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Show . Garden Park 2nd Ward deacons sort materials before going on fast offering routes, right, while below, Nathan Sharp, teachers quorum president, left , has personal priesthood interview with Kent Richards of the bishopric. ROFT The keys Church News Staff Writer of presidency for Priesthood bishopric. is means, among other things, nembors of the ward bishopric nally supervise the work of the lie Priesthood in the ward. ling over the Aaronic h ward are held by the esidir.g Bishop Victor L. Brown, ng to the importance of the m in ;ne Aaronic Priesthood, said, it ne.tr be said of an Aaronic 'hood quorum that its members not find in it personal fulfillment, h and t he joy of giving of self, as s fun lor Bov d K Packer of the Council Twe!e has said, It is intended very holder of the priesthood have jership in a quorum. It is a sacred ege t! d comes with the bestowal pries 1. 1, od riesthood and quorum member-ar- e virtually synonymous. When 'each the age of 12, you have rred upon you the Aaronic Priest hood and are ordained to the office of deacon. Automatically, immediately, you become a member ' of a deacons quorum. From then on through life it is contemplated that you will hold membership in a quorum of the priesthood. Bishop H. Burke Peterson, first counselor in the Presiding Bishopric, told leaders, The Aaronic Priesthood years are a period of great learning and change. "If there is a vacuum of meaningful experiences within the Church for . young men during this period, they will fill the void with other things that cannot approach the gospel in significance, and may be damning to their souls. He added, What are the hours, days anefyears between 12 and fiT filTecT with? What should they be filled with? In each ward and branch there Continued on page 10 |
