Religion

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.

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.

The Young Womanhood Recognition Award is given to young women who through the Young Women’s program have completed various projects for personal growth and for church and community service.

PROVO -- Brigham Young University will host Margaret Blair Young, one of the authors of "Nobody Knows: The Untold Story of Black Mormons," in a lecture at noon Wednesday in the Education in Zion auditorium.

OGDEN -- "God's watching over you while you take care of us."

A polygamist sect has launched an international media blitz, with ads claiming to be God's revelations running in papers across the United States and Canada.

The ads purport to be revelations from God through Warren Jeffs, the imprisoned leader of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Having been convicted of the sexual assault of a 12-year-old girl and a 15-year-old girl, Jeffs is serving a sentence of life plus 20 years in a prison in Palestine, Texas. The alleged revelations were written from Palestine, according to the ads.