Ninety-five years and counting! Since its beginning in 1928, youth camping has been a primary point of connection, community, and leadership development for Community of Christ children and youth. Although some things have changed drastically since the early 1900s, much of the camping program remains from those early days in Nauvoo, IL. Join Karin Peter…
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Cuppa Joe is back with a conversation about the matriarch of Community of Christ: Emma Smith. Today we are looking at Emma’s later years and highlighting some lesser-known details and stories from her life in Nauvoo after Joseph’s death. Download Transcript*Image used with permission by Community of Christ Library and Archives. Host: Karin PeterGuest: Wendy…
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Project Zion Podcast is bringing you follow-up interviews with the presenters of the Historic Sites Foundation Summer Lecture Series. Today we have Wendy Eaton to share about her lecture, “Stories Behind the Preservation of the Joseph Smith Historic Site in Nauvoo, Illinois.” You can find Wendy’s original presentation here and be sure to keep an…
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Community of Christ has a complicated history with the practice of polygamy. On today’s episode of Project Zion Podcast, Apostle Lach Mackay shares that history and how the church gives space for analysis and open dialogue. The content of this interview was presented at Sunstone Symposium in August 2020. Host: Karin PeterGuest: Lach Mackay Download…
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Project Zion Podcast officially welcomes Mike Hoffman to the team! In his first interview, Mike speaks with Graceland University students about a recent trip they took visiting church history sites in Palmyra, Kirtland, and Nauvoo. Host: Mike HoffmanGuests: Natalie Harper, Randallynn Smith, Cathryn Cannavino, Lexie Frazier, Andrew Wolsey, and Hayley Condit
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Community of Christ’s history might not define who the church is today, but it has helped to shape our identity and is still vitally important to us. Join Brittany as she discusses this importance with church member Wendy Eaton. Wendy lives and works at the Historic Site in Nauvoo Illinois. She has also worked in…
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Join Brittany as she talks with LDS author Carol Lynn Pearson about her latest book, “The Ghost of Eternal Polygamy”. Carol Lynn discusses stories from her life, stories of women and men who’s voices helped create her book, and her time at the Red Brick Store in Nauvoo where she finally laid the issue of…
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Join Carla Long as she talks with Laura and David Bolton about being the Joseph Smith Historic Sites directors in Nauvoo for the last seven months. They recount a few of the historic stories of Nauvoo as well as talk about the sites of Nauvoo and Nauvoo itself.
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Listen in as Lachlan Mackay talks about how early in the restoration movement there were commands to sue for peace although that was eclipsed by the militarism of the saints in Missouri and Nauvoo later on. Lach goes on to talk about how an emphasis on peace returned with Joseph Smith Jr’s son Joseph Smith…
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