Homecoming After Six Decades Reveals Exciting Changes
Homecoming for Church member Lyn Burningham, baptized 60 years ago, who traveled from Utah to attend the Tallahassee Temple Open House on November 4, 2024.
JustServe offers many great ways to help the community
JustServe is a community service website provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. It acts as a clearinghouse both for organizations seeking volunteers and those who want to help in their community.
Missionaries Pitch in for Hurricane Relief Efforts
Full-time missionaries from the Florida Tallahassee Mission of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints joined other church members from the area in recent hurricane relief efforts in Madison and Perry, Florida.
Tallahassee elder serving unique mission in Washington state
Elder Thelonious Linford from the Tallahassee Second Ward is serving a somewhat unique mission in the Seattle area – he is one of six American Sign Language (ASL) missionaries assigned to the Puget Sound ASL branch.
Temple construction crew gets cookie treatment from LDS members
Bruce and Christine Hale serve as temple site missionaries for the Tallahassee Temple, teaching what a temple is and how it differs from meetinghouses. Each week they distribute cookies to the workers along with a personal note from area members of the Church.
Missionary gave up hoops to preach the gospel
Missionary will wrap up his two-year mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints later this summer and he will resume his pursuits on the basketball court.
Couple serves as temple site missionaries
Bruce and Christine Hale serve as temple site missionaries for the Tallahassee Temple, teaching what a temple is and how it differs from meetinghouses.
Temple’s project manager has history with church construction
Ross Penrod moved to Tallahassee specifically to work as the onsite project manager for the construction of the Tallahassee Florida Temple. He and his family are now members of the Tallahassee Second Ward, a local congregation of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
JustServe opens a door for community service
One organization posting on the JustServe site is Project Annie, a Tallahassee group whose mission is to serve members of the greater Frenchtown community who are considered “food insufficient.”
For local temple workers, Tallahassee Temple a game-changer
One of the most important beliefs of members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is expressed by the work done within its temples. “We participate in temple work with heavenly joy, knowing that it helps prepare us, our descendants, and our ancestors to dwell in God’s presence,” said past Church president Wilford Woodruff.