“Still Not Christmas!”
“Still Not Christmas” – Weekly Tucson YSA 1st ward 9 Nov – 15 Nov 2025 Email
"If at first you don’t succeed, skydiving is not for you” (Wile E. Coyote)
Hey y'all! Hope you are ready for another week! We got some exciting events this week to announce. Also Important to state that Christmas doesn’t actually start till after Thanksgiving so any songs, decorations, notions, or anything else of the like are banned until then. Violators will be punished to the fullest extent of the law. But let’s look at what's in store for this next week:
· Tithing Declaration
o Sunday, Monday, and Wednesday
§ Please schedule with Dan at +1 (520) 977-0442
Home Evening every Monday at 7:00pm
This week: Pickleball and hot tubing
Highland apartments 5755 East River Road (Behind the leasing office)
Parking is free, text or call 801-709-9333 if the gate is closed
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: Missionary Tag
Board games and friends are always an option whether an activity is planned or not
Institute - 1333 E 2nd St
Saturday Baptism – Stake Center
Ali – 2:00
Ben -4:00
Please come to support them!
Fall Formal – Friday, November 14th 7PM
The fantastic fall formal dance featuring dancing, a live DJ, a mocktail bar, hors D’oeuvers (Someone translate this, I don’t speak French), and a surprise photographer!
Original music performed by: Wayne Burton
Come as you are, formal dress recommended. Because it’s a formal. What does this mean? Church attire is fine, dress up even more if you like!
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
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#/
· The beautiful grounds of the Mesa Arizona Temple will light up with Christmas spirit this year from Friday, Nov. 28, through Tuesday, Dec. 30. The lights will be on each evening from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. The event is free and Christ-centered.
· In addition, there are 10 favorite biblical vignettes placed among the olive trees that help tell the Christmas story, including figures of Mary and Joseph on their way to Bethlehem, a near life-size Italian Fontanini nativity scene with a star above shining with tens of thousands of twinkling lights, three lighted wisemen with camels, and more!
· During the Christmas season, the Mesa Temple Visitors’ Center hosts the annual International Nativity Exhibit. This event is also free to attend. Visitors can view hundreds of unique nativity scenes from around the world and enjoy the Christmas story through inspiring works of art — many which are handmade — depicting the Savior’s birth. The nativity display runs the same dates as the Christmas lights event and is open 5-10 p.m. each evening with daytime viewing 11 a.m.-1 p.m. on Tuesdays/Thursdays at the Visitors' Center, 455 E. Main St., which is located just west of the temple grounds on the corner of LeSueur and Main Street. Free parking is available nearby.
· See the Christmas lights and feel the spirit of Christmas throughout the holiday season on the beautifully landscaped grounds of the historic Mesa Arizona Temple in downtown Mesa!
· More information, including FAQ, can be found at MesaTemple.org.
Elders Quorum Lesson: Remembering the Sheep (Elder William K. Jackson)
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.
Temple Trip – Nov 22
Endowment at 2:00
Bappy’s at 2:30
Quote of the Week:
“I don’t want to survive, I want to live” (Captain, Wall-E)
Verse of the Week:
34 Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:
35 For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in:
36 Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me.
37 Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink?
38 When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee?
39 Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee?
40 And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.
I wish you all love peace and respect
God be with you all