Grandpa, or 1918 when Joseph F. Smith first shared the revelation with the world.
STWOctober 8, 2018
Sorry but as someone who'd never heard of the Provo Tabernacle before it burned, the fact that it became a temple is, at best, mildly interesting. The concept had already be carried through with the Vernal Tabernacle years earlier. The fire, at least, made the engineering a challenge. The announcement, for example, of the Rome temple had much more significance for anyone who thinks of Provo simply as another college town.
DOctober 6, 2018
All of the mentioned and commented, yes. But to me, the most important were the emphasizing of the spirit of ministering - uplifting - one another that were brought back in a SPECIFIC way from various thematic emphasis that have been in various talks and articles of prior decades but which needed people to notice in a more focused way.
I have been a devoted, hard working, passionate member since joining in mid life in 1974. But frankly, I had come to the point that I did not want Home "Teachers" any more. I won't go into it far, but I had a succession of those who were full of themself and not interested (uplifting of) things I / we felt or were involved in. That wasn't very positive to say, I know. I am just so glad for a new era of emphasis. I know there is a homeostasis to overcome in that it takes all of us, some more than others, time to change our ways of thinking and performing.
Scott PextonOctober 5, 2018
Policy changes are fun but my favorite announcements are the calls to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. Can you imagine?!!
GrandpaOctober 5, 2018
Yes, I can agree with the six listed! They would certainly be part of my Top-10 list for my lifetime. I remember each of them so clearly.
May I had two more exciting announcements to your list?
One -- when the two revelations that are now listed as Doctrine & Covenants 137 & 138 were canonized and added to the Pearl of Great Price in 1976 (moved into the Doctrine & Covenants in 1979). I was a missionary and had to wait for my parents to send a copy of them that was published in the Church News, and they thoughtfully sent a second copy for me to give to the bishop of the ward I was serving in, which he translated and read to the ward the following Sunday.
Two -- Last General Conference's announcements of the realignment of the Melchizedek priesthood quorums and the inauguration of the Ministering concept. Changes that felt so right and good.
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srmOctober 8, 2018
Grandpa, or 1918 when Joseph F. Smith first shared the revelation with the world.
STWOctober 8, 2018
Sorry but as someone who'd never heard of the Provo Tabernacle before it burned, the fact that it became a temple is, at best, mildly interesting. The concept had already be carried through with the Vernal Tabernacle years earlier. The fire, at least, made the engineering a challenge. The announcement, for example, of the Rome temple had much more significance for anyone who thinks of Provo simply as another college town.
DOctober 6, 2018
All of the mentioned and commented, yes. But to me, the most important were the emphasizing of the spirit of ministering - uplifting - one another that were brought back in a SPECIFIC way from various thematic emphasis that have been in various talks and articles of prior decades but which needed people to notice in a more focused way. I have been a devoted, hard working, passionate member since joining in mid life in 1974. But frankly, I had come to the point that I did not want Home "Teachers" any more. I won't go into it far, but I had a succession of those who were full of themself and not interested (uplifting of) things I / we felt or were involved in. That wasn't very positive to say, I know. I am just so glad for a new era of emphasis. I know there is a homeostasis to overcome in that it takes all of us, some more than others, time to change our ways of thinking and performing.
Scott PextonOctober 5, 2018
Policy changes are fun but my favorite announcements are the calls to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. Can you imagine?!!
GrandpaOctober 5, 2018
Yes, I can agree with the six listed! They would certainly be part of my Top-10 list for my lifetime. I remember each of them so clearly. May I had two more exciting announcements to your list? One -- when the two revelations that are now listed as Doctrine & Covenants 137 & 138 were canonized and added to the Pearl of Great Price in 1976 (moved into the Doctrine & Covenants in 1979). I was a missionary and had to wait for my parents to send a copy of them that was published in the Church News, and they thoughtfully sent a second copy for me to give to the bishop of the ward I was serving in, which he translated and read to the ward the following Sunday. Two -- Last General Conference's announcements of the realignment of the Melchizedek priesthood quorums and the inauguration of the Ministering concept. Changes that felt so right and good.
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