Faith Briefs printed Feb. 3 ReporterHerald.com Marler grew up near Akron, Ohio, and served as an LDS missionary in Lisbon, Portugal, for two years as a young man. Lane is manager of the Fort Collins Sherwin-Williams store. He and his wife, Amy, have lived in Loveland for 18 years and have four …

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Deseret News

Podcast explores the real life of an LDS missionary Deseret News The podcast, which is sponsored by the Baylor Institute for Studies of Religion and hosted by Anthony Gill, a senior fellow at the institute, features Deseret News editorial writer Allison Pond, who served as an LDS missionary in Russia from 1997-98.

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MTC celebrates 50-year anniversary Deseret News He noted that the 1 millionth LDS missionary to serve since the church was organized in 1830 entered the Provo Missionary Training Center in June 2007. “In the 50 years that have elapsed since 1961, more than 680000 missionaries have received their …

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The New York Times Sunday Review has a Mormon Problem Religion Dispatches LDS missionary efforts in Hawaii and the South Pacific followed soon after. (Today, between 20 and 30% of the nations of Tonga and Samoa are LDS.) People of Asian, Asian Pacific, Latin American, and indigenous American descent have never been … and more »

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Religion: MLK service includes soup supper Topeka Capital Journal He is the son of Brad and Jan Brase and the third member of his immediate family to serve as an LDS missionary. ■ Joshua Witt, 19, a new missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, will speak at the 11 am sacrament service on …

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Political scientist awarded fellowship for Chinese research The Statesman Allred said he lived in Taiwan for two years as an LDS missionary and in China for three months and really learned to appreciate the different perspective of the Chinese that Lyons talked about. “We need greater awareness and a broader viewpoint,” … and more »

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Mormons in Sports blog: Gymnast makes national team, and RM saves a life Deseret News Asper, a returned LDS missionary from Rexburg, Idaho, said he was eating dinner with his teammates when a man at another table started choking, according to the Los Angeles Times. One of the restaurant’s chefs tried to dislodge the chunk of meat, …

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Dixie Press Online

The Top 3 Stories of 2011 Dixie Press Online Local LDS Missionary Injured in Guatemala After Lion Attack – July 12, 2011 ST. GEORGE – A local missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is alive after being attacked by two lions yesterday while visiting a zoo in Guatemala where … and more »

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This weekend on TV: Are you ready for some NBA basketball? Salt Lake Tribune (blog) (Repeat) Christmas with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir (8 pm, PBS/Ch. 7): Taped a year ago, the MoTabs are joined by soon-to-be LDS missionary David Archuleta and Michael York. (Repeat) Sanctuary (8 and 10 pm, Syfy): In the first of a two-parter, … and more »

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