Spooky Season
Tucson YSA 1st Ward
“Spooky Season” – Weekly Tucson YSA 26 Oct – 1 Nov 2025 Email
“Spooky Scary Skeletons”
Hey y'all! I hope that the Stake conference was enjoyable for everyone! Here’s another email to say what's going on this next week at the gathering place! For any criticisms or recommendations please email veryimportantemail87@gmail.com and I will be sure to get back to you. (Edit: There is no guarantee that I will in fact get back to you).
Home Evening every Monday at 7:00pm
This week: Unannounced (But it will be fun(I hope))
Institute - 1333 E 2nd St
Game Night every Wednesday at 7:00pm
Evening institute class ("Brother Bauer Power Hour") starts at 6:00pm in the chapel
Food at 7:00pm (in the gym), games afterwards combined with both wards
This week: Activity TBD - you and I will be surprised together
Board games and friends are always an option whether an activity is planned or not
Institute - 1333 E 2nd St
Haunted Hallows Eve Friday Oct 31, 7-11PM
@ Nielsen Property
Get ready for a frightfully fun night at our YSA Spooky Shindig! We’re serving up warm Navajo Fry Bread Tacos, sweet treats, and all the Halloween magic you can handle—bonfire, cake walk, trunk-or-treat, costume contest, music, dancing, and a walk through our Haunted Forest! Come in costume, bring your friends, and join us for a night that’s equal parts spooky and spectacular.
Sign up here for the Trunk or Treat or Cake-Walk: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe6C4s6alp6_83TzP56z9NBBO1aocVtb39f24E3iDMUNi7pMQ/viewform
Church meetings every Sunday at 1:00pm
Sacrament Meeting
Food afterwards
If you can't find parking at the institute, nearby uncovered lots on campus are free on Sundays
They're also usually free to park most evenings, but double-check the signs to be sure
Institute - 1333 E 2nd St
Ward Choir every Sunday at 3:30pm
All abilities are welcome!
Contact Macy Halverson with any questions: 801-671-1591
Institute (back classroom) - 1333 E 2nd St
Institute classes run daytime Mon-Thurs
Evening classes Wednesday and Thursday at 6:00pm
Institute - 1333 E 2nd St
Gathering Place Club Spotlight:
D&D Club: Tuesdays 7:00-9:00
Come to play dungeons and dragons with the club this week.
Light The World Giving Machine Entertainment
Volunteers Needed
Please sign up to help promote the Light the World Giving machine this Christmas season at the La Encantada mall. Our stake has been assigned two days, (Sunday Nov. 30th and Thursday Dec. 4th) to provide entertainment next to the machine. Any entertainment such as piano, singing, instrumental music, ward young women, primary children singing, or even dramatic short acts or readings are needed to perform next to the machines to encourage people to light the world.
You can sign up on the following sign up genius: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/30E0844A5AC2AA75-59609857-entertainment#/
Lots of other Gathering Place activities at the institute every evening of the week
Calendar of events/activities for both wards: https://www.tucsonysa.org/
Special thanks to Orlando Rodriguez for keeping this up to date!
Give something new a try, even if you're skeptical - you might find something you like! I discovered a love for dancing at social dance nights every Saturday night and recommend that to everyone. We need lots more men to show up - no one expects you to be an exceptional dancer, just being willing to try is enough.
Quote of the Week:
“Simba: Going back means I'll have to face my past. I've been hiding from it for so long...
(Rafiki whacks Simba on the head with his stick)
Simba: OW! Geez, what was that for?!
Rafiki: It doesn't matter! It's in the past! (chuckles)
Simba: Yeah, but it still hurts.
Rafiki: Oh, yes, the past can hurt. But the way I see it, you can either run from it, or... learn from it.”
(The Lion King)
Verse of the Week: “Behold, he who has repented of his sins, the same is forgiven, and I, the Lord, remember them no more.” (D&C 58:42)
I wish you all love peace and respect
God be with you all