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V- r 1 i y 7- j- v- ? s vIV":' fr V ' ' r ' " J i - 'O' ’ V- ?' v- s Pager 1 - The Herald Journal i Missionaries ' Clytl P Erickson of Smithfisld hks accepted a cal to serve In the Salt Lake City Tempie Square Family History LOS Mission' She leaves on Jan 9 - : ! t Andrew Ty Flygara son of Ben and Mary Lao Ftydara has recently returned from traditions the California Arcadia IDS Mission Ho speaks at 12:50 pm Sunday In the Smith-fiel- d 14th Wkrd Aaron Wesley Hull son of Jim and HuN of Preston has recently returned Debra from this Louisiana Baton Rouge LDS ' ' sion j : Mia- n ' Morrill son o( Kendal and Cattiy Merrill of Logan recently returned from the ' v Spain Bifcao LDS Mission I Vi"-- - Qs t : Benjamin Davkf Owens son of Richard and Gladys Owens of Logan is returning Friday from Brazil Maceio LDS Mission will speak at 12:50 pm Sunday at the falley let Ward 125 W 600 North By Richard NOstiing AP Rallglon Writer v Bradan ' ’Sir : 5© He Wil-lo- w AU' Grant to St John’s K : St John's Episcopal Church in Logan got a welcome boost for its $23 million building expansion Monday when Elder Robert SWood an LDS general authority and presi- dent of thechurch’s Utah North Area made a trip to Logan to present a check for $25000 to St John’s Rev Ruth Eller The money comes from the LDS Church’s foundation which receives 10 percent of the church’s business earnings and makes grants to both charities accordLDS and non-LD- S ing to Bartelj Cardon LDS represen1 tative to Cache Community Connections ' Eller called the LDS donation “very generous” and said she thought Logan’s historic Episcopal church was chmeir for the donation partly because of the good relationship between Episcopalians and the majority LDS community in Logan' including working together on the Lectures and Concerts at the Taber- :v nacle series raise still about church has to The $300000 for the expansion with the remainder to come from die Utah Epsicopal Diocese V So far the historic Champ House has been moved 20 feet to the wesl and set on a new foundation and the church itself is being prepared for the expansion Meanwhile the congrega-tion is meeting in the Dansante build- ing on 100 West : - ry ‘ g: : ’ giHd-natured- ly - ' Mpritpelier 7 5 womari’siboard game encapsulesy X7 UDS First Presbyterian Church’s Second Annual Blessing of the Animals will’ be at 3 pm Wednesday in the church’s gymnasium Families may bring their pets to a worship service in whiclt according to a press release “We recognize that both ' human and animal footprints lead to the manger in which Jesus was : dpptrine By Jamnlne Michaelson features writer 'It' ' after a grueling ney transplant n 1989 ' : kid- T 1 Jonathan Matthews was ' ' 'r Horses and other large animals may wait in the parking lot 'south of the church where the service will v conclude with a blessing of the large animals prayers and hymns - V ly service This is a ' Guest speaker will be Dr Michael Wolfe professor ini Utah State Uni-- i : : versify 's Department of Forestry ’ Range and Wildlife Sciences His topic will be “Cougars in my Back - dying His body was deteri-- v ' resting slowly but the end was inevitable His mother Kathryn tended to him 247 and : did her best to calm his concerns “Jonathan had questions” she : said “Uke ‘Whaiis heaven" : - : 'v like?”’ r As she attempted to answer his questions the devout Montpelier child-friend- : LDS wife and mother discovered ' questions of her own “It’s like when youre trying to retell a story and you realize there are big gaps in what you remem-- ' ber” she said lit-tShe began to realize just how le of her church's complex doctrine surrounding life and death and God's plan for his children She ' really understood She doveinto the scripturesespecially the Book of Mormon in an effort to answer her and herspn questions v She emerged with a much more clear understanding of what mem- bersof the LDS church call “the V Plan of Salvation” God's complex and intricate plan for mankind which spans from before the earth " was created when everyone exist- ed only as spirits known as the through the mortal existence the time spent on earth Yard” Lessons carols - The program will feature St John's choir and organists and readers from the parish ami the community This traditional celebration alternates readings from the Bible with appropriate musical selections sung by the choir and the congregation : This year’s festival is the hist in the series “Christinas at the Tabemacle” a program of Lectures and Concerts at the lUernaclevriuch is sponsored by Ciudie Community Connections LDS cards offered LDSlivingxom is offering Christ mas cards with an LDS bent accord- ing to a press release The cards are available at wwwldsliving-cardxoBusiness and personal cards are availitble along with tone cards The company also photo offien ends for other holidays arid occasions including birthdays m - ' ftra ' repentance It involves sacred ordi- nances that must be performed in the flesh like baptism and receiy ing the temple endowment And it all hinges bn the atonement of ' Jesus Christ his suffering for ' everyone’s sins’ the event Bruce R McConkie of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles once called Ihe most transcendent event that ever’ has or everwill occur from Cre- ation’s dawn through all the ages of a never-endin- g eternjty” Kathryn wianted lb share her understanding of the complicated and overlapping doctrines and principles involved in a " - "the See GAME on C2 The red-leaf- ed ' ' 19th-centu- ry 14 : world'-'-- ptiinseuia was a addition brought Hack from Mexico by US Ambassador : Joel Poirisctt an amateur botanist w1 ho reaped handsome profits front '' the plants- Colors 'r-- ! - - Because of pagans' fascination with wintertime Jreesgrecnwas :’ oldest associthe color later probably ated with Christ's adverit Red repre- sented blinxl and the salvation' offered to al who' accepted Jesus’ V ' sacrifice: Gold stood for the Wise Men’s gift designating Jesus as king ' up your : Sit John’s Episcopal Church invites the community to its annual Advent Festival of Lsons and Carols to be held at 7 pm Saturday at the Logan ’Wremade 'V - Brent StevensHerald in pwrtal bodies through the post mortal existence and up to the res- urrection and Finaj Judgment The plan involves trials Sin and pain :: but also gifts of the’ spirit joy and - : C bom”v ' Kathryn and Julianna Matthews demonstrate Kathryn’s game fThe Atonemerd Miracle of Child's Love" Animal blessing - origins'’ rather than biblical ones Consider the date itself The Bible doesn't give Jesus’ actual birthday and implies it was in the springtime In AD 320 Pope Julius 1 arbitrarily set Dec 25 and the Emperor Con- stantine a recent conviert sewn made the feast permanent ' Their idea was to imitate and com-- - " " pete with Rome's orgiastic Satuma- iia which celebrated the passing of ' the year's shortest day and the promise that spring would eventually ' follow winter’ r ' were one reason Pagan origins' New England’s strict Puritan ' founders outlawed Christmas obser- - ' " vances Also the Christmases they ' knew back in “nieriie" 1 ' England were a'driwken somewhat : sinister combination of Manli Gras and ‘Halloween - ' ' Roving beggars would’ visit homes wealthy dc'manding goodies with thinly veiled threats The carol- ers (“we won’t gti until w!e get seek- some") wereri't or : eggnoging pudding In stmie ways Christmashas gradually become more Christian accord- ing to the book “Slories Behind the- Great Traditions of Christmas” (Zon-dervan) by Ace Collins which might ! make a nice little gift Some of Collins’ other obseri'a- tions: TYees logs plants Pagan Europeans burned what became: “ Yule jogs’’ to' defy the dead of winter arid found hope and even miraculous powers in evergreen trees1 as well as holly and mistletoe that not only survived the harsh coid but bravely sprouted colorful berries - Martin Luther supposedly Chris- tianjzed Germany's tree tradition with evergreens representing God's eternal Iqve shown in Jesus and can- - : dies U signify Jesus as the light of v : - " ’ ' f i ed have secular (r Roligion report V- ' - : Nativity scenes of Jesus' birth as ' depicted in Matthew or Luke are vis- ible this month r1 though rarely qn ' ' government property because of fed-' eral court rulings But many other much-belovChristmas folkways ' and old nickels there’s a veteran’s By Danny Royw : memorial medallion from Dad It came in the mail with some fund- When l was i2 years old I received a little pirate’s treasure box raising literature about 25 years ago r ' and her sajd 1 could have it It’s Christmas for plastic mostly I also have a shiny 1973 quarter brown and has a Jolly Roger ’ in a transparent acrylic embossed emblem oq the lid It probably sold It was mold a seventh grade shop one for about class project we did shortly after : dollar in that Christmas I drilled a hole 1972 through the top of the plastic with I’m not intention of making it into a the particularly necklace 1 put it in my treasure box semimental but never did get around to finding a about the chain for it treasure box Another treasure is a silver half-doll- ar (I don’t even wife Ben Franklin’s image on remember: ' who from fee of the coin My brother Joe it gave ' pre-to me) but for some reason I have gave it to me for a going-awa- y sent just before that Chnstmas I had kept that one gift for all these years shared a room wife Joe for years stored V I it’s bemuise my speMaybe cial ctrins in it My coin collection is Sometimes on weekends we would likeOweri’s inihecomedy moVie -- nudee a tent wife the blankets and turn on a flashlight underneath He “Throw Momma ftom the Train” would reveal a secret stash of sugary value to have no extraordinary Utoy Peanuts brand candy and Circus ! but me I keep them for the share them wife me I really thought i associated with the coins : we were being sneaky wife our little i a few wheat-bac- k pennies -- : I hrive four home pluine num- bers four cars in the Uriveway and more TV channels than lean count ' I don’t want ip go back to the old days but I do Worry about getting caught- up iri'the excess to the point of neglecting people ' I have a three-pa- rt persitnal belief statement that 1 haveotsed as a filter for my actions wends and decisions' for the past several years: I believe in Jesus I believe tn eternity I care about people It refeinds me feat at the core of Christian belief is the conviction that everything in this present world is temporary except : : - : : dais ACHMsmwMnnsTO'sPHBPECiiVE secret He stayed in Illinois when the family moved west to Utah It felt like we had moved to another 'country' My kids feink l’m corny for hanging on to that cheap little Christmas toy for 30 years But the older I get and the more things I acquire fee more I value those simple treasures that remind me of the people I love : - These days I have a surplus of 11 pairs everything In my cknet are of shoes There are dress and casual shoes in black and brown hiking shoes water shoes basketball shoes elevator shoes (don’t tell anyone) jogging shoes snow boots and san- - for people' : up ftir yourselves treasurer in heaven- where moth and fust do not destroy and where thieves do break in and steal For where 'your treasure is there'your heart NIV ' will be also (Matthew 6:20-21- ) ’ - ’ - : ’ -- Danny Royer is a chaplain and coordinator fortbe hloapica Alfianca of Utah Ha can be reached by email at toopUOmsncom vof-untaa-r |