Temple moments: Choir session
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Patricia Robinson has been doing research on her husband's family history line since 1976. Her husband, Lynn Robinson, a convert to the Church, has been a sound engineer for the Tabernacle Choir for the last 35 years. As her stack of family names began to grow, Sister Robinson dreamt of one day filling a temple endowment session . . . with choir members. On Thursday, June 27, her dream came true.
On that day, the Tabernacle Choir was in San Francisco as part of the recent Northwestern Tour, a scheduled free day except for a filming in Golden Gate Bridge National Park.
So, with the permission of the choir president, Mac Christensen, Sister Robinson and her sister, Diana Dufur (who lived in the Bay area) chartered a to take a group of 51 included Choir members, spouses and guests to the Oakland California Temple, 35 minutes away. Each passenger happily shared the cost of the bus.
Leaders at the Oakland Temple had been notified that a busload of choir members were coming that evening, and the temple workers were very excited. A member of the temple presidency met the group. The endowment session was preceded by a talk and testimony meeting in the chapel area of the temple.
At the session, 57 Robinson family names were done that evening by choir members and other guests including Sisters Dufurs' bishop and his wife — a dream come true for Sister Robinson! After the spiritual feast of the session, the group was most grateful to find that the temple kept the cafeteria open an additional three hours to make sure the group members had a chance to eat. For some choir members, this was their first meal of the day, and they were most appreciative of the efforts made in their behalf. Before they departed, the choir sang "God Be With You 'Til We Meet Again" to the temple volunteers in the cafeteria.
All in the room were visibly moved. — Gerry Avant
