- Purpose and Duties
- Speaking Assignments
- Speaking Topics
- Stake Council Meetings
- Roster Assignments
- Ward Conference 2023
- Callings Submission Form
- Stake Councilor Training
- Reimbursement Request
Purpose and Duties of the Stake Council
Purpose and Duties of the Stake Council.PDF
Doctrine & Covenants 124:131 “And again, I say unto you, I give unto you a high council, for the cornerstone of Zion.”
- Serve as a liaison between the stake and your assigned ward. Assure that information and instruction received in stake council and stake high council meeting is disseminated to assigned units. Be the eyes and ears of the stake presidency. Keep the stake doctrinally pure.
- Train yourself using the church general handbook (chapters 1-4, 6.5, and 8) then train those you serve.
- Extend callings as assigned. Use the (Stake Calling Form) whenever possible, to initiate a call and to verify completion of the proposed calling. Assure that the person called has all the appropriate materials and training to successfully fulfill their assignment.
- Hold personal interviews with your unit priesthood leaders regularly.
- Report regularly to a member of the stake presidency regarding the health of your assigned units.
- Meet regularly with elders quorum presidencies in assigned units, and teach them their duties. Make sure that ward missionary coordination meetings (huddles) and ward temple & family history coordination meetings (huddles) are being held regularly and functioning properly.
- Meet regularly with elders quorum presidencies in assigned units as well as quorum second hour meetings.
- Meet regularly with the bishopric in assigned units when invited by the bishop or directed by the stake presidency.
- Meet regularly with the ward council in assigned units.
- Attend stake meetings, including high council, stake council, priesthood leadership, and adult leadership committee. If you must be unavoidably absent, be responsible to notify the stake executive secretary.
- Thoughtfully and prayerfully prepare assigned sacrament meeting talks using the topics and references assigned by the stake presidency. Bishops may be consulted as to any items they wish to have covered in the talk.
- Take full responsibility for any stake organization you may have been assigned to oversee. Unitedly work with the organization presidencies and leaders in all their duties and efforts.
- Use the North America Southwest Area Plan to teach the importance of ordinances and staying on the “covenant path” as well as their recent direction to “increase membership in the church through convert baptisms”.
- Magnify your calling as a leader in the stake:
- As you represent the stake presidency, act with all the honor and dignity inherent in your calling.
- When acting in your calling, white shirts and ties are always appropriate.
- Read scriptures and pray daily.
- Hold a current temple recommend and regularly attend the temple.
- Recognize, teach, and use the power of councils as taught by Elder Ballard.
- Maintain strict confidentiality.
- Model correct behavior.
- Constantly seek teaching topics and be prepared for teaching opportunities.
- Keep and honor the Sabbath day.
- Teach and testify of the importance of ministering to members in a “higher and holier way”.
Stake Council Speaking Assignments
Stake Council Speaking Topics
Stake Council Meetings
Stake Council meetings are the every 1st and 3rd Thursday of the month, at 7:00 pm.
Stake Council Roster - March 19, 2023
Name and Contact Info |
Ward Assignment |
Assignments |
Reports To |
Larry Gonzalez (CC) | Tahoe North Ward Prospective Elders Ministering |
Relief Society | President Keele |
Mark Gonda (PV) | Peavine Valley Ward Prospective Elders Ministering |
Young Women Young Women’s Camp Bucks Lake |
President Jolley |
Darin Murphy (SK) | Auditor | Young Men President | President Jolley |
Sean Neahusan (BM) | Auditor | Primary Baptism Coordinator Building Key Coordinator |
President Keele |
Dan Hunsaker (HL) | Auditor | Missionary Work Why I Believe Firesides Technology |
President Keele |
Ryan Stodtmeister (SK) | Skyline Ward Prospective Elders Ministering |
Sunday School Library Audit Committee |
President Keele |
Jon Hiatt (BM) | Auditor | Self-reliance Emergency Preparedness Addiction Recovery Communication Just Serve BYU Pathway |
President Keele |
Roland Goode (HL) | Hunter Lake Ward Prospective Elders Ministering |
Music Hospital Coordinator |
President Jolley |
Brian Anderson (CC) | Auditor | Stake Athletics/Activities Mission Preparation Temple Cleaning Coordinator |
President Jolley |
David Chamberlain (BM) | Beaumont Ward Prospective Elders Ministering |
Temple/Family History/Indexing | President Jolley |
Charles Reno (CC) | Canyon Creek Ward Prospective Elders Ministering |
Seminary Audit Committee |
President Jolley |
Austin Hodnett (PV) | Auditor | Physical Facilities (PFR) | President Keele |
Stake High Council – March 19, 2023
Ward Conference 2023
Stake Councilor Training
Church Handbook of Instruction
1. Gods Plan and Your Roll in the Work of Salvation and Exaltation.2. Supporting Individuals and Families in the Work of Salvation and Exaltation.
3. Priesthood Principles.
4. Leadership Councils in the Church of Jesus Christ.
6.5 High Council
8. Elders Quorum