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Show SheKattLakeTribune RELIGION BCOMICS, C-4 MTV LISTINGS, C-5 EOTIOW, SATURDAY DECEMBER25,1999 WEATHER. C-8 DS Church ffirmsIts iew of Jesus A PRAYER AT CHRISTMAS First Presidency and Quorum of Twelve Apostles sign document to be sent to bishops, news media and placed onInternetJan.1 Preacher and congregation are about to lose their church in Kearns due BY PEGGY FLETCHER STACK THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE In celebration of the new mil- to a conflict lennium and the 2000th birthday over typo in Presidency and Quorum of Twelve Apostles have issued a joint statement affirming their unique view of the man considered a savior by the world’s more of Jesus Christ, the LDS First lease contract. hotos Paul hton/The Salt Lake Tribune Before the start of service at La Senda Antigua in Keams, two women quietly wait. BY BOB MIMS THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE 1B Latinos and the Pentecostal revolution C-2 due to a urch’s lease contract, Barahona and his flock of 60 stand to lose everything. “Mypeople have been selling tamales and The 15 menin the First Presi- dency and Quorum of Twelve Apostles, all considered “proph- ets, seers and revelators” by the nearly 11 million members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter- Atissue is whetherthe lease runs two years or one. Barahona, pointing to a Dec. 81, 2000, expiration date in his copy of the contract, contends it is clear Iglesia Pentecostal La Senda Antigua (In Spanish, “The Pentecostal Church of the Old Way”) day Saints, affixed their signa- Owner B&D Glass does not dispute the date that appears in the signed document, butinsists it was a typo. Dec. 31, 1999, was the intended expiration date, said B&D Glass spokesman Tom Godfrey, who says mistake.” As for the $24,000 in payments it required, B&D Glass maintains that amount covered only oneyear’s worth of leasing the approximately 5,000-square-foot build- ing at 5445 S. 4015 West in Kearns, sandwiched between A-1 Saw Service and Durfey Dry Cleaners. “We were never trying to mess with him or anything,” Godfrey insisted.“It wasjust a typing error. We never realized [that] until we called Barahona to see how he was doing to get a loan to buy the building and that’s when it cameup.” / “We're not trying oe the bad guys here,” he added. “We would like tqsell the dained a minister in 1994, three years after moving to Utah from California. “Mypeople have been working so hard,” he added. “Now we are at a crisis.” Godfrey acknowledged giving the church an end-of-the-year deadline and warning Barahona thathis congregationstood to lose all it had invested. “T'm kind of taking a hard stand on that because ofthe fact he says it’s a two-year lease,” hesaid. “He has a lot of money in the building and I want him to get the building, but when hesays that, it makes me mistrust him little bit.” Barahona said that when B&D Glass To Barahona and his parishioners, who were looking into the possibility of a loan to ration date — and that La Senda Antigua See PRAYER,Page C-2 Le ae x Even Santa Can’t Escape Post-Christmas, Stress Disorder A word to the wise: avoid the post-Christmas rush and get de- the LDS Church gets involved in te ee | ROBERT KIRBY ‘Then there's the church's belief in the sanctity of marriage and family. “We solemnly testify that his life, which is central to all human enter the year 2000 and bridge to another century, we again echo the message of the ages that Jesus Christ is our Savior and Redeem- er. We solemnly testify that the message of His life and mission is found in its fullness in our day and time. ‘Theinfluence ofthe Savior, His matchless example of goodness and mercy, and His incomparable teachings have filtered down the ages te become catalyst which brings acts of kindness and love to mankind. May we, during this wonderful Christmas season and throughout the coming year, resolve to be more and to live as He would have us live by walking in His footsteps toward a glorious fu- ture. — First Presidency, The Church ofJesus Christ ofLatter-day Saints Presidents Gordon B. Hinckley, Thomas S. Monson and James E. Faust Qa sky and a light snow. See not side of slot C, anit I can’t eaimatees the after Christinas that looks like great start on fe- ears year, Mormons believe that after his death in Jerusalem,Christvisited some Israelites who had immi- grated to the New World some centuries before.It is the central story ofthe faith’s scripture, The ofMormon. The statement also mentions the LDSbelief that God and Jesus appeared to church founder Joseph Smith. It says that the church and its priesthood are built upon “Jesus Christ himself” and that Christ will return to the earth to “rule as King of Kings and reign as Lord of Lords.” “We bear testimony, as His duly ordained Apostles — that Jesus is the Living Christ, the im- mortal Son of God,” the statement concluded. “He is the light, the life, and the hope of the world. His wayis the path that leads to happiness in this life and eternal life his divine Son.” Several bishops and at least | two apostles read the statements , to Mormon congregations last Sunday Elder Dallin H. Oakstold his Salt Lake City ward that the apostles considered various ways to See LDS CHURCH,Page C-3 Compiled by Peggy Fletcher Stack Lbs At this historic time when we Tuesday morning to a very gray the 2 apostles’ statementsaid. “He also ministered among his “other sheep” in ancient America.” thanked for the matchless gift of EPISCOPAL Like most of you, I awoke millimeter mini-hex with special flanges, I shoved Gary back outside and the door. I caw him later, naked on the roof of his ieOy wore forms of D are the Redeemer of the world,” the in the world to come. God be had been unableto borrow enough to buy the building — the owners issued an ultimatum. “They say the end of the month and we have to move, and they say we cannot take anything out of the building,” said Baraho- na, a sheet-metal mechanic who was or- the Only Begotten Sonin theflesh, tures to the document sentto all every church member, muchlike the ition on the Family, a statement that lays out the Children perform a candlelight procession while singing songs of Christmas at their church. wasthe Firstborn of the Father, LDSbishops and will be mailed to news media outlets and placed on the InternetJan.1. It also will be distributed to has another year. buy the building outright, renegotiate the lease or the company will move to evict them atyear’s end. “Tt was never understaod to be the year 2000,” argued.“It was for just one year; that’s why we gave them theoption to buy the building for just one year. .. . They can’t take advantage of a typing Worshippers sing to the lyrics with the help of an overhead projector. healing thesick, causing the blind to see, and raising the dead.” holding garage sales and car washes as a way to collect the money we give those people, the owners of the building,” the 42-year-old El Salvadoran preachersaid. “Now, we don’t know what is going to ippen. the church must come up with $230,000 to Bi “The Living Christ — The Testimonyof the Apostles.” “His gospel was a message of peace and goodwill. He entreated all to follow his example. He walked the roads of Palestine, T he Rev. Porfirio Barahona and the Latino worshipers who havefilled the rowsof second-hand chairs in his Iglesia Pentecostal La Senda Antigua fellowship every Sunday for the past year suddenly find themselves praying for a Christmas miracle. After drawing on members’personal loans and credit cards to pay the required $24,000 in up-frontlease for the building, scraped a snl aes and baptistery inside. Now, than2.2 billion Christians. “He was the Great Jehovah of the Old Testament, the Messiah of the New. Underthedirection of His Father, he wasthe creator of the earth,” reads the statement, history, neither began in Bethle- . hem norconcluded on Calvary. He Whateveryour day has been, I hope that you have takentime to reflect about whateverit is that your mind moves you to think about, The thing I’ve learned about remembering is that even in the worst of times there is al- ways somesprig of hope not un- like that sprig of green the dove broughtback to the Ark, thereby announcing that the worst was over and there was hope for the new. Christmas is like that, I think. Most of us come to Feast of Christmas a bit weary and shopworn.Life is like that. None of us has had a perfect year. Most of us have experienced some unhappy or unpromising events in our lives and in the lives of those we love. But Christmas looms as a momentof promise, as a time of hopefulness if not great joy, It ts that moment when holiness breaks through all of the tears and disappointments and shouts to us that there is meaning and purpose and joyin life even when such things seem so remote, so distant. May you all have a blessed holida; and a year filled with joy. —The Very Rev. Jack C. Potter Dean, The Cathedral Church of St. Mark Episcopal Diocese of Utah » CATHOLIC What gift do you give a God No doubt |
