Santa Maria Stake News

Santa Maria Stake News The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Santa Maria California, Central Coast area. La Iglesia de Jesucristo de los Santos de los Últimos Días.

Eng/Esp/Mixteco. Not an official Church account. STAKE PRESIDENT: Cameron Fernandez

STAKE CHURCH BUILDING LOCATIONS & SERVICES:
(all Sunday Services last 2 hours, unless otherwise specified, with a General Sacrament meeting the first hour, followed by classes second hour)

SANTA MARIA STAKE CENTER CHURCH CHAPEL: 908 E. Sierra Madre Ave.
• 10:00am - River Bridge Congregation
• 1:00pm -

Barrio Sierra Madre (Español; Spanish-speaking)
• 5:00pm-6:00pm- Grupo Mixteco (Group Leader- Leonard Jones)

INSTITUTE BUILDING adjacent- 938 Sierra Madre Ave.
•11:30am - Young Single Adult (18-30) Ward Congregation

ORCUTT CHAPEL (OAK KNOLL): 1219 Oak Knoll Road, Santa Maria, CA 93455
• 9:00am - Orcutt Hills Congregation
• 11:30am - Oak Knoll Congregation

LEGACY PARK:
1219 Oak Knoll Road, Santa Maria, CA

ARROYO GRANDE BUILDING: 751 S. Traffic Way, Arroyo Grande, CA 93420
• 10:30am - Five Cities Congregation

📖 Discover your family story this September! Join us at the Santa Maria FamilySearch Center for classes designed to help...
09/06/2026

📖 Discover your family story this September! Join us at the Santa Maria FamilySearch Center for classes designed to help you find, preserve, and connect with your family history. Bring a friend and come learn with us!
📍 908 Sierra Madre Ave., Santa Maria
🇺🇸🇲🇽 Services available in English & Español

THE LAW OF THE FAST 🤍Fasting is more than simply going without food. It is a way to humble ourselves, draw closer to Hea...
09/06/2026

THE LAW OF THE FAST 🤍

Fasting is more than simply going without food. It is a way to humble ourselves, draw closer to Heavenly Father, seek spiritual strength, and turn our hearts toward others.

On Fast Sunday, we are invited to:
• Fast from food and drink for two meals, as health permits
• Pray with purpose and faith
• Give a generous fast offering to help those in need

As we keep the law of the fast, we can receive powerful blessings—including greater spiritual strength, increased self-discipline, peace and joy, greater humility, personal revelation, and a stronger relationship with God.

Our fasting can also bless someone else. A generous fast offering helps provide for people who are struggling and teaches us greater love and compassion for Heavenly Father’s children.

✨ This Fast Sunday, consider coming to your fast with a specific prayer, a person in mind, or a need you are seeking guidance about.

“Draw close to the Lord in humility and prayer.” (Elder Robert D. Hales, Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, “Becoming Provident Providers Temporally and Spiritually,” Ensign, May 2009, 9).

How has fasting blessed your life?

🏈 TAILGATE AT THE INSTITUTE! 💙💛Join us before select AHC home football games for food, music, games & friends! Bring you...
09/05/2026

🏈 TAILGATE AT THE INSTITUTE! 💙💛
Join us before select AHC home football games for food, music, games & friends! Bring your own meat to grill and a side to share—hot dogs & condiments provided.
📍 938 Sierra Madre Ave.
🕚 11:00 AM–12:30 PM
🏈 Game starts at 1:00 PM
🎟️ Everyone is welcome—bring your friends!
LET’S GO BULLDOGS! 🐾💙💛

Today is the day that public tickets for the Salt Lake Temple Celebration will be made available, the theme will be anno...
09/01/2026

Today is the day that public tickets for the Salt Lake Temple Celebration will be made available, the theme will be announced, and a media day (including a global broadcast) will be happening. You are invited to join for that global broadcast, which will go live at 10:30 a.m. Mountain Time. Broadcast links are included below.
BROADCAST INFORMATION

Church’s Broadcast Page: https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/media/broadcasts

English:
Church Newsroom Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/churchnewsroom
Church Newsroom Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/churchnewsroom/
Church Newsroom Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ChurchNewsroom/
Flagship X Channel: https://x.com/Ch_JesusChrist

Spanish:
Flagship Spanish YouTube: Iglesia de Jesucristo
Flagship Spanish Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iglesiadejesucristo.esp/
Flagship Spanish Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iglesiadejesucristo

Blood donors making moments of survival possible! Big thanks to Vitalant - California and our awesome community for help...
08/28/2026

Blood donors making moments of survival possible!
Big thanks to Vitalant - California and our awesome community for helping with the successful blood drive on Wednesday.

From Vitalant - California: “Every blood donation is part of someone’s story.
Someone waiting for surgery. Someone facing cancer treatment. Someone recovering from a traumatic injury.”

Thanks for helping ensure that blood is there when patients need it most. Don’t wait until the next blood drive—Drive 🚙or run 🏃🏻to your nearest Vitalant Blood Donation Center anytime! There’s one in Santa Maria on 1700 S Broadway, across the hwy from Santa Maria Burgers. Donate blood and then go get a 🍔 : sound like a plan? 👍🏽

Save a life by donating blood!  Sign up here: https://www.vitalant.org/ksby.KSBY Be A Hero Blood Drive at the Santa Mari...
08/24/2026

Save a life by donating blood!

Sign up here: https://www.vitalant.org/ksby.

KSBY Be A Hero Blood Drive at the Santa Maria Stake Center 908 Sierra Madre Avenue, Santa Maria, CA. from 12:30 pm to 6:30 pm.

Volunteers will receive salads and wraps from Wandering Eats!

Save a life by donating blood!  Sign up here: https://www.vitalant.org/ksbyKSBY Be A Hero Blood Drive at the Santa Maria...
08/24/2026

Save a life by donating blood!

Sign up here: https://www.vitalant.org/ksby

KSBY Be A Hero Blood Drive at the Santa Maria Stake Center 908 Sierra Madre Avenue, Santa Maria, CA. from 12:30 pm to 6:30 pm.

Volunteers will receive salads and wraps from Wandering Eats!

Serve Santa Maria's Day of Service is rapidly approaching. Sign-up for a project as a group, family or as an individual!...
08/23/2026

Serve Santa Maria's Day of Service is rapidly approaching. Sign-up for a project as a group, family or as an individual!

"On September 12 we gather at the Maldonado Community Youth Center from 8:30-9:00 to register for a project (if you have not done so on-line). Enjoy some juice, donuts and fruit. At 9:00 we send you out to serve." --Pastor Carl Neilsen

A list of projects is available; sign up here:

https://www.servesantamaria.com/

1. BIG Project at Preisker Park
330 Hidden Pines Way
(50-70 Volunteers)

2. Paint the playground at Battles Elementary School
605 East Battles Road
25-30 Volunteers Needed

3. Paint the playground at Ontiveros Elementary School
930 Rancho Verde
25-30 Volunteers

4-7. Helping Seniors with home, yard and cleaning projects.
(Between 10 and 30 volunteers at each site).

8. Help seniors with fence repair in Mobile Home Park E

8-12 Volunteers who have the tools and know how
They called Serve Santa Maria and asked for help with repairing a fence that is unstable. Posts are rotting. Let's fix it.

9. Help clear a backyard of stuff.

20-25 Volunteers

The husband's parents died and they cleared the house of stuff. The wife's died and they cleared the house of stuff. Their daughter has some serious health issues. The backyard is full of stuff. Now the stuff needs to go. Roll-off containers will be provided. A truck is needed to take bags of bottles and cans for redemption. We're going to clear out the stuff.

10. Boys and Girls Club
901 N. Railroad

10-15 Volunteers to paint a side of the building.
10-15 Volunteers to spread mulch in their garden area.
11. Helping seniors at Casa Del Rio Mobile Home Park
1124 N. Suey

If you have a group who would like to take a project, or have questions, call 805-264-5959.

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints has responded to the Washington fires through welfare assistance, food p...
08/20/2026

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints has responded to the Washington fires through welfare assistance, food programs, volunteering, and many other efforts.
The Church had 3 truckloads delivered to different areas (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6RVay3aNNs). They are currently serving 650+ shelter residents and broader fire-affected communities. They have helped individuals and families with lodging.

There have been local stories where a pancake breakfast was held for local neighborhoods that were affected by fires (https://www.triyaknews.com/features/pancake-breakfast-to-support-the-spokane-fire-victims/article_3ee3d9ec-a01e-43d4-bb4b-c6080776eb73.html).
Teens postponed their backpacking trip to help out those that were affected by the fires (https://favs.news/spokane-teens-help-wildfire-victims-fairview-fire/).

How to Help
Service opportunities are available through JustServe.org. Those wishing to make donations are encouraged to work through one of these established organizations:

City of Spokane
Spokane Community Resources
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Humanitarian Fund
American Red Cross
The Salvation Army
https://myoc.io/l/nVnAA

Elder Aaron T. Hall of the Seventy will preside at our upcoming Stake Conference on Saturday, August 29, 2026, and Sunda...
08/20/2026

Elder Aaron T. Hall of the Seventy will preside at our upcoming Stake Conference on Saturday, August 29, 2026, and Sunday, August 30, 2026.

The conference schedule is as follows:

𝑳𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒑: Saturday, 3:00 to 5:00 p.m.
𝑨𝒅𝒖𝒍𝒕: Saturday, 6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
𝒀𝒐𝒖𝒕𝒉 : Sunday, 8:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m.
𝑮𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒍: Sunday, 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

Following are some excerpts from Elder Hall's April 2026 conference address:

“I glory in our Redeemer. His arms of mercy are extended towards us. He sends an invitation to all, saying, ‘Repent, and I will receive you’ (Alma 5:33). We are engraved upon the palms of His hands. I rejoice in the gift of repentance and the promise of forgiveness.”

“To draw near to Him, He invites us to learn of Him, listen to His words and to walk with Him. To find Him, He invites us into a covenant relationship where we can receive direct access to His power and an ‘extra measure of His love and mercy.’”

“I invite us to glory in Jesus Christ. He is my Jesus and yours.”

Watch Elder Hall's full April 2026 address at: https://bit.ly/4zqYP1o

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908 Sierra Madre Avenue
Santa Maria, CA
93454

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