The Sons of Utah Pioneers Chapter ~ Chapter News November 2019

Wednesday, December 4, 2019 Meeting Annual Christmas Concert

Presented by the LDS Business College Institute Choir under the direction of Brother Ric Decker - featuring music with emphasis on Christ and the Atonement.

As Brother Decker sings with the Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra at Temple Square, and they rehearse on Thursday, hence our December meeting is not on Thursday. In January we will return to our regular second Thursday evening.

This choir is truly a diverse group! Last year when Brother Decker asked how many are from outside of the United States almost all raised their hands.

Please invite all your friends, neighbors, and family members. And to entice them, there will be nice refreshments following the program.

Looking to future meetings - current plans

January 9th - William W. Tanner - speaking about the Tanner Pioneers February 13th - We will be hearing from Gary Bowen, a member of our chapter, who has just released his newest book, CHRISTIANITY In The AMERICAS BEFORE COLUMBUS - available on Amazon. In 2020 our meetings will be on the "second" Thursday of each month. David Smith has cleared this with the building and it will allow the chapter to avoid some "1st" Thursday conflicts which have arisen in past years.

We meet in the 10th Ward Chapel at 430 South 800 East, Salt Lake City, Utah - park and enter on the South side of the building. It is located next door to Chuck-A-Rama on Fourth South (where many members and guests go for dinner preceeding the meeting), which begins at 7:15 pm There is no requirement to be a member of Sons of Utah Pioneers to attend the meetings. (There are advantages to being a member!)

Thursday, November 7, 2019 T. C. Christensen

His presentation was about The Fighting Preacher - 2019 drama film starring David McConnell and Kenna Dawn, a film focused on Willard and Rebecca Bean, who were asked to go to Palmyra, New York, take over the Joseph Smith farm, and make friends of those who lived in that area.

T. C. is an excellent presenter, very able to play video clips from the movie, also to comment on the scene, with back-story accounts about the lives of Willard and Rebecca Bean as they took the assignment to go to Palmyra, New York, live on the Smith Farm and take are of that property.

He told us that Willard Bean kept detailed journal entries of the 23 years they served there, also that when the Beans were released, Rebecca gave numerous fireside presentations, some of which were recorded in writing and in at least once case by audio recording. This allowed for telling the story in their own account, and that T.C. did not have to invent, embellish, or create drama, for the Beans had plenty of that.

The Beans went to Palmyra in 1921, staying for 23 years. Willard was 46 in 1921 and Rebecca 23 years old. They had their six children there. They were met with intense hostility on their arrival, and persecution through most of their time there, but in the end they won over most of the community.

I liked the back-story about the school teacher, who had similar experiences as Palmyra was being bullied in the school year, also the man who came and chopped the wood for Rebecca.

T.C. Christensen (born 1953) is an American cinematographer, film director, and writer best known for his work on Latter-day Saint (LDS) church history films including Joseph Smith: The Prophet of the Restoration to Gordon B. Hinckley: A Giant Among Men, 17 Miracles, and Ephraim's Rescue. He has made films about the Martin and Willie handcart companies who traversed the plains toward the Salt Lake Valley in late 1856. Christensen is also a member of the American Society of Cinematographers.

Christensen grew up in Layton, Utah with nine siblings. He served as a missionary for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) in Ohio and West Virginia from 1972 to 1974. He studied filmmaking at and the . T.C. Christensen married his wife Katy in 1980. They had two children: Tanner and Tess, both of whom have worked with Christensen on his films. His cousin, Ron Tanner, has also collaborated with Christensen on his films.

Other films by T.C. Christensen are Ephraim’s Rescue, 17 Miracles, The Cokeville Miracle, Love Kennedy, Joseph Smith, The Prophet, and numerous other films made for the church.

The films and books are available through Deseret Book, Amazon, and other popular outlets.

References: The biography is from: The Cokeville Miracle, the photo is from Google Search.

National Society of Sons of Utah Pioneers - events

Pioneer Magazine - Quarterly Trail Marker - Monthly Newsletters - DON'T FORGET TO READ THIS Monuments - Historical Monuments and Markers National Calendar - check the brochures on the calendar! Brigham's Ball - Saturday, January 11, 2020 - 6:00 pm - 10:00 pm 2020 Vision Trek - Friday, July 10, 2020, 6:00 AM - Saturday, July 18, 2020, 11:00 PM SUPer DUPer Day at This is the Place Heritage Park - Monday, July 20, 2020 12:00 PM - 6:00 PM National Encampment - Rexburg, Idaho, Thursday, September 17, 2020, 9:00 AM - Saturday, September 19, 2020, 8:00 PM

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