This remembrance relating to Primary was posted February 12, 2012:
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, feeling 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
Primary ... is a children's organization and an official auxiliary within The
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.”
— Wikipedia
Primary
started August 25, 1878, in Farmington Utah. — lds.org
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.
(Back to the present, this
morning August 8th, Sister Kay Cannon played the piano for our missionary
district meeting in Roseville Ward.
Her choice, a favorite Primary children's song: “I Hope They Call Me on a Mission”. The young elders and sisters seemed to love
it!)
