Tag: Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter Day Saints
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New Mormon temple kicks off construction in Colorado Springs with upcoming groundbreaking
Members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints are particularly excited that construction on the state’s fourth Mormon temple soon will get underway in northeast Colorado Springs. But anyone will be able to bask in the spiritual waves that will emanate from the site, according to Jordan Steel, a member since 2010. “It’s…
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New Latter-day Saints temple gets unanimous approval to proceed with development
After a three-hour hearing on Tuesday, the nine-member Colorado Springs City Council, with one member absent, unanimously agreed to allow the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to proceed with its initial development plan for erecting a new temple in the Flying Horse subdivision. Loud applause and cheers broke out among the standing-room-only crowd…
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Colorado Springs City Council to consider restrictions on proposed LDS temple
Feast for the eyes or eyesore? Whether the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints can construct Colorado’s fourth sacred temple with a traditional spire jutting 140 feet from the finished grade into Colorado Springs’ northeastern sky or must lower or further conceal the steeple’s height and not light it 24 hours a day, as…
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‘American von Trapps’ reflect on a love that launched a family of 14, music
It was an accidental beginning that spawned fate, faith and a sprawling legacy that, today, can be hard to keep straight, even for a matriarch with a cheat sheet. The Spillanes are a military family like so many families in Colorado Springs. They’re also a family that’s not like very many families at all. “They…