Stake Conference is coming!
Our visiting authority for Stake Conference is:
Elder Adilson de Paula Parrella
Adilson de Paula Parrella was sustained as a General Authority Seventy of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on April 1, 2017.
Personal Life
Adilson de Paula Parrella was born in Guarujá, São Paulo, Brazil, in November 1962. He married Elaine Finholdt in 1988. They are the parents of five children.
He received a bachelor’s degree in communications in 1989 and a master’s degree in business administration in 1991, both from Brigham Young University.
Since joining the Church in 1971, he has served in numerous Church callings, including full-time missionary in the Brazil Porto Alegre Mission, branch president, bishop, high councilor, stake president’s counselor, Area Seventy, and president of the Brazil Belo Horizonte Mission.
Professional Life
Elder Adilson de Paula Parrella previously served at Church headquarters in Salt Lake City. He is currently serving as President of the Brazil Area.
He worked as managing director at Kodak Polychrome Graphics until 2005 and was a partner at Korn Ferry International until 2009 and recently a partner at Caldwell Partners.
You can also read Elder Parrella’s October 2017 General Conference talk: Essential Truths—Our Need to Act to learn more about our visiting authority
Please plan on joining us for Stake Conference on:
Saturday, September 23rd, 4 pm: Leadership Session
Saturday, September 23rd, 7 pm: Adult Session
Sunday, September 24th, 10 am: General Session
Did you know that you can access any calendar in the stake, including building calendars, through tools on churchofjesuschrist.org? Follow: https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/calendar/ and login with your Church account to find the calendar you are looking for.
Sacrament Meetings
The stake has received additional instruction from the Utah Area Presidency regarding the streaming of church meetings. The instructions follow the guidance provided in section 29.7 of the general handbook of instructions which reads, “Streams and virtual meetings are not meant for the convenience of those who could reasonably attend in person. For example the bishop does not authorize streaming of sacrament meeting for ward members who are traveling and could attend another ward.” Additionally, the scriptures teach us of the benefit to the saints to “meet together oft.” We invite all to join together in person to worship the Savior and to partake of the sacrament.
If you have health issues or other concerns that restrict you from attending sacrament meeting in person, please contact your bishop to obtain a link to the streamed broadcast.
WC Village
The Stake has an excellent resource for everything self-reliance and emergency preparedness on our own wcvillage.org. Find everything from Covid-19 advice, to job searching, to health and self-reliant resources!