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Young Women Mutual Activity Special Temple Night

August 15, 2014 by shelley

Kansas City Missouri Temple at night

Kansas City Missouri Temple at night

Young Women Mutual Activity Special Temple Night:

Do You Have My Name?

For our Mutual Activity we wanted to do something special that would bring special meaning as to why we go to the temple to do baptisms.  We wanted to make it feel real.  My counselor Drew was told of an activity in which the life stories of individuals were shared but they were still waiting in the hereafter for their baptism to be done.  These individuals wanted to be baptized but had not had the opportunity in their lifetimes.  They lived in the 1600’s or 1700’s or even the 1800’s. Some had their temple work done…but some did not…and were still waiting.   We found the script on the internet (sorry don’t remember where we found it..)

but our rewritten version can be found here Special Temple Nights
 (.doc format) or here Special Temple Nights
 (.pdf format) For our refreshments we served Angel food cake.  The activity was a success!

Special Temple Nights


Special Temple Nights

 

Pictures of the evening:

 

Mutual Activity: Do You Have My Name? (Special Temple Night)
Mutual Activity: Do You Have My Name? (Special Temple Night)
Mutual Activity: Do You Have My Name? (Special Temple Night)

Mutual Activity: Do You Have My Name? (Special Temple Night)
Mutual Activity: Do You Have My Name? (Special Temple Night)
Mutual Activity: Do You Have My Name? (Special Temple Night)

Mutual Activity: Do You Have My Name? (Special Temple Night)
Mutual Activity: Do You Have My Name? (Special Temple Night)
Mutual Activity: Do You Have My Name? (Special Temple Night)

For other great Mutual Activity ideas click on the following links:

—Family History/Genealogy Young Women Activity

—Scripture Treasure Hunt Mutual Activity or Lesson

—Mutual Activity Personal Progress Faith Value

–Johnny Lingo Personal Progress Individual Worth activity

—For the Strength of Youth, Standards Night, and Miss Molly Mormon Standards  and Ice Cream Bar

–Mormon Theme Breakout Room

Filed Under: Young Women Tagged With: Mutual Activity, temple, Young Women

Far West, Missouri and the 24th of July

July 25, 2013 by shelley

For the past few years I have been in Salt Lake City on the 24th of July and enjoyed celebrating Pioneer Day in the traditional “Utah” way…parade, floats, fireworks, horses and marching bands.  This year however, I was not in Salt Lake City on Pioneer Day.  But we did plan a Mutual Activity to Far West, an early Mormon Settlement in 1838 and a site dedicated for a temple. Revelations for seven sections of the Doctrine & Covenants was received in Far West.  There is very little there today but it was exciting to be there on Pioneer Day and remember all the early Saints that were in that very spot about 175 years ago…and it was a gorgeous beautiful evening.

We brought a picnic dinner and enjoyed the evening:

KC 1 at Far West

KC 1 at Far West

KC 1 at Far West

KC 1 at Far West

KC 1 at Far West

KC 1 at Far West

KC 1 at Far West

KC 1 at Far West

KC 1 at Far West

KC 1 at Far West

KC 1 at Far West

KC 1 at Far West

 

We learned a little of the history of Far West.

The town was founded by Missouri Mormon leaders, W. W. Phelps and John Whitmer in August 1836 shortly before the county’s creation. The town was platted originally as a 1-mile (1.6 km) square area, centered on a public square which was to house a temple. The design of the town resembled Mormon founder and prophet Joseph Smith Jr.‘s plan for the City of Zion, which had been planned to be built in the town of Independence, Jackson County, Missouri. As the town of Far West grew, the plat was extended to 4 square miles (10 km2).

Early Latter-day Saints began to settle in northwestern Missouri soon after the Church of Christ was organized in 1830. According to a revelation given by Joseph Smith Jr., Independence would be the “centerplace” of the City of Zion when Jesus returned. However, disputes between Mormon and Missourian settlers in Independence led to the expulsion of the Mormons from Jackson County in 1833. Most Mormons temporarily settled in Clay County, Missouri. Towards the end of 1836, Caldwell County was created specifically for Mormon settlement to recompense Mormon losses in Jackson County. Shortly after the creation of Caldwell County, Far West was made the county seat.

Far West became the headquarters of the Latter-day Saint movement in early 1838 when Prophet Joseph Smith and Sidney Rigdon relocated to the town from the previous church headquarters, Kirtland, Ohio. Joseph Smith taught the Latter-day Saints that the Garden of Eden had been in Jackson County and whenAdam and Eve were expelled from the Garden, they moved to the Caldwell County and Daviess County areas of Missouri. While headquartered in Far West, the official name of the church was changed from Church of Jesus Christ to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.

New problems erupted between the Mormons and their neighbors when the Mormons began to settle in the counties surrounding Caldwell, including De Witt in Carroll County and Adam-ondi-Ahman inDaviess County. A series of escalating conflicts followed and the Governor of Missouri eventually called out 2,500 state militiamen to put down what he alleged to be a “Mormon rebellion.” Latter Day Saints poured into Far West for protection and found themselves under siege. Joseph Smith Jr., Sidney Rigdon and others surrendered at the end of October, 1838, and were put on trial by the state for treason. The main body of the Mormons were then forced to sign over their property in Far West and Caldwell County to pay for the militia muster and then leave the state. The main body later settled inNauvoo, Illinois.

Far West became a ghost town soon after the departure of most of the Mormon population. The county seat was moved to Kingston, Missouri and many of the log houses in Far West were relocated. Former Mormon John Whitmer continued to live in the nearly empty town, where he owned a large farm.

Today Far West is a historic site seven miles (11.26 km) south of U.S. Highway 36 on State Route D. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saintsmaintains a historic site there, including the cornerstones of the planned temple. Some Latter Day Saints expect that a temple will be located on this spot at some time in the future. The Community of Christ, formerly known as the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, has a branch congregation that meets in Far West.

On May 2012, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints confirmed that it purchased 6,000 acres of Missouri farmland and three historical sites from the Community of Christ.

Far West Missouri:

Temple Lot, Far West, Missouri
Temple Lot, Far West, Missouri
Temple Lot, Far West, Missouri

Flowers, Temple Lot, Far West, Missouri
Flowers, Temple Lot, Far West, Missouri
Temple Cornerstone SW Corner

Temple Cornerstone SW Corner
Temple Lot, Far West, Missouri
Temple Lot, Far West, Missouri

Temple Lot, Far West, Missouri
Temple Cornerstone SE corner, Far West, Missouri
Temple Lot, Far West, Missouri

Temple Lot, Far West, Missouri
Temple Cornerstone SE corner, Far West, Missouri
Temple Cornerstone SE corner, Far West, Missouri

Temple Lot, Far West, Missouri
Temple Lot, Far West, Missouri
Temple Lot, Far West, Missouri

Temple Lot, Far West, Missouri
Flowers, Temple Lot, Far West, Missouri
Temple Lot, Far West, Missouri

Temple Cornerstone NE corner, Far West, Missouri
Temple Cornerstone NE corner, Far West, Missouri
Temple Lot, Far West, Missouri

Flowers at Far West
Temple Lot, Far West, Missouri
Temple Cornerstone NW corner, Far West, Missouri

Temple Cornerstone NW corner, Far West, Missouri

 

Filed Under: Church, Events, Holidays, Missouri Church History, Pioneer Day, Young Women Tagged With: celebration, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, dedicated site, early saints, Emma Smith, Far West, Joseph Smith, July 24th, LDS, Missouri, Mormon, pioneer day, pioneers, temple, temple site

Kansas City Missouri temple, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons).

August 28, 2012 by shelley

Last week I went with the Young Women and Young Men to do baptisms for the dead at the new Kansas City Temple. This was our second trip with the youth since its dedication May 2012.

Evening falls on the Kansas City Missouri LDS Temple. Picture LDS Church News website

The youth did baptisms for the dead, many of which were their ancestors. The youth definitely enjoy the serenity and peace found in the temple and enjoy the spirit felt in the temple.

View of the Kansas City Missouri LDS temple at sunset. picture by Shelley Beatty

Sunset Kansas City Missouri LDS temple. picture by Shelley Beatty

Looking up at the Kansas City Missouri Temple. Note the olive branch motive carved into the outside stone of the temple. And the design in the stained glass of the windows. picture by Shelley Beatty

Filed Under: Church, Kansas City, Missouri Church History, Young Women Tagged With: baptisms for the dead, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Kansas City, Kansas City Missouri LDS Temple, LDS, Missouri, Mormon, temple

Visiting Temple Square with Family, Salt Lake City, Utah….the Temple a Beautiful Sight!

August 23, 2012 by shelley

I visited Utah from the 19th to the 30th of July with lots and lots to do while in Utah. One of the first things I did was to visit Temple Square with Jen, Adam and the kids; Becca and Henry. And then one of the last things I did while in Utah was to visit Temple Square with B.J., Jen and Jack.

Henry, Adam, Jen and Becca in front of flowers at Temple Square.

Becca smelling the gorgeous flowers on Temple Square.

Henry checking out the flowers.

Becca and Hen checking out the flowers.

Bec and Hen enjoying the moment.

Becca.

Becca walking the wall.

Throwing pennies into the fountain by south visitors center.

Bec and Hen in front of the Christus.

Bec and Hen in front of Christus.

Bob in the visitor’s center.

Visiting with B.J., Jen and Jack.
A cute series of pictures of B.J. with his son Jack:

Jen, Jack and B.J.

In front of the temple:

Jack

Another great link of what to see in Salt Lake City.

Filed Under: Family, Salt Lake Temple, Travel Tagged With: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Family, Mormon, Mormons, Salt Lake Temple, temple, Temple Square

Salt Lake City Temple Square, the Temple, flowers and incredible beauty.

August 21, 2012 by shelley

On a recent trip to Salt Lake City I had the opportunity to visit Temple Square a couple of times, it is one of our favorite things to do.   I never grow tired of taking pictures of the temple, the beautiful flowers in temple square and the buildings around. It seems one can hardly take a bad picture because it is so picturesque! Enjoy!!


North Visitors Center

Christus (also known as Christus Consolator) is a 19th-century Carrara marble statue of the resurrected Jesus by Bertel Thorvaldsen. Since its creation, the statue has been located in the Church of Our Lady in Copenhagen, Denmark. The statue of Jesus was completed in 1821. The Christus was not well known outside of Denmark until 1896, when an American textbook writer wrote that the statue was “considered the most perfect statue of Christ in the world.”   The statue is 3.2 metres (10.5 feet) high. In the 20th century, images and replicas of the statue were adopted by the leaders of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) to emphasize the centrality of Jesus Christ in church teachings.

In the 1950s, LDS Church leader Stephen L Richards purchased an 3.4-metre (11-foot) replica of the Christus and presented it to Church President David O. McKay. In 1966, the statue was placed in the church’s Temple Square in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Christus statue on the second floor of the north visitors center Temple Square, Salt Lake City, Utah. Photo by Shelley Beatty

The Tabernacle, in Temple Square, was built between 1864 and 1867. The roof was constructed in an Ithiel Town lattice-truss arch system that is held together by dowels and wedges. The building has a sandstone foundation, and the dome is supported by forty-four sandstone piers. The overall seating capacity of the building is 7000, which includes the choir area and gallery (balcony).

Henry Grow, an LDS civil engineer oversaw the initial construction of the Tabernacle, the domed roof being the most innovative portion of the building. Brigham Young, President of the LDS Church at the time, wanted the Tabernacle roof constructed in an elongated dome shape. When Young asked Grow how large a roof he could construct using the style of lattice that he had used on the Remington bridge, Grow replied that it could be “100 feet wide and as long as is wanted.” Eventually, Grow engineered the Tabernacle roof to be 150 feet across and 250 feet long. Skeptics insisted that when the interior scaffolding was removed, the whole roof would collapse. The roof structure was nine feet thick, formed by a “Remington lattice truss” of timbers pinned together with wooden pegs. Green rawhide was wrapped around the timbers so that when the rawhide dried it tightened its grip on the pegs. When the roof’s structural work was completed, sheeting was applied on the roof, which was then covered with shingles. The interior was lathed and then plastered – the hair of cattle being mixed with the plaster to give it strength.

Construction of the Tabernacle began on July 26, 1864, but construction of the roof did not begin until 1865 when all 44 supporting sandstone piers designed by William H. Folsom were in place. Grow rapidly built the roof structure from the center out, but encountered difficulty engineering the semicircular ends of the roof. This difficulty dragged structural work on the roof into fall of 1866 even as other parts of the roof were being shingled. However, Grow finished and shingled the entire roof by the spring of 1867, before the interior of the building was finished. The Tabernacle was first used for the October 1867 conference. The roof has lasted for over a century without any structural problems, though the shingles were replaced with aluminum in 1947.

The structure was an architectural wonder in its day, prompting a writer for Scientific American to comment on “the mechanical difficulties of attending the construction of so ponderous a roof.”

Some visitors around the beginning of the 20th century criticized it as “a prodigious tortoise that has lost its way” or “the Church of the Holy Turtle,” but Frank Lloyd Wright dubbed the tabernacle “one of the architectural masterpieces of the country and perhaps the world.”

View of the tabernacle. Photo by Shelley Beatty.

Sunset over the Tabernacle, Temple Square, Salt Lake City, Utah. Photo by Shelley Beatty

Tabernacle, Temple Square, Salt Lake City, Utah. Photo by Shelley Beatty

Close up view roof, tabernacle, Temple Square, Salt Lake City, Utah. Photo by Shelley Beatty

Inside the tabernacle. I remember seeing a very old photo of the tabernacle all decked out in patriotic colors, I was excited to see it decked out patriotically in 2012.

Inside of tabernacle decked out in patriotic colors, July 2012. Photo by Shelley Beatty.

Transom above door of the tabernacle.

Transom above tabernacle door.

The beautiful stained glass windows.

Stained glass windows, Tabernacle, Temple Square, Salt Lake City, Utah.           Photo by Shelley Beatty.

And of course the world famous Tabernacle organ.

Tabernacle Organ, Salt Lake City, Utah. Photo by Shelley Beatty

The organ in the Tabernacle has the organ case positioned at the west end above the choir seats, and is the focal point of the Tabernacle’s interior. The original organ was made by Joseph H. Ridges in 1867 and contained 700 pipes. The organ has been rebuilt several times with the total pipe count being 11,623, making the Tabernacle organ one of the largest pipe organs in the world. The current organ is the masterwork of G. Donald Harrison of the Aeolian-Skinner organ company, and was completed in 1948. The organ was renovated and restored in 1989 with a few minor changes and additions. Interestingly, the largest 32′ display pipes in the façade are made of wood and were constructed in the same manner as the balcony columns.

Close by is the Joseph Smith Memorial Building, which used to be the Hotel Utah.

Joseph Smith Memorial Building.

Lions on the Joseph Smith Memorial Building

Lion on the Joseph Smith Memorial Building, Temple Square, Salt Lake City, Utah. Photo by Shelley Beatty.

Looking off at the Conference Center.

Conference Center, Salt Lake City,Utah. Photo by Shelley Beatty.

LDS Conference Center, Salt Lake City, Utah. Photo by Shelley Beatty.

LDS Conference Center, water falling…the water of City Creek, Salt Lake City, Utah. Photo by Shelley Beatty.

Seagull monument and the Assembly Hall.

Seagull monument and the Assembly Hall, Temple Square, Salt Lake City, Utah. Photo by Shelley Beatty.

Seagull Monument in front of Assembly Hall, Temple Square, Salt Lake City, Utah.
Photo by Shelley Beatty.

Seagull Monument, Temple Square, Salt Lake City, Utah. Photo by Shelley Beatty.

Church Office Building.

LDS Church Office Building, Salt Lake City,Utah. Photo by Shelley Beatty.

South LDS Visitors Center, Temple Square, Salt Lake City, Utah.

LDS South Visitors Center, Temple Square, Salt Lake City,Utah. Photo by Shelley Beatty.

The Beautiful Flowers, OH the beautiful flowers on Temple Square, Salt Lake City, Utah. (all photos by Shelley Beatty.)


And finally views of the Salt Lake Temple….

 

And one of my favorite pictures I took one evening on Temple Square.

Filed Under: Salt Lake Temple, Travel Tagged With: Christus Statue, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, LDS, Mormon, Tabernacle, temple, Temple Square Salt Lake City Utah

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