manual in a language other than English can take a total of two and a half years to produce. To print these materials in a timely manner, the Church operates publication centers in a number of countries out- side the United States. These centers work with local print-

© 2007 INTELLECTUAL RESERVE, © 2007 INTELLECTUAL INC. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED ers as coordinated through the printing center in . When the Church was formally organized in 1830 and during the Church’s early history, virtually the only teaching materials available to members were the Bible and newly pub- lished copies of the Book of Mormon and later the Caroline Johanson picks up a Young Women manual at a distribution center in Salt Lake City. Doctrine and Covenants. As membership grew, the amount of curriculum materi- Church Curriculum for 2008 als expanded. The Church’s different organizations for Required Years of Preparation men, women, teenagers, and children became responsible thundering four-color to teach the principles of same book. The 2007 curricu- for developing and printing press at a sprawling the gospel to more than 13 lum was the teachings of their own materials. Aprinting facility lo- million members, whose Spencer W. Kimball, the 12th When Church growth cated in Salt Lake City has ages range from as young as President of the Church. In began accelerating in the been running hundreds of 18 months old to adults,” 2008 the study material will early 1960s, Church leader- thousands of pages per hour, explains David Frischknecht, be from the teachings of the ship recognized the need to 24 hours a day, six days a managing director of the Prophet Joseph Smith. correlate the various curric- week preparing the 2008 cur- Curriculum Department. On average it takes the ula, and committees were riculum of the Church. “The languages may be differ- Curriculum Department one established to bring together Once printed—in lan- ent, but the lessons are the and a half years to plan and the materials. The system was guages as diverse as Burmese, same. A Church class in write a lesson manual. All the modified over the years until Spanish, Cambodian, and Chicago learns from the same material is reviewed by the the Curriculum Department English—the pages are col- content a Church class in Correlation Department to was organized in 1978. lated and assembled by high- Chile is using.” be sure it is consistent with A milestone for the Church speed machines into books, This past year, Church scripture and the teachings was reached in 1997, when manuals, and other printed members worldwide studied of the prophets. the first lesson manual was materials to be used during from the New Testament dur- If the lesson material placed online, making it avail- priesthood, Relief Society, ing Sunday School. In 2008 needs to be translated from able in an electronic format. Sunday School, and Primary the scripture focus will be the English into one of the 170 Today, all Church curriculum classes. Book of Mormon. languages currently spoken in material can be accessed on “Curriculum, the instruc- Priesthood and Relief the Church, the process can the Church’s Web site. Go to tional material of the Church, Society classes will continue take months more. Factoring www.lds.org and click on is used throughout the world to take their lessons from the in printing and distribution, a Gospel Library. ■

76 organists, one of the most planning, selection, and Tabernacle Organist beloved, “I Believe in Christ” installation, which took (Hymns, no. 134), was put to several years, Brother Leaves Resonating Legacy music by Brother Longhurst Longhurst was involved in By Molly Farmer, Church Magazines and published in the English reviewing every detail. He hymnbook in 1985. Elder traveled the country testing nder the domed roof Longhurst has reached mil- Bruce R. McConkie (1915– organs installed by various of the Tabernacle on lions of people through the 1985) of the Quorum of the companies, then worked UTemple Square, 11,623 demanding full-time sched- Twelve Apostles wrote the with the selected builder, pipes reach heavenward, ule he maintained. Over the text, which he included Schoenstein & Co., to deter- comprising the world- course of his tenure, his in his April 1972 general con- mine the tonal direction the renowned Tabernacle organ. adept accompaniment and ference address. The hymn organ would take. The vast combination of solo work has been heard in has now been translated into “John’s masterful adminis- sounds the instrument is ca- 59 general conferences, hun- 22 languages and is included trative skills as well as his pable of can have an incalcu- dreds of recitals, and has in every international thorough understanding of lable effect on listeners. been broadcast via radio hymnbook. the needs that an organ must Considered the pinnacle and television to millions fulfill in that most important of the profession by many, through the Tabernacle A Sound Project building were a great bless- the responsibility of com- Choir’s Music and the Even with all his remark- ing,” Brother Christiansen manding the keys from the Spoken Word. able creative contributions, said. organ console has been “His life has blessed mil- Brother Longhurst may be In addition to directing entrusted to a limited group lions of people around the best remembered for his the design of the Conference of elite musicians throughout world both in and out of the administrative role in bring- Center organ, Brother the organ’s history. Church,” said Craig Jessop, ing about the impressive Longhurst worked with for- Only 13 people have director of the Mormon organ in the Conference mer Tabernacle organist served as Tabernacle organist . Center. “The Lord saw to it, Robert Cundick in overseeing since the Tabernacle opened In addition to his per- in my mind, that he was in the Tabernacle organ renova- in 1867. An additional six formance work, Brother place for that project,” said tion in 1988 and the installa- have served as assistant or Longhurst is well known for Clay Christiansen, Brother tion of the organs in the associate organists. These his gifted compositions. Longhurst’s fellow Tabernacle Assembly Hall and the Joseph gifted organists have com- Among the 39 hymns written organist and close friend. Smith Memorial Building posed hymns, performed for or composed by Tabernacle Throughout the organ’s chapel, as well as the three millions via radio and televi- small practice organs used sion broadcasts, and been by the organists. recognized the world over as Brother Christiansen masters in their field. said he believes Brother , whose Longhurst’s hand in creating service began in 1977, has instruments on Temple been an integral part of this Square is one contribution storied history. After 30 among many that he will be years of service, Brother remembered for. Longhurst retired from his “With that beloved hymn post as senior organist in in the hymnbook, his work December 2007. Though his with the Conference Center absence will be felt by all Schoenstein, and his 30- who associated with him, his year legacy playing for the legacy as a musician and Tabernacle Choir and recitals leader will live on. on Temple Square,” Brother Christiansen said, “‘John Millions Touched Longhurst’ is going to be Known for his extensive Senior Tabernacle organist John Longhurst retired in a name that is not soon performance career, Brother December 2007 after 30 years at the console. forgotten.”

ENSIGN JANUARY 2008 77 Where Words Fail has had on others. said, “one could not possibly experienced. To come here Thirty years of service “I suppose that if an have written a script that to Temple Square and have have had as profound an organist had the opportunity would be more exciting, the opportunity of perform- impact on Brother Longhurst to write a script for his or her challenging, and rewarding ing in world-class facilities as his kindness and talent career,” Brother Longhurst than the career I have on world-class instruments

Tabernacle Organists Play Many Roles for Church performing in daily organ effort is spent answering letters recitals held on Temple Square, and phone calls, performing s technology and Margetts and Bonnie Goodliffe including twice daily between committee assignments, engag- Church membership are currently called to perform Memorial Day and Labor Day. ing in public relations work, Ahave increased, so in both musical and managerial Preparing for so many per- interfacing with various Church have the responsibilities of roles as organists under the formances requires between departments and outside enti- Tabernacle organists. auspices of the Mormon two and six hours of practice ties, scheduling, and occasion- While performing at general Tabernacle Choir. per organist per day on top of ally creating new musical conference is certainly a “The workload and the the performances themselves. arrangements. Tabernacle organist’s most high- pressure are very visible and In addition to the more con- The organists assist with profile task, there’s much more very intense,” said Craig Jessop, spicuous musical responsibili- the Church’s various media to the calling than accompany- director of the Mormon ties, much of the administrative features and give lectures at ing the choir at the semiannual Tabernacle Choir. work of the Tabernacle organ- educational presentations event. The responsibilities are They perform in Church- ists takes place behind the such as the American Classic so extensive, in fact, there are sponsored events on Temple scenes. Organ Symposium and currently five professionals who Square, including Church “There’s a lot of non-musical National Federation of Music carry them out. Educational System firesides, work that most people don’t Clubs. They also participate Full-time organists Richard regional conferences, and associate with the position,” in outreach programs repre- Elliott, Clay Christiansen, and important funerals, as well as said former Tabernacle organist senting the Church and the Andrew Unsworth and regular Choir broadcasts and John Longhurst. Mormon Tabernacle Choir part-time organists Linda concerts. They also take turns A great deal of time and away from Temple Square. ■ Tabernacle Organists and Their Service 1867 1880 1890 1900 1910 1920 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2007 Joseph J. Daynes (1851–1920) 1867–1900 John J. McClellan (1874–1925) 1900–1925 organist Henry E. Giles (1859–1938) 1901–1908 assistant/associate organist Katherine Romney Stewart (1875–1948) 1900 Edward P. Kimball (1882–1937) 1905–1924 1924–1937 Walter J. Poulton (1884–1939) 1907-1908 Tracy Young Cannon (1879–1961) 1909–1924 1924–1930 Moroni Gillespie (1891–1911) 1911 (1901–1987) 1924–1977 Frank W. Asper (1892–1973) 1924–1965 Wade Naisbitt Stephens (1908–1984) 1933–1944 Roy M. Darley (1918–2003) 1947–1984 Robert Cundick (1926–) 1965–1991 John Longhurst (1940–) 1977–2007 Clay Christiansen (1949–) 1982–present Linda Swenson Margetts (1948–) 1984–present Bonnie Lauper Goodliffe (1943–) 1984–present Richard Elliott (1957–) 1991–present Andrew Unsworth (1970–) 2007–present

78 has been like a dream.” where words finally are inade- many as 10,000 inquiries per matter,” she said. “You’re not While his fellow collabora- quate to say what you feel,” month. Patrons’ questions too old to learn how to use [a tors can’t say enough about Brother Longhurst concluded span many topics, including computer].” Brother Longhurst’s legacy, after several attempts. “I family history research, index- he was at a loss for words think that’s the beauty of art. ing, and submitting names to Who Can Serve and How when he tried to express his When it’s all said and done, the temple. A Church-service feelings about his associates art can take the human spirit Though her eyesight is with FamilySearch Support is and experience. beyond the point where poor, Sister Taylor—now a not meant to be a substitute “You come to a point words fail.” ■ supervisor over six fellow for full-time missionary serv- missionaries—can increase ice, but it provides an option the font size on her computer to serve for those who are New Opportunities Allow enough to read patrons’ not able to serve a full-time More Members to Serve e-mails and respond to their mission. questions. “This is an ideal situation ister Thelma Taylor was A New Resource Service missionaries are for me because I can con- happy with her calling Brings New Needs given extensive online train- tinue to learn and serve,” Sat her local family his- As the Church begins ing they can complete at Sister Taylor said. She said tory center in Mesa, Arizona, testing changes to the home. They also have access her Church-service mission USA. For 17 years she as- FamilySearch.org Web site, to a team of individuals to has helped her to feel useful sisted, guided, and supported there is a significant need for help them with their ques- at an age when her options men and women in their Church-service missionaries tions and provide individual are limited. quests to find their ancestors. like Sister Taylor to help training and help. Once Church-service missionar- A move to Coolidge, Arizona, patrons use family history they’ve finished the training, ies are set apart and wear in 2005, however, put 40 tools to find their ancestors. they have access to a data- nametags, just as full-time miles (64 km) between her FamilySearch, the base that includes some missionaries do. They receive and the family history center Church’s online genealogical 4,000 articles they can refer intensive training on the whose patrons she had faith- resource, is being rebuilt with to for answers to patrons’ workings of the Web site and fully served. new features that will allow questions. learn techniques on how best Nearly blind and unable temple ordinance cards for Sister Taylor didn’t learn to answer patrons’ questions. to drive, the 83-year-old ancestors to be printed at how to operate a computer FamilySearch Support mis- woman feared her inability home and will help prevent until she was 66 years old, but sionaries serve some 15 to 30 to travel to Mesa would ordinance work duplication. she says it is a beneficial, use- hours a week for 6 to 30 mean the end of her family The need for Church-service ful skill. “Your age doesn’t months and can serve the full history service. Then a missionaries from around the thoughtful leader offered a world will continue to grow solution to this problem in as the new FamilySearch is the form of a Church-service made available worldwide. mission Sister Taylor could “They have the opportu- perform from home. Since nity to propel the Lord’s work 2006 she has served as a forward with each interaction FamilySearch Support mis- with a patron,” said Art sionary for the Church, Johnson, area manager for using her home computer the FamilySearch Support. to help people do their fam- ily history work. Using New Technologies “It has blessed me beyond to Serve my ability to count all the Using a Web-based tele- blessings,” she says of her phone program, the mission- experience. “I’ve grown so aries, who can be located Church-service missionary Elizabeth Perry helps David Parra much in that area in family anywhere in the world as use the old FamilySearch Web site. The new site will allow history and in my ability to long as they have broadband users to do more from home, including receiving help from serve.” Internet access, respond to as Church-service missionaries also serving at home.

ENSIGN JANUARY 2008 79 been blessed by the opportu- Support missionary.” 10,000 Volunteers Sought for Project nity to be service missionar- Brother Johnson said to Put Latin American Family History Online ies, their leaders point out, the support provided by amilySearch is calling for digital image. The completed and many souls will feel the service missionaries is crucial 10,000 volunteers who products will be free, fully effects of their labor. to the success of the new Fcan read both English searchable online indexes “The spirit of consecration FamilySearch. An answer and Spanish to help digitally linked to the original images [that Church-service mission- provided to a patron may preserve and index online at FamilySearch.org. aries] bring to their calls has help someone find an ances- millions of Latin American The 10,000 bilingual index- enabled us to really see mira- tor and complete his or her records that are now difficult ers will be added to a growing cles in the growth and expan- temple work, and that is a to access because they are lo- army of volunteers that will sion of the work,” Brother very important, sacred cated on microfilm or in an soon top 100,000, well ahead Johnson said. undertaking. archive. of projections. The work is fulfilling and “Through our efforts, we Volunteers can spend Those interested in volun- contagious. “The spirit of can enable our brothers and as little as 30 minutes a week teering should register at this work gets into you and sisters on the other side of indexing records from their FamilySearchIndexing.org, doesn’t turn you loose,” the veil to receive the same home computers. Volunteers which will allow them to Sister Taylor said. “No matter blessings and ordinances simply type in the informa- download one batch at a your age, you can be of real of the gospel we enjoy,” tion highlighted on the time. ■ service as a FamilySearch Brother Johnson said. ■ Elder Oaks Honored in Religious Freedom Exhibit lder Dallin H. Oaks of the Quorum of the ETwelve Apostles was honored in an exhibit featur- ing those who have helped define the concept of reli- gious freedom. The exhibit, titled Faces of Religious Freedom, opened on September 19, 2007, in Richmond, Virginia, USA, and was created by the Council Elder Dallin H. Oaks

© 2007 INTELLECTUAL RESERVE, © 2007 INTELLECTUAL INC. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. for America's First Freedom. With the help of 10,000 bilingual indexers, online Family “Dallin Oaks was selected photo of Elder Oaks in the Search hopes to help those seeking Latin American ancestors to represent the Latter-day exhibit extols his leadership avoid having to search through large archives. Saints not only for his leader- in the Church, his time ship role within Church hier- as a professor of law at the mission from their homes. bishop or branch president. archy, but as an individual University of Chicago, as There are currently some Those interested in more that has achieved great president of Brigham Young 700 service missionaries information on FamilySearch accomplishments in his per- University, and as a justice assisting in this capacity, and Support opportunities can sonal life and has in turn pro- of the Supreme Court. that number may need to call 866-406-1830 or e-mail moted the importance of It also quotes the eleventh double over the next year as [email protected]. religious freedom through his article of faith, “We claim the new FamilySearch is made work,” said Isabelle Kinnard, the privilege of worshipping available to more areas. Men A Blessing to Missionaries council vice president for Almighty God according to and women interested in and Patrons education and exhibition the dictates of our own con- becoming Church-service mis- The lives of many mem- curator. science, and allow all men the sionaries should contact their bers, elderly and young, have Text accompanying the same privilege. . . .” ■

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