Today’s Ride to Church comes to us from Carole, who documented the last Sunday meetings were held in the LDS chapel in Paradise. The original part of this building was built in 1877. Carole says she heard that it may be the oldest LDS church building in Utah, but it is being torn down because it is not earthquake safe. Carole has written about her experience in a beautiful blog post here that I urge you to read (warning: be sure to have a tissue handy).
You can read more about the building in this news article here.
Thank you, Carole, for sharing this tender part of your life with us here.
*Carole wrote a letter to the editor that was published Sunday, April 29. You can read it here.
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So very, very sad (and beautifully documented.)
That is (was?) a lovely church. I’ll mourn with you in the loss of the building and what it symbolized to the community.
I am really sorry. This is heart-breaking.
That’s so depressing. I’ve never even been to Paradise, but I feel bitter with her. Just one more thing the church could have done with a few million dollars that would have been infinitely more important than a mall. I’m glad she did a Ride to Church so there would at least be some documentation! It is a really beautiful place.