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
14 August 2008
Church Public Affairs is asking Church members to share their experiences with maintaining and utilizing food storage by posting video, text or other content on personal blogs, video-sharing sites like YouTube, social media sites like Facebook, 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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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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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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CASEY CITY, Australia
31 July 2008
Hindus, Sikhs, Jews, Catholics and representatives of other faith groups joined with members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons) recently to tour three different faiths’ places of worship.
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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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PANAMA CITY, Panama
30 July 2008
One of the more than 32,000 people who have visited the new Mormon temple in Panama City over the last three weeks, Luis Farias, says that his experience has allowed him “to renew hope.”
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HARTFORD, Connecticut
30 July 2008
Over the last few weeks, The Hartford Courant newspaper has profiled young adults from a wide range of backgrounds, including a 17-year-old boxer and an 18-year-old piano virtuoso. This week the newspaper features Pedro Laraia, a young man currently serving a two-year mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
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LUPUTA, Democratic Republic of the Congo
29 July 2008
For the children of the central African city of Luputa and nearby villages, an 18-mile-long pipe being laid near their homes means a lot more than access to clean water for their families.
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