Show LDS girls sending By JOHN Standard DeVILBISS Examiner religion editor While President Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail S Gorbachev are meeting to warm relations in Iceland a hope for a better world will be on the minds of thousands of Mormon teenage girls as d peace messages attached to balloons will hover above northern Utah skies next Saturday morning The launching the balloons planned months before the ReaganGorbachev meeting will take place at dawn with local LDS young women joining some 300000 other girls ages 12 to 18 worldwide Each girl will write a message and then send up a balloon with a message attached said Lauri Jensen a local organiz- of messages of peace “To whomever finds this balloon" writes one North Ogden girl who will be sending a message “My name is Michele Lund am a girl living in Ogden Utah I am also a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-daSaints I would like to make three wishes for the world The first wish would be that there could be peace all over the world The second would be that we all could help someone everyday — even if it is just a smile The third w ish would be that everyone should all remember that we are beautiful" More than 2000 young women are expected to gather at the Weber High School athletic field at 7 am with another 1500 girls at Wildcat stadium at Weber State College at 7:45 am The combined groups represent 17 stakes In Church briefs Elder Devere Harris to speak at Institute V During Saturday’s gathering about 77 of the 2000 young women at the the Weber High School stadium wiil sing a song called “Rising Generation" The “Young Women Values" of the church will also be presented with flags of red green orange yellow blue white and purple — the same colors of the balloons Each value is represented by these seven colors said Carol Stokes Roy Central Stake Young Woman’s president The values the young women have committed to include good works represented by the color yellow' individual worth for the color red knowledge represented by the ’color green faith which is white devinc nature for blue choice and accountability which is represented in the color orange and purple for integrity Missionaries ‘Appreciation Service’ set Oct 8 9 10 12 Elder Devere Harris of the First of Seventy of the u I LDS Church will be the featured speaker ' at the Ogden LDS In- stitute of Religion de- f votional at 10:30 am Oct 7 Harris has served as president of the Idaho Falls Temple for four years as a Regional Representative for more than six years president of the Malad Idaho Stake high councilor a bishop and in many other positions He attended business college in Salt Lake City and entered the insurance business serving with the same firm for 34 years the last 10 as regional manager for Utah Idaho and Wyoming Harris recently returned from serving three years in the South Pacific area in Sydney Australia and is a managing director in the Temple Department and a member of Boundary and Leadership Change Committee Roy at the Roy High School football field another 1200 girls are expected to gather at 7:30 am representing five stakes in the Roy Region Similar church gatherings throughout northern Utah and the region will be happening simultaneously In all young women from 95 countries will be participating “We want our young women all around the world to feel the strength that comes from being united in a good cause" said Ardeth G Kapp president of the sponsoring organization the Young Women of the Mormon Church “These young women have committed to values in their lives that let them know that they are of great worth and that they have great potential" she said in a church news release The Griffin Temple ' Church of God in Christ 788 W26th will be observing their 39th “Appreciation Service” for Superintendent and Mother David F Griffin Oct 8 9 10 and 12 Service will begin at 7:30 nightly and at 3:30 pm on Oct 12 Speakers for each evening will be: Oct 8 Elder Bobby Allen of Ebenezer Church of God in Christ Oct 9 Elder RE Hurrington Finley Temple Oct 10 the Rev France Davis Calvary Baptist and Oct 12 Elder James Shaw Mt Zion Church of God in Christ Deadline for submitting items to the Church News is 5 pm Tuesdays The information can be mailed or A picture may be submitted for a departing missionary only Because of the time involved announcements of missionaries leaving and returning will no longer be taken over the phone Elder Douglas L Malone and his wife Sister Caryol Davis Malone of Roy will report Oct 6 to the Genealogical Department in Salt Lake City to begin an mission Their schedule did not allow an opportunity to speak in a sacrament service L Douglas Malone Caryol Malone D OCTOBER CONFERENCE SAVINGS The couple came to the valley from Arkansas 40 years ago and have served faithfully sharing the news of the Gospel of Christ and reaching out to anyone in need regardless of race creed religion and sex The meetings are open to the public Catholic women planning Ministers Wives to celebrate general meeting Saturday fifth anniversary Sunday Catholic women of the Northern DeanSALT LAKE CITY — The Ministers Wives of Utah will celebrate its fifth anniversary Sunday at 3:30 pm at the World Wide Gospel Church 862 W 300 North Salt Lake City Guest speaker for the event is Mildred Williams of Denver Colo Episcopal Church Women to meet at 11 am Saturday The general membership meeting of the Episcopal Church Women is at 11 am Saturday in Tuttle Hall 2374 Grant Assistant Professor Jay Clegg of the School of Art and Humanities at Weber Slate College will talk on communications breakthrough in families Refreshments will be served October 4 1986 ery Council of Catholic Women hold their general meeting at St Mary’s Church 2740 Pennsylvania Saturday Oct 11 Registration is from 8:30 to 9 am in the social center of the church At 9 am the Rev Neale Herrlich SJ pastor of St Mary’s will celebrate mass Following mass coffee and rolls will be served At am the Rev Thomas J of the Cathedral of the Madeleine in Salt Lake City will be guest speaker He will show slides of the Shrines of Mary and address the role of Mary in the Catholic Church as a woman for all ages past present and future Cost for the day is $3 which includes registration and lunch Deadline for reservations is Oct 8 Call Imogcnc Leonard! at SAVE MANY OS THESE AND SPECIALS MORE JORGENSEN’S Book and Gift Shop 1900 W 5073 S Roy from Deseret Since 1961 Phone Book Publinhinjt Ogden Co Church News 3 |