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Millions of women and girls ages 8 years old and older from around the world will come together as part of the second general women’s meeting of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints this Saturday, 27 September, at 6:00 p.m. mountain daylight time. Full Story
Thirty years after its opening, the Church History Museum on Temple Square in Salt Lake City will close on 6 October 2014, for one year to complete major interior renovations. The museum will be open through Sunday, 5 October, and will reopen in the fall of 2015 with a newly designed floor plan and exhibits. Full Story
Visitors to the Conference Center in Salt Lake City will see 11 new paintings of courageous women from the scriptures on the west side of the plaza level. The oil paintings are the works of artist Kathleen Peterson, who lives on an 80-acre farm with her husband in central Utah’s rural Spring City. Peterson, the mother of four grown children and a grandmother, paints in her home studio. Full Story
A new study from the Pew Research Center shows that 72 percent of the United States public thinks religion is losing influence in American life, the highest level in Pew Research polling over the past 10 years. Significantly, most of the respondents who say religion's influence is waning describe this as a bad thing. Full Story
MormonNewsroom.org features stories from its international Newsroom websites to share what leaders and members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints around the world are doing to better the communities in which they live. This Mormons Around the World features stories from Colombia, Australia, Chile and Albania. Full Story
In Your Own Words is a regular sampling of online articles, blog posts and social media that represent some of the current conversations about Mormonism. This In Your Own Words includes reaction to the Ogden Utah Temple cultural celebration and rededication, as well as content from FamilySearch's #MeetMyGrandma campaign. Full Story
The Ogden Utah Temple was rededicated Sunday, 21 September 2014, by President Thomas S. Monson of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, after undergoing extensive renovation. The temple’s entire exterior was reshaped and new stone and art glass were added. Full Story
If you could share one story about your grandma, what would it be? That’s the question nonprofit FamilySearch International is asking people throughout the world to respond to as part of its worldwide #MeetMyGrandma social media campaign, 20-30 September. Full Story
The unsung work of society gets done by countless people acting voluntarily to solve a problem. And like spires in a skyline, mixed with skyscrapers and capitols, every person has a role to play, a talent to lend and a place to belong. This is the first in a five-part series on civics and religion. Full Story
