By ANGIE EARP
The BYU division of Continuing Education is sponsoring a symposium Saturday on the Doctrine and Covenants and events associated with the establishment of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
The symposium occurs three times a year and the subjects correlate with The church’s Gospel Doctrine classes for that year.
“This symposium is in conjunction with the course of study in Gospel Doctrine classes this year and with the sesquicentennial celebration of the pioneer trek to the Salt Lake Valley,” said Frank Santiago, chairman of Church Educational System northern Utah programs.
The symposium will be at the University Institute, 1800 E. Campus Drive in Salt Lake City. It will begin at 10 a.m. and end at 5:20 p.m.
Speakers scheduled to lecture include Elder Robert L. Backman, General Authority Emeritus of the LDS Church; Ronald K. Esplin, director of the Joseph Smith Fielding Institute of Church History at BYU; Ted L. Gibbons, principal of the Mountain View Seminary in Orem; Kenneth W. Godfrey, faculty emeritus of the Logan Institute of Religion; and W. Jefferey Marsh, faculty member at the University Institute of Religion in Salt Lake City, said Ken Robins, administrator of Church Education in northern Utah.
The speakers for the symposiums are selected very carefully.
“We usually pick people who have been involved (in the system) for many years,” Robins said. “These people are usually professors from BYU, and institute and seminary teachers.”
The symposium’s purpose is to supplement the Gospel Doctrine classes. There isn’t enough time to go in depth with the scriptures on Sunday, so the symposium is offered for those who want to learn more about the subject, Robins said.
Anyone can go to the symposium, although it is usually requested that children under 14 not attend, said Carrie Draper, a secretary in the Continuing Education office.
The fee for the symposium is $7 per person if preregistered or $8 at the door. Tickets may be purchased by writing to CES Northern Utah, 209 HCEB Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah 84602.
For more information on CES symposiums, call 1-800-345-6216 or 378-6216.
