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| Local LDS Impact Huge in WTC Attack |
| The attack on New York City's World Trade
Center this morning will have a huge effect on LDS Church members and
the Church in the region because of those injured or killed in the
attack. In what is now being called a terrorist attack, two planes
slammed into the twin towers of New York's World Trade Center at
about 8:45 am, leading to the eventual collapse of both towers.
Members in Washington DC may also feel the impact of today's attacks,
since they included a plane that crashed into the Pentagon and a car
bomb that struck the U.S. State Department. |
| Mesa LDS Chapel Heavily Damaged in Arson Fire |
| An LDS chapel in Mesa, Arizona was heavily damaged early
this morning in an arson fire. Investigators with the federal Bureau of
Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms have been called in to investigate the fire,
which caused damage estimated at $200,000, according to local Fire
department officials. |
| Residents Question Traffic at Planned Harrison NY Temple |
| Residents of Harrison, New York are questioning the
amount of traffic that proposed Temple in their neighborhood will bring, and
are asking the Town Board for an independent study of traffic patterns in
and around the site and at other Temples around the country. A lawyer
representing the residents, Jeff Grant, will ask the board for the study at
the board's meeting tonight. |
| BYU Shuts Down WTC Tragedy Fundraiser |
| A long-time former New York LDS Church member, Doug
Ellis, was frustrated in his efforts to collect funds in support of
the victims of yesterday's attacks when BYU shut down his effort
because he lacked a permit. Ellis set up a card table and started
collecting funds outside of BYU's Wilkinson Center within hours of
the tragedy, but was shut down by BYU before the 11 am devotional. |
| Reactions from LDS Members Nationwide |
| Statements from local leaders of The Church of
Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints throughout the United States have
appeared in local newspapers, and local congregations and leaders
have been active in hosting prayer vigils and memorials across the
nation in the wake of Tuesday's horrifying attacks on the World Trade
Center and the Pentagon. Many local newspapers have surveyed clergy
looking for local reactions to the tragedies, and LDS leaders have
given a wide range of advice and counsel on coping with these events. |
| 100 Years of Mormonism in Japan Celebrated |
| The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
celebrated the 100th anniversary of missionary work in Japan on September
1st by unveiling two bronze commemorative plaques to be installed on the
base of the steeple of a new chapel. The chapel will be built not far from
the Japanese park where Elder Heber J. Grant, then a member of the Quorum of
the Twelve, dedicated Japan for the gospel in 1901. Since then Church
membership in Japan has grown, at first slowly, and then quickly after a
long hiatus, to include more than 110,000 members in 30 stakes and 20
districts. |
| Restored BY Academy Building Dedicated as Provo Library |
| It was a sad sight. The 108-year-old Brigham Young
Academy Building sagged in disrepair after being sold by Brigham
Young University in 1975. There were attempts to use the historic
building, but it was finally slated for the wrecking ball. That's
when Academy supporters enlisted BYU engineering professor Douglas
Smoot to help save the building. |
| President Bednar counsels students to carry on |
| this hour of sorrow, the First Presidency of The Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter-day Saints expresses profound sympathy to those
whose loved ones, friends and associates were lost or injured in
today's senseless acts of violence. We offer our prayers in behalf of
the innocent victims of these vicious attacks. We ask our Heavenly
Father to guide President Bush and his advisors as they respond to
these devastating incidents. |
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