Category: Scholarship

Announcements were made during the 200th Anniversary Year of Moroni appearing to Joseph and changing the path of the Smith family. You receive check # 1071 in the amount of $1,000 to be used toward furthering your education goals.

The Joseph Sr. and Lucy Mack Smith Family Association is a tax-exempt 501(C)(3) nonprofit organization. This family Association is involved with outreach, locating and preserving family sites, education, commemorating historical events, and continuing the family’s efforts to publish Joseph’s name for good.

Chloe Isom “Cricket”
755 S Main St. Suite 4-337
Cedar City, UT
cricketreads@1beckyjsmithgmail-com
Brigham Young University

Slam Poem “Related” (video and written copy)

The Smith family are largely known for Jospeh Smith’s role in bringing about the
Restoration of the gospel in full. Because of the miraculous and impactful nature of his work and accomplishments, his and his family’s lives are elevated to illustrious and almost mythic proportions. As a consequence, it can sometimes feel like they are more heroes from stories than real people. While reading and contemplating about their family as a whole, I was struck with how many relatable experiences they did have in between and interwoven with what they were called to do; mainly, the trials and struggles they faced that were not only unique to their position, but are still relevant to what we face today. With this understanding, I have felt a closer connection to them and a desire to follow their examples of endurance and integrity through hardship.

David Pinegar Jr
176 Twin Brook Road
Chesterfield, New Hampshire
davidothesecond@gmail.com
Keene High School

A musical arrangement

I have formed a medley arranged for a full orchestra. Complete sheet music and a recording was submitted.

“The selection of this particular work comes from my respect for Joseph Smith Sr. and Lucy Mack Smith’s family. They consistently, throughout the raising of their family, taught their children to believe. This principle of teaching faith is one that is so important in our world today, especially given the advances of the adversary in leading youth away from the priorities that matter most. Referring to the Ammonite stripling warriors, in Alma 57:26, it reads, “And we do justly ascribe [their preservation] to the miraculous power of God, because of their exceeding faith in that which they had been taught to believe.” The Smith family’s devoted teaching of faith provided the setting for the Prophet of the Restoration, Joseph Smith, to be preserved.

This medley of hymns is meant a tribute to the sacrifice of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ in His Atonement and an homage to Joseph Smith, who “has done more, save Jesus only, for the salvation of men in this world, than any other man that ever lived in it” (D&C 135:3). Like the Smith family, I have always believed in the importance of teaching faith and teaching to believe. As a result, I will be serving a mission this coming July, in the Buenos Aires Argentina South Mission. As I prepare for this, I try to find more and more opportunities to teach others about what I know and believe. Particularly through music, I am able to teach others about my faith in Christ.”

Jeannette Baird
1024 E Golden Ct
Spokane Washington
gobaird@msn.com
Brigham Young University
Service Through Music – Inspired by Lucy Mack Smith

She learned how to serve others by studying Lucy Mack Smith’s life. Jeannette used her musical skills to serve in the community nursing homes. She also raised proceeds through service donating to local charities. She learned she can use her skills to bring her community together.

Joseph Sr. and Lucy Mack Smith sacrificed their lives to support the Prophet Joseph and establish the restoration of the gospel. Without their support, the restoration would not have been possible. This legacy has been passed down through their descendants. The Joseph Sr. and Lucy Mack Smith Family Association has established this Scholarship to share their legacy, strengthen today’s youth, and tie the younger generation to their ancestors. 

This year we had significant participation and strong entries sharing stories that creatively show how the Smith Family examples impacted them.

This year the judges chose two First Place winners.

Benjamin is currently living in Provo, Utah, and attending Brigham Young University.  He wrote a feature-length screenplay that chronicles Mary Fielding Smith’s immigration to Canada from England.

Benjamin states, “The story of Mary Fielding’s conversion to the gospel and of how she became the faithful mother of Joseph Sr. and Lucy Smith’s grandchildren is so inspiring that I could not overlook.”

David, from Chesterfield, New Hampshire, is a Junior at Keene High School. He plans on attending Brigham Young University.

David arranged two songs from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints hymnal, Praise to the Man and I Believe in Christ, and I have formed a medley arranged for a full orchestra. Complete sheet music and a recording was submitted.

David said, “The words and message of Praise to the Man pay tribute to the man and by extension his family, who was worthy enough to be the Lord’s primary instrument of the Restoration and the leader of the last dispensation. The message of I Believe in Christ is only made possible by the revelation brought through “the man who communed with Jehovah!” These two songs go together because one is the cause, and the other is the effect. Because Joseph Smith initiated the ongoing process of the Restoration, we can believe in Christ and know of all He has done for us.”

Sydney Smith is from Powell, Ohio. She is moving to Utah this fall and will be attending Brigham Young University. She produced a video titled, Sacrifice: The Legacy of My Fathers.

Sydney said, “I will do everything in my power to honor the legacy of my ancestors as their namesake. They sacrificed all in the name of God, and for that, I am very grateful. I hope to continue the tradition and be a strength in these difficult days. Now more than ever, people turn away from God, and it is my mission to be an example and light.”