OGDEN — About 4,200 participants are expected to participate in a regional convention of Jehovah’s Witnesses this weekend taking place Friday through Sunday at the Dee Events Center.Jehovah’s Witnesses from Utah, Nevada, Wyoming and Idaho will be attending, as well as some people from ...
OGDEN — Debris from the burned and smashed interior of an Ogden church piled high in a construction dumpster Tuesday as worshipers and workers took stock of the damage inflicted by vandals recently.“They destroyed this place,” said Matthew Kalil, team lead for Paul Davis Restoration, a ...
It will cost more to serve as a full-time missionary for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints starting July 1, 2020.Young adult full-time missionaries for the church volunteer their time and pay their own way to serve a mission. Young men serve two years and young women serve 18 ...
Standard-Examiner staffSOUTH OGDEN — A South Ogden neighborhood will be transformed this week thanks to the work of hundreds of volunteers.“Serve South Ogden” is a weeklong service project hosted by Washington Heights Church to give back to the community. At least 700 volunteers of all ...
Standard-Examiner staffOGDEN — Griffin Memorial Church of God in Christ is celebrating its 73rd anniversary next Sunday.The anniversary celebration will take place at 3:30 p.m. May 26 at the church on 2424 E Ave. in Ogden. The celebration is open to the public.Prior to the anniversary, the ...
SALT LAKE CITY — The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced Monday that couples in a civil marriage will no longer have to wait a year to be married in a temple.The LDS Church said in a <a ...
It’s been nearly a year since The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints first announced that they would be splitting from the Boy Scouts of America and replacing existing youth programs for all young men, young women and children. On Monday, the church announced that the replacement ...
OGDEN — St. Paul Lutheran Church and School was defrauded in a nationwide playground construction scam, according to a federal indictment.The church, at 3329 Harrison Blvd., lost $6,550 paid toward a playground project, said a mail fraud indictment against Christopher Hardin of Strongsville, ...
SALT LAKE CITY — The Salt Lake Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will close later this year for extensive renovation.President Russell M. Nelson, church president, announced at a press conference Friday morning that the Salt Lake Temple will close on Dec. 29, 2019, and ...
“I was ecstatic — it was a huge change,” said Kole Pei, a transgender man who is a member of the Church of Jesus Chris of Latter-day Saints, referring the church’s recent policy change allowing children of LGBTQ parents to be baptized members of the church.Pei was one of five ...
