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New Presiding Bishop has witnessed faith in action
Witnessing the death, damage and destruction caused by last year's historic natural disaster in Japan was a life-altering experience for Bishop Gary E. Stevenson and his wife, Sister Lesa Stevenson. The Stevensons were, at once, terribly saddened by the heavy toll that was exacted by such...
LDS volunteers continue to serve
Mormon volunteers join forces with their local community in an effort to show their faith in Jesus Christ and follow his example of service. In Murrieta, Calif., members of a stake of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints were planning to work together with the local Catholic and...
Mormon Media Observer: AP story about measles vaccinations shows media do report good news
One of the most common complaints about the news media seems always to be that the news is too negative. While it is true that disaster, corruption and threat will always be news, a story this week from the Associated Press shows the complaint isn’t always true. The story is this: According to...
LDS Church pilot program for construction in Congo
Here in Kinshasa the church is doing a new pilot program for developing nations. It's the first one of its kind and is probably the last big thing done by Bishop Burton before he was released. He was very anxious about the lack of employment in the Congo and this was the idea that they came up...
LDS volunteers serving communities
People in communities across the country are engaging in service projects this spring that will benefit and beautify their communities.
Among the countless volunteers and organizations performing service are members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
The Inner City Project: a chance to serve from home
Whether you're finding an apartment for someone newly homeless, explaining to a foreign refugee what a flush toilet is, or connecting addicts with resources for recovery, the Inner City Project has something nearly anyone can do to fulfill Christ's call to serve "the least of these" right when it...
Mormon Helping Hands Busy Lending a Hand
With the recent tornadoes in the Midwest, in what has been a destructive tornado season so far, members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormon) are giving needed assistance. More than 300 Mormon Helping Hands volunteers from the Church’s Bloomington Indiana Stake (similar to a...
Building hope: How the LDS Church is helping thousands fleeing war and drought
Mormon Life says: I love hearing stories about the Church Welfare System. Read this - it's good.
Not far from Somalia on a barren, windswept plain, a girl named Amina gathers firewood in the fading light of late afternoon. She is slightly built, with a long, delicate neck and thin, bony arms....
Refugees meet basic needs with help of LDS Church
The worst drought in living memory has devastated the Horn of Africa, causing hundreds of thousands to flee Somalia. Some have been lucky enough to land in Utah, but most who leave end up in massive refugee camps along the border. To see just how big the refugee camps are in Ethiopia, we had to...
LDS youth group raises $13,000 for charity
Mormon Life says: This is so impressive!
The youth group from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Brambleton Congregation raised $13,000 for Loudoun Habitat for Humanity during an auction earlier this month to help with the...
LDS youth give day of service
Members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in Oakton spent St. Patrick’s Day sharing their good fortune with others by donating blankets and hygiene kits to area charities. About 1,400 blankets and 1,000 hygiene kits were hauled from the Church’s regional Bishop’s Storehouse in...
The Church Is Reaching Out and Helping
One year after a horrific earthquake and tsunami, prominent signs standing amid the miles and miles of devastation and destruction in Japan’s Miyagi prefecture send a one-word message of the resiliency of the people: Ganbaru, which means “hold out, stand firm, and hang in there.” It is the same...
Mormon church celebrates relief-giving women's group
Birthdays often mean cake and celebration, and the case was no different for the 170th birthday of the Relief Society, the Mormon church's organization for women, on Saturday. But the women from the 13 congregations, called wards, in the mid-Missouri stake of the church weren't opening any...
Mormon volunteerism highlighted in new study
Mormon Life says: The Church created another really cool infographic. Click on the forwarding link to see the whole picture.
As The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons) continues to receive heightened media attention, a new study focuses on the generous charitable donations and volunteerism of active...
LDS, Catholics team up for tropical storm recovery in Philippines
THE Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has teamed up with the Catholic Relief Services (CRS) to provide transitional houses to victims of Tropical Storm Sendong in Cagayan de Oro. Representatives of the groups signed a memorandum of agreement last week and agreed to pledge a hefty...
