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Austin, Texas, television station YNN interviewed members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints recently concerning their plight with the devastating and destructive fires. The reporter indicated that victims are pulling together because of their faith and the close bond with family.

Members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints donned their familiar Mormon Helping Hands yellow vests to do some volunteering throughout the United Kingdom recently.

The Salt Lake Tribune recently profiled a new Deseret Industries store recently built by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Sugar House, a neighborhood in Salt Lake City. We provided  information about the dedication and opening of the store in June.

Last week, we reported that 71 members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormon) have served with the USNS Comfort’s Continuing Promise 2011 mission. This blog post looks at two of the 11 volunteers who have been on the ship for the entire five-month journey.

The familiar yellow T-shirts of Mormon Helping Hands were recently spotted in Minot, N.D. The Winnipeg Free Press reported about 300 men from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints who have been traveling from Winnipeg to Minot (more than 300 miles one way) to help repair flood-damaged homes.

An apostle of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints threw out the ceremonial first pitch at Mormon Night at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, California, Friday, 22 July 2011.

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints sends young men and women as well as couples out into the world to teach and serve others.

On the “On Faith” blog today, Michael Otterson writes an open letter to an evangelical critic of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints who suggested that voting for a Mormon – any Mormon – was a less responsible thing to do.

On the Washington Post On Faithblog this week, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Public Affairs managing director, Michael Otterson, addressed the frequently asked question, “Is this the ‘Mormon Moment’?”

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was recently recognized by the Mongolian government for its donation of 250 wheelchairs, as well as crutches, canes and walkers.