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The Church’s website on Temples is great for looking up contact information, temple schedules, etc., but what if you wanted more. That’s where today’s site comes in. LDS Church Temples is a site that has multiple photographs, schedules, maps, construction updates, news articles, statistics, quotes from Church leaders, and much more. Rick Satterfield, from Pocatello, [...]
The Mormon Historic Sites Foundation (MHSF) was originally formed in 1992 as the Ensign Peak Foundation. The Foundation was significantly involved in the preservation and creation of the Ensign Peak Park in Salt Lake City, Utah. After the completion of the Ensign Peak Park project, the members of the Foundation recognized that they had developed [...]
Jon M. Huntsman Jr. (former Governor of Utah) has resigned yesterday as United States Ambassador to China. There is speculation that Ambassador Hunstman as well as former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney may be eying for 2012 presidential bid. January 22, 2011, Mitt Romney won the New Hampshire Republican Straw Poll, with 35 percent, while Rep. [...]
The videos created by the Church are stunning. I remember watching the Lamb of God video many years ago; it was amazing. Now the Church is updating the set of their motion picture studio. Look out Hollywood, here comes good, decent, quality movies! The Audiovisual Department of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints [...]
President Dieter F. Uchtdorf of the Church’s First Presidency offered the benediction today at the inauguration for Utah Gov. Gary R. Herbert and Lt. Gov. Greg Bell. Elders M. Russell Ballard, Quentin L. Cook and Neil L. Andersen of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles were also in attendance along with many other community leaders. [...]
DECEMBER 17 – The historic Provo Tabernacle was heavily damaged overnight by a four-alarm fire that is believed to have begun in the building’s second story. Firefighters responded to the fire after it was reported at 2:43 a.m., but the intensity of the fire made it impossible for them to fight it from inside the [...]
A man shot and killed a Mormon bishop at a chapel in Visalia, California and then was later shot dead by police Sunday afternoon. Police and church officials identified the slain bishop as Clay Sannar, 40, of the Visalia 2nd Ward. Visalia Stake spokesman Ralph Jordan said Sannar was conducting interviews after the three-hour block [...]
More than a century has passed since the public open house was held for the Salt Lake Temple, but an exhibit featuring a 1:32 scaled replica of the Mormon temple opened today that offers an open house experience of the magnificent building. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints unveiled an 88-inch tall, near-identical [...]
