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After a six-year break, the British Pageant of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints returned to the grounds of the Preston England Temple in Chorley (2-12 August). Twelve thousand people saw the Pageant in a purpose-built theatre over 13 performances – including faith leaders, media representatives, and neighbours from the surrounding area, with an additional global audience of nearly 50,000 viewing online.
Elder Carl B. Cook, of the Presidency of the Seventy, and Elder Hans T. Boom, Europe North Area President, accompanied by their wives, Sister Lynette Cook and Sister Marjan Boom, joined the closing performances on 12 August and mingled with Pageant performers.
Elder Boom reflected, “Arriving at the temple grounds, which has become a familiar place in the last year, we already could experience the high level of this event. The new structures set up and people going about their duties everywhere was raising our level of excitement. The actual event was so much more than we expected. There just are no words, at least in my limited English vocabulary, to describe what we felt.”
“With tears running down our cheeks we experienced something that has lifted us and strengthened our testimonies,” he added. “How grateful we are for this part of our church history and to be serving here in the British Isles where the fire of the covenant is still burning.”
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