An interfaith devotional coincides with Traveling Tabernacle

A small group of people gather at the Sacrificial Alter in the Traveling Tabernacle in Logan on Wed. August 17,2022

LOGAN – An interfaith devotional with six area religious leaders will talk about their faiths and the tabernacle on Sunday, Sept. 18 at 7 p.m. It will be held at Logan High School located at 162 W. 100 S.

The devotional coincides with the Traveling Tabernacle currently open to all denominations located at 1550 N. 400 E. in North Logan.

Richard West, the regional communications director for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, said the devotional was organized by an ad hoc interfaith committee consisting of Rev. Derek Forbes, West and Frank Schofield.

The Tabernacle Interfaith Devotional is patterned after a similar event held in Bountiful during April,” he said. “It was held while the tabernacle was on display there.”

The Logan devotional speakers include Rabbi Alan Scott Bachman of the Kol Ami and Chabad Lubavitch Jewish Congregations; Kirt Reese with the Logan Institute of Religion for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; Rev. Derek Forbes from First Presbyterian Church of Logan; Reverend Father Joseph Minuth, formerly of St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church; Dr. Eliza Rosenberg, lecturer in World Religions at Utah State University; and, Rev. Keith Bulthuis of the Christian Reformed Church.

The music for the devotional will be performed by the Cache Valley Interfaith Choir and the Logan Institute Singers.

The Traveling Tabernacle will be on display until Monday, September 26, and each of the 40 stakes from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the region have wards assigned to volunteer at the exhibit for a day.

The Traveling Tabernacle is not limited to only Latter-day Saint Church members, but is an opportunity for all area faiths and religions to have a shared experience.

This is not a proselyting event. Volunteers from across the valley take turns staffing the Traveling Tabernacle and explaining the different symbols and parts of the Hebrew temple replica.

“The tabernacle gives us an opportunity to share what we have in common with the different religions in the area,” Frank Schofield, one of the spokesmen, said. “This exhibit should give us a way to come together to talk about what we have in common that could unite us in a time when there is so much division among us.”

The Church gymnasium is filled with images and explanations of temple worship and the different temples around the world.

“This exhibit is an exact one-to-one replica of a tabernacle from the Bible,” he said. “It shows many of the symbols from the Old Testament Tabernacles.”

Youth presenters have been dressed in Sunday attire, men wearing white shirts with ties and the young women in dresses staffing the different stages of the tour.

Patrons will see the pattern of the Tabernacle by going in through the Gate, then see the Alter of Sacrifice, the Laver of Water. Then they will go into a room called the Holy Place and on to another room, the Holy of Holy’s.

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2 Comments

  • D. Katz September 9, 2022 at 3:16 pm Reply

    I go to both Chabad and Kol Ami and I dont believe Bachman is a rabbi at either place. Is he maybe the rabbi of the Ogden temple? I dont go there so maybe he is, but hes not a rabbi I’m familiar with.

    • David Kay March 30, 2023 at 7:13 pm Reply

      Alan Scott Bachman was ordained through the Renewal movement, and not through the Conservative movement (Kol Ami) or Chabad.

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