H-8(36)(A)

GROUND BREAKING SERVICES
FOR
GEORGETOWN WARD CHAPEL
23 AUGUST 1958
2 P.M.
BISHOP DONALD S. REX
OFFICIATING

BISHOP REX

TODAY IN THIS GROUND BREAKING SERVICE I FEEL THAT WE HAVE REACHED A MILESTONE IN THE HISTORY OF THIS WARD. WE ARE DEEPLY GRATEFUL TO ELDER AND SISTER SPENCER W. KIMBALL FOR BEING HERE WITH US TO REPRESENT THE GENERAL AUTHORITIES. WE ARE HAPPY TO HAVE OUR STAKE PRESIDENCY WITH US.

I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT OR TWO AND THEN WE WILL GO AHEAD WITH OUR PROGRAM AS OUTLINED.

ON 3 JUNE 1956 THE PROPOSITION OF BUILDING A CHAPEL IN GEORGETOWN ID WAS PRESENTED TO THE PRIESTHOOD IN THE MORNING AND IN SACRAMENT MEETING THAT EVENING. IT WAS UNANIMOUSLY ACCEPTED AND WE WERE GIVEN PERMISSION TO GO AHEAD WITH THIS PROJECT. THE FIRST FUND RAISING PROJECT WAS ON JULY 24TH. SINCE THAT TIME WE HAVE RAISED, WITH SOME CONTRIBUTING LABOR AND TIME ON THE STAKE BUILDING AND WHAT CASH HAS BEEN TURNED IN ON THE STAKE BUILDING, $31,165.24. THE AMUSING PART OF THIS IS THAT IN TWO YEARS WE RAISED AROUND $22,000 AND DURING THE PAST TWO MONTHS WE HAVE RAISED $8,138.99; SO IT SHOWS THAT NEARLY ONE-THIRD OF THE FUNDS HAVE BEEN RAISED DURING THE PAST FEW MONTHS. IT SHOWS WHEN WE MAKE UP OUR MIND TO DO SOMETHING, THROUGH UNITY, FAITH, AND COOPERATION, THERE ISN'T ANYTHING BUT WHAT WE CAN ACCOMPLISH IT.

NOW WE WILL FOLLOW THIS PROGRAM AS OUTLINED. I FEEL IT WOULD BE FITTING TO HAVE REMARKS BY OUR STAKE PRESIDENT. WE WILL HAVE HIS REMARKS IMMEDIATELY AFTER BROTHER SMITH'S, AND THEN WE WILL GO AHEAD WITH THE PROGRAM FROM THERE AS OUTLINED. BROTHER DUANE PETERSON WILL RENDER A SOLO, AFTER WHICH BROTHER DAVIS WALLENTINE WILL OFFER THE INVOCATION.

SOLO BY DUANE PETERSON, "AN ANGEL FROM ON HIGH" ACCOMPANIED BY JUDY DAVIS

INVOCATION BY BROTHER DAVIS WALLENTINE 

OUR RIGHTEOUS AND ETERNAL FATHER IN HEAVEN, WE HAVE MET HERE THIS DAY IN THE GROUND BREAKING SERVICES FOR THIS CHAPEL IN THE GEORGETOWN ID WARD. WE PRAY, FATHER IN HEAVEN, AT THIS TIME THAT OUR HEARTS MAY BE TURNED TO THE TASK AT HAND, THAT OF BUILDING A CHAPEL IN WHICH WE MAY GAIN AN EDUCATION AND A KNOWLEDGE OF THEE, AND IN WHICH OUR CHILDREN AND OURSELVES MAY WORSHIP.