MAY 15, 2020, KEIZERTIMES, PAGE A9
At Latter-day Saints, service is key
someone else will be asked to
By DAN HINMON
lead the congregation.
Special to the Keizertimes
Services for the Clear Lake
When Langdon Smith was
a young man growing up in Ward are Sunday at 9 a.m. at
Vermont, he was the only 1375 Lockhaven Drive NE.
member of The Church of “Most try to wear Sunday
Jesus Christ of Latter-day best to church,” explained
Saints in his high school. To- Smith. “There’s singing, or-
day, Smith is bishop of the gan playing, musical numbers,
Clear Lake Ward of the Salt and sermons by adults and
youth. Each week we
Lake City, Utah-
take the Sacrament
based church and one
in remembrance of
of 4,600 Latter-day
the Savior’s sacrifi ce
Saints in the Keizer
for us.” Following
Stake – an ecclesiasti-
the one-hour service
cal organization simi-
there are classes for
lar to a Catholic Di-
children, youth, men
ocese – that includes
and women.
eleven congregations
L. Smith
Church
services
in Keizer, Salem, Sil-
are family-oriented
verton, Woodburn,
Brooks, Gervais, Aurora and with children, and sometimes
it becomes a bit more irrev-
Donald.
Smith is also a personal in- erent than Smith would like.
jury attorney at Smith Mor- “Most of all, I hope that it’s a
gan LLP in Salem. Latter-day welcoming feeling for people.
Saints, who are sometimes We try hard to make people
known as Mormons, have feel loved and welcome. That’s
no paid clergy. Instead, peo- really important. If somebody
ple who are members of the wants to wear jeans and a
church are asked to fulfi ll po- T-shirt, that’s Okay.”
What is it like to be ac-
sitions within their local ward
or stake. Bishop Smith will tive in The Church of Jesus
serve for a few years and then Christ of Latter-day Saints?
Share to help process
food, an opportunity they
found on JustServe.org – a
website that matches local
service opportunities with
volunteers. This empha-
The seven square miles of Keizer
are home to more than a dozen sis on service applies to
churches of various religious affi l- individuals as well. “I’m
iations. Matters of Faith is a series a baseball coach,” said
aiming to explain what makes the Smith. “My wife teaches
city’s places of worship different horse-riding lessons for
and unique.
children with mental and
physical disabilities. Along
“We have a broad spectrum of with these, there are larger
folks ranging in age and na- global involvements that the
tionality and political persua- church takes on, recently do-
sion,” Smith explained. “An nating 45,000 pounds of food
active member of the church to Marion Polk Food Share.”
is somebody who’s imperfect
At the heart of Latter-day
but working towards a great- Saint teachings is “a belief in
er goal with a hope of better Jesus Christ,” Smith explained.
days to come. A component “Not only in who He is and
of activity involves going to what He did here on the
church services on Sunday, earth, but also in what He has
studying the gospel of Jesus taught and how it applies to
Christ in the home on a dai- our lives. We believe strongly
ly basis through scripture and in personal action, doing our
teachings of church leaders. best, striving for a better day
Another component is com- today than yesterday.
munity service.”
“Having faith in Jesus
For example, before the Christ, repenting of our mis-
governor’s stay-at-home or- takes, having a change of
der, the youth of the ward heart, doing better today than
went to Marion Polk Food yesterday allows us to prog-
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ress,” he continued. “Then we
must be baptized and declare
our faith in Christ, love our
neighbor, and follow Christ’s
teachings. Returning to
live with God is only possi-
ble through our Savior Jesus
Christ. If we are faithful, we
will live with Him and with
our families for eternity.”
There are some doctri-
nal differences between The
Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter-day Saints and oth-
er Christian churches, “We
believe in a restoration of
the original Church of Jesus
Christ, and that through that
restoration the original au-
thority or priesthood power
that was given to Peter from
Jesus Christ has been restored
on the earth.
“We believe the Bible to be
the word of God, and we also
believe the Book of Mormon
to be the word of God,” said
Smith. “But I choose to con-
centrate more on the similar-
ities than I do the differences.
The belief in Christ as our
Savior unites us.”
If someone is interest-
ed in learning more about
the church, Smith suggested
talking to a member fi rst. “If
you have more interest, our
missionaries can visit with
you,” he added. “Visit our ser-
vices and get involved in one
of our community outreach
programs.”
Smith wants his Keizer
neighbors to know, “we’re
here. We’re here to help, to
listen, to lift, to love, to vol-
unteer, and to be part of the
community. The world is so
fi lled with goodness, and that
goodness is not limited to The
Church of Jesus Christ of Lat-
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