SALT LAKE CITY
29 August 2008
Tractor-trailers
loaded with relief supplies have already left Salt Lake City
headed toward the Gulf Coast, where Hurricane Gustav is expected to make
landfall Monday. By that time experts are forecasting Gustav
will reach a Category 3 status or possibly even a Category 5
status.
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SALT LAKE CITY
28 August 2008
The 140 millionth
copy of the Book of Mormon: Another Testament of
Jesus Christ was recently distributed, passing
another milestone in the book’s history. Since it was first
published in 1830, the Book of Mormon has been taken
worldwide by over a million missionaries. It is currently
available in 107 languages.
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SALT LAKE CITY
26 August 2008
FamilySearch.org has updated its
database of 1870 U.S. Census records and added two new
databases with West Virginian information this week to its
online pilot program at pilot.familysearch.org. The new
additions represent over nine million new names. There are
now over 477 million searchable names on the pilot site.
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PROVO, Utah
22 August 2008
An article by the
Daily Herald examines Massacre at Mountain
Meadows, a book written by historians Ron Walker,
Richard Turley and Glen Leonard. Scholars have called the
book the most thorough publication on the subject of
Mountain Meadows written to date.
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SALT LAKE CITY
19 August 2008
A story in the
Deseret News reports Utahns are pinching their
own pennies while pouring them into the hands of others.
Despite dinged wallets due to high gas and food prices, Utah
residents are still giving. Boston College's philanthropy
center ranked Utah third in the nation in charitable giving
two years ago. Half of donations here were classified as
religious giving.
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SALT LAKE CITY
19 August 2008
Most first-time
visitors to a Mormon church building comment on the number
of rooms. Many expect to find one large interior space, such
as in many other Christian denominations’ buildings of
worship.
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SALT LAKE CITY
14 August 2008
Church Public
Affairs is asking Church members to share their experiences
with maintaining food storage by posting video, text
or other content on personal blogs, video-sharing sites,
social media sites, or other Internet sites. Members can
then e-mail a link to their story to publicaffairs-slc@ldschurch.org.
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PANAMA CITY, Panama
14 August 2008
Following the
Sunday dedicatory service of the Panama City Panama Temple of The
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church
President Thomas S. Monson joined with other
Church leaders in a Monday meeting with Panamanian President
Martín Torrijos and his wife, Vivian Fernández de Torrijos.
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SALT LAKE CITY
11 August 2008
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints issued the following statement today in response to a press conference organized by Affirmation.
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SALT LAKE CITY
12 August 2008
Many young Latter-day Saints devote 18 months to two years of their lives as full-time missionaries. Thousands of retired seniors also serve in various assignments from employment services to humanitarian relief. But a number of years ago, Reginald Nelson Burt confided to a granddaughter that he had always lamented the fact that he did not have the opportunity to be a missionary for his faith, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
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SALT LAKE CITY
11 August 2008
After recent severe storms in Ruidoso, New Mexico, Mormon missionaries joined with local Latter-day Saints to help residents deal with the damage. After a day spent diverting and damming overflowing rivers, volunteers helped victims move out of flooded and damaged homes. They removed mud (up to three and a half feet deep) and water-logged goods and furniture from homes.
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SAN FRANCISCO
7 August 2008
Retired head of cardiology at UC San Francisco, Dr. William Parmley, is now serving as a Church leader for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Africa. He is working with other volunteers and organizations, including the Red Cross and the World Health Organization, to eradicate measles. To read the full report, go to InsideBayArea.com.
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SALT LAKE CITY
6 August 2008
When 12-year-old Melanie Roach told her family that one day she would compete at the Olympics, no one really doubted her, according to her mother, Bonnie Kozoff, as reported in the Tacoma News Tribune.
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SYDNEY, Australia
5 August 2008
Australia’s prime minister, Mr. Kevin Rudd, has a true “Aussie” pedigree, represented by free settlers and convicts alike, according to a family history study prepared for him by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
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SALT LAKE CITY
1 August 2008
A study of 1,580 IBM employees by Church-owned Brigham Young University shows that eating dinner together as a family has benefits for parents as well as children.
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SALT LAKE CITY
1 August 2008
When Jeff (not his real name), an addiction recovery facilitator, sits down with people struggling with addictions, he doesn’t tell them what to do. Instead, he shares what has helped him to recover from his own debilitating addictions and to stay sober one day at a time.
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BELLEVUE, Washington
31 July 2008
The Salvation Army and other agencies that provide food and other support to individuals and families going through hard times are reporting that demand for their services is increasing and donations are diminishing.
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HUNTSVILLE, Texas
31 July 2008
Members of a Huntsville Mormon congregation are joining with other churches and groups in the area to restore a chapel at the Wynne Unit, a local prison.
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TACOMA, Washington
31 July 2008
The Tacoma Dome, a venue that seats up to 23,000 people and is used for concerts, exhibitions and sporting events, hosted 2,200 Mormon youth last weekend. The young people performed three dance shows after seven months of rehearsals
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