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Members Save LDS Chapel Set on Fire by Arsonists

Danielle B. Wagner - Early Friday morning, several church members were playing basketball at their local ward house in Vancouver, Washington, when they began smelling smoke. It was just before 7 a.m. The men quickly began searching the church house and found a fire blazing in the chapel. " The pulpit, where the speakers stand to speak on Sunday, was fully enflamed,” Ron Kramer, one of the basketball players, told KGW News . Along with the pulpit, the players found some of the chapel's hymnals in flames along with a message, which appeared to be written in shaving cream. The message read "Ha, Ha." "This...

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Ground Broken for New Temple in Africa

LDS Living - On Saturday, April 9, 2016, hundreds gathered in Durban, South Africa, as ground was broken for a new temple. The presidency of the Church's Africa Southeast Area and their wives attended the event, with the area president, Elder Carl B. Cook of the Seventy, performing the groundbreaking. Announced in 2011, the Durban South Africa Temple will be the second temple in the country following the Johanasberg South Africa Temple dedicated in 1985. Currently, there are 150 operating temples worldwide, with three completed in Africa (Aba, Nigeria; Accra, Ghana; and Johannesburg, South Africa), one under construction (Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo)...

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FHE: Through the Atonement of Christ, All Mankind May Be Saved

Kimiko Christensen Hammari, excerpted from "I Know the Scriptures Are True" - Resources (Select one from each category.) Children’s Songbook "He Died That We Might Live Again" (65) "The Third Article of Faith" (123) Hymns "I Know That My Redeemer Lives" (136) "Behold the Great Redeemer Die" (191) Gospel Art Book Jesus Praying in Gethsemane (56) The Crucifixion (57) Scriptures John 10:15 Alma 34:8 Lesson When Heavenly Father sent us to earth, He told us that we would need to keep all of His commandments in order to return to Him. But He knew that life would be hard and we would all make mistakes. Because He loves us, He has done everything...

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How an 8-Year-Old Brought His Father Back into the Church

LDS.org - Baptism is not the last step to conversion. In the case of one bishop, it was just his first step in what became a very long, rocky, and interesting road to finally accepting the Church. During a priesthood executive committee meeting, our full-time missionaries reported meeting a member whose records were not in the ward. I recognized the name immediately and mentioned that she and I had been in the same ward many years ago. One of the missionaries said, “Yes, bishop, she mentioned that and seemed quite surprised that you were the bishop.” I asked them, “What did she say?”...

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How a Muslim and a Mormon Are Helping Each Other Keep Their Standards

The Odyssey Online - Latter-day Saint Caitlin McKinnon has come to learn firsthand how Mormons, Muslims, and people of all faiths can allow their beliefs to pull them together instead of apart. Growing up in Idaho and attending college in Utah, I did not meet a Muslim until I was 24-years-old and had moved to New York City for graduate school. The first friend I met at graduate school is Muslim. We met at admitted student day during April 2015 and exchanged phone numbers to keep in contact until school started in September 2015. Our school had organized a scenic cruise where students could meet...

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Powerful Church Video: How I Came to Forgive the Man Who Killed My Brother

LDS Living - When LDS artist Nnamdi heard his brother had died, he never thought he could forgive the man who killed him or find peace again. Though younger, it was always his brother who supported him and who made his new life as an artist possible. But, through the Savior, Nnamdi came to find a deep and abiding peace. ...

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Pornography Is Not Just a Man's Problem: How One LDS Woman Is Fighting Her Addiction by Raising Awareness

Utah Valley 360 - From raising awareness to organizing races to help support recovering pornography addicts, Suzy Jordan has found a way to fight her addiction in an uplifting, unique way. It’s a “man’s problem.” That’s what Suzy Jordan grew up believing. Pornography addiction was a problem specific to men — so why then was she struggling with it? “There’s so many people that were in the same situation, but we are all so scared to talk about it because it’s the taboo thing — the thing that no one is supposed to do,” the Orem native said. Pornography is a growing epidemic. In fact,...

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When God Doesn't Seem to Show Up When You Need Him Most

All Our Lemmony Things - What a beautiful testimony: "Heavenly Father had faith in Jesus.  "He had complete faith that in the moment when Christ felt most alone, in that moment when there was darkness and emptiness and no voice whispering back, in that moment when the Spirit had left and the pain was immense and the blood stung his eyes–he decided to pray anyway." Today in church a newborn baby was blessed. In my church, how a baby blessing works is the father will hold the baby in the center of a circle of family and friends and a prayer is said for the start...

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Elder Perry's Final Message to the Young Men

New Era - This article was prepared by Elder L. Tom Perry on May 28, 2015, two days before his passing, to be shared with young priesthood holders. The greatest strength in my life has been the priesthood of God. I believe it will also be a sure anchor for you young men. But for it to have power in your life, you need to understand and use it. Early Experiences with the Priesthood I grew up in a comfortable environment in Logan, Utah. I had no childhood worries about food or shelter or education. But perhaps because life was easy, I needed something to...

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​The Unusual Prompting a Firefighter Received that Saved the Walls of the Provo Tabernacle

Blair Camp - An Unpleasant Call in the Middle of the Night It’s seldom good news when the phone rings in the middle of the night. The call in the early morning hours of December 17, 2010 was no exception. I was sleeping soundly at home when around 3:00 a.m. I received a call from the Provo Police and Fire Dispatch Center informing me that the tabernacle was on fire. The Provo Tabernacle; no further description was needed.   The Provo Tabernacle had been a busy place over the past couple of days in preparation for the production of “Gloria,” a musical celebration of...