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First Presidency Announces Newest Temple Groundbreaking

The First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has announced the groundbreaking for the Star Valley Wyoming Temple will be held on Saturday, April 25, 2015.

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Third-party web developer access to Church materials

Beginning in September 2011, the Church will release a beta program allowing third-party developers to apply for approved access to the Church’s repository of gospel content. The access will require developers to sign an intellectual property license agreement and will specify what content is approved for distribution. The third-party developers will then receive an API that allows them to access Church content (such as magazines, manuals, scriptures, conference addresses, and other gospel resources) for use in their applications. Currently, some third-party developers are using backdoor methods to screen-scrape the Church’s copyrighted content. At the end of the first quarter of 2012, the Church will require all third parties to have permission prior to using copyrighted material.

Non-LDS faith wants high school land for its own seminary

Students at the new high school under construction in Draper could get a unique opportunity — release time seminary taught by Summum, a Salt Lake City-based religion that practices meditation and mummification. On Monday, Canyons School District received a letter from Su Menu, president of Summum, inquiring about purchasing land adjacent to the planned schoolhouse, which has been designated as a “seminary” on an architectural site plan. The $55-million high school is scheduled to open in fall 2013.

Status of Missionaries Accounted for Following US Southeast Tornado

By Danielle Christensen

Tornadoes and violent storms swept across the US Southeast Easter Sunday, causing widespread damage into Monday.

Moana Wolfgramm Feinga: Family Over Fame

Moana Wolfgramm was just 12 years old when she and The Jets released their debut album through MCA records—an album that would produce top 10 charting songs and ultimately go platinum. She and her siblings were truly living the dream as they traveled the world and performed on some of the world’s biggest stages. But by the time Moana was 17, fame had taken a toll on her family and she felt as if they were already has-beens. As she tried to find herself again and the Wolfgramms had to decide if family was more important than money, Moana says one thing kept her grounded—her faith in the gospel of Jesus Christ.

How to Decide to Rent or Buy Your Home

By Mountain America Credit Union, advertiser

One of the biggest expenses you will have each month during life as an adult is the ongoing cost of housing, whether it’s for rent or for a mortgage. Now may be the time to review your individual circumstances and consider your options.

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Church Calls for Legislation That Protects Religious Freedom, LGBT Rights

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is deeply concerned that the ongoing conflicts between religious liberty and LGBT rights is poisoning our civil discourse, eroding the free exercise of religion and preventing diverse Americans of good will from living together in respect and peace. Lawmakers across the nation, including members of Congress, are working to enact or strengthen laws that ensure LGBT persons fair access to important rights, such as nondiscrimination in areas like housing, employment and appropriate public accommodations. The Church is on record favoring reasonable measures that secure such rights.

Latter-day Saint Life

"Your Husband Taught Me to Love My Wife As an Equal": Afghan Pilot Tweets Letter to Wife of Slain Latter-day Saint Major

By Katie Lambert

"Family is not something. Family is everything" was a saying Latter-day Saint Major Brent Taylor often told Afghan pilot Major Abdul Rahman Rahmani. A saying Rahmani says changed his life.

44: Who Do You Think You Are?

Stories in this episode: Christie and her brother learn they are never alone as they name-drop their eccentric great-uncle and embark on daring adventures wandering a local hospital. Artist Kate struggles with her self-worth until an unusual assignment from her stake president leads to a new understanding of God’s love for her and a new mission to share her testimony through art.

Book of Mormon 365 - February