One assumes Peterson is passing on (second hand) gossip about the event detailed by the Church as follows:Doctor Scratch wrote: ↑Mon Apr 18, 2022 1:57 amWow…In case you had any doubts about the Mopologists’ disdain for the Community of Christ, just check out this “Easter Message” from the Proprietor of SeN:
That’s one heck of an “Easter Message”: giddily telling this story about a faithful CoC custodian who’s humiliated in front of the Brighamite faction. Sheesh. No wonder they’re making and anti-CoC film for their next movie project.DCP wrote: And that reminded me of a story that was told me a few years ago about a Latter-day Saint sacrament meeting that was held in the Kirtland Temple under the leadership of a member of the Quorum of the Twelve. It was the first time that such a meeting had been permitted in that building, which is currently owned by the Community of Christ (formerly the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints). Permission had come from the RLDS First Presidency, but the RLDS employee who was the manager of the Kirtland Temple and surrounding properties was not at all happy about that, and was fairly vocal about his displeasure. Still, he sat in on the meeting — probably to make sure that the “Utah Mormons” didn’t do any damage or misbehave. The person who later told me the story was one of those who were passing the sacrament, and the RLDS manager was sitting in the section of the temple to which he had been assigned. He pondered whether he should offer the sacrament to someone who, although affiliated with the Restoration tradition, wasn’t actually a baptized member of the Church. Finally, though, he decided that he would. But the man rather brusquely waved him off, declining to accept emblems of the sacrament administered by the “Utah church.”
Afterwards, however, he approached my friend (a resident of the area around Kirtland, whom he knew) and apologized quite emotionally. Immediately following his refusal to take the sacrament, he said, he been roundly rebuked by the Spirit. He had, he continued, never experienced such a chastising before. “This isn’t your House,” a powerful inner voice forcefully told him. “This is my House.”
I’ve loved that account ever since.
https://www.thechurchnews.com/archives/ ... ple-141154The Kirtland Temple – scene of several divine manifestations to Joseph Smith and other early Church leaders – was the location Nov. 6 for an LDS Church worship meeting, believed to be the first in the temple in 140 years.
The service was in connection with an annual priesthood leadership training meeting and mission presidents seminar in the Church's North America Northeast Area. The Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, which owns and operates the temple, granted permission to the area presidency to hold the worship service in the temple.Elder M. Russell Ballard of the Council of the Twelve presided at the service, and Elder Cree-L Kofford of the Seventy conducted. Speakers included Elder Kofford, area president; and his first counselor, Elder Yoshihiko Kikuchi of the Seventy. The second counselor, Elder Vaughn J Featherstone of the Seventy, also attended but left the area training meeting to conduct a stake conference in the Syracuse New York Stake.
Interestingly, instead of searching for a negative, the Church found the following positive…
I wonder who Peterson knows who passed the sacrament that day and who chose to bad mouth a RLDS Custodian with a tale that may, or may not be accurate? Anyway, here’s a positive experience from someone who really did pass the Sacrament that day…Elder Ballard, the concluding speaker, commended the RLDS leaders for their willingness to share the temple and cited the warm relationship between the two churches. <snip>
The meeting, Elder Ballard noted, represented a major step by the RLDS Church to reach out to other groups and share the building for worship and inspiration.
Remind me, what does the Church counsel about spreading Gossip?The sacrament portion of the service was also a highlight for Elder Kikuchi, who noted that Elder Ballard, an apostle of the Lord, blessed the sacrament in the temple as his ancestor Hyrum Smith had done.
Elder Kikuchi, who helped pass the sacrament, said, "We sat, possibly, right beneath the spot where the Savior appeared to Joseph and Oliver."
https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/stu ... p?lang=engWhen we gossip, we idly discuss someone’s weaknesses or problems when that person is not present. Gossip harms not only those who are being talked about, but also those who gossip and those who listen. Heavenly Father wants us to look for and speak of the good in others and eliminate gossip from our lives.
And on Easter Sunday of all days…I hope Peterson apologises for spreading gossip about a Kirkland Temple custodian and removes the gossip from his blog. But I doubt he’s Christian enough to do so.
Is Elder Kikuchi Peterson’s source? Is Elder Kikuchi the guy bad mouthing the custodian?
