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Local News
LDS Church's Dead Sea Scrolls Exhibit Moves To Indianapolis |
The LDS Church's exhibit on the Dead Sea
Scrolls has moved to an Indianapolis LDS Chapel, part of a seven-city
tour that the LDS exhibit is traveling throughout the midwest while a
larger exhibit is available at Chicago's Field Museum. The LDS
exhibit has no original pieces, only replicas. |
Crash takes life of Mesa (AZ) Bishop |
LDS Bishop William Forrest lost his life in an
automobile accident on Friday, according a report in the Arizona
Tribune. Forrest, a native of Pocatello, Idaho and father of seven,
collided with a tractor-trailer hauling gravel. |
BYU Students Start Controversial 'Fight Club' |
The popularity of an unregulated amateur boxing club
in Provo started by a group of BYU and UVSC students has BYU
administrators and local police worried. The group stages boxing
events before crowds of 300 or more fans at secret venues all over
Utah county, Utah. |
Do Utah Mormons Really Perfer Democrats? |
There is no doubt that the state of Utah's
politics are very heavily weighted toward the conservative,
Republican side. I mean, can a Mormon be a good Mormon AND a democrat? |
Never on Monday - Sports vs. church |
For some parents, sending their kids off on Monday nights to participate in city basketball, soccer, baseball or softball leagues
conflicts with one of their religious mandates. |
LDS Ward Helps Transform Girls For Prom |
An LDS ward in California is
taking charity one step farther -- turning it into caring about
others. The ward has teamed up with the San Fernando Valley
Interfaith Council and the California Department of Children and
Family Services to provide prom dresses, helping less fortunate girls
get ready for upcoming high-school events. But the ward also took it
one step farther, making the girls "Feel Like a Princess" for a day. |
Mormon Congregation Relies On All-Volunteer Clergy |
The Post-Standard introduced a new feature
focusing on a different religious congregation each week, choosing to
focus on the LDS Church's Syracuse Ward during the first week. The
newspaper interviewed Bishop John P. Rutkowski, asking about the
Ward, its history and about Bishop Rutkowski himself. |
LDS Easter Messages Mentioned |
Local LDS leaders were mentioned in
a recent Arizona Daily Star article discussing
highlights from upcoming Easter Sunday sermons.
Bishop Lonnie Sharp of the Countryside ward was quoted
in saying, "My message will be that the life and death
of Christ provides great hope, and that the essence of
the Gospel is essentially his atonement." |
May Events at the Washington D.C. Temple Visitors Center |
The public is cordially invited to a series of programs featuring a variety of talented performers ___ during the month of May ___ at
the Washington D.C. Temple Visitors Center, 9900 Stoneybrook Drive,
adjacent to the Washington Temple, in Kensington, Md. |
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