Posts Tagged ‘service’
Littleton Church Members Show How to “Love Your Neighbor”
By Katie Clark (Columbine Stake) It’s not every day that you see hundreds of people gathering early on a Saturday morning, but that’s exactly what happened as the Columbine Stake (Littleton area) and surrounding churches joined forces in the “Love Your Neighbor” event. “The gym on Saturday morning was like a buzzing beehive, with energy…
Read MoreLouisville Realtor Never Stops Serving Community through Marshall Fire Recovery
By Denver Region Media Specialist Corey Christiansen More than two years after the most costly fire in Colorado’s history tore through her community, Louisville Ward (Boulder Stake) member Lisa Rice is still asking who needs help next. On December 30, 2021, 115-mile-per-hour winds whipped the Marshall Fire across the Boulder suburbs of Louisville and Superior.…
Read MoreThornton Baseball Fields Benefit from Community and Church Service Project
Over 145 community members from the City of Thornton, the baseball community, JustServe, and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints gathered on Saturday, September 9th to “give back” in honor of 9/11. The 9/11 Day of Service is a nationally focused effort in communities across America and Colorado to serve in one’s local…
Read MoreMembers in path of tornado turn out to help others
On June 25, a Sunday like no other, members of the Highlands Ranch Colorado Stake of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints attended church in their work clothes before heading out, 2,000 strong, to assess and help clear the destruction from a freak tornado. While, thankfully, no one was injured when the storm…
Read MoreChristmas Ornament Donation for Marshall Fire Victims
In Westminster Colorado, church member Carol Burton has been collecting Christmas ornaments with a special purpose in mind. To donate them to survivors of the Marshall Fire that destroyed so many homes in late 2021. Her efforts have caught the attention of some local media outlets. Click here to watch or read her story on…
Read MoreArvada Girl Scout Creates Kits for Cancer Patients
11-year-old Girl Scout Kyra Delaney-Barton saw a need in her community and decided to do something about it. Kyra, a 2nd year junior in Girl Scouts of Colorado Troop 68100 and a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, watched her great-uncle battle cancer twice, including undergoing chemotherapy. She knew that the…
Read MoreLDS Church Paints Mural, Removes Weeds and Fences at Majestic View Park
The drizzly weather on Saturday, September 10 didn’t stop 140 members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints from completing three large service projects at Majestic View Nature Center. Families with toddlers, youngsters, and teenagers filed a thirty-yard dumpster of noxious weeds. Other families removed wire fencing and posts in a deep thicket…
Read MoreEagle Scout Project: Community Fire Pit Upgrade
In 2019 The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced an end to a very long relationship with the Boy Scouts of America. While a large number of young men in the church decided to not continue their path to Eagle Scout that wasn’t the case for Micah Andersen in Arvada. Micah joined Troop…
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