Emma Smith Hymn Festival 2020

Опубликовано: 15 Март 2025
на канале: Centre Place

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Join us for the 16th annual Emma Smith Hymn Festival on Friday, July 10 at 7:00 pm (Central). This year's hymn festival will be the first online festival celebrating the life and remarkable story of Emma Hale Smith. The hymn festival will be broadcast through YouTube and the Community of Christ Historic Sites Foundation's Facebook page. Follow the link below to share with us on July 10th, Emma Smith's 216th Birthday.

WATCH THE 2021 Emma Hymn Festival: • Remembering Emma - Heritage Hymn Fest...

Donations from the evening event go towards the preservation of Community of Christ historic sites that help share Emma's life and legacy.

About Emma Smith
Fiercely devoted to family, Emma Smith witnessed the beginning of both the Restoration and the Reorganization. Although her life was not free of challenges, Emma met each one with determination, courage, and integrity. When her husband, Joseph, began a new church in 1830, her steady presence offered him comfort. Many years later, she would offer similar support and encouragement to her son, Joseph Smith III, as he chose to lead the Reorganization. Unafraid to speak up on important matters, the "Elect Lady" took a leading role in the early church by compiling hymns into a hymnal in 1835 and later leading the Women's Relief Society. Emma did her best to offer her children a stable home amid the chaos following her husband's death in 1844. Eventually she made a permanent residence in Nauvoo, Illinois, earned money by running a hotel, and remarried. Emma's passion for music and church hymnody continued as she assisted in the publication of three additional hymnals (two for the Reorganization) that were published in 1841, 1861 and 1864). Her boundless generosity and commitment to living a Christian life impacted the entire neighborhood as she opened her doors and shared her story with friends, family, and strangers alike.