BYU church history professor John Livingstone long had a vision of sharing the history and sites of the Restoration with people everywhere on the globe, and when videographer John Starrs moved into his Mormon ward, it seemed that both the right people and the right technologies were coming together to make it happen. Along with [...]
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Starrs Universal and BYU Virtual Tours Win Major Award
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Scott Earnshaw Phone: 603.472.2264 BumpLimited.com Bedford, NH — (July 7, 2010) B.U.M.P. Limited is pleased to announce that Starrs Universal has won a first-place 2010 Silver Telly Award for its media production of “The Mormon Tabernacle” for Hallowed Ground Sacred Journeys, part of the BYU Virtual Tours series. Hallowed Ground Sacred [...]
Kimball-Whitney Cemetery
- – Click here to watch this weeks video – – The Kimball-Whitney cemetery sits peacefully in the middle of the city block just north of the Church Office Building.David M Whitchurch A little over a week after arriving in the Salt Lake Valley, the Church leaders in the pioneer company selected inheritances surrounding the Temple [...]
Salt Lake First Stake Building
- – Click here to watch this weeks video on YouTube – – Early Salt Lake City was once a single stake with nineteen wards.Utah State Historical Society Although hundreds of scattered settlements were colonized by the mormon pioneers, Salt Lake City rapidly developed into a large, thriving community. In February 1849, about four [...]
The Mormon Tabernacle Choir
- – Click here to watch this weeks video – – Known as the Church’s official choir, the Mormon Tabernacle Choir is named for its home in the historic Tabernacle on Temple Square. The more than 350 carefully selected and well trained vocalists come from all walks of life, serve without pay, and demonstrate great [...]
