Avatar4321 Posted April 10, 2018 Posted April 10, 2018 The first presidency has announced a celebration of the anniversary of revelation to extend the priesthood to all Worthy Men. has this ever happened before? 1
rongo Posted April 10, 2018 Posted April 10, 2018 Which is really interesting, given the First Presidency letter dated January 24, 2017 (it was just barely too big to attach): "During the next few years, the Church will enter a period of significant anniversaries of major Church history events. The Church will not be commemorating these anniversaries at the general level. However, stake and ward leaders may choose to commemorate some of them at the local level. We ask that any local commemorations not place undue burdens on members or leaders." This struck me as odd at the time, with the anniversary of OD2 and the 1820 First Vision date coming up. This announcement appears to be a complete reversal of the previous letter, not too long ago. 3
JLHPROF Posted April 10, 2018 Posted April 10, 2018 1 hour ago, Avatar4321 said: The first presidency has announced a celebration of the anniversary of revelation to extend the priesthood to all Worthy Men. has this ever happened before? Yes. For the 30 year anniversary.https://archive.sltrib.com/article.php?id=9525797&itype=NGPSIDhttps://archive.sltrib.com/article.php?id=9525792&itype=NGPSID And for the 25 year anniversaryhttps://www.deseretnews.com/article/988954/Knight--Co-put-zip-in-LDS-hymns.html And for the 20 year anniversaryhttps://www.deseretnews.com/article/634722/Group-marks-20-years-of-black-priesthood.html Although the celebration does appear to be getting more widespread with each milestone year.
ksfisher Posted April 10, 2018 Posted April 10, 2018 1 hour ago, rongo said: Which is really interesting, given the First Presidency letter dated January 24, 2017 (it was just barely too big to attach): "During the next few years, the Church will enter a period of significant anniversaries of major Church history events. The Church will not be commemorating these anniversaries at the general level. However, stake and ward leaders may choose to commemorate some of them at the local level. We ask that any local commemorations not place undue burdens on members or leaders." This struck me as odd at the time, with the anniversary of OD2 and the 1820 First Vision date coming up. This announcement appears to be a complete reversal of the previous letter, not too long ago. I was taught by my father that you can say no and change your mind later, but if you say yes you're committed. I've tried to follow the same principle with my children. 1
rongo Posted April 10, 2018 Posted April 10, 2018 Just now, ksfisher said: I was taught by my father that you can say no and change your mind later, but if you say yes you're committed. I've tried to follow the same principle with my children. What do you suppose was the reason for the original "no" answer? We've never been anniversary-averse (centennials, sesquicentennials, etc.). We're kind of an anniversary people.
ksfisher Posted April 10, 2018 Posted April 10, 2018 1 minute ago, rongo said: What do you suppose was the reason for the original "no" answer? We've never been anniversary-averse (centennials, sesquicentennials, etc.). We're kind of an anniversary people. No idea. But this does allow the church to choose which events to celebrate on a general level without creating the expectation that all will be. A lot of budget and planning goes into a church wide event. They may not have been sure at the time the statement was issued which ones they'd be able to accommodate.
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