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  • LDS Night at the Oakland A's

    At "LDS Night at the Oakland A's," a choir of full-time missionaries sang the national anthem and a baseball legend was a special guest as the A's knocked off the Tampa Bay Rays, 4-3, Thursday, Aug. 19.
    Published: Monday, Sept. 13, 2010

  • Latter-day Saint families are focus of NBA team promotion

    In an effort to increase attendance, the National Basketball Association's Golden State Warriors wanted to know how they could draw Latter-day Saint families and their friends to a game.
    Published: Thursday, March 4, 2010

  • United States information: California

    A Mormon immigrant company under direction of Samuel Brannan departed on the ship Brooklyn from New York on 4 February 1846 en route to the Great Salt Lake valley via California. The group under the direction of Brannan navigated the southern tip of South America around Cape Horn and arrived at Yerba Buena on 31 July 1846.
    Published: Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2010

  • Changes in missions to aid growth

    Because of the Church's rapid growth in many far-reaching areas of the world, one new mission is being created while others are being consolidated or realigned in an ongoing effort to increase efficiency, balance needs and manage resources.
    Published: Saturday, May 2, 2009

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