Mormon Chapel dedicated in Harlem

November 2005- The Mormon Church held an open house to celebrate its first chapel in Harlem. Previously the members had been meeting in various locations including the back of a restaurant.

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[fatcaesardlb]

Careful, haters of Mormons! When you diss the church you are also dissing Sister Gladys Knights, the empress of soul, and one of the finest example of a beautiful black Mormon woman to ever draw a breath and sing with such heavenly beauty and soul!! Stop the hating nuff said!!

[kaizersolze]

@dimtry19 Blacks who are Christian are already deluded; these guys are past that point. Why would you join a religion that would not let you join until a "revelation from god" in 1978 (32 years ago) said that it's OK for you to now join?

[pilottim79]

@dimtry19 wait I know who you are. You are Bagdad Bob right? Where you been hiding man? Lemmy guess the US will not invade Iraq and the Iraqi army is beating back the invaders as you speak right? Awww we sure missed you Bagdad Bob.

[omiolo]

The choir, led by Michael Belnap, professor of vocal performance at BYU-Hawaii, included 52 students — music majors and non-music majors alike — representing many of the countries that make up the university's student population.

[omiolo]

We love being with our missionaries.  Because they were prepared, they were immediately able to turn their attention to helping others. They were never concerned about themselves. They were concerned with those who need help and by mid-morning the day of the earthquake, we were able to dispatch them to help others. We told them to investigate the needs of their neighbors and help in any way they could.

[omiolo]

As is usually the case, LDS are the most formally dressed of any congregation in Northern Nevada. Suits and ties and dresses are always the dress of the day, and, as usual, I came in underdressed, with slacks and a sweater. Hunter wore white socks with his dress shoes and no tie, and Joy wore slacks. I simply have to make a mental Post-it regarding this fact. I didnt notice anyone take note of our apparel, though.

[omiolo]

One of the things that touched me the most about what Elder Bednar shared was that he said that a lot of people think that an apostle's main duties are to speak at conferences, attend weekly meetings, and administer the affairs of the Church. He learned the first week after he was called that the keys of the apostleship are to be used in ministering to the "one", just as the Savior did. That is his main responsibility...This applies so much to us as missionaries also." How neat.

[omiolo]

The program was produced by BYU Broadcasting for radio and television. He also participated in the highly acclaimed PBS family history series, "Ancestors," and was involved in the KUED documentary, "Utah's African American Voices."

[omiolo]

Trained in broadcast journalism at the University of Utah and Columbia University, Brother Gray worked for KSL radio and television in the late 60s and early 70s. He recently co-hosted "Questions and Ancestors," a weekly series focused on genealogy questions submitted by the broadcast audience.