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• Wards
  ...ged from choosing the ward they like best and are encouraged to attend the ward whose boundaries they live within. ...elief Society]], Young Men, [[Primary]], and [[Sunday School]]. The entire ward meets together on [[Mormon meetings|Sundays]] for a three hour block. In mo
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• Bishop
  ...ay Saints]. He is the leader of a local congregation, known as a ''[[Wards|ward]].'' The position of a bishop within the Church of Jesus Christ differs fro ...a ward, his ordination becomes dormant. If called again to preside over a ward, his previous ordination is reactivated. When he is released, it becomes do
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• Relief Society
  ...ugh phone calls, texts, emails, letters, contacts at church, attendance at family events, and service. Members of the Relief Society presidency hold intervie ...ing among members, the Relief Society presidency works with the bishop and ward council to identify practical ways to help members improve these skills.
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• Mormon jokes
  A father was concerned that his family had received only ten of the monthly home teaching visits the previous year ...ing -- not a sound was heard from the baby. At the end of the meeting, one ward member asked him how he got the baby to be quiet. "Simple", said the Bisho
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• Mormon Disciplinary Councils
  ...embership. The judge of such worthiness is in most cases the bishop of the ward, who is appointed "to be a judge in Israel" (Doctrine and Covenants 107:72) ...unlikely, they should place the child for adoption, preferably through LDS Family Services.
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• Mormon-ese: Common LDS Acronyms
  FHE = [[Family Home Evening]] (church leaders set aside Monday nights as family night. Families spend time together and plan lessons and/or activities and/ FHC = Family History Center (genealogical research center)
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• The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Michigan
  ...f Latter-day Saints]] reported 42,319 members, 105 congregations, and 43 [[Family History Centers]] in Michigan. The [[Michigan Detroit Mission]], [[Michiga ...hurch of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Michigan began with the Mack family. Almira Mack Scobey had gone to Kirtland, Ohio, to visit her cousin [[Jose
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• MormonWiki Articles
  [[Mormon Family|Family]] · [[Mormon Family]] ·
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• Sunday School
  ...e-centered Church, supported by what takes place inside our branch, [[Ward|ward]], and [[Stake|stake]] buildings. ...r (2019) will focus on the New Testament, which aligns the entire ward and family on the same scriptures each week. Eventually, a four-year rotation of study
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• John Henry Smith
  ...or in the bishopric of the Provo Fourth Ward. At the time the Provo Fourth Ward included all of Provo and the surrounding area north of Center Street and E ...estward. The latter was necessitated because many of the old houses in the ward boundaries had been knocked down to make way for business and industrial us
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• Meetings for Members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
  ...e-centered Church, supported by what takes place inside our branch, [[Ward|ward]], and [[Stake|stake]] buildings. ...ongregation. These classes included topics such as "Family Relations," "[[Family History]]," "Teacher Preparation," "[[Mormon missionaries|Mission Preparati
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• Single Adults
  ...arents, serve and worship in the Church alongside other members of their [[Ward|wards]] and [[Branch|branches]]. ...President|stake presidents]] may recommend the creation of a single adult ward for single adults ages 31–45 according to the guidelines in section 37.5
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• Bonnie D. Parkin
  == Family Life == ...tah. Money was tight, and Bonnie says her teeth remain crooked because her family didn't have money to buy braces. Rural upbringing taught Bonnie the value o
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• Official Websites of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
  ...urch because it will have the Church logo. Individuals and Church units ([[Ward|wards]], [[Stake|stakes]], [[Mission|missions]], etc.) are not authorized t ...traditional 12-step programs that have been used successfully for years. [[Family Services]] runs these groups to assist individuals who desire freedom from
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• Home Teaching
  ...ge:Home_Teaching.jpg|frame|Home teachers in the home of a Latter-day Saint family © Intellectual Reserve]] ...when needed. The teachers were therefore the first point of contact for a family in need.
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• Certain Women
  ...of Crooked River. She was left to care for him as well as provide for her family. “At one particularly distressing time, when the family was out of food, she remembered that a voice told her, ‘Hold on, for the
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• Thomas S. Monson
  ...iend’s family endure a Christmas dinner of cereal and water. He gave the family his two prize rabbits, saying while holding back tears, “It isn’t turke ...y all of his years. When Monson became the [[Bishop|bishop]] of the [[Ward|ward]] in which he had been raised, he served a congregation of 1,060 members, i
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• Young Women2
  ...ng Women's organization. The leadership comes from the adult women in each ward. Leadership can range from only the Young Women President to a complete pre ...eling of unity and a sense of belonging which strengthens and supports the family unit.
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• Samuel and Amanda Chambers
  ...freedom. He turned to shoemaking and then to sharecropping to support his family. ...were accompanied by Amanda’s brother Edward (Ned) Leggroan and his young family. Edward and his wife were in their mid-20s and they had three children unde
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• Yigo Guam Temple
  ...ses were frequently held, but few joined the Church. In May 1976, the Guam Ward was divided. The first Chamorro couple to join, Don Calvo and his wife, Mar ..., 1 [[Mission|mission]], 1 [[Stake|stake]], and 1 [[Family History Library|family history center]] in Guam.[https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/facts-an
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• Preside
  A father presides over his family. A [[Bishop]] presides over a [[Ward]].
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• Magnifying One's Calling
  ...nsibility, such as the calling of [[bishop]] and then to help manage the [[ward]] nursery for a time. In whatever [[calling]] a member has, the Lord has c ...earth — some of limited time span and some of eternal scope (such as our family roles). The question that will be asked of each of each member is this: "Di
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• Marsha Ward: Mormon Author
  [[Image:Marsha_Ward.jpg|300px|thumb|alt=Marsha Ward Mormon Author|left]] ...e Owen Family Saga (five novels and one novella) and ''Scandalous: An Owen Family Story''; ''Bloodied Leather: A Shenandoah Neighbors Story''. She also publi
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• The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
  ...s after death. As an appendage to this belief, Latter-day Saints engage in family history work to seek out their ancestors. ...eekly for prayer, gospel instruction, family planning, and other enriching family activities, typically on Monday nights.)
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• Young Women
  ...ce and seek to improve each day. With faith, I will strengthen my home and family, make and keep sacred covenants, and receive the ordinances and blessings o ...are structured to fit the needs of individual wards. For instance, if the ward only has a few young women, only one class can be formed. If there are many
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• Raymond Weaver
  ...r family standing outside the Columbus Ohio Temple, courtesy of the Troyer family]] ...baptized on January 3, 2012, and local leadership of the Church, including ward, stake and mission president, sought the Lord’s will for where the Weaver
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• Mormon missionaries
  ...issionary work was later changed and is considered either part of a [[Ward|ward]] or a service mission. ...n a mission, the members of the missionary's home congregation, called a ''ward,'' will help out. Missionaries are also aided by a general Church fund set
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• Keith Lionel Brown
  ...uncommon for his father to work two or three jobs to keep a roof over the family’s head, clothes on their back, bills paid, and food on the table. His fat ...th choir for a time. There was nothing that his mother loved more than her family and considered nothing to be too great of a sacrifice to ensure their well-
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• Matthias F. Cowley
  ...She continued in this vocation until her parents and other members of the family, who with her had embraced the [[gospel]] through the missionary efforts of ...her first husband, devoted herself to her early profession to support her family. His education, therefore, was obtained piecemeal, for he never attended sc
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• Finances of the Church of Jesus Christ
  ...may donate as able. Donations go to various funds. These funds include the ward missionary fund (to help local missionaries), the general missionary fund ( ...nt on food to the benefit of the poor in the form of a fast offering. If a family has financial problems, they may be able to obtain goods from a nearby [[Bi
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• Sacrament Meeting
  ...ome confused (especially the children), if visitors unwittingly sit in the family's usual place. There are no "seats of honor" in the chapel of an Latter-da ...ht hand. (This is something in which visitors need not participate.) After ward business, the sacrament hymn is sung. After the hymn, the blessing on the s
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• LDS Pageants
  ...of the Church of Jesus Christ believe as settlers taught a Native American family about the gospel. Before the pageant visitors could also visit Pioneer Vill ...d 100 volunteers of both ward members and local residents participate. The ward also partners with the city on other projects, such as park, forest, and gr
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• Sarah Melissa Granger Kimball
  ...he Ladies' Society of Nauvoo, a suffragist, an advocate of women's rights, ward [[Relief Society]] president for forty years, and a strong presence in the ...Oliver and Lydia Dibble Granger. She joined the Church and moved with her family to Kirtland, Ohio, in 1833 at age fifteen. While she did not detail her own
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• Linda S. Reeves
  ...ved as [[stake]] Relief Society president, ward [[Young Women]] president, ward [[Young Single Adults]] adviser, [[Sunday School]] teacher, and [[Primary]] ...and with our children. On Mondays, we needed to have [[Family Home Evening|family home evening]], and we needed to attend the [http://www.saltlakemormontempl
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• Cookbooks
  ...s loved to collect family recipes, print cookbooks, and distribute them at family reunions. [[Daughters of Utah Pioneers]] also compiled cookbooks. ...[[Winnifred C. Jardine]], and others, and with titles such as ''Worldwide Ward Cookbook: Mom’s Best Recipes: More Than 250 Recipes from LDS Moms Around
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• LDS Sermons
  ...ple to prepare and give talks and will provide them with a topic such as [[family]], [[faith]], or the [[Mormon Temples|temple]]. Talks are not considered do ...tell a little bit about themselves before giving the talk. Members of the ward who have received callings in leadership positions are also often asked to
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• Sunday Worship Services
  ...Ward Sacrament Meeting| Mormon Church Ward Sacrament Meeting]]The primary family '''Sunday worship service''' is called [[Sacrament Meeting | sacrament meet ...orship services last a total of three hours in locations where there are [[ward]]s and [[stake]]s. In some locations, there are very small groups of Latter
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• Aaronic Priesthood
  ...hich are used to help those in need. Deacons can assist the leaders of the ward or [[bishopric]] and serve as messengers. Worthy deacons can act as proxie ...], serve as [[Home Teaching|home teachers]], reverently serve as ushers in ward meetings and [[Stake Conference|stake conference]], assist the bishopric, a
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• George Reynolds
  ...er of the boys' Bible class. Having removed his residence to the Twentieth Ward, he became, in 1868, librarian and a teacher in its Sunday School, and in D ...long suffering passed peacefully to rest, Aug. 9, 1909, surrounded by his family, at his residence, at the corner of Wall and Apricot streets, on Capitol Hi
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• Rulon S. Wells
  In 1861 that part of Pres. Wells' family of which Rulon was a member moved across the street south, to the Wells hom ...ard, and served in the several capacities of teacher in the Sunday School, Ward teacher, president of the Mutual Improvement Association and second assista
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• Richmond Virginia Temple
  ...and only the sixth stake on the Atlantic coast. At that time, the Richmond Ward numbered 700 members. ...he most members without a temple. Eighty-nine-year-old Ruby Barley and her family were among the first baptized in Spotsylvania County near Fredericksburg, V
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• 8 Ways It's Cheaper to be Mormon
  Life's richest blessings are spiritual, and they often have to do with family, friends, and the gospel. ...really a numbers girl. However, as the chief financial officer of Montague Family Inc., I can attest to the fact that while the numbers might not add up—we
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• Mormon Rites
  ...on to general Church and local Church leadership. Sacrament meetings and [[ward]], [[stake]], and [[General Conference|general conferences]] are organized ...ard]] attends. The event is recorded in the records of the Church, and the family receives a certificate.
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• Belle S. Spafford
  == Family Life == ...ddenly seven months before she was born, and her widowed mother raised the family to value frugality and independence.
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• Reflections on Gratitude
  ..."Mormon") and serves as the Ward Mission Leader in the Annapolis, Maryland Ward.''''' ...given to the One who bestows upon each person such bountiful blessings as family, friends, health, strength, warmth, security, and prosperity.
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• Inis Egan Hunter
  ...an a restaurant, and in Richmond, Utah. When Inis was seven years old, the family settled in Highland Park, California. ...d as the [[bishop]] in the El Sereno Ward, her family’s ward. He and his family moved to Utah in 1959. His wife, [[Clara Jeffs Hunter|Claire]] died in 1983
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• Levi Troyer
  ...oyer.jpg|300px|thumb|right|frame|The Troyer family, courtesy of the Troyer family]] ...s . . . I knew what was going to happen. If you get shunned, you lose your family members, your parents—in a sense, you lose everything.”[https://www.lds
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• Vancouver British Columbia Temple
  ...ding, one that symbolizes eternity and families, is now standing where our family once lived," Linda McLean said. "For us, it's very special."[https://www.de ...call from his office, and they invited us out to the dedication. The whole family made a 608-mile trip to attend.[https://www.deseret.com/2010/5/1/20375972/c
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• Tokyo Japan Temple
  ...rs' Centers|visitors' center]], patron housing, a [[Family History Library|family history center]], and an underground parking facility with space for about ...itors’ center]], chapel, area and mission offices and a [[Family History|Family History Center]]. Improvements were also made at the temple to meet current
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• Mormon Fasting and Fast Offerings
  ...tenance of Church operations, and for costs of missionary and genealogical/family history work. Specifically, fast offerings are used to provide food, shelte ...urch—to pull the wagon behind me and visit the homes of the needy in our ward.
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