United States Of America Colorado Washington Selected Humanitarian Projects Reaching Out during Northern Colorado Floods In 2013, heavy rain caused massive flooding along Colorado’s Front Range. Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado ConnecticutIn response, the Church provided over 8,000 volunteers who performed more than 50,000 hours of service. The Church also provided over $100,000 At a Glance worth of emergency materials to victims and other service organizations. 151,884 Church Partnering with Catholic Charities members in Colorado The Church partnered with Catholic Charities in 2017 to ship 3,000 Thanksgiving turkeys, provide large-scale cooking equipment, and supply Illinois Delaware Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho 4 missions Indiana $35,000 worth of furniture and financial support to homeless shelters in Denver, Colorado Springs, and Fort Collins. 309 congregations Preparing for the Worst with Emergency Responders As a participant in Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster (VOAD), the Church has contributed more than 10,000 hours of service since 2014 to missionaries 628 help the community prepare for emergencies. Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Marservingyland in Colorado Massachusetts 64 family history centers Church Leaders in Colorado Michigan Montana 2 temples Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada Elder Michael D. Jones, Elder Thomas T. Priday, Heather Scott, Area Seventy Area Seventy Denver North New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio JustServe Specialist Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming Following Jesus Christ “When we follow Jesus Christ, we act as He would act and love as He would love.” “Our highest priorities in life are to love God and to love our neighbors. That broadly includes neighbors in our own family, our community, our nation, and our world.” Church President Russell M. Nelson Brief History of the Church in Colorado Church President The Mormon A wagon train The Church Gordon B. Hinckley visits Tabernacle The Church of 43 Latter-day completes Denver to celebrate the Choir performs completes the Saints camps at the Denver 100th anniversary of to a sold-out Fort Collins Fort Pueblo for the Missionaries Colorado the first branch of the crowd at the Colorado winter. arrive in Denver. Temple. Church in the city. Pepsi Center. Temple. 1846 1878 1896 1911 1986 1993 1997 1999 2005 2013 2016 2019 The first permanent The Mormon Church members Members participate The Church Joined by Latter-day Saint Tabernacle Choir, give hundreds of in dozens of service responds to the Governor Jared settlement is based in Utah, hours of volunteer projects as part of “millennial flood” Polis, Church established in the tours Colorado. service during the a statewide “day of along the members participate San Luis Valley. visit of Pope John service” instituted Front Range. in a special interfaith Paul II to Denver. by Church leaders Religious Freedom under the direction of Day at the capitol. Governor Bill Owens. Contact Information Jonathan Toronto For more information about the Church in Colorado, visit: Public affairs director, ComeUntoChrist.org Colorado Denver North Learn more about the restored gospel of Jesus Christ 1-720-840-0777 Newsroom.ChurchofJesusChrist.org [email protected] The official resource for news media, opinion leaders, and the public FamilySearch.org Craig McIlroy The largest genealogy organization in the world, connecting families Public affairs director, through a free database Colorado Denver South JustServe.org 1-303-888-7320 Building unity through community service [email protected] © 2019 by Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved. Version: 7/18. PD60007045 000.