Show i m t Religion Opinion 17 Crossword 18 15 ThaHwakJ Journal Logan Utah Thursday August 27 1998 Missionaries Daren L Ms son ol 8sth snd PsMds Bate of Logan recently returned from tha Argentina Busnos Akss North MMon Ht spanks al 10:50 Sunday In die WMow VsSsy Id Wad 125 W 600 North im Mattiow Westoy Cobum son of Susan of Proston and Sheldon and Marianna Coburn of Prastan has aocaptod a cal to aarva nUMM NOVOMNM L08 MMon Ha wi il Vil Oi peak at 0:30 am Sunday In tho Rlvsrdals Ward Rtvwdsto Kkfc-brt- dt Kevin Cornett son of Dobbla ComoM of Logan and Stove Cornett of Ridgecrest Calif haa aocoptod a cal to servo In Iho Brad Marital LDS Mission Ho wfl speak at 230 pm Sunday In tho Logan 17th Want 250 N 400 West Ha ontsrs tho MMonaiy Training Csnlsr on 8opL 0 Christopher Downs son of Steven and Linda Downs of Hyrum has aocoptod a cal to swvo in i Taiwan Talpol ILD8 MMon Ho wB speak at 10:50 am 8uridey In tho Hyrum 5th Want 100 W Main Hyrum Ho sntsrs tha MMonaiy Train--“ Ing erSept 18 Jarom Mark Flohburn son of Mark and Kathy Fishbum of SmBhfleld aooaplad a cal to tha Mexico Tijuana Mission Ho speaks i pm Sunday In the SmKhflotd Bth Want 400 North Ha enters tho MMonaiy Ti Cantor 8opLB Kyto Larson son of Noel and JM Larson of aston rscantly relumed from tho IMnofs Chlca-8out-h LDS MMon Ho speaks at 1:30 pm junday In the Preston Bth Ward south stake Sontor 55 E 1st South Jasso Adam Low son of Gordon J Stephanie Low of Providence has accepted o cal to servo In tho South Dakota Rapid City LDS Mission Ha wW apeak at 330 pm Sunday In the ProvMsncoSth mud 309 8 Main Ho enters the MMonaiy Training Cantor on 8opt 2 Jason R Lund son of PhMp R and Dobra O Lund ol Hyrum recently returned from tho Ger-- t FrwiMurt LDS Mission Ha speaks at 2:50 In tha Hyrum Bth Ward 455 E 100 rm A Matson son of Max and Cindy NM-- I Whitney Idaho accepted a call to the Georgia Atlanta LDS MMon Ho speaks at 11 Am Sunday In the Whitney let Ward He enters the MMonaiy Training Center 8ept1 A I Diene BushTHerald Journal Kevin Skidmore right new pastor of Logan Church of Christ talks with ImMmB AbJ BOAMAaiiS I WtmBWm w HMiOUii 80f1 01 tWnN sVIQ UOilflM Makx4 of Nordi Logan has returned from OWe- home Oklahoma Ctty li)8 MMon Ho 8unds 235 pm al the North Logon iWardI Nam-Yeo- Luke Jemea McConkle eon of Carl and a cel sto Kathy McConkle of SmkhfMd a accepted a 1 1— A VII rVHDpraS MtnM LU9 MIMtOn M0 BOOaKi S1 10:50 im Sunday m the SmlthtMd 3rd Ward E 200 8duth He entsrs the MMonaiy Train-Cent- er ByJsramyB Pugh u T staff writer Sept 5 Iter son of Gragg and has accepted a call to in the Brazl Recite LD3 MMon He wi speak at 0 am Sunday In the Clltfslde 2nd Ward 1350 Easbldge Drive He enters the Training Center on 8apL 2 Jesus didn’t come to set up a new religion or a ritual club son of Stan and Kathy MMsr of Nlbley has accepted a oall to eervo In the Ecuador Guayaquil North LD8 MMon He wffl peak at 0 am Sunday In tho Mbtey 2nd Ward 300 W 3200 6outh He enters tho Missionary Training Canter on Sept IB ' You don’t go to church You are Brail Ronald Nelson son of Ron and Jotynn Nation of Logan aocaprad a cal to the Korea Taejon LD8 Mission He speaks at 12:30 pm Sunday In the Logan 32nd Ward 340 W 700 SouthHe enters ttw MMonaiy Training Centsr the church 99 B Parker son of Brent and 8haron of WeUsvWe noentty returned Horn the 8outh Carolina Columbia LDS Mission Ha at 0 am Sunday In the Weflsvflle 5th 5608 100 WM i hen's a new preacher in town A phrase Ith that bring to mina a stent black-suitprairie preacher pounding rite pulpit An angry cross over his sbcxilder he conjures fearful demons rising up images of from the eternal pita ofhellfire and damns- tkm That’s not who we're talking about Meet Kevin Skidmore A charismatic minister newly arrived in Logan with some good news Hu Oood News he would aay “We’re not in competitioa with anybody" Skidmore said "We're just here to proclaim the Good News Christ ia offering eternal salvation to everyone” Skidmore ia replacing Geoffry Richter who preaided over the small 0 member congregation for three years Richter left last year to pursue a campus ministry at Oklahoma State His distinction aa n "fell-timminister doesn't mean much to Skidmore Aa far as he's concerned anyone who proclaims minis- themselves a Christian is a full-tied soul-gnawi- 15-2- e” Michael Sadler son of Donald and of Richmond aooepted a cal to the Texas Dallas LDS Mission He speaks at 10:40 am 8unday In tha Chany Creek Ward East Jong-l- k Lee during a recent Bible study session at Burger King New pastor believes church is people 500 East 12832 N 1200 Lee left and n He passed Academically and spiritually left the university with a master's degree in speech communication enough credits of Bibles to qualify as a professional minister aim a young wife the daughter of a favorite professor His path took him to Cincinnati Ohio where involvement with a campus ministry at the University of Cincinnati led to a ministry in Fort Huron Mich Now he's In Logan His arrival here was instigated by a letter from Lt Col John Hays of the Utah State University ROTC Hays a member of the Church of Christ congregation prevailed upon Skidmore to minister to die 0 person flock "I saw the ‘church of 15' in the letter and I tossed it aside” Skidmore recalled “But them my wife asked me ‘How do know that Logan is not where the Lord wants you ter “Every Christian is a priest" Skidmore said “I don't have anymore authority than anyone else Christ is the hedd of the church and we are the body" Skidmore arrived in Logan in March from Columbia Mo a college town in the smack-da- b middle of the Show-M- e State For eight years Skidmore worked there in a campus ministry His ecclesiastical resume however goes all the way back to his childhood in West Virginia Skidmore said he never had any doubt aa to where life would take him “Ever since I could walk and talk 1 knew 1 waa going to be a gospel preacher” he said Skidmore waa influenced by his grandfae ther who was like his grandson a minister in the Church of Christ With his grandfather as a nde modd n college-boun- d Skidmore made the decision to attend the University of Eastern New Mexico to study the Bible He made the choice to attend a publk college instead of a Christian college or seminary to test his faith Wanted n real-lif- e experience” he said wanted to be around people of other 15-2- fell-tim- 1 tobe7flr He responded to letter and teamed more about a small-colletown in the mountains But the clincher came from his son David “I told my family that to go to Logan we would have to stretch our ‘mustard seed' a little farther” he recalled referring to 1 faiths” See PASTOR on Page 16 Cove Travor Seamone son of Steve and Psm Sea mM MbJ iuOfiO Ov LAuIa nyot rank rBOOfiDy rWIUiTiOO Imai Hum IN Paraguay Asuncion LD8 Mission Ha wi all pJn 8unday In the Hyde Park 5th Ward 05 E Center Kerri R Smith son of Lea and Mia 8m(th of Richmond recently returned from the New Zealand WeBngton LDS MMon Ha wi speak at 10:50 am 8undey In the Richmond 4th Ward 1508 100 East Kelly Spaekman son of Dale and Jolene 8pactonan of Baneon wi return Friday Bom the Arizona Tucson LDS MMon Ho wi apeak 930 am 8unday In the Benson Ward 3432 N 3000 Lindsey Spend love daughter of Ruth and Dstral Spendiove of 8mllhlleM has aooepted a cal to sene In the 8wltzeitand Geneva LDB Mis sion 8lw wi speak al 230 pm Sunday In tho 8mlthflald 12th Ward 200 N 100 East 8hs enters the MMonary Training Center Sept 9 Ann Marie Wattses daughter of Loren and Ksran Am WaHaoe of Comleh accepted a cal to the South Africa Cape Town LDS Mission She n speaks at 11 am Sunday m the Ward 1200 N 400 West Trenton She enters the MMonary Training Centsr Sept 9 Comish-Trento- Thamae Weber son of Becky Wsbar of Hyde Park and Kbk Wabor of Giotto Wyo recently rstumsd from the Switzerland Zurich Mission He peaks at 9 am Sunday In the Hyde Park 2nd ynrd 635 E 200 SoutfL ! Brian Wabater son of Dennis and Beth Wsb-Stol Preston noenlly returned from tie England Manchester LD8 Mission He speaks at er 130pm8unitoylnthePraeton10dtWMd155 N 200 West Jared D Weston son of Dan and Barbara Weston of River Heights reosntty returned hem die Germany Prankhirt LD8 MMon He speaks at 8 ajit 8unday In dw River Heights 2nd Ward BOO 8 BOO East SMeeWNto daughter of Terry and Judy Sacred music nourishes the soul Bv Kenneth W Godfrey We often visit historical sitea and attempt to understand what transpired there Sometimes we try to imagine what those who participated in great historical events felt and the passion i that that motivated them Moresoften not music is used to bring back the past tender our feelings and accel erate emotions Seated in die with half a hundred college atudenta liang with them a fevorite LDS hymn titled The Sprit of God Like a Fire is Burning” which was sung at the structure’s dedication sang 1 tried to imagine what being enclosed in the temple fer a fell working day would have been like Suddenly I experienced a lumpy throat and leaky eyes as I tried to ben out the wonts “we'll sing and we’ll shout wife the armies of heaven Hosanna Hosanna to God and the Lamb!” Psalms instructs us to “come before his (God’s) presence with singing” Somehow 1 believed the singing that day enabled me to come closer to the emotions almost a thousand Latter-da- y Saints experienced on March 27 1836 On another sightseeing trip as 1 slow ly walked through the tomb of Abraham Lincoln in March of this year the Civil War song “The Battle Hymn of the Republic” caressed my consciousness My experience in Springfield 111 would not have been the same had that hymn not been written Again in the grove where Mormons believe Joseph Smith experienced his first theophany bitter spring wind buffeting my cheeks I softly hummed the tune and thought of the words “Oh how lovely waa die morning! Radiant beamed the sun above Bees were humming sweet buds singing music ringing thru the grove” Then came the words “Joseph’s humble prayer waa answered and he listened to the Lord” I believed 1 waa walking on sacred ground and for a moment 1 felt an extract of the ecstasy Palmyra’s Prophet must have experienced in 1820 Sacred aoogs have played a significant role in the religious life of many people both ancient and modem Moses after safety delivering his people from bondage in Egypt sang with reel's children "We’ll sing unto the Lord fer he hath triumphed gloriously" Miriam his slater sang too One of the world's first composers Moses was aaked by Deity to write a hymn so important that God commanded that every Israelite both learn and ling it often Then God declared “This sang (hall testify against them bis witness” Moses an extremely fast learner com t Christian music fest set Saturday posed the song and taught it to all Israel That same day" We learn from this that what we sing ia serious business and may be held against us on judgment day ft is not only God that takes hia music seriously so do earthly kings Akish for example disturbed by the hymns of praise sung in David’a honor became so distraught that Saul tried to kill David) and Akish rcfoaed to enter-tain him in his house Perhaps they had just grown tired of all that musk David after all authored 1005 songs (1 wonder who kept track) In a metaphori cal sense the earth tings unto the Lord and the mountains shout for joy The morning stars even know harmony Israel was commanded not to sing in the shower but on their beds Only urine drinkers were asked not to ring and far good reason nothing is more awful than a bunch of drunks trying to make music Little children love to sing and grandparents enjoy twice aa much listening to them Teen-age- rs seem unable to live without being companioned by their headphones or a boom box or two Young lovers attracted to sentimental songs of affectionate romances and lost loves can sit for hours holding hands rhapsodized by the sounds of music Mothers soothe tearfal children with songs of redeeming love and old folks' rnindi are thrust back to a better time by Christians in Cache Valley will join together to praise and worship Jeans Christ in song from 2 to 8 pjn Saturday at Willow Park They will be assisted by several groups from outride the valley The theme fer Music Fest 98 is “Faith-fi- ll One” Hebrews 10:23 outlines the vision for the gathering: “Let us hold fast the confessions of our hope without wavering for he who promised ia faithful" The heart of this year’s praise will focus on the majesty and glory of almighty God “Our desire is to capture the gaze of Jesus’ awesome richness and splendor ” said JO Phillips pastor of the Full Gospel Fellowship Church which is helping to sponsor the event The public ia invited to join this free nondenominational gathering Bring blankets chairs and a picnic dinner Cold refreshments will be available For more Information call 3 752-082- See GODFREY on Page 26 Features: Friday Outdoors: Flathead River ranger Or t S vc ' s I mi Aifitrniii ii i ii irunrnrr raw SMI A S i 4 752-212- 1 |