Nauvoo Trip

So Josh and I currently have a stake assignment for church where we are trip coordinators for the Stake Youth Nauvoo Trip.  The trip will be this summer in July.  I have been to Nauvoo numerous times  but never as a coordinator/chaperone.  The youth will experience firsthand the history behind Nauvoo, Illinois, the temple, a handcart trek, Carthage Jail, and many more.  This will be a beautiful, historic, spiritual experience for everyone.

          Tonight Josh and I, the youth committee, and chaperones will meet to discuss numerous details from what movies to watch on the trip down and back, what the cook will prepare, and more importantly what the theme and t-shirt design will be.  Josh, the missionaries, and I came up with our own theme and design.  Let me know what you think.

So you can’t see the theme to well so here it is…

I’m honest, I’m true, I’m chaste, I’m benevolent, I’m virtuous, and I believe in doing good to all men…And I’m A Mormon.

This year the Young Women and Young Men’s Theme is the 13th Article of Faith.  We centered our theme around the theme for the youth and also the  Mormon.org campaign.  Both are very near and dear to my heart.  The Mormon.org campaign helps the members of the church to be missionaries in the easiest way and also the Article of Faiths are a basic outline of the beliefs of my church, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.  The Article of Faiths are below:

1.    We believe in God, the Eternal Father, and in His Son, Jesus Christ, and in the Holy Ghost.

2.    We believe that men will be punished for their own sins, and not for Adam’s transgression.

3.    We believe that through the Atonement of Christ, all mankind may be saved, by obedience to the laws and ordinances of the Gospel.

4.    We believe that the first principles and ordiances of the Gospel are:  first, Faith in the Lord Jesus Christ: second, Repentance; third, Baptism by immersion for the remission of sins; fourth, Laying on of hands for the gift of the Holy Ghost.

5.    We believe that a man must be called of God, by prophecy, and by the laying on of hands by those who are in authority, to preach the Gospel an administer in the ordinances thereof.

6.    We believe in the same organization that existed in the Primitive Church, namely, apostles, prophets, pastors, teachers, evangelists, and so forth.

7.    We believe in the gift of tongues, prophecy, revelation, visions, healing, interpretation of tongues, and so forth.

8.    We believe in the Bible to be the word of God as far as it is translated correctly; we also believe the Book of Mormon to be the word of God.

9.    We believe all that God has revealed, all that He does now reveal, and we believe that He will yet reveal many great and important things pertaining to the Kingdom of God.

10. We believe in the literal gathering of Israel and in the restoration of the Ten Tribes; that Zion (the New Jerusalem) will be built upon the American continent; that Christ will reign personally upon the earth; and, that the earth will be renewed and receive its paradisiacal glory.

11. We claim the privilege of worshiping Almighty God according to the dictates of our own conscience, and allow all men the same priviledge, let them worship how, where, or what they may.

12. We believe in being subject to kings, presidents, rulers, and magistrates, in obeying, honoring, and substaining the law.

13. We believe in being honest, true, chaste, benevolent, virtuous, and in doing good to all men; indeed, we may say that we follow the admonition of Paul – We believe all things, we hope all things, we have endured many things, and hope to be able to endure all things.  If there is anything virtuous, lovely, or of good report or praiseworthy, we seek after these things.