Show 6C Saturday August 1 1 Religion 2001 Standard-Examin- RETURNING MISSIONARIES Missionaries Elder Christopher Lee missionaries will son of Gerald and unless Page speak Sunday All All missionaries will speak Sunday unless otherwise noted Elder R Elias Adams son of Robert and Anna Adams of Layton will serve in the Spanish-speakin- Ahlstrom pm Elder Daniel Brian Beus son of Brian and Leslie Beus of Hooper will serve in the DC South Washington Mission He S Dickson will speak at the Hooper 7th Ward 5000 S 5900 West at 11 J Dickson Spanish-speakin- g am Elder Jason Jay Braithwaite son of Jay and of Braithwaite Jean Riverdale will serve in the DC South Washington Mission He will speak at the Riverdale 7th Ward in 4000 S 1150 West Riverdale at 1:30 pm Elder Jerry W Coleman and Sister Linda L Coleman will serve in the New Jerry Cherry Hill Mission They will speak at the Canyon View 2nd Ward meeting in the Canyon View Stake Center 1000 Suncrest of Ogden Krebs Hone Lomond 1st Ward in 3100 N 575 East North Ogden at 2:45 pm Elder Scotty Nicholas Fronk son of Scott and Karen Fronk of North Ogden will serve in the Texas Houston East Mission He will speak at Drive Ogden at 2:50 pm Elder Steven Dickson and the North Ogden 21st Ward Sister Jean Dickson of 626 E 2600 North at 12:45 Morgan will serve in the pm Eider Neal Gordon Hone Ireland Dublin Mission They of Curt and Kristine Hone son will speak at the Morgan 1st Ward 10 West Young Street of Pleasant View will serve in the Mississippi Jackson at 12:45 pm Elder Eric Francom son of Mission He will speak at the John and Daryl Francom of Pleasant View 12th Ward 2975 N 1000 West at 10:45 Syracuse will serve in the Sacramento California Streeper am Elder Jacob L Krebs son of Lance and Valeria Krebs of Farr West will serve in the 2500 West Syracuse Philippines Olongapo Mission am Elder David Freeland son He will speak at the Farr of Michael and Shelly West 6th Ward 2132 W 2700 Freeland of Layton will serve North at 1 pm Elder Stephen L Mason in the California San Francisco Mission He will son of Kent and Audrey speak at the Layton 13th Mason of Bear River will Ward 1715 W 1600 North at serve in the Illinois Peoria Mission He will speak at the 1 pm Elder Kevin Foulger son Bear River 1st Ward at 9 am Elder David W McCollum of Keith and Ilene Foulger of North Ogden will serve in the son of Joan McCollum of North Ogden and Ken Germany Frankfurt Mission He will speak at the Ben McCollum of Harrisville will Ward Wayment serve in the England Point 10th Ward 2865 W 800 Manchester Mission He will North at 9 am speak at the North Ogden 3rd Elder Brian Evans Shaw Ward 386 E Elberta Drive at son of Don and Susan Shaw of 12:50 pm South Ogden will serve in the Sister Sarah K Miller Arizona Phoenix Mission He daughter of Mary Miller of will speak at the South Ogden Ogden and the late Darryle-Mille- 8th Ward 720 Nancy Drive at will serve in the 2:50 Mission He will speak at the Canterbury pm Oklahoma Tulsa Mission She Matt Streeper son of Elder will speak at the North Ogden Bill and Marilyn Streeper of 2250 8th Ward North Fruitland Drive at 12:45 pm West Point will serve in the Elder Sheldon Mills son of Brazil Sao Paulo South Scott and Dawndra Mills of Mission He will speak at the West Point 8th Ward 2865 W Syracuse will serve in the 800 North at 11 am Brazil Campinas Mission He will speak at the Syracuse 6th Elder Stephen Wayment Ward 2500 S Bluff Road at son of Scott and Jeanne 11 am Wayment of North Ogden Elder Chad C Park son of will serve in the Minnesota Rod and Loretta Park of West Minneapolis Mission He will Point will serve in the speak at the Ben Lomond 5th Philippines Angeles Mission Ward 1150 E 2600 North He will speak at the West North Ogden at 12:50 pm 1285 S at 11:30 Survey: Most clergy say Mormons not Christians acterized members of The Church of JeSaints as Chrissus Christ of Latter-daSALT LAKE CITY - The minority of tian while 78 percent said the members Utah and California clergy who respond- are and 18 percent believe ed to a survey generally characterized “some members are Christian and some Mormons as well meaning but mis- are not” guided and not Christian to some questions add up The survey was conducted by the to Responses more than 100 percent because some Foundation for Apologetic Information gave answers to the same quesand Research which describes itself as tion multiple “a nonprofit organization dedicated to answers to Gordon said when respondents were providing criticisms of LDS doctrine belief and asked to choose which phrase best described Mormons 63 percent said they practice” but misguided” 3f are in FAIR sent surveys to 430 clergy California and Utah and got back 95 re- percent labeled them as cubists” while 13 percent said they are sponses It drew a strong response from "a major threat to all Christian denomiamong evangelical denominations while nations” Two percent said Mormons are 8 just percent of the respondents were “good Christians” Roman Catholic The Associated Press y Man who fought for cent are followers of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-daSaints and state y policymaking is dominated by church members most of Chris Allen’s fights failed He has battled prayer in schools graduation ceremonies and city council meet Some 84 percent said theWiad read all or parts of the Book of Mormon Of those who had read it 26 percent labeled it an “interesting book” while 51 percent said it was a “waste of time” and 23 percent called it “evil” All respondents said they were at n x church-stat- e ings he challenged Ten SALT LAKE CITY - A man who spent nearly 20 years trying to break church and state from the grasp what he calls a Mormon theocracy is retiring from his post as head of an atheist organization In a state where 70 per- ing” g “non-Christia- Scott Gordon president of FAIR said only 6 percent of the respondents char within their congregation to discuss Mormon beliefs Of those who had 93 percent labeled the experience as “positive productive andor spiritually uplift- least somewhat knowledgeable about the Mormon church with 48 percent saying they were very knowledgeable and another 38 percent who are “moderately knowledgeable” Thirty-eigh- t percent said they had lost members of their congregations to Mormonism and 78 percent said they Sixty-sipercent of the respondents had gained congregation members from had sponsored some type of gathering Mormonism “well-meanin- The Associated Press Com- mandments monuments on public property He succeeded in banishing Mormon missionary tutors from public school classrooms a practice the church abandoned in 1998 As he steps down as Utah’s chief disciple of disbelief the separation to retire fall “So I feel justified that tion” there is something of a victoGayle Ruzicka ry” colCivil libertarian leagues and even an ardent foe agree Allen was an effective persistent voice for often unpopular causes “Chris is a zealot for his cause He might not like the computer pro- religious comparison of his insists he won his fervor but I think it is accugrammer protracted philosophical war rate” said civil rights attor“We did a good deal of edu- ney Brian Barnard “(He is) a strong advocate cating the people about separation of state and church” of keeping government out of said Allen who plans to re- the business of religion turn to his native Texas this even against a sea of opposi Mondays by 5 pm On weeks where a holiday is involved the deadline is subject to change and readers should contact the paper during the previous week for the new deadline Items should be submitted in writing to the main office 332 S Ward Avenue Ogden or the Layton office 2146 N Main St Suite 254 For more information 3 call Calendar items are published weekly and should include a description of the event time date place address sponsor cost registration details a number to call for information and 625-422- whether the event is open to the public The Church Directory is published once a month prior to the first Sunday of each month Items include the address and phone number of local congregations Missionaries Pictures will be published of departing missionaries only Forms can V g Poplar Ward 1800 W North Farr West a 1800 10:45 12:50 pm Elder Richard Kent Porter son of Kent O and Elder Zachary D Cox Jean H Porter of Layton son of Guy and Deborah Cox served in the Montevideo of Riverdale served in the Uruguay Mission He will Portugal Lisbon North speak at the Layton 36th Mission He will speak at Ward 2800 W 1000 North at Riverdale 5th Ward 4000 S I pm 1150 West at 9:30 am Elder Quentin B PoVey Elder Scott J Davis son son of Brent and Vicki of Steven and Trudy Davis PoVey of Taylor served in of West Warren served in the Missouri St Louis and the Peru Lima South Illinois Peoria Missions He Mission He will speak at the will speak at the Taylor 3rd West Warren Ward 856 N Ward 2200 S 4300 West at 1 5900 West at 11:30 am pm Elder Travis Van Tassell Sister Alicia Dickson daughter of Stephen and son of Ray and Linda Van Jean Dickson of Morgan Tassell of Morgan served in served in the Bulgaria Sofia the Canada Vancouver Mission She will speak at Mission He will speak at the Morgan 1st Ward 10 West Enterprise Ward 2755 W Old Highway Road at 1:30 Young Street at 12:50 pm Elder Brandon Gardiner pm son of Stan and Marcia Elder Daniel Waite son of Gardiner of Roy served in Don and Sally Waite of the New York New York Ogden served in the North Mission He will Germany Duesseldorf speak at the Meadow Creek Mission He will speak at the Ward 3649 W 4800 South North Ogden 13th Ward 950 E 2850 North at 12:45 pm Roy at 9 am Elder Theodore Garling Elder Michael Wood son son of Jake and Karleen of Dave and Valerie Wood of Garling of Mountain Green Layton served in the Brazil served in the Colombia Cali Belem Mission He will Mission He will speak at the speak at the Oak Forest 1st Mountain Green Ward 4150 Ward 2250 E 2300 North at W Old Highway Road at II am 9:50 am Elder Daniel Wall son of Sister Heather Goodson Neil and Lael of Layton daughter of R Matt and served in the Canada of Montreal Goodson Brenda Kaysville served in the Mission He will speak the Guatemala Guatemala City Snow Canyon Rock Chapel Central Mission She will 2455 N Valley View Dr at speak at Brookhaven 4th 2:20 pm Ward 190 N Country Lane Elder Zachary Cole Fruit Heights at 2:45 pm Warner son of Angie Elder Daniel S Hadley DeHart of Huntsville and son of Scott and Sheila Theron Warner of South served in the Hadley of Pleasant View Ogden served in the Portugal Porto Argentine Salta Mission He Mission He will speak at the will speak at Huntsville Pleasant View 6th Ward 900 Middlefork Ward 6450 E W Pleasant View Drive at 1900 North Eden at 12:50 am Spanish-speakin- president of the ultraconservative Eagle Forum said she has come to like Allen despite their frequent clashes over the years on religious expression issues “Chris has always been willing to offer his side and been articulate in doing that” she said “He is a very nice man and polite - he’s just wrong” Ruzicka’s characterization elicits a smile from Allen who chooses not to respond at least directly Religion Deadlines The regular deadline for the Religion section is Jennifer Page and Allan and Valerie Burk of Syracuse served in theMexico Monterrey South Mission East He will speak at the Bluff Houston Mission Ridge Ward 849 W 2700 He will speak at the Rocky South Syracuse at 1 1 am Elder David G McKenzie Mountain Ward 4400 W 4000 South West Haven at 9 II son of David and Melanie McKenzie of Plain City am Elder Trevor Alvord son served in the Poland of Trent and Peggy Alvord Warsaw Mission He will of Ogden served in the speak at the Plain City 3rd Oklahoma Oklahoma City Ward 4630 W 2150 North at Mission He will speak at the 10:20 am Elder Brett Miller son of Lorin Farr 1st Ward 480 7th Kent and Jane Miller of Street Ogden at 12:50 pm Elder Kevin Brown son West Haven served in the of Dennis and Clair Brown Iowa Des Moines Mission of Roy served in the Poland He will speak at the Wilson Warsaw Mission He will 2nd Ward 2333 S 2700 West speak at the Roy 3rd Ward West Haven at 11 am Elder Patrick B Monson 5930 S 2200 West at 1 am Elder Jeremy Scott son of Brian and Denise Chambers son of Scott and Monson of North Ogden of served in the Maryland Alene Chambers Harrisville served in the Baltimore Mission He will Illinois Peoria Mission He speak at the North Ogden will speak at the Harrisville 6th Ward 205 East Elberta N Drive at 10:45 am 1300 Ward 1st Elder Zachary Nielson Harrisville Road at 12:30 son of Steven and Becky pm of Huntsville Elder Kourt Chatelain Nielson son of Tim and Dawn served in the Guatemala Chatelain of North Ogden City Central Mission He served in the Wisconsin will speak at the Middleton Milwaukee Mission He will Ward 277 S 7400 East speak at the North Ogden Huntsville at 12:40 pm East 22nd Ward 950 E 2850 Elder Christian L Olsen son of Steven and Teri Olsen North at 10:45 am R of Plain City served in the Scott Elder Christensen son of Robert Lithuania Vilnius Mission and Marella Christensen of He will speak at the Plain Plain City served at the City 7th Ward 4630 W 2150 Canada Calgary Mission He North at 2:20 pm will speak at the Plain City Sister Elizabeth Pears 5th Ward 4630 W 2150 daughter of Alfred R and North at 1 pm Carol M Pears of Kaysville Elder Gary Cooper son of served in the Washington Craig J and Darlene Cooper DC South Mission She will of Layton served in the speak at the Kaysville 1st Chile Concepcion Mission Ward 198 W Center at 9 He will speak at the Tri am Oaks Ward 2375 E 3225 Sister Melanie Petersen North Layton at 12:45 pm daughter of Val and Diane Elder Colby Chad Costley Petersen of South Weber son of Chad and Sheryl served in the Costa Rica San Costley of Plain City served Jose Mission She will speak in the Baltimore Maryland at the South Weber 4th Mission He will speak at the Ward 1814 E 7775 South at othem'ise noted Elder Tyson Allred son of Mike and Kathy Allred of Roy served in the Texas Canada Toronto East Mission He will speak at the Falcon Ridge Ward 1360 E Cherry Lane Layton at 9 am Elder Brady Ahlstrom son Adams of Brent and Gail Ahlstrom of Huntsville will serve in the Florida Tampa Mission He will speak at the Huntsville 1st Ward 277 S 7400 East at 2:40 er be filled out in the Ogden or Layton offices Young Women Notices of those receiving the LDS “Young Womanhood" Gold Medallion Award will be published once a month prior to the first Sunday of each month with a picture Forms are available I 10:50 am g pm Religion Calendar The religion calendar introductory "Tea Parties” published each Saturday is at 9 am today or Aug 28 a listing of community at Mountain View Baptist religious events Items for Church west of Highway consideration should be 89 on Highway 193 Layton submitted by 5 pm Information will be Monday For information provided on the weekly call Community Bible Study classes Beginning Sept 11 Tuesday Child care will be provided for preschool-ageLayton Community children For further Bible Study is inviting all area women to attend two information call 625-422- 3 d 771-320- v 4 ' |