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Page 4 Tuesday, October 18, 2005
Student Life
ntdailv.com
NORTH TEXAS DAILY
Mormon missionaries
proselytize or hrist
Tony Gutierrez
StaffWriter
They don black suits and white
shirts daily, crisply accented by
a tie of their choice. They carry
backpacks filled with religious
material. These college-age men
leave their homes, ready to share
their faith with whoever will
listen. They wear nametags that
portray both their names, Elder
Thomas and Elder Kennington,
as well as their church's name in
capital letters: "THE CHURCH
OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-
DAY SAINTS."
The Church sends forth
approximately 60,000
missionaries who serve in
about 350 countries worldwide.
Of these, 75 percent are men
between the ages of 19 and
25, while 18 percent are single
women at least 21 years old. The
remaining seven percent are
retired married couples.
Mormon missionaries typically
withhold their names to place
more emphasis on their work
rather than themselves. Before
leaving for missions, they are
sent to the Missionary Training
Center in Provo, Utah.
"To be honest, I didn't believe
the church was true,' Thomas
said of his earlier life. "I didn't
believe in God, I didn't believe
in anything. I had to basically
find out what's truth and what's
not. You can only take so much
of what people say."
Thomas, a 22-year-old from
Nephi, Utah, and Kennington, a
19-year-old from Layton, Utah,
serve in Denton's second Ward,
the ward that covers NT within its
jurisdiction. The church is divided
into stakes, representative of the
stakes of a tent, which cover a city
and its suburbs.
The stake is then further
divided into wards which either
minister to certain geographical
jurisdictions or to a target group
of people in the stake, such as a
ward for Spanish speakers or a
ward for single adults.
"From what I have in my life
and what the church means in
my life, maybe going out and
teaching what I have will help
other people have the same
meaning in life that I found,"
Kennington said. "We're just
"Were here out of gratitude for the
Lord's many blessings and because there
is a need and a chance to do something
in return "
God's messengers."
Male missionaries are
required to hold the Melchizedek
priesthood, the higher of the
church's two priesthoods. All
worthy men in the church
are eligible for the Aaronic
priesthood as a deacon at age
12, a teacher at age 14 and a
priest at age 16. At age 18, the
Melchizedek priesthood maybe
conferred upon them as elders.
All men are encouraged to go
on a mission at 19. Men usually
serve for two years.
Because females don't hold the
priesthood, they are not charged
with the same call to serve as
missionaries. Those who choose
to serve must be 21, single and
serve for 18 months. Missionaries
must also fund their own trips.
"I think there's a lot of wisdom
in when we're sent out and how
long we're out for," said Sister
Wilson, a missionary for Denton's
fifth ward, which ministers to
single adults. "As females, people
are less intimidated by two girls
showing up at your door than
two guys. I think we're able to
teach different people like single
women or elderly people."
All missionaries serve in pairs,
though their companion may
change throughout their time in
service. Denton's fifth ward shares
a building with the church's
Institute on Mulberry and Welch
streets, ministering to students
at NT, Texas Woman's University
and North Central Texas College
by teaching courses about the
church that are transferable
to Brigham Young University.
Missionaries in this stake can
be transferred anywhere in the
Fort Worth Mission Area during
their service time.
"Nothing helps an individual
mature and grow spiritually quite
the same way as the experience
of setting your own desires
aside, deciding to be selfless
and not selfish, for the better
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side of service and a magical
and marvelous thing takes place
when you serve others," said
President Dennis Crockett of the
Texas-Fort Worth Mission. "You
begin to take on the attributes of
Jesus Christ in ways that would
be so much more different if
we were focusing only on
ourselves."
As mission president, Crockett
also serves as a missionary. Like
other missionaries, Crockett set
aside his life in Utah to serve
here. Crockett, his wife and his
15 year-old daughter live in a
house owned by the church in
Colleyville. Crockett oversees
and provides support to over 80
missionaries in the area.
"I've been impressed with
the people in Texas," he said.
"They allow people to practice
their faith and quite openly.
Regardless of the variety of faith,
I see people practicing the way
I wish everyone in the world
would practice."
The institute also plays host
to a missionary couple, Elder F.
Weldon Thacker and his wife,
Sister Chadley Ann Thacker.
Unlike other missionaries, the
Thackers teach classes such
as "Latter-Day Saint History"
or "Women in the Scriptures,"
for the Church Educational
Service.
"We teach, but we're also just
supporting the Institute director
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Photos by Emily Hughes/ NT Daily
Elder Thomas, of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints on Mulberry Street, speaks about the
Book of Mormon Wednesday at NT's Free Speech Area. Below, Elder Thomas and Elder Kennington
demonstrate what they would read when on a mission at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.
because one man can't handle
it all on his own," Thacker said.
"We're here out of gratitude for
the Lord's many blessings and
because there is a need and
a chance to do something in
return."
This is Thacker's third mission
to serve for the church. As a young
man, he served in Minneapolis
and Manitoba, Canada. After
he was married, he also served
as a mission president with his
wife in Illinois. Nowretired from
working full-time for the church
Educational Service, they are
serving here, where he has also
been called to serve as second
Counselor for Denton's fifth
ward.
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Rec Center offers bi-annual dollar days
Alexia Davis
Intern
Instead of spending money on
a candy bar or soda pop, students
can exchange it for fitness classes
for only $1. Recreational Sports
offers "Dollar Days" where
students can take advantage of
fitness classes including yoga,
turbo kickboxing and ballet
until Wednesday at the Student
Recreation Center.
Dollar Days is a three-day
special event that has being
going on for several years and
gives students, both those who
use and those who do not use
the facility, a chance to try out
different activities to see what
they like for just $1 per class, said
Shara Capper, marketing coordi-
nator for Recreational Sports.
These classes are regularly
priced at about $3 per class and
the wall climbing is $5. In order to
get the dollar deal, students must
provide a valid NT student ID and
have paid their student fees.
"This event allows students
and faculty to attend these
programs at a discounted price
and it provides a social outlet for
students to exercise and escape
from all the stress built up from
classes," Capper said.
The Rec Center provides
four different types of group
fitness passes, including a daily
pass for $3, a 10 class pass for
$20, a 20 class pass for $30
and a semester pass for $50.
Students can purchase the fall
semester pass for half price
from Oct. 24 through the end
of the semester.
"There are a lot of students
including myself that do not take
advantage of the different fitness
classes offered by the Recreation
Center because it is costly,"
Tamra Woods, Tyler freshman,
said. "This is a great opportunity
for students to attend a variety
of classes for a low price and a
good workout."
For more information, students
can call the Rec Center at (940)
565-2275 or visit the Web site at
www.unt.edu/recsports.com.
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