Spanish Fields ONE

2025 Meeting Schedule:

Our ward will meets at 10:30 am each Sunday at 99 N 920 W in Spanish Fork. 

Sacrament meeting is held from 10:30 am to 11:30 am and 2nd hour classes are from 11:40 am to 12:30pm 

(1st & 3rd Sundays are Sunday School; 2nd & 4th Sundays are Elders Quorum, Relief Society, Young Women and Aaronic Priesthood).

Upcoming Events

Ward Events:

• Ward Christmas Party December 6 - *** Christmas Party Details ***

• We invite all youth to speak in a 2025 sacrament meeting.  Youth or their parents can sign them up for a day using this link:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1HVol_HpPAZ7ua4lt-GKBdK7257-PYDM5WrOLN9_2FqM/edit?usp=drive_link

Always check the weekly newsletter for more details and other events that may not be listed here.

Spanish Fields 1st Ward Vision

We are sons and daughters of Heavenly Parents with a divine call to gather scattered Israel on both sides of the veil.  Through the atonement of our Savior, we can repent and improve each day. Eternal joy and peace are found by obedience to His commandments, making sacred covenants, and receiving the blessings of the holy temple.

Our ward family is unified as we seek and act upon spiritual promptings and minister to others. We strive to live the gospel by using our individual talents to strengthen and help one another come unto Christ.

Ward Temple Dates

We encourage everyone to have a Temple experience during the ward Temple week in whatever capacity they can. It can be as simple as a family home evening on the temple, visiting the temple grounds, joining the ward family history challenge every week, or anything that draws our thoughts and hearts to the temple and to our Savior. 

Upcoming sealing dates:

• • TBA (Payson Temple)

If you can make it to one of the the sealing sessions listed please call or text Brother Lyman

Electronic Temple Recommend

Endowed temple recommends can now be accessed electronically through the the Tools app. 

If Endowed members select to switch to an electronic recommend, their paper temple recommend will no longer be valid. 

Limited use recommends are not accessible electronically. 

Endowed members interested in switching to an electronic recommend should contact a member of the bishopric.

Missionary Contact

• English Elders are: Elders Munson, Call and Robertson 801-616-8814

• Spanish Elders are: Elders Marshall, Thompkins, Barsteen, Cheney, and Vicenteno 801-616-9003 

Payson Temple Update

To ensure that the Payson Utah Temple can provide a sanctifying and revelatory experience for all who come, the Payson Utah Temple Presidency has shared guidelines specific to the Payson Utah Temple that may be helpful to assist members.

1. Baptistry: This is the area with the least availability for members without appointments. The capacity for the baptistry remains at 12 every half hour. At any given appointment time, there may only be 1-3 openings available. These openings will best serve small families and individuals, not a large youth group. We invite youth groups to continue to make appointments ahead of time. Additionally, we request youth groups to cancel appointments that they are not able to make so others may take those slots.  

When there is a change in the number of patrons coming, we encourage members to edit their appointment. If they need assistance, they may call the temple office.  We also ask that leaders do not bring more than the reserved number of participants. In accordance with the First Presidency direction, we should not reduce the number of baptisms or confirmations each individual can perform to accommodate additional patrons.

2. Proxy Initiatory: If a patron arrives without an appointment and desires to perform Initiatory ordinances, they will be directed to the office where the recorder or office staff will assist them in checking the availability. In some instances, there may be a slight wait until the next available appointment. They will be provided with information on the approximate waiting time.

3. Proxy Endowment: When a patron comes to the temple without an appointment, they will be notified of the availability on the next Endowment Session. We anticipate that the Payson Utah Temple will be able to accommodate patrons without an appointment for Proxy Endowment sessions, especially during the weekday.

4. Proxy Sealing: If a patron comes to the temple without an appointment desiring to do Sealings, they will be directed to the office where the temple staff will assist them in finding availability.

5. Group Proxy Sealing: Families and groups who desire to schedule a large group sealing session may call the office to schedule one. These will be available Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday evenings at 5:30 PM; 6:30 PM; and 7:30 PM.

It is important to stress to the members that making an appointment for temple attendance remains the preferred method. The recent announcement on accommodating patrons without an appointment should not be interpreted as appointments are no longer required.

Key Ward Information and Announcements

Deseret Industries

• Anyone 16 or older that is interested in part-time (paid) work opportunities at Deseret Industries can contact the bishop for an interview referral.

• Deseret Industries is also hiring part-time, on-call associates. Visit this link to apply.

Spanish Fork Food Bank

• Every Friday, at the church building at 1138 W 100 S, the Spanish Fork Food Bank distributes free food to anyone that would like it. The parking lot opens up at around 7:00am and food distribution starts at around 9:00am. Each car received a very generous amount of food, so this is an amazing opportunity for anyone in need, or anyone that would just like to lower their weekly grocery bill. For more information, visit their Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1179382195729168

• They also need volunteers to help organize and distribute the food each week. Volunteers (adults and/or youth with adult supervision) should show up between 7:00am and 7:30 (park in the West parking lot) and then sign in. Volunteers need to stay the whole time (until about 11:30 most weeks), but they do each receive food (without having to wait in line) for their help.

• If you are in need of food from the Food Bank, but are unable to volunteer or wait in the line, please contact your ministering brothers or sisters to see if they can help.

MTECH Scholarships

• A limited number of MTECH scholarships are available for student to attend for FREE. Follow this link for more information: mtec.edu/learn-and-work-utah

Temple Preparation

• Adults preparing to enter the temple for the first time, or after a longer period of time without having a recommend are invited to attend temple preparation classes. These are held every Sunday (except holidays) at 4:00pm in room 110 of the Stake Center. To participate, just show up, or send a text message to Elder Roberts @ 307-254-8129.

Missionary Preparation

• Those preparing to serve missions need to attend mission preparation classes for 3 months prior to submitting mission papers. Meetings are held every Sunday (except holidays) at 5:00pm in the Relief Society room of the Stake Center. To participate, just show up, or send a text message to Jared Young @ 801-830-6881.

Gospel Living App

• The new Gospel Living App has been released. This app will streamline the calendar and communication for all Children & Youth groups, in addition to other organizations. Download it today. More details are available here.

Missionary Language Clinic

• The clinic also has opportunities for recently returned missionaries to keep up their language skills in Spanish and Russian.  If there is someone interested, please have them fill out this short Google Survey so that staff can contact them and have them coordinate schedules with the student employee who speaks the same language: https://forms.gle/G4UsjZAmuiug9xDYA

• If you have any questions on these offerings, please contact Alexis Inouye with the Clinic at clinic-pr@byu.edu.

FHC Class taught by Olivia Jewell

• Have you been looking for a captivating way to share family stories without getting the “oh no, here we go again” look?  Come learn to use modern marketing tools--specifically animated explainer, whiteboard, and animated text videos to share your short stories. In this lab you’ll have the opportunity to work hands-on with your story to bring it to life using templates, drag and drop features, and your own narrations. See examples here: https://tinyurl.com/livsvideos

Temple Porters

• The Payson temple is in need of porters. These are two-hour shifts either every week or every other week (T/W/Th 11am, 2pm; F/S 10am, 1pm, 4pm). They will check each restroom (emptying the trash and replacing paper towels). The brethren also do a small mop under the urinals. If interested, please contact Bonnie Jensen (text/call 385-224-7789; email 9bonniejensen@gmail.com).

Links

• Expense reimbursement form -- Use this form to submit any valid expense for reimbursement. Your response will go to the bishop who must personally approve each expense before it is reimbursed.

• Young Men Activities Facebook Page -- Look here for the latest details on upcoming YM activities (Note: This is a CLOSED Facebook group for only YM, parents and leaders).

• Young Women Activities & Facebook Page -- Look here for the latest details on upcoming YW activities (Note: This is a CLOSED Facebook group for only YW, parents and leaders).

• Riverview YSA Ward -- Serves young single adult (18-30 years old) members in our stake.

• Spanish Fork SA Ward -- Serves single adults in the middle age range (31-45 years old) in our area.

• Spanish Fork Family History Facebook Page -- Information about local Family History training, events and other helpful and inspiring information.

• childrenandyouth.ChurchOfJesusChrist.org - New Children and Youth Program

• Protecting Children Training - All members who work with children or youth are required to take the new Protecting Children training

Contact Information

Bishop: Clint Roberts (801-664-7248)

1st Counselor: Clinton Bell (801-592-8847)

2nd Counselor: Derek Larsen (801-420-1051)

Executive Secretary (for appointments with the Bishopric and building scheduling or keys): Braydon Powell  (801-471-8039)  

Assistant Executive Secretary: Troy Jepperson (801-319-7926)

Relief Society President: Nikki Metzger (385-352-5015)

Elder's Quorum President: Toby Carron (949-701-3698)

Ward Newsletter sent via email weekly: Jared Lemon at jlemon@sfcn.org

Please send flyers and information about your events via email by Friday afternoon so that they can be included in the ward newsletter!