This evening we have our Ward 'Music and the Spoken Word' from 6.30pm - 8.00pm. Please have your Primary children there on time as they are singing at the start of the service.
Our Christmas Day Service will be held from 10.00am - 11.00am, all are welcome to attend.
On Boxing Day we have the baptism of Ana Fila at 6.30pm. Please come along and support this family, the service will be in Portuguese.
Tuesday 30th December, our youth have a Temple Trip. If your youth are planning to attend please ensure the Bishop / Youth leaders are made aware as soon as possible.
We are sad to announce the death of Brother Brian Clarke, one of the pioneer members of the Cambridge Ward this week. His funeral will be held at the Cambridge Chapel on Christmas Eve at 11am. All who would like to pay their respects to Bro Clarke are welcomed to attend.
Lesson:
Cristina Torres gave our lesson today based on Chapter 26 of Teachings of Joseph Fielding Smith - 'Preparing for the Coming of our Lord'.
She began by asking us how we felt about the 'end of the world'...it was a general consensus that although the events that need to happen before the Lord can come again may cause fear, we can look forward to His return. President Smith once told a group of Latter-day Saints that he was praying for the end of the world...he taught: "Do you not want the end of the world to come?...When Christ comes there will be an end to the world...There will be no war, any turmoil, envying, lying, there will be no wickedness. Men will learn to love the Lord and keep His commandments and if they don't they will not stay there...That's what I am praying for."
But it very much becomes OUR duty to make sure both ourselves and our familes are ready for that day.
We watched the following video clip: Be Not Troubled
The Saviour taught the parable of the Wheat and the Tares which teaches us of the Last Days in which we live. "According to the story a sower planted good seed in his field but while he slept the enemy came and sowed tares in the field. When the blades began to show, the servants desired to go and pluck up the tares but the Lord commanded them to let both grow together until the harvest was ripe...At the end of the harvest they were to go forth and gather the wheat and bind the tares to be burned." Sisters - the tares and wheat as they grew looked alike, the servants would not have been able to see the difference but the Lord can. The Lord knows our hearts, He knows how we live in our homes and in our personal lives, and it is our duty to ensure we are living righteous lives in preparation to once meet Him again.
We too must ensure our families are living righteous lives so they too will be ready to meet Him when He comes again. We do this by our example. By teaching them very clearly what is right and what is wrong, and by living that way ourselves.
"The righteous will rejoice when he comes, because then peace will come to the earth, righteousness to the people and that same spirit of peace and joy and happiness...shall again be established among the people...and Christ shall reign as Lord of lords and King of kings for a thousand years. We are looking forward to that time.
"For one thousand years shall this happy time of peace prevail and in due time all the inhabitants of the earth shall be brought into the fold of the church.
"The gospel will be taught far more intensely and with greater power during the Millennium until all inhabitants of the earth shall embrace it.
"Instead of being a time of rest, the Millennium is to be a time for all to labour. Idleness will not be found, better methods will be employed, not so much time will be consumed in the daily pursuits and more time will be given to the things of the Kingdom. The saints will be kept busy in the temples which shall be built in all parts of the land. In fact, so busy will they be that the temples will be occupied most of the time."
What a wonderful time we have to look forward to. May we decide now to make the changes we need to ensure we are a part of that day.
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