc.). The cost for camp will be $75 per participant. We hope to have a fundraiser in the Spring to help offset costs to families.
2026 YM & YW Rotation:
The purpose of the Young Women organization is to help each young woman be worthy to make and keep sacred covenants and receive the ordinances of the temple.
Preach My Gospel — Every 4th Wednesday. Held from 7:00 - 8:00pm at Bishop Lambson's home. All YM and YW ages 16 and up are invited.
“Let every man learn his duty, and to act in the office in which he is appointed, in all diligence” (D&C 107:99)
Preach My Gospel — Every 4th Wednesday. Held from 7:00 - 8:00pm at Bishop Lambson's home. All YM and YW ages 16 and up are invited.
“There are new ways to invite others to ‘come and see.’ Let’s make sharing our faith... more a part of our daily life.” — Elder Neil L. Andersen
Missionary Meal Calendar: It is a blessing to have the missionaries in our homes. Please sign up on the calendar.
Ward Mission Plan
As a ward family we seek to become more like Jesus Christ by developing Christ-like attributes and by standing as a witness of God and the restored gospel. As we strive to do so, we take the following verses of scripture as our inspiration and guide.
Now behold, a marvelous work is about to come forth among the children of men. Therefore, O ye that embark in the service of God, see that ye serve him with all your heart, might, mind and strength, that ye may stand blameless before God at the last day. Therefore, if ye have desires to serve God ye are called to the work; For behold the field is white already to harvest; and lo, he that thrusteth in his sickle with his might, the same layeth up in store that he perisheth not, but bringeth salvation to his soul; And faith, hope, charity and love, with an eye single to the glory of God, qualify him for the work. Remember faith, virtue, knowledge, temperance, patience, brotherly kindness, godliness, charity, humility, diligence. Ask, and ye shall receive; knock, and it shall be opened unto you. Amen. (Doctrine & Covenants Section 4)
Verily I say, [all latter-day saints] should be anxiously engaged in a good cause, and do many things of their own free will, and bring to pass much righteousness; For the power is in them, wherein they are agents unto themselves. And inasmuch as [latter-day saints] do good they shall in nowise lose their reward. (Doctrine & Covenants 58:27-28 bolded altered)
As we accept missionary challenges and make goals, both individually and as a ward family, we know we will be blessed. As we strive to walk the covenant path, we will share the light of the gospel with our family and friends.
Sisters' phone number: (520) 250-6029
Tucson Arizona Mission Office: (520) 577-7076
Send a referral.
Elder Gabriel Cummins, Brazil Recife North Mission
gabriel.cummins@missionary.org
Elder Jaycob Hales, Korea Seoul Mission
jaycob.hales@missionary.org
Elder Caleb Jewkes, Florida Orlando Mission
caleb.jewkes@missionary.org
Elder Kaden Ray, New York Syracuse Mission
kaden.ray@missionary.org
Update to Timing for Submitting Missionary Papers. Effective immediately, stake presidents may submit missionary recommendations up to 150 days before a prospective missionary’s availability date.
Wednesdays at 7 pm: Institute at the seminary building across from Buena High School on Giulio Cesare Drive.
Thursdays at 7 pm: Stake YSA activities.For locations and details check the Facebook page Sierra Vista YSA.
Sierra Vista YSA Branch meets at 12:00 p.m. at the Taylor Building.
YSA Bulletin link: https://qr-codes.io/x9euR5. We want to share the monthly YSA schedule.
We have a Facebook page: Sierra Vista Stake singles. https://www.facebook.com/groups/600837319776574
This will be the primary way for us to get information out to everyone, so please join the page.
“Our Temple & Family History work has power to bless those beyond the veil, it has an equal power to bless the living – it has a refining influence on those who are engaged in it.” President Russell M Nelson
"This work, unselfishly given in behalf of those on the other side, comes nearer to the unparalleled vicarious work of the Savior than any other of which I know. The great and important work of teaching the gospel of Jesus Christ to the people of the world is incomplete, at best, if it does not also provide for that teaching to those in another sphere and making available to them those gospel ordinances required of all if they are to move forward on the way to eternal life.” President Gordon B. Hinckley, Nov. 1985
Tucson Arizona Temple: Click here to schedule an appointment (not required but preferred) or call: 520-395-3900.
2025 Temple Closures
Wednesday, 31 December 2025 (Limited Operations)
2026 Temple Closures
Thursday, January 1, 2026
Monday, February 16, 2026 - Monday, March 2, 2026
Saturday, April 4, 2026
Saturday, July 4, 2026
Monday, August 17, 2026 - Monday, August 31, 2026
Saturday, October 3, 2026
Wednesday, November 25, 2026 - Thursday, November 26, 2026
Thursday, December 24, 2026 - Saturday, December 26, 2026
Thursday, December 31, 2026 (Limited Operations)
2027 Temple Closures
Friday, January 1, 2027
Additional Family History Resources
The Sierra Vista Arizona Stake Family Search Center is open on Tuesdays from 10:00 am - 2:00 pm, 115 N. Highway 90, Sierra Vista, Arizona, United States, with advisors, computers, and scanners. Otherwise, appointments can be made by contacting a Ward Family Specialist or calling the FamilySearch Center Telephone: 520-459-1284.
Are you looking for helps/hints on how to do your research? Do you have ancestors that immigrated to the US and you don't know where to start regarding finding them in their homeland records? Then some of the more than 2100 lessons found on the following FamilySearch Wiki page may help. Check them out! https://www.familysearch.org/en/wiki/Classes_in_the_Learning_Center
For help or training, contact our Ward Family History Specialists: TBD
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Check out the link below for the Self Reliance course titled, Emotional Resilience.
Self Reliance Course! - "Emotional Resilience" - Ten great chapters helping with one's emotional well-being! You can review the course material here.
Check out the other Self-Reliance course materials HERE
Education
Personal Finances: The Course That Changed Our Course
Starting and Growing a Business
Life Skills for older youth and young single adults, Life Skills for Self-Reliance contains the most applicable content from three self-reliance manuals (Personal Finances, Find a Better Job, and Education for Better Work.) This group helps participants research career and education opportunities, find and obtain employment, and learn how to manage their money. It will prepare them for missions, future education, military service, and work after high school.
The Glorious Opportunity for Work
“Work is an antidote for anxiety, an ointment for sorrow, and a doorway to possibility. Whatever our circumstances in life, … let us do the best we can and cultivate a reputation for excellence in all that we do. Let us set our minds and bodies to the glorious opportunity for work that each new day presents.” Elder Dieter F. Uchtdorf of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
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Bishop, Carrol Lambson
First Counselor, Aaron Petitt
Second Counselor, Doug Moore
Ward Clerk, Gene Wolslagel
Ward Executive Secretary, Isaac Niu
Elders Quorum President, Kai Pedersen
Ward Mission Leader: Stewart Glines
Relief Society President, Ashley Adame
Young Women President, Jill Moore
Primary President, Fayeth Dever
Sunday School President, Mike Oberle
Stake Goals:
Every member in Stake to invite a nonmember friend to at least one church activity.
Every member in the Stake to take a name to the temple.
Stake temple recommend interviews: First and third Thursdays from 7:00-8:00 pm. See the Stake Calendar for specific dates. For non-temple recommend interviews, please text Brother Craig Adams, the Stake Executive Secretary: 480-440-7533.