News Items About the Church

[smac97]

Since we generally discuss mostly controversies and problems pertaining to the Church on this board, I thought it might be a nice change of pace to give credit to the Church where it's due.

Helping in New Jersey:

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LDS Church gives 120K pounds of food to Community FoodBank of New Jersey
By: Gabrielle Saulsbery
May 15, 2020 1:55 pm

The Community FoodBank of New Jersey in Hillside is receiving three trucks of food, 120,000 pounds total, from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to combat food insecurity during COVID-19.

The food will provide 100,000 meals to New Jersey families.

Helping in Reno:

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Salvation Army to host drive-thru food distribution

RENO, Nev. (KOLO) - The Salvation Army is hosting a drive-thru food distribution event for those impacted by the pandemic.

Officials said the event is made possible by the support and partnership from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. "They donated $1.5 mullion dollars across the nation," said Salvation Army's Major Darren Trimmer.

Helping in Ely and Wendover:

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FOOD PANTRY REPLENISHED
Posted by Kay Lynn Roberts-McMurray | May 14, 2020 | News 

Depleted food pantries in Ely and Wendover were replenished with more than 10 pallets of much-needed non-perishable items sent by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints and delivered by Nevada Gold Mines.

The food arrived in a 53-foot semi- truck and consisted of shelf-stable food, such as canned soups, chili, beans, corn, tomatoes and applesauce along with peanut butter, pud- ding, and pasta, to name a few items.  This is the second shipment of food sent by the church to rural Nevada. On April 7, 41,695 pounds of food, a $45,000 value, arrived in Elko. The shipment provided approximately 30,000 pounds. of commodities to the food banks in Elko; the remaining 10,000 pounds was sent to the JAS Foundation food bank in West Wendover to stabilize the situation there. The order delivered on April 7 and April 21 were in response to a call for help from local food banks whose supplies were depleting rapidly. 

Helping in East Wenatchee:

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Church of Latter-day Saints to give away produce
By Cala Flamond
World staff writer May 14, 2020 

EAST WENATCHEE — The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will give away 70,0000 pounds of potatoes and 20,000 pounds of onions from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday at 667 10th St N.E.

AgriNorthwest and River Point Onions have lost their suppliers due to COVID-19 shutdowns and are giving away the produce free of charge to Wenatchee and the surrounding area.

Helping in Portland:

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LDS Church Donates 20 Tons Of Food To Sunshine Division
Posted: 2020-05-14 14:06:00 by TTWN Media Networks, LLC

(Portland, OR)  --  The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is donating 20 tons of food to the Portland Sunshine Division.  The church says it chose the Sunshine Division because of its ability to distribute large quantities of food.  The food delivery is expected to arrive sometime this morning.

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If you are in need, the Salvation Army has partnered with the of Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for Operation Hope. Throughout the week, they aim to distribute upwards of 1,500 boxes at the following locations

• MONDAYS: 2201 Lloyd Center, Portland, OR 97232 between 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM. Enter from Multnomah St. directly across from Regal Lloyd Center & IMAX.
• WEDNESDAYS: 701 N Main Ave, Gresham, OR 97030 between 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM.
• FRIDAYS: Clackamas Town Center, 12000 SE 82nd Ave, Happy Valley, OR 97086 between 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM. Located on the corner of Monterey Ave. & 82nd.

Helping in North Las Vegas:

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The Salvation Army Southern Nevada Set To Give Out 2,000 Boxes Of Food On May 15th!
rgonzalez
 May 14th

KDWN is getting the word out on “Feeding Las Vegas Together!”

An event put together by The Salvation Army Southern Nevada in partnership with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Zappos for Good, Sysco, Beasley Broadcasting Group, and KLAS-TV 8 News Now.

Event Details:

• 2,000 boxes of food will be given out at 7:00am on Friday, May 15th. It ends until all the food has been distributed.
• Location is at North Las Vegas City Hall, 2250 Las Vegas Blvd N. People must enter from McDaniel and Lake Mead Blvd.
• Every family will receive non-perishable food based on their family size.
• All adults receiving the non-perishable food must have any valid state ID or drivers license. (It doesn’t have to be a Nevada ID/license)

Helping in Orlando:

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Big donors bolster Central Florida food banks, coronavirus relief efforts
By KATE SANTICH
ORLANDO SENTINEL |
MAY 14, 2020 | 5:30 AM

What do Amazon, the Mormon Church, Wells Fargo and comedy fans have in common?

All have made hefty donations to Central Florida’s food banks, rental assistance funds and charities serving the elderly during the COVID-19 pandemic, which has triggered unprecedented demand for help.

A cut of the big money given at the national level — including $100 million from Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos to Feeding America and $6.6 million raised by last weekend’s Feeding America Comedy Festival, co-hosted by Billy Crystal, Tiffany Haddish and Kenan Thompson — will make its way to the Greater Orlando area.
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And the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints gave $10,000 to the Community Hope Center, based in Kissimmee. The Mormon Church, a large landowner in the county and a frequent source of humanitarian aid worldwide, made the donation as thousands of local tourism and hospitality workers there were laid off, furloughed or had their hours cut.

Helping in South Dakota:

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Feeding South Dakota receives donation for more than 80 tons of food
May 13, 2020  NewsCenter1 Staff

RAPID CITY, S.D. — Feeding South Dakota received a huge donation from long time supporter, The Bishop’s Storehouse.

More than 80 tons of dry goods and nonperishable food items are being shipped from The Bishop’s Storehouse in Salt Lake City to Feeding South Dakota’s pantries. The Storehouse, which is owned by the Church of Jesus Christ of Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, dispatched three semis with the goods, which are valued at $88,000.

With Feeding South Dakota having the resources to reach smaller food pantries, the church knew it was the organization that could help with distribution.

Troy Nesbit, Rapid City Stake Pres., Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, said “Some the challenges has been the smaller food pantries they don’t have all of the tools and facilities that this pantry does here. So here in Rapid City they’ve been very gracious to help us get to the other small food pantries in addition to their own.”

The Rapid City food pantry will receiving approximately 42 tons of food, with another semi hauling the same amount to the pantry in Pierre.

Helping in Laramie:

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LDS church donates 19 tons of food to Interfaith
By ANDREA NOVOTNY news@laramieboomerang.com May 6, 2020 

Laramie Interfaith received 37,000 pounds of food from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints yesterday morning.

A semi-truck loaded with non-perishables — canned soup, pork and beans, macaroni, sugar and flour and stew meat — arrived at about 9 a.m. from Salt Lake City where the LDS food warehouse system is hubbed.

Helping in Osprey, Florida:

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Hope Children’s Home Receives $10,000 Donation From Area Mormon Church
By Michelle Caceres -May 5, 2020

At Hope Children’s Home, faith is exercised every day as the group of staff, volunteers and children pray for their needs and then stand back and watch God’s hand work miracles. One of its most recent miracles was a $10,000 donation by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Executive Director Dr. Mike Higgins said donations are important because they don’t accept any state or federal funds. “It’s only through the generosity of the community that we are able to undertake this enormous yet greatly needed responsibility,” he said.

When The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints’ Brandon stake president, Robert Howell, was tasked with finding an organization negatively affected by COVID-19 that could benefit from the donation, inspiration led him to Hope Children’s Home, which had seen a decline in donations due to a faltering economy and Florida’s social distancing guidelines.

Helping in Flint, Michigan:

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Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter-Day Saints Donates $10,000 To Flint
The donation is to support a program developed by Flint Mayor Sheldon Neeley to deliver bottled water to residents.
By Press Release Desk, News Partner
May 1, 2020 8:48 am ET

Community Corner
Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter-Day Saints Donates $10,000 To Flint
The donation is to support a program developed by Flint Mayor Sheldon Neeley to deliver bottled water to residents.
By Press Release Desk, News Partner
May 1, 2020 8:48 am ET

FLINT, Michigan–The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is donating $10,000 to the City of Flint to support a program developed by Flint Mayor Sheldon Neeley to deliver bottled water to the most vulnerable as part of the city's response to COVID-19.

Mayor Neeley's bottled water delivery program is a partnership with Nestlé Waters that operates in conjunction with four area churches to deliver bottled water to those with compromised immune systems.

Marcelino Sanchez, President of the Grand Blanc Stake, and Robert Leon, Bishop of the Flint Ward, presented the donation to Mayor Neeley via video conference on April 29, 2020.

"In the midst of the COVID-19 crisis, we know that many people and businesses are facing financial hardships," said Marcelino Sanchez. "Members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from around the world fast once a month and donate what they would otherwise spend on food to a world-wide fund so that in times of need, such as this, we can address the needs of our neighbors whether they are members of our church or not."

"We are grateful for the continued support to the City of Flint from members of Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints," Mayor Neeley said. "We value the relationship that members of the church have built in our community through their example of passionate service. We look forward to working together for the benefit of our community."

Helping in Illinois, Texas and Virginia:

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LDS Church giving $5.5M in cash to relief agencies to help against coronavirus
By Sean P. Means
Published: April 30
Updated: April 30, 2020

Five charities will receive a total of $5.5 million in cash donations from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints as part of relief efforts in response to the coronavirus pandemic, church officials announced Thursday.

“We want to help and know that we can rely on these trusted partners, who are already doing so much good, to reach those who are in greatest need,” Presiding Bishop Gérald Caussé, the ecclesiastical authority over the faith’s vast charitable, real estate, investment and financial operations, said in a news release.

The five charities are:

• Convoy of Hope, based in Springfield, Ill., which distributes meals and relief supplies, mostly in the Midwest.
• Feeding America, based in Chicago, a nationwide network of food pantries, soup kitchens and shelters.
• Partnership With Native Americans, based in Addison, Texas, will distribute food, water and personal health products to reservations, mostly in the West. “Our motto,” said Joshua Arce, the organization’s president and CEO, “has always been ‘don’t leave Native Americans behind’ and that’s more critical now than ever.”
• The Salvation Army, based in Alexandria, Va., will provide food, personal protective equipment and hygiene items around the United States.
• United Way, also based in Alexandria, supports a variety of relief efforts around the nation.

Helping in Spokane:

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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints donating 21 tons of food to Second Harvest
Posted: April 26, 2020 11:31 AM
Updated: April 28, 2020 7:22 AM by Connor Sarles

SPOKANE, Wash. — Second Harvest will be receiving a 21-ton delivery of donated food from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on Tuesday.

The Church says it has dispatched a semi truck from its Bishop’s Central Storehouse in Salt Lake City, one of 113 storehouses worldwide.

The truck is slated to arrive around 3 p.m. Tuesday, loaded up with canned foods, pasta, flour, butter and cheese.

Helping in South Carolina:

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Mormon church donates food to five local ministries
By Jonathan Vickery
Posted Apr 22, 2020 at 5:28 PM
Updated Apr 22, 2020 at 5:28 PM

A food donation from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints has helped ensure needy families in Barnwell and Allendale won’t go hungry.

After learning that this area of South Carolina would benefit from a food delivery, Barnwell attorney Linda Knapp requested that food for Barnwell, Bamberg and Allendale counties. The request was sent to Salt Lake City, Utah where it was approved. On Friday, March 13, local leaders traveled to Aiken to pick up two pallets containing 130 cases of food that was grown on church farms and then canned and packaged by members.

“The members of the Barnwell Branch were concerned for the nutritional needs of the poor in our community. Then the Coronavirus hit and suddenly you can see God’s hand and timing because the poor cannot stockpile weeks worth of food,” said Knapp.

The 130 cases of food included staple items, such as flour, spaghetti, macaroni, chili, cream soups, green beans, diced tomatoes, sauce, beef stew, peanut butter, and applesauce. They were distributed to the Barnwell Community Soup Kitchen, Gateway Church Food Pantry in Barnwell, Winfield Heights Baptist Church Food Pantry in Williston, Christ Central Ministries in Allendale, and A Seat at the Table in Allendale.

Helping in Maryland:

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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Delivers More than 320 Thousand Pounds of Food to Mid-Atlantic Area Food Banks
Church coordinates with partners in the Muslim community to alleviate hunger amid Local COVID-19 reality
NEWS PROVIDED BY
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 
Apr 21, 2020, 08:31 ET

WASHINGTON, April 21, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Multiple trucks loaded with a total of more than 320 thousand pounds of food have been arriving at food banks in the Washington, DC/Baltimore and the mid-Atlantic area from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for the past month to help relieve the economic impact caused by the coronavirus pandemic.

Last week, trucks arrived at the Nation's Mosque in Hyattsville, MD, the Langston Hughes Community Center in Baltimore, MD and Masjidullah, Inc, a non-profit located in Philadelphia, PA. Each location received 40 thousand pounds of food.  The donations included basic food and supplies such as peanut butter, applesauce, beans, flour, sugar, spaghetti and milk powder. The deliveries also included cleaning supplies and toilet paper.

"This donation was enough to feed more than 200 families," said Talib M. Shareef, President and Iman of the historic Nation's Mosque, Masjid Muhammad, in Washington, DC, speaking of the donation to the Hyattsville mosque.

"It's been an inspirational day and we're happy to be part of it," said Michael Brady, President of the Baltimore Stake of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

"Mike called me and asked how much food I needed and I said 15 hundred pounds," said Imam Earl Al-Amin of the Muslim Community Cultural Center of Baltimore. "Mike called back and told me there were 40 thousand pounds on the way. We've been distributing it all day." El-Amin directed the delivery to the Langston Hughes Community Center in Baltimore.

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Church of Latter Day-Saints delivers food to Frederick, Mount Airy Food Banks
By Steve Bohnel sbohnel@newspost.com Apr 17, 2020

Shortly after 10 a.m. Thursday morning, right outside the Frederick Community Action Agency’s Food Bank facility on East All Saints Street in Frederick, a large tractor trailer came to a slow stop.

Inside, there were many pallets of food: macaroni, beef stew, tomato sauce, flour and other dried goods meant to help feed needy families in the Frederick city area. Roughly 16-18 large pallets of food went to Frederick’s food bank, and then another eight would go to Mount Airy Net, the food pantry that operates out of Calvary Church in downtown Mount Airy.

The food donations were originally from the Bishop’s Storehouse in Salt Lake City, Utah, owned by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Laurie Lewis, the president of the Relief Society of the Frederick Stake for the church, helped organize the effort. She said local food pantries face a great need right now with unemployment rates skyrocketing due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Helping in 57 Countries:

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Latter-day Saints announce humanitarian efforts in 57 countries to battle coronavirus
By Ryan Miller, KSL.com | Posted - Apr. 14, 2020 at 7:31 p.m.

SALT LAKE CITY — Beehive Clothing is focused on a different task these days. Instead of solely making religious clothing, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints-owned manufacturer is producing masks needed by those in the medical field.

That is part of a global effort by the church to address the novel coronavirus pandemic.

On Tuesday, in a letter by the First Presidency, the church announced it has approved 110 COVID-19 relief projects in 57 countries to date.

“We know that God will hear and answer our prayers. We have been taught to be ‘anxiously engaged’ in relieving suffering and caring for those in need,” the letter reads.

Most of the projects have been with humanitarian agencies, health ministries and hospitals, the letter says. The church has donated resources such as food, personal protective equipment, medical equipment and money to help fight the effects of the virus.

And it has shifted the focus of Beehive Clothing to help make the protective gear needed by medical workers. Beehive Clothing facilities in Brazil, Mexico, Paraguay, the Philippines and Utah will begin sewing medical masks. In Utah, it will also manufacture medical gowns.

“We’re trying to work with governments (and) community leaders and find out what they need and then respond,” Sister Sharon Eubank, president of Latter-day Saint Charities and a member of the Relief Society general presidency, said in a prepared statement. “We have mobilized the Relief Society and their families to help with some of these projects.”

Thanks,

-Smac

[ksfisher]

29 minutes ago, smac97 said:

Since we generally discuss mostly controversies and problems pertaining to the Church on this board, I thought it might be a nice change of pace to give credit to the Church where it's due.

Helping in New Jersey:

Helping in Reno:

Helping in Ely and Wendover:

Helping in East Wenatchee:

Helping in Portland:

And here:

Helping in North Las Vegas:

Helping in Orlando:

Helping in South Dakota:

Helping in Laramie:

Helping in Osprey, Florida:

Helping in Flint, Michigan:

Helping in Illinois, Texas and Virginia:

Helping in Spokane:

Helping in South Carolina:

Helping in Maryland:

And here:

Helping in 57 Countries:

Thanks,

-Smac

I'm personally aware that the church does much more than this, even at times when there isn't a crisis going on.

[Rain]

I don't know if they did anything foodwise with Salvation Army in Colorado or not, but I do know the missionaries helped with whatever the SA was doing this week. 

[Amulek]

One of the things I have always liked about the church is its pragmatic, don't have to reinvent the wheel approach to charity work. Why start up a new ministry from scratch when you can just plug in and start working with people who have experience serving the very people we are trying to help. 

 

[Robert F. Smith]

54 minutes ago, Rain said:

I don't know if they did anything foodwise with Salvation Army in Colorado or not, but I do know the missionaries helped with whatever the SA was doing this week. 

I love to hear about our missionaries performing such tasks.

[Thinking]

👍

[Robert F. Smith]

53 minutes ago, Amulek said:

One of the things I have always liked about the church is its pragmatic, don't have to reinvent the wheel approach to charity work. Why start up a new ministry from scratch when you can just plug in and start working with people who have experience serving the very people we are trying to help.

Yeh.  We have the goods and the cash.  They have the distribution hubs and networks.  Gives us far more bang for the buck.  Makes me feel like we may all come out of this pandemic in one piece.

[Tacenda]

Good to see, thanks for sharing!

[Rain]

1 hour ago, Rain said:

I don't know if they did anything foodwise with Salvation Army in Colorado or not, but I do know the missionaries helped with whatever the SA was doing this week. 

I wrote that and then he called! The church and the SA did partner on this one as well.

They had 6 big trucks - 3 refrigerated with meat etc and 3 not. They went something like from 9-5:30.

He was only there the first half of the day. He said, the cars would drive up, pop the trunk open and the missionaries with put the 2 boxes in the back and close the trunk.

He said it was pretty quick and steady while he was there. He estimated about 20 seconds per car.

 

[Calm]

30 minutes ago, Robert F. Smith said:

Makes me feel like we may all come out of this pandemic in one piece

One piece...wouldn’t it be nice if it could be one heart. For some people it will be moving them towards that ideal others not so much. 

[MiserereNobis]

3 hours ago, Amulek said:

One of the things I have always liked about the church is its pragmatic, don't have to reinvent the wheel approach to charity work. Why start up a new ministry from scratch when you can just plug in and start working with people who have experience serving the very people we are trying to help. 

 

I know your church has long partnered with Catholic Charities, and it makes a lot of sense to me. We've got the infrastructure in place all over the world (because of our size), so hand us the goods and we'll get them out.

I did a quick google search to see if there was a news article or something about a partnership during this pandemic and found this one about a massive food donation to the Catholic Charities in Virginia. CC already had a contactless food distribution plan but was running low on food. 

It's a good read (except they call you Mormons, forgive them... ).

https://www.catholicherald.com/News/Coronavirus_Pandemic/Mormons_donate_35,500_pounds_of_food_to_Manassas_Catholic_Charities_warehouse/

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Several times in the last few weeks, Cannava [the director of the program] has found himself thinking about ways to get food, and an hour later he receives a call from someone offering him just what he needed. “God provides. It’s fantastic and encouraging,” he said. 

When it comes to helping His children, God doesn't care about your religious affiliation. He's going to inspire everyone to work together to show love, compassion, and charity.

 

[Robert F. Smith]

14 minutes ago, MiserereNobis said:

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When it comes to helping His children, God doesn't care about your religious affiliation. He's going to inspire everyone to work together to show love, compassion, and charity.

Odd that a story about genuine human kindness and charitable acts can sometimes bring me to tears., when I should be smiling broadly.  Why is it that acts of compassion affect us so deeply?

[strappinglad]

All of these donations will have to be replaced sometime. Please remember this if asked to volunteer at the Bishop's Storehouse or the Cannery or wherever in the future. 

[poptart]

I never understood why people griped about tithing, it's as biblical as you can get.  American entitlement has always annoyed me, we could have this over here (Which I'd be all for).

https://wwkn.de/en/about-german-taxes/church-tax-kirchensteuer/

https://www.pewforum.org/2019/04/30/in-western-european-countries-with-church-taxes-support-for-the-tradition-remains-strong/

Support your clergy, support your church and the good it does.  The greed of some people is so disgusting. 

[Avatar4321]

7 hours ago, Robert F. Smith said:

Yeh.  We have the goods and the cash.  They have the distribution hubs and networks.  Gives us far more bang for the buck.  Makes me feel like we may all come out of this pandemic in one piece.

I expect we will be stronger

[poptart]

11 hours ago, Avatar4321 said:

I expect we will be stronger

I agree with you 100%.  there's something else none of you are addressing (far as I can tell), your competition is doing a combination of collapsing, petty infighting as well as irritating the rest of the US populace by in some instances having no regard for the stay at home orders.  mainline protestants have been on the way out while believe it or not Catholicism has been holding ground in some ways.  The former however has really done nothing as far as planning for a calamity, as for the latter i'm quite sure that the various catholic orders will be hard at work soon, one guy i know from the Order of Malta's Auxilliary here in Denver is getting together with some of the powers that be to figure out what their plans will be aid wise.  That and if all else fails i'm sure Rome would have no qualms at all with opening up their near endless coffers and throwing money at problems here if need be. 

If it's any of the American religious powers i'd love to see come out stronger its the LDS church, for all the bad apples in the org you guys are still small potatoes compared to some of the other scoundrels out there.  That and what can I say, I really like elder Holland, that guy says it like it is.  He reminds me of Truman, one of my fav us presidents. 

[mfbukowski]

22 hours ago, smac97 said:

Since we generally discuss mostly controversies and problems pertaining to the Church on this board, I thought it might be a nice change of pace to give credit to the Church where it's due.

Helping in New Jersey:

Helping in Reno:

Helping in Ely and Wendover:

Helping in East Wenatchee:

Helping in Portland:

And here:

Helping in North Las Vegas:

Helping in Orlando:

Helping in South Dakota:

Helping in Laramie:

Helping in Osprey, Florida:

Helping in Flint, Michigan:

Helping in Illinois, Texas and Virginia:

Helping in Spokane:

Helping in South Carolina:

Helping in Maryland:

And here:

Helping in 57 Countries:

Thanks,

-Smac

What??

Squandering my tithing money on sick people instead of wisely investing in real estate ????

Horrible!  I'm leaving!

 

 

[mfbukowski]

Augusta Georgia. Evangelical ministries aided

https://www.augustachronicle.com/news/20200422/mormon-church-donates-food-to-five-local-ministries?template=ampart

[The Nehor]

Talk about giving alms publicly. If we were really trying to do good no one would ever know about it. I bet some people helping out even wear shirts denoting their affiliation. Sickening and sad.

[Bernard Gui]

Thanks for sharing positive news. I hope everyone who is able increases their fast offerings. I wish the Church would encourage the rest of the world to implement similar programs to the fast offering. I believe it would help eliminate hunger and poverty better than anything else that could be done.

Edited May 16, 2020 by Bernard Gui

[Tacenda]

1 hour ago, Bernard Gui said:

Thanks for sharing positive news. I hope everyone who is able increases fast offerings. I wish the Church would encourage the rest of the world to implement similar programs to the fast offering. I believe it would help eliminate hunger and poverty better than anything else that could be done.

I wish the church would throw a few bucks in as well from their from their for profit businesses. 

Didn't think I'd be positive this whole time did ya!?!

[Bernard Gui]

54 minutes ago, Tacenda said:

I wish the church would throw a few bucks in as well from their from their for profit businesses. 

Didn't think I'd be positive this whole time did ya!?!

Nope.

How do you know they didn’t?

[Michael Sudworth]

Jesus said:

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And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites. For they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by men. Truly I tell you, they already have their full reward. But when you pray, go into your inner room, shut your door, and pray to your Father, who is unseen. And your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.

 

[Rain]

8 minutes ago, Michael Sudworth said:

Jesus said:

 

He also said, "Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven."

 

The key is: are you doing it for your glory or God's?

Edited May 17, 2020 by Rain

[The Nehor]

3 hours ago, Michael Sudworth said:

Jesus said:

 

Thanks for showing up and being the cliche I was parodying.