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Show Religion and worship tai? Wednesday August 31, 1988 Review 4G3 V- Primary celebrates anniversary 1 'She would be pleased with the Primary that she started Lakeside Review correspondent Oh, come children come to our little meeting, Where we are taught to sing and pray and learn the truth... We are learning right from wrong into our early youth. This was the invitation Aurelia Spencer Rogers extended to Farmington children in 1878 in one of the first Primary Association songs. Last Thursday, Aug. 25, leaders from the LDS Church gathered in Farmington to celebrate the Primary Associations 110th anniversary and honor Rogers, its founder and first president. General Michaelene Grassli, on Primary founder, Aurelia Rogers Elders Paul Dunn and James Parramore, church general authorities, alternated in the role of John W. Hess, bishop of the Farmington ward helped Rogers start the organization. We did it as close to the historic trith as we could get it, says Laurel Rohlfing, a member of the Primarys general board. Todays General Primary , The scene was done four times throughout the day, so that 1,300 children were able to watch Grassli, playing the role of Rogers, admonish the boys not to get into melon patches and girls not to hang on wag- - LDS . th, Snow and Unsworth researched the homes back- ons. president, Michaelene Grassli, and her board members staged a of the first primary class in Farmingtons rock church, where it actually took place. Un-swor- Primary President The children played games straight out of pioneer journals, including: Simon Says, Here Comes the Jolly Butcher Boy, Crooked Questions and Crook- ed Answers. girls voices? Clara Richards knew Rogers years ago, and the Farmington woman related how the inspiration for the Primary came about. Grassli told the group, We dont know how accurate the was, but we know some of the things we said were reflections of how Sister Rogers According to Richards, Rogers was walking into the kitchen to fix breakfast, but was concerned because her boys were tired from playing in the street most of the day before. felt. After singing Happy Birthday, leaders cut a birthday cake topped with a replica of Farmingtons rock church. $ vi va. T-"- ' IH ''&& , p. The first Primary was thought of for boys only, but Sister Rogers thought, how could boys sing without the ground, and Unsworth bought a commemorative plaque from the LDS Church Historical Society to place on it Rogers prayed about her concerns, and, according to Richards, heard a voice saying, No wonder, the church has an organization for everyone except for the children. She took her idea to Bishop , i r Hess, who brought it up with the First Presidency. Eliza R. Snow, then Relief Society president, came to Farmington to discuss the idea with Rogers. Snow named the organization the Primary Association. iA f- & In the afternoon, leaders gathered to Aurelia Rogers former home, which was recently restored this summer as an Eagle Scout project of Frank Snow. Snows grandfather, Ken owns the house. VALERIE PHILLIPS sm- U' i A founded in Farmington, 110 years old LDS organization, mmmmm - f1 s : i t Richards said. Rhonda Erickson Trixie Johnson MaryLyn Moultrie Gold Medallions Rhonda Erickson, daughter of Rondo and Mary Erickson, 329 W. 800 N., Clearfield, has received the Young Womens Gold Medallion. She would be pleased with the primary that she started. I remember my Primary teachers and how they struggled with me, and how they were patient with me, recalled James M. Parramore. A member of the 18th Ward, Clearfield North Stake, she attends Clearfield High School and LDS Seminary where she is a member of the girls volleyball, basketball and track teams. These jewels we love the most are given to the hands of you folks, as well as the Trixie Johnson, daughter of Layne and Helen Johnson, 178 W. 750 N., Clearfield, has re ceived the Young Womens Gold Medallion. A member of the Clearfield 18th Ward, she attends Clearfield High School and LDS Seminary and is a member of the junior choir. MaryLyn Moultrie, daughter of Tim and Kathy Moultrie, 1647 Camelot Dr., Layton, has earned the Young Womens Gold Medallion. A member of the Layton 19th Ward, Layton West Stake, she is a senior at Layton High School. general women's meeting Sept. 24 The General Womens Meeting of the LDS Church is scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 24, at 6 p.m. (MDT) in the Tabernacle on Salt Lake Citys Temple Square, according to the First Presidency of the Church. All women and young women, 10 years of age and older, including those who are not members of the Church, are invited to view the meeting which will be televised live via satellite to more than 2,000 Church buildings in the U.S., Canada and Puerto Rico. A member of the First Presiwill address Church of the dency the Tabernacle gathering, as will members of the general presiden of the Primary childrens organization, the Young Women (teens) of the Church, and the adult womens organization, the Relief Society. The Church satellite network broadcast will be on Westar IV, Channel 23. The program will be rebroadcast at 8 p.m. (MDT) over the same network and over cies Channel 11, the public television station operating out of Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah. The satellite broadcast will be in 12 languages: English, Spanish, French, German, Tongan, Samoan, Portuguese, Laotian, Cambodian, Hmong, Vietnamese and Korean. KJBYU-T- ' Church releases statement on movie Dr. Richard P. Lindsary, managing director of the Public Com- rose from death with the promise of redemption for all. munications Department of the In our view this film trivialLDS Church has released the folizes the message and mission of lowing statement on the controJesus Christ. versial new film, The Last ' ' We abhor the unconscionable Temptation of Christ: The film, The Last Temptaportrayal of Jesus Christ in intition of Christ, is not the story of mate sexual scenes and as a voyJesus Christ, the Only Begotten eur. Men and women are left Son of God, who in Gethsemane poorer by exposure to the stereoand on Calvary took upon himtypes the movie portrays. self the sins of the world, and As oiir name implies, mem . 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