Roughly 60 years after the formation of the first branch in Luxembourg, members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in this small European country celebrated their first meetinghouse.
“This building does not just belong to the Church, it belongs to all of you. It belongs to the community,” said Michaël Ulrich, president of the Nancy France Stake, at a June 13 ribbon-cutting ceremony held in Strassen, Luxembourg.
Elder James W. McConkie III, a General Authority Seventy and second counselor of the Europe Central Area presidency, attended the festivities, as well as Sunday meetings in both wards—one of which is held in English and French, the other in Spanish and Portuguese.
Elder McConkie noted the cultural diversity of open house visitors and volunteers and testified: “God loves all His children, and He feels joy when they come together as one.”
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