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Joseph Smith birthplace could become Mormon museum

Last updated Saturday, February 11, 2012 - 12:06pm

SOUTH ROYALTON, Vt. — A man who tried for seven years to build a gift shop and delicatessen near the Vermont birthplace of Joseph Smith now wants to sell the land to a Mormon historical society that would build a museum and hospitality center.

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Usher’s Day program planned

Staff Standard-Examiner

Last updated Friday, February 10, 2012 - 12:50pm

OGDEN — New Zion Baptist Church, 2935 Lincoln Ave., Ogden, will hold its annual Usher’s Day Program at 3:30 p.m. Feb. 19.

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Healing service Sunday at Elim

Staff Standard-Examiner

Last updated Friday, February 10, 2012 - 12:49pm

OGDEN — The Stephen Ministers of Elim Lutheran Church, 575 23rd St., Ogden, will conduct a full service of healing at 10 a.m., Sunday.

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Ministry team at Roy church Sunday

Staff Standard-Examiner

Last updated Friday, February 10, 2012 - 12:46pm

ROY — Todd Murphy and Kent Wilson, the missionary ministry team of Micaiah Ministries, will be at North Park Foursquare Church, 4275 S. 1900 West, in Roy, at 10:30 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. this Sunday.

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Mardi Gras party today at Elim

Staff Standard-Examiner

Last updated Friday, February 10, 2012 - 12:43pm

OGDEN — Five youths and a chaperone from Elim Lutheran Church, 575 23rd St., in Ogden, will attend the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America National Youth Gathering in New Orleans in July.

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(Courtesy photo) The St. Benedict's Foundation halps the Boys & Girls Club of Weber-Davis

St. Benedict's Foundation has Nun-Event

JaNae Francis Standard-Examiner

Last updated Friday, February 10, 2012 - 12:40pm

SOUTH OGDEN — The Sisters of the Order of St. Benedict are inviting the community to participate in an event that’s not an event at all.

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Monastery hosts girl, women retreat

JaNae Francis Standard-Examiner

Last updated Friday, February 10, 2012 - 12:11pm

SOUTH OGDEN — The Sisters of Mount Benedict Monastery invite area girls and significant women mentors in their lives to an annual Mother, Daughter, Family and Friends retreat from 5:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. Friday, Feb. 24.

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Taize service was a time of reflection

JaNae Francis Standard-Examiner

Last updated Friday, February 10, 2012 - 12:08pm

SOUTH OGDEN — Peaceful reflection and an opportunity for individual prayer were the central themes of a Taize Worship service held Monday as part of the Interfaith Works! annual Interfaith Week festivities.

Nineteen participants attended a quiet, candle-lit ceremony at the Pleasant Valley branch of the Weber County Library featuring simple hymns designed to be viewed as prayers and periods of silence between the hymns and spoken prayers.

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Weight Control: Principles & Pitfalls seminar set

Staff Standard-Examiner

Last updated Friday, February 10, 2012 - 12:04pm

OGDEN — The community is invited to a free seminar at 3 p.m. Sunday at 2185 Taylor Ave. in Ogden.

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Unitarian Universalist Church to have auction

Staff Standard-Examiner

Last updated Friday, February 10, 2012 - 12:57pm

OGDEN — All adults are invited to a “Chocolate Lover’s Affair” from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. today at Unitarian Universalist Church of Ogden, 705 23rd St.

This is an adult event, but onsite childcare will be available on a donation basis.

According to a news release from the church, the event features more than 60 auction items, priced from $10 to over $500. Live and silent auction items include:

• A week in Hawaii at a luxury condo.

• Adorable homemade aprons.

• Gourmet seafood dinner for four.

• Homemade Kahlua in a vintage cut-glass decanter.

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Muslim-American terror rare, study says

Jessica Halpern News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.)

Last updated Friday, February 10, 2012 - 8:25am

RALEIGH, N.C. -- The number of homegrown terrorism plots hatched by Muslim-Americans has declined over the last three years and remain relatively rare despite public fears, according to a study by a University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill sociology professor.

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Republican presidential candidate, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich speaks at the Price Hill Chili Restaurant up to 112, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2012. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Gingrich hits Romney, Obama, on Catholic rights

Charles Babington, Philip Elliott The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, February 7, 2012 - 1:16pm

CINCINNATI -- Newt Gingrich thrust the reproductive rights issue into the GOP campaign spotlight on Tuesday, criticizing both Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama's records on requiring Catholic organizations to provide contraceptive aids in some circumstances. Rick Santorum vowed to make the issue a central part of his struggling campaign.

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LDS public relations topic for Ogden SUP

Standard-Examiner staff Standard-Examiner

Last updated Monday, February 6, 2012 - 11:02pm

OGDEN -- The Ogden Pioneer Chapter Sons of the Utah Pioneers will meet at noon Monday at Comfort Suites Inn, 2250 S. 1200 West.

Blake Whalen will speak about "Public Relations for the LDS Church."

Whalen is the general manager of The Boyer Company at Business Depot Ogden. He also is the director of the Utah Public Relations Council for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

The cost of one meeting for potential members is paid for by the chapter. For other guests, there is a $12.50 charge.

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(© 2011 Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved) An advertisement for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is on top of a New York City taxi. The LDS Church has received a lot of attention with Mitt Romney’s run for the presidency.

National attention not always easy for LDS Church

Manya A. Brachear Chicago Tribune

Last updated Sunday, February 5, 2012 - 8:29pm

As Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney continues his drive to win his party's nomination, Mormons worry they could face a barrage of negative scrutiny, much like that which engulfed President Barack Obama's former church on Chicago's South Side four years ago.

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Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, bows his head during a prayer at the start of a campaign rally in Elko, Nev., Friday, Feb. 3, 2012. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

LDS Church views Romney's candidacy as a mixed blessing

Mitchell Landsberg Los Angeles Times

Last updated Friday, February 3, 2012 - 5:04pm

Republicans look at Mitt Romney and see a future nominee or a Massachusetts moderate they can't support. Democrats see a formidable opponent with abundant vulnerabilities to exploit.

For one group, though, Romney's candidacy represents a unique mix of hopes and fears, pride and apprehension. Leaders of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints have a lot riding on Romney's candidacy -- which is one reason why, paradoxically, they have steered clear of anything that smacks of support for the man who could become the first Mormon presidential nominee of a major political party.

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