Mormons in Parker, CO Volunteer to clear the way for the Ray Harvie Park.
Through the volunteer service website www.JustServe.org, and with gloves, rakes, wire cutters and boundless energy, approximately 75 volunteers made great strides in bringing Parker’s newest park to reality. They filled the industrial size dumpster in less than an hour, then continued to work through the morning. Old fencing was removed, mountains of wood and metal…
Read MorePress Release: Public Open House and Dedication Dates Announced for Fort Collins Temple
The First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints recently announced open house and dedication dates for the Fort Collins Colorado Temple of the Church. The public is invited to a free tour of the temple during an open house from Friday, August 19, through Saturday, September 10, excluding the Sundays August…
Read MoreDouglas County Press features article on life as a Mormon in Colorado.
The Douglas County Press recently featured an article on what life is like as a Mormon in Colorado. Journalist Chris Michlewicz interviews Dale Lyman, a volunteer leader of several LDS congregations in the Parker area, and some local church members including Taylor Hunter, a recently returned missionary. Read the article here and share it with your friends : “That passion for…
Read MoreColorado Mormon Chorale performs the Lamb of God at Trinity Methodist Church in Downtown Denver.
Members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from Littleton are pleased to present “Lamb of God” – peformed by the Colorado Mormon Chorale and Orchestra, written and composed by Rob Gardner. This sacred performance is an oratorio based on New Testament accounts of the final days of the life of Jesus Christ,…
Read MoreInterfaith Messiah sing along brings faiths together in a new tradition.
George Frideric Handel said at the first London performance of his masterpiece Messiah that he didn’t just wish to entertain his audience, but that he wished “to make them better.” *(Burrows, 28) In the spirit of Handel’s aspirations, the faith communities from Hope United Methodist and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS)…
Read MoreBoulder Colorado Youth digitize 22,963 genealogical records in the month of December.
In the month of December, a group of Mormon youth from Boulder, Lafayette, Louisville, Broomfield and Erie participated in an indexing challenge. Indexing involves digitizing family history records for the use of genealogy. (Learn more about indexing here.) The challenge was to see how many family history records could be digitized during the month of…
Read MoreVolunteers wrap gifts for Operation Santa Claus at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
The Columbine Courier has highlighted a service project involving hundreds of volunteers from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Columbine congregations along with the United Alliance and Lockheed Martin in support of Operation Santa Claus. Operation Santa Claus is a nonprofit organization for which employees, their families and retirees volunteer to provide gifts…
Read MoreBoulder Teens Rake Leaves for Neighbors!
On a beautiful, crisp November Saturday morning just over 100 youth from the Boulder Colorado Stake gathered at an LDS Church in Broomfield at 9:00 am. They broke into ten groups and went out to assigned neighborhoods around the church. Wearing bright yellow vests identifying them as Mormon Helping Hands from the Church of Jesus…
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