LAFAYETTE INDIANA STAKE
PRESS RELEASES & RECENT EVENTS
Latter-day Saints Clean Up Kokomo from Tornado Aftermath
24 November 2013
On Saturday, approximately 145 members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints aided Kokomo communities affected by last week’s tornadoes. Latter-day Saints from the greater Lafayette area cleared away fallen limbs and trees, as well as metal and pieces of houses.
The Church also donated hundreds of cleanup supplies, ranging from 35 wheelbarrows to 18 chainsaws to 100 hammers. Kurt Kennedy, inventory controller for the Church’s welfare services said, “This is no time to be conservative. We are here to help.”
General Conference
5 & 6 October 2013
General conference is a semiannual gathering of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. During general conference weekend, Church members and others gather worldwide in a series of two-hour sessions to receive inspiration and instruction from Church leaders.
Learn more about General Conference here. We even have a handy infographic about it!
Lafayette Mormon Youth Unplug and Reenact Pioneers of the Mid-1840s
15 July 2013
Lafayette – Area youth members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS) take part in a three-day pioneer trek re-enactment pulling hand-made carts.
Thursday, July 11 through Saturday, July 13, close to seventy 14 to 18-year-old youth experienced an electronic-free environment while taking part in pioneer journey through the southern Indiana forests near Bloomington at the Morgan-Monroe State Forest.
Mormon Tabernacle Choir Returns to Indianapolis on 2013 Tour
14 June 2013
SALT LAKE CITY - Returning to the Circle City after more than a century, the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra at Temple Square will present a concert in downtown Indianapolis as part of the 2013 Upper Midwest tour.
Latter-day Saints celebrate 30 Years in Lafayette Area
May 2013
LAFAYETTE, Indiana – Members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints celebrated the 30th anniversary of the formation of the Stake in Lafayette. A group of local congregations is referred to as a “stake” by members of the Church of Jesus Christ. One of the Church’s official websites, Mormon.org, states that a “‘stake’ is… taken from Old Testament tent imagery in which the ‘tent,’ or church, is held up by supporting stakes.”
The stake was organized May 15, 1983 with Koy Miskin as the first stake president. At the time there were 1700 members of the church. Currently the church has over 3,000 members and 11 congregations including a Spanish and Purdue student congregation.