From roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Sat Mar 25 02:48:26 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.65.34]) by admin.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k2P9mQjb019759; Sat, 25 Mar 2006 02:48:26 -0700 Received: from roots-l.rootsweb.com (roots-l.rootsweb.com [66.43.16.22]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k2P9mOCP007137 for ; Sat, 25 Mar 2006 02:48:24 -0700 Received: from roots-l.rootsweb.com (roots-l [127.0.0.1]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id k2P7HHFI022270 for ; Sat, 25 Mar 2006 02:17:17 -0500 Received: (from roots-in@localhost) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.8/Submit) id k2P7HHKP022269 for roots-approved@rootsweb.com; Sat, 25 Mar 2006 02:17:17 -0500 Received: from lists5.rootsweb.com (lists5.rootsweb.com [66.43.27.41]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with SMTP id k2P5ZgFI022054 for ; Sat, 25 Mar 2006 00:35:42 -0500 Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) id k2P86dxF025988 for roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com; Sat, 25 Mar 2006 01:06:39 -0700 X-Envelope-From: dsam@sampubco.com Sat Mar 25 01:06:39 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.65.34]) by admin.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k2P86djb025979 for ; Sat, 25 Mar 2006 01:06:39 -0700 Received: from sigma.control-access10.com (sigma.control-access10.com [69.57.184.10]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k2P86Pq4000796 for ; Sat, 25 Mar 2006 01:06:26 -0700 Received: (qmail 16733 invoked from network); 25 Mar 2006 03:06:26 -0500 Received: from 67-41-167-83.slkc.qwest.net (HELO ?192.168.0.2?) (67.41.167.83) by sigma.control-access10.com with SMTP; 25 Mar 2006 03:06:26 -0500 Message-ID: <4424FA08.3080209@sampubco.com> Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2006 01:06:32 -0700 From: W David Samuelsen User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.7 (Windows/20050923) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Roots-L Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 Sender: roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Subject: [ROOTS-L] Mormon Church; FHC When I was in SLC last November doing research I also took time to take a tour of the square. As a non-Mormon I was not allowed into the Church. Perhaps that is why there is a confusion about volunteers must be a Mormon, or not. As stated many non-Mormons are volunteers, but to be allowed into the Church sanctuary you must be a Mormon. Regards, Joanie Joan Parker, Immediate Past President JGS of Greater Miami, Inc. Miami, FL Joan, You're referring to the Salt Lake Temple, which only the worthy LDS are allowed to enter with required recommends. The Temples are only ones not open to public, except prior to dedicatory events. The Temples are not same as the churches. The local churches (wards and branches) are open to public including you. The FHL (the LIBRARY) is only one where the LDS are only ones working and they have to meet SAME requirements when they go to the TEMPLES. The Family History Centers - which are satellites of the Family History Library are ones non-LDS can volunteer. BTW, the definition of the church in regard to the LDS Church, there is only one Church. The local congregations of the LDS Church are never properly referred to as local churches. Rather they're referred as Wards and Branches. W. David Samuelsen