Sports and youth development in Berbice took a giant step forward last Friday when the Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club, in association with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, handed over $1.5 million worth of sports gear and equipment. The equipment will be used to promote sports as an avenue to keep youths off the road and away from drugs and crime.
Most people have seen them—dressed in white shirts, dress slacks, ties, and black name badges. They walk through neighborhoods, knocking on doors and ringing doorbells, offering their literature and a helping hand. They are the elders, Mormon missionaries, members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Catholics and Latter-day Saints are important partners in the defense of religious freedom in the public square. That was the message His Eminence Francis Cardinal George, O.M.I., delivered Tuesday at Brigham Young University to thousands of students, faculty, and others tuning in by satellite and on the Internet.
Rosalie Clark's quilting friends can't say enough good things about her—she has a great sense of humor, she never complains, she gives words of wisdom to all, she's a calming influence, and she's the heart of the quilting group. The spunky 84-year-old has welcomed a group of ladies to quilt in her home most Wednesdays for more than 10 years now.
Though the number of students in the Church Educational System continually grows, President Henry B. Eyring of the First Presidency told CES instructors that what is to be taught remains the same. Speaking to CES employees, volunteers, guests, and others on Friday, February 26, he said, "Our call has been to teach eternal truth in such a way that a child of God can choose to know, and to love, our Heavenly Father and His Beloved Son."
