To share a little personal history: I remember Mother playing the organ for our weekday (3:30 Wed.?) Primary meeting in the historic Twentieth Ward chapel. I was probably around six to eight years old, and felt proud that my mother had such talent and prominence in the church. Besides the music, my only other memory of that Primary is sitting in an upstairs classroom, hearing stories of prophets and Jesus.
My favorite songs were "Tell Me the Stories of Jesus" and "I think When I Read That Sweet Story" (about Jesus and the children); I still love them. On that subject, Kay loves her calling as Primary song leader, but her favorite job was Primary president in East Mill Creek when our children were young.
“The Organization of the Primary” (from the August 2009 Friend magazine of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
“Many years ago, Aurelia Spencer Rogers, a mother of 12 children, was worried about the neighborhood boys. [Sound familiar?] ... Sister Rogers decided to speak with Sister Eliza R. Snow, the Relief Society general president. Together, Sister Rogers and Sister Snow decided to create an organization called Primary. President John Taylor suggested that boys and girls attend. The first day of Primary was held on Sunday, August 25, 1878, in the Farmington Rock Chapel in Utah. There were 215 children there. Today, 131 years later, more than one million children from all over the world belong to Primary. The main purpose of Primary is to teach children the gospel of Jesus Christ. …” -- lds.org/...history+of+primary
One of my favorite jobs in the church was nursery assistant when our youngest daughter was in it; (not just because we got treats --cheese and crackers, cookies, etc.) There were unforgettable spiritual rewards from nurturing and teaching the littlest ones about our Savior.
