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Sunday, October 21, 2018

1500th Post: Additional Church News Reported

Hello again, everyone! In this, my 1500th post on this blog, I wanted to pass along some additional Church news which has come to my attention. Let's get right into all of that. First, Gerry Avant, the retired editor of the Church News, continued her retrospective look back at highlights of her career with her remembrance of a fond friendship she enjoyed with Sister Marjorie Pay Hinckley, wife of Church President Gordon B. Hinckley. That friendship stretched through the course of several years. It was good to read her recollection of that.

And the second story I wanted to mention noted that President Dallin H. Oaks, First Counselor in the First Presidency, was accompanied by several other Church leaders this weekend as he toured North and South Carolina and Florida to assess the ongoing recovery of the Saints in that area from the hurricane that recently devastated those areas.

Among those who accompanied President Oaks during that visit were the following leaders: President Oaks' wife, Kristen M. Oaks; Elder David A. Bednar of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles and his wife Susan; Bishop W. Christopher Waddell, who is Second Counselor in the Presiding Bishopric and his wife, Carol; Relief Society General President Jean B. Bingham and her husband, Bruce; and Elder Shayne M. Bowen of the Seventy and his wife, Lynette.

Elder Bowen, as some of you might recall, serves as First Counselor in the North America Southeast Area Presidency. Further details on the ministry of these leaders are available in the article published on that subject by the Church's official Newsroom. I continue to monitor all Church news and temple developments and will do my level best to continue passing word of those along to you all as I receive it.

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  1. James G. StokesOctober 21, 2018 at 10:39 PM

    Just to correct and clarify content in this post, a Church News report on the leaders from Church headquarters visiting affected areas noted a "divide and conquer" approach, with each of the couples involved visiting a different congregation and surveying the needs in a different area. The web address for that article follows below. Thanks again to you all.

    https://www.thechurchnews.com/leaders-and-ministry/2018-10-21/a-florida-sabbath-day-defined-by-ministering-via-chainsaws-and-yellow-t-shirts-48277

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