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Historic Provo church secures $20K matching grant to restore building facades

The Provo Community Congregational United Church of Christ has secured a $20,000 matching grant from Provo City and the state of Utah to help fund critically needed building repairs. The church announced in a Thursday’s press release that the matching grant has been awarded through Provo ...

Conference Counsel: Christ’s Atonement brings strength amid trials

I was on my mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in late 2004 when the 9.1 to 9.3 earthquake and subsequent tsunami devastated Indonesia. I remember going out to knock doors that night and talking to a college student who wondered how there could be a God when such ...

Conference Counsel: Temples, missionaries, education part of hastening

A few weeks ago, I was trying to figure out why President Russell M. Nelson, president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, chose to dedicate the Syracuse Utah Temple. It was only the second temple he had dedicated since he dedicated the Rome Italy Temple in March 2019 and the ...

Jehovah’s Witnesses to hold large convention in Orem this weekend

Jehovah’s Witnesses are known by many for their door-to-door proselytizing and brochures they distribute that explain their religious beliefs. A lesser-known element of the faith group, according to Jehovah’s Witnesses spokesperson Michael Overholt, is that it is one of the largest ...