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Show J Gospel Moves Ahead In ON GENERAL BOARD YWAADA' GaOIs 2, - Great Britain A three-yea- r term at president of two British missions has been completed by Pres. Wilfod H.- - Payne of Salt, Lake City. k " - Pres. Payne left for England from Seattle In 1964 after serving mahy years there as president of the North Seattle Stake. He and Mrs. Payne decided to make their home in Salt Lake City after being released. He was president of the Northeast British Mission during his first year. The First Presidency then consolidated that mission with the North British Mission on June 1, 1965, and called Pres. Payne to preside over the combined mission. . program. We work closely with three organized stakes in the area and the stake missions." " The North British Mission extends from Sheffield and Liverpool on the south to the Scottish border on the north and from the North Sea on the east to the Irish Sea on He said the London Temple has been a blessing to Church members also they have to travel some 200 miles to do tpmple work. Members join forces to put over excursions to the temple and help each other do genealogical work. Members join to rent little Minibuses which carry 10 to 12 passengers and can be rented forthe weekend to make temple trips. There has been a distinct improvement in the attitude of the public with our people," he said. the west There are 8,600 members In five districts and 36 branches of the mission. Converts varied from 990 to 700 a year during his tour of duty. There was an average of 240 missionaries in the mission. Pres. Payne said they made it a point to search for families in their mission and get them to join the Church as a family The building of chapels has helped. When they become acquainted with the Church their prejudice diminishes. We have been invited to several universities, libraries and schools to give lectures. This has enabled us to inspect their collections of books about the church. We found most of them were of origin. unit Nine chapels were completed in the mission during Pres. Paynes three years, in addition to two other buildings which were purchased and renovated for use as chapels. Two other chapels had been completed before he arrived. These new chapels are a blessing, particularly to the youth programs of the We have Church," Pres. Payne said. gained status with the communities where take chapels are built. The Interest in the Church youth activities, athletics and social programs. Quite a number participate with members and show interest in the standards of the youth WILFORD H. PAYNE . . back from mission n As a result, we have been able to place sets of our own books, which have been approved, in a number of public libraries and university libraries. Books are given on condition that they are placed on library bookshelves with other books and not left in storage space. ' Robert Mullens favorable book on the Church has helped in setting up a fair pits' ture of the Church and its more than a hundred years in England. Mrs. Jayne B. Malan of Salt Lake City and Mrs. .Glenna M. Hansen of Provo, Utah, have been appointed to the general board of the Young Womens Mutual Improvement Association. Gen. Pres. Florence S. Jacobsen, who made the announcement, said Mrs. Malan will serve on the board's Beehive committee, and Mrs. Hansen on the Mia Maid, '! . committee. . -- Mrs. Malan is a member of the Holla-da-y Seventh Ward, Mt. Olympus Stake, and is the wife of Terry Malan. They have Q two children. Mrs. Hansen is the wife of Terrence L. Hansen, and they live in the Oak Hills Fourth Ward, East Sharon Stake in Provo. They are parents of four children. Both hew board members have varied careers in Church service, Mrs. Jacobsen said, and have given excellent service to the MIA. Mrs. Malan has been president of the Mt. Olympus Stake YWMLA since May 1964 when Olympus Stake was divided. Prior to, that time she was age group counselor in the Olympus Stake YWM1A she was activity presidency. From 1956-5counselor on the Central Atlantic States Mission board. In the same mission she served as district MIA supervisor, North Carolina East and from 1950-5District, from 1951-5she was an activity counselor, Gleaner leader, Junior Sunday School coordinator and Relief Society music director in the Wilmington (North Carolina) Branch of the mission. a Last year Mrs. Malan childrens play, Who Wants Wings?. for presentation by the University of Utah Childrens Theatre. In December an adapChristmas Carol," tation of Dickens made by Mrs. Malan, Marie Nelson and Shauna Adix, will be presented at the theatre. Mrs. Malan is a 1945 graduate in dramatics from the U. of U. Mrs. Hansen returned on Aug. 8 with her husband from Central America where he was president of the Guatemala El Salvador Mission. She was mission supervisor of womens auxilaries. She is a graduate in education and music from San Jose State College and is a certified teacher, having taught in California and at the Brigham Young University Laboratory School. : m &- - GLENNA M. HANSEN 9 9 6 JAYNE B. MALAN Prior to their mission call, Mrs, Hansen assisted in the supervision of girls programs in a Brigham Young University ward where her husband served as bishop. From 1962 to 1963 she was counselor in the Oak Hills Fourth Ward Primary in East Sharon Stake. Mrs. Hansen has been active in music in the Church, having served as a ward and stake Sunday School chorister and as a Primary organist and chorister. She was YWMIA president in the Palo Alto Ward and stake Gleaner activity leader in San Francisco Stake. ' anuimMiuHttHniiintutitHiiuitimititiiiiMiiHimiittiiiMttininiMniiiiitiimninuniiitiiiiiHtiHiimiHiitiiNHiiitiitiHiiiittiitiiiiiiiiiniHinmniiiiiiiiitiiuitiiiiiiiiimintniiiiiiiiiuitttiiiiiiiiitiiiiiHiiiintiitintMitiiiiuiiiiiiHiiiHiitiiiiitiiititiiiiiiitiiiiiHiiiiiiiifiiiiHMiiMiiiiiHiiiiiiiniiiHiimiiiiiitMiin MR. DOUGLASS MR. CAZIER . . 6 New Institute Directors Are Called PROV- D- The appointment of six new directors of Institutes of Religion in Utah, hia and Canada was announced by Dr. Harvey L. Taylor, Administrator of Church Schools. Those appointed and their Iristitutes include Dr. Phillip G. Redd, Edmonton, Alberta. Canada ; Don L. Robinson, Provo, Utah; Sherman Dean Harward. Davis, Calif.; Randall V. Douglass, Gardena, Calif.; Douglas E. Brinley, Santa Barbara, Calif.; and Donald A. Cazier, Hayward, Calif. Dr. Redd has worked with the Department of Seminaries and Institutes of Religion in Canada and the United States since 1954. He received his doctors degree in educational administration from Washington State University in Pullman, Wash., last year. Mr. Robinson has been seminary teach i er and principal in St. George and Salt Lake City. He completed his MS degree in educational administration at BYU last year. Mr. Harward is working on his MS degree at BYU after starting his career in seminary and institute work at Granger, Utah, 1958. Mr. Douglass started his career as an Institute instructor at Gardena, Calif., after teaching Delta Seminary for three WEEK years. He is complying his work on his' MS at the BYU. Mr. Brinley, a graduate from USU where lie also received his MS degree, has had one years experience as an instructor in institutes at Pasadena and Los Angeles. A newcomer to the Department of Seminaries and Institutes of Religion is in the Mr. Cazier, who taught part-tim- e College of Religion at BYU while working . on his masters degree. ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 1967 CHURCH-- 13 ( |