Recording in the Chapel [Was Re: [Ldsoss] Shut-ins and the Sacrament Meeting]

[A. Rick Anderson]

Stacey wrote:
> (2) I don't believe there is anything in the church handbook about 
> making audio (and audio only) recordings of sacrament talks.  
I was going to challenge this, but I checked and you are correct.  There 
is no explicit prohibition of audio recordings of a sacrament service 
unless it is a General Authority speaking.  If there is a General 
Authority, you can take notes for personal use, but even your personal, 
hand-written notes should not be distributed.  (of course, if this had 
been followed historically, we wouldn't have the King Folliet discourse 
or a few other 'minor' sermons :-)

> I recall 
> there is something about making video recordings and taking pictures in 
> the chapel.  
Yup, this is explicitly banned!  So, if you get married in the chapel 
(which is now acceptable), you can't video tape the wedding.

I'm very grateful that we got my Father's last sermon in stake 
conference before this prohibition came about.  It's a treasure to me 
and my children.  My Father's descendants would be much poorer without it!

-- 
A. Rick Anderson