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Meetinghouse Used for Ukranian Refugees

C.D. Cunningham4 years ago4 years ago01 mins

Among the interesting details in LDS Daily’s stellar reporting today is about a Latter-day Saint meetinghouse that is being used to house and support refugees leaving the country. The baptismal font has been adapted to be used as a shower, and local church members come to the building every day to help clean. https://news-uk.churchofjesuschrist.org/article/places-of-refuge-from-the-storm Latter-day Saint Meetinghouse in Ukraine Used as Refugee Station This is an important article highlighting the ways we can in our own small spheres make a big difference in helping the lives of others. A full list of efforts the Church is making in helping with the current refugee situation can be found at the Church’s newsroom.

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Nigerian Latter-day Saints Serve Orphans

C.D. Cunningham4 years ago01 mins

The Church News had a report yesterday on a ward in Calabar, Nigeria serving a local orphanage. The Young Single Adult Ward had recently been pondering the hymn “Have I Done Any Good,” and decided that they could make a difference by serving a local orphanage. The ward members brought food and supplies, and prayed and sang with the children. The staff noted how timely the gifts were as they continue to recover from the negative effects of COVID-19.

Trying to Christmas Like Jesus

Warner Woodworth4 years ago3 years ago09 mins

It’s hard for most of us to resist the sheer momentum of America’s consumerist Christmas. But once you’ve witnessed precious families just barely surviving—like Joseph and Mary of old—it’s impossible to celebrate Christmas the same way.

A Gospel Foundation for Common Ground on Social Justice

Hanna Seariac5 years ago4 years ago013 mins

Social justice has become a point of aching division in America, and even among Latter-day Saints—with different sides claiming Jesus’s message as justifying their own view. Could that same gospel, however, offer some ways to find vital common ground instead?