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July 2017
TO: All Active Young Single Adults, their parents and leaders
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
One of the great concerns of Church leaders is the number of young members,
when they arrive at the age of adulthood (typically high school graduation), choose
the world over discipleship.
Sadly, our stake is no different. We have nearly 300 Young Single Adults
(YSA) in our stake. Fewer than 25% actively participate in the church.
In an effort to address this, we established the Mount Hood YSA
Branch in January 2016. We are very grateful for the young members of this
branch, who have diligently tried to reach out and invite back the many
less-active YSA in our stake.
However, for
this effort to continue, and ultimately succeed, we need every active YSA in
our stake, especially recent high school graduates, to join with us in this
worthy cause to invite and encourage their less-active peers.
We invite you to review the blessings and promises of such service
as described by President Gordon B. Hinckley in the manual used in our
Priesthood and Relief Society classes, Chapter 14, titled “Losing Ourselves in
the Service of Others.”
While Young Single Adults have a choice where to attend and serve, please
know how much you are needed in the Mount Hood YSA Branch where you can play a
significant role in the rescue of other Young Single Adults in our stake, even
if for only a short time.
We love you and are grateful for your continuing discipleship at a
time when choices become ever so crucial in the unfolding of the Lord’s Plan of
Happiness in your life.
Faithfully yours,
The Stake Presidency
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