[Teachldsseminary] Survey:Priesthood Authority cards

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We have my dh's line of authority saved on our computer -- when he is asked to perform a preisthood ordination, we print (on nice paper) his line of authority, and my dh gives this to the young man as a matter of courtesy.  

My sons also have theirs -- we made it so it would fit on a business card -- laminated it -- so they could carry it in their wallet. 

Another thing that we have done is the Sacrament Prayers on a business size card, laminated those, and the boys can carry those in their wallets (for when they take the Sacrament to a shut in -- they have their cards with them.) I did this for my Seminary boys last year (Moroni 4 and 5), and did it again this year (D/C 20).


Sister Jarvis (who woke up to snow in Seattle -- again -- another missed day of Seminary)
Marysville, WA EMS
20 Juniors and 3 investigators


-------------- Original message -------------- 
From: "Kim" <m3kp at yahoo.com> 

> None of my students have their line of authority either, including my own 
> son. In fact, my husband was never given his line of authority (hence my 
> son's do not have theirs). His father has been deceased since shortly after 
> we got married and his mother has been deceased for many years. We have 
> searched all of his "stuff" and cannot find it with any of the other things 
> like that (book of remembrance, etc.). I asked my father about this, and he 
> said that it was never 'policy' to do this, it was just something that some 
> people did. 
> 
> The Church now has a way to get these that you could pass on to the boys in 
> your class. 
> 
> Contact Member and Statistical Records at: 
> Email: lineofauthority at ldschurch.org, or 
> Toll free: 800-453-3860. Then press 2 followed by the extension 3500. Then 
> choose option 6, then option 2, or 
> Local Salt Lake City: 801-240-3500, option 6 then option 2 
> 
> Because of privacy concerns and in order to locate your records you will be 
> asked to verify some of your personal information. Some of the information 
> you may need to have available is: 
> 
> Full name of the priesthood holder 
> Date of birth 
> Current ward and stake 
> Current priesthood office held 
> Address and ZIP Code 
> Who performed the ordination 
> 
> They will fax or mail the request to you. I e-mailed them the information 
> last week and received an e-mail the same day that it was ready and being 
> put in the mail the following day. I am hoping it will arrive in the next 
> day or two. 
> 
> ~Kim Jenkins 
> EMS-Savannah, GA 
> 
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: teachldsseminary-bounces at latter-dayvillage.com 
> [mailto:teachldsseminary-bounces at latter-dayvillage.com] On Behalf Of Derek 
> Marsh 
> Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2007 2:19 PM 
> To: teachldsseminary at latter-dayvillage.com 
> Subject: [Teachldsseminary] Survey:Priesthood Authority cards 
> 
> We have been discussing priesthood authority the past couple of days and 
> today I asked the young men in my class if they had their priesthood line of 
> authority cards. None of the 9 YM did! I thought when you received the 
> priesthood, you received the a card from whomever conferred the priesthood 
> upon you. My boys said "they don't do that anymore." All my boys are from 
> one ward, is it just their ward, or is this not practiced anymore? 
> 
> Julie 
> EMS in California 
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