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Anniversary Bournemouth Local Church History

Bournemouth Ward Building Celebrates 50 Years

Event Review by Sister Carol Cottrell Missionaries from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints arrived in Bournemouth in 1949 and soon began meeting regularly in a rented hall, later a house was purchased and converted. By 1970 the ground at 30b Wimborne Road was purchased, the house demolished, the site cleared. A Ground […]

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Attendance Bournemouth Local Church History

Dedication of Bournemouth Meetinghouse – 50th Anniversary

50 years ago today, then Southampton Stake President Reginald V. Littlecott dedicated the new Bournemouth Meetinghouse on Thursday 17 October 1974. DEDICATORY SERVICE of the BOURNEMOUTH WARD MEETING HOUSE Dedicatory Service of the Bournemouth Ward Meeting House of the Southampton England Stake of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints Thursday, October 17th […]

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Bournemouth Meetinghouse 50th Anniversary Event

Date: Saturday 12 October 2024 Time: 7pm to 9pm Location: Bournemouth Ward Meetinghouse, 30b Wimborne Road, Bournemouth BH2 6NU Come celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the Bournemouth Meetinghouse that was opened and dedicated in 1974.

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Local Church History Missionary Service

New Bristol Mission President

Leland E. Mayall, 54, and Berny Mayall, five children, Oldham Ward, Ashton England Stake: England Bristol Mission, succeeding President Kevin E. Gallacher and Sister Janine D. Gallacher. Brother Mayall is a high councilor and stake Young Men president and a former mission presidency counselor, stake presidency counselor, stake Young Men president, stake Young Men presidency counselor, […]

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Attendance Bournemouth Local Church History

Bournemouth Meetinghouse – 50th Anniversary

2024 is the 50th Anniversary of the Bournemouth Meetinghouse being opened and dedicated. The first use of the building was in February 1974, on Sunday 3 Auxiliary meetings were held in the building. A week later on Sunday 10 the first Sacrament meeting was held for members of the Bournemouth Ward. Brother John Babidge captured […]

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Blessings Conference Guidance Local Church History Priesthood

Stake Patriarch Change

On Sunday 10 September 2023, a change in Stake Patriarch for the Poole England Stake was announced. Patriarch is an office in the Melchizedek Priesthood and so once ordained a man is not released, however age or illness may require the patriarch to be placed on non-functioning status. Edward Keith Wigglesworth who was ordained in […]

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Local Church History Service Yeovil

New Yeovil Ward Bishopric

Sunday 22 March 2023 – A new Bishopric has been called to serve the members of the Yeovil Ward of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Bishop Mark Plumbley who was called to serve in the Stake Presidency a week earlier was released along with his counsellors John Sharpe and Paolo Schina. Neal […]

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Conference Local Church History Service

New Stake Presidency Counsellors called

During the Sunday Morning Session of the Poole England Stake Conference held at 8 Mount Road, Poole on Sunday 5th March 2023, President Joe Hull and President Alan Burchell were released as counsellors to President Cope having served since September 2018. Called to serve as new counsellors in the stake presidency were Mark Richard Plumbley […]

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Conference Congregations Local Church History

50th Anniversary of Southampton Stake being organised

On Sunday 11th February 1973 at a Conference held at the Guildhall, Southampton Elder Boyd K Packer of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, organised the Southampton Stake, the 600th stake in the Church. The stake was organised from the Southampton District and South Coastal District of the England Southwest Mission. These two areas are […]

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Changing Perspectives at the Theatre

Local Bournemouth member Amy Grant was serving in the Aberdeen Scotland Stake at the time this article was written. Andrew LamontAberdeen As the Book of Mormon musical toured Scotland, it came to theatres located within the boundaries of the Aberdeen Scotland Stake. Dedicated missionaries grabbed the opportunity to speak with the hundreds of people who attended. After […]