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One more Week, Hope to see some of you!!! I will be in Kirtland all day Saturday for this Conference. If any of you want to meet up for lunch let me know. I would love to meet some of you.
Have a great week and hope to see you then.
I have seen the final Program and it looks good!
WELCOME TO KIRTLAND! FRIDAY 26 APRIL 2013 Opening Potluck SOCIAL 5:30-7:15 PM AT THE Kirtland Temple Visitor Center 7809 Joseph Street,Kirtland, OH
We’ll meet in the classroom of the visitor center for a potluck meal and socializing with other conference attendees.
Please bring delicious treats to share—entrees, salads, side dishes, or desserts. Conference organizers will provide plates, cups, utensils, and napkins.
7:30—9:00 PM OPENING KEYNOTE
1. Mormon Muscle: Shifting Understandings of Masculinity from Polygamy to Monogamy
Dr. Sara Patterson will explore the shifting gender expectations for men during the transition from a polygamous to a monogamous system. Examining how gender expectations were created and reinforced, she will investigate how sexual roles were and are tied to gender and religious beliefs in Mormonism. As she does so she will compare the gender expectations for Mormon men to those for Protestant men during the same period. Patterson will argue that Mormons fashioned a masculinity that would distinguish them from other Americans while at the same time claim a stake in American identity.
SATURDAY 27 APRIL 2013
Kirtland Temple Visitor Center
CONCURRENT SESSIONS
8:30—9:30 AM
2. Willard Richards and Nauvoo Polygamy, 1841-42
Shortly after Willard Richards returned arrived in Nauvoo for the first time in August, 1841, he became Joseph Smith’s closest confidant, assuming a role once enjoyed by John C. Bennett. Bennett’s departure from Nauvoo and Mormonism was not a quiet one, and as he toured the country exposing and sensationalizing Mormon secrets, most notably, polygamy, Richards followed him, doing damage control. Yet Richards was a polygamy insider, who had been introduced to the practice by Joseph Smith, had performed one of Smith’s plural marriages, and may have even begun practicing it himself, all while Richards’s wife, Jennetta, endured a lonely year in Massachusetts, where he’d left her while he got settled in Nauvoo. This paper will examine Richards’s role as a polygamy insider, confidant, and public relations man during the tumultuous period of 1841-42.
3. Paul and Joseph: Comparing Joseph Smith’s First Vision to the Apostle Paul’s Encounter with the Risen Christ
LDS prophets and theologians, following Joseph Smith’s own lead, often compare Joseph’s “first vision” encounter with the Father and the Son to the experience of Saul of Tarsus (Paul) seeing the risen Jesus on the road to Damascus. The comparison forms the basis of several arguments defending the historical authenticity of the First Vision—suggesting that criticisms of the First Vision, if applied consistently, would also call into question the historicity of the resurrection of Christ. This paper engages these arguments and presents a case for de-coupling the two historical questions.
9:45—11:00 AM
4. Panel. A Sea Change Ahead? Examining Developments in Mormon Feminist Advocacy
Between Wear Pants to Church Sunday, the letter writing campaign to Let Women Pray in General Conference, and the recent launch of the I’m a Mormon Feminist and Ordain Women websites, there’s a lot happening in Mormon feminism! This panel will discuss past and current trends in Mormon feminist advocacy and ponder what the future may hold.
5. The Angel, the Cross, and the Spiral: When Mormons Experience Other Faiths
Although the LDS Church sees other faiths as lacking truths and authority necessary for salvation, many Mormons engage with other religions, some while maintaining their membership and activity with a local ward or at least retaining some sense of LDS identity. In this panel, several “bi-religious” Mormons will answer the following questions: What motivates your participation in the other faith community? How do you experience God and community through that community? Does the experience shed new light on your perception of Mormonism?
11:15—12:15 PM
6. PANEL. Author Meets Critics on Devery Anderson’s The Development of LDS Temple Worship: A Documentary History 1846-2000
Over the years, the LDS Church has struggled with how best to convey information about the temple to its members. “We are very concerns that our people [who are] going to the temple for the first time have a better introduction to the temple,” said Apostle Mark E. Petersen to regional representatives in 1969.
In that spirit, historian Devery S. Anderson brought together a comprehensive collection of official documents on temple ceremonies, limited only by what would be inappropriate to discuss publicly. What does this documentary history illuminate about temple worship, changes over time, and the experiences of Church leaders and members who participate? Can a thorough history create a deeper, thoughtful understanding of temple ritual? How might this work impact longtime Church members or those contemplating their first temple experience? Our panel will explore these and other questions in dialog with the editor.
7. The Easter Experience, the Belief Gene, and the Why/What/How/Who of Religious Experience
This presentation is an interactive meditation on Easter, belief, and the need for religious people from all backgrounds to have a redemptive experience.
LUNCH BREAK 12:15 – 2:00 pm
There are several restaurants and sandwich shops along Chillicothe Rd in Kirtland or a short drive to the north in Mentor, OH.
A Kirtland Temple tour has been arranged for conference attendees starting at 12:30 pm and lasts approximately one hour.
A $3 preservation fee (not included in registration) is payable at the Visitor Center info desk, where you will meet your tour guide.
Be sure to return from lunch in time for our afternoon sessions starting at 2:15 pm!
Plenary sessions
2:15—4:15 PM
8. Workshop: LDS Mental Health Issues
In this workshop session, mental health professionals JENNIFER FINLAYSON-FIFE and NATASHA HELFER PARKER will discuss various mental health issues from an LDS perspective.
9. PANEL. Mormons and Easter
Mormons are painfully inconsistent about celebrating Easter. Many Mormons grow up in wards that don’t do much to celebrate Easter. LDS General Conference trumps Easter when it falls on the first Sunday in April. Given Mormon insularity, they often aren’t aware of how other churches celebrate Easter and Holy Week. This panel will explore the Mormon Easter experience and ways to connect with the Christian calendar to deepen the Easter experience.
dinner BREAK 5:30 – 7:15 pm
There are several restaurants and sandwich shops along Chillicothe Rd in Kirtland or a short drive to the north in Mentor, OH. We recommend Biga Wood Fired Pizzeria, located at 9145 Chillicothe Rd, Kirtland, OH 44094 (440) 379-7313
Closing Plenary Session
Kirtland Temple
7:30 – 9:30 pm
10. Lead Kindly Light: Finding Illumination and Grace in Godly Service
WELCOME
Bishop Kevin Kloosterman: “The Bishop’s Confession: My Journey as a Mormon LGBT Ally”
Bishop Bill Reel: “God’s Amazing Grace”
Patriarch Karl Ricks Anderson: “The Savior in Kirtland”
Closing hymn: The Spirit of God
SUNDAY 28 April 2013
KIRTLAND TEMPLE SPECIALTY TOUR
8:00 AM
We’ve arranged an early morning Behind the Scenes Specialty Tour of the Kirtland Temple. This tour takes you from the temple’s basement to the bell tower—and every level in between! Your knowledgeable tour guide will answer questions and explain the finer points of Church History during the Kirtland period.
There is a $25 specialty tour fee that is NOT included in conference registration. Tour fees help with the caretaking and preservation of the Kirtland Temple.
Symposium attendees are welcome to attend local Community of Christ or LDS Church services Sunday.
10:00 AM
LDS Church Services at the Kirtland Ward, located at 8751 Kirtland Road, Kirtland, OH 44094, 440-256-8808.
10:45 AM
Community of Christ services at the church located at 9017 Chillicothe, Kirtland, Ohio 44094, 440-256-8338.
AFTERNOON TEMPLE TOURS
Afternoon tours of the Kirtland Temple begin at 1:30, 2:30, and 3:30 pm.
Other local LDS historical sites are open on Sunday. Call 440-256-9805 (Main) for details. Or check here for visitor information:
https://www.lds.org/locations/historic-kirtland-visitors-center Special thanks to:
RON ROMIG, MICHAEL STEVENS, BRANDT MALONE, BRUCE FEY, MORMONS IN THE MIDWEST planning committee
I have my talk from this posted on podcast. synopsis is on the mormondiscussion update thread
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