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The Calvary Baptist Church is helping with the effort to increase Black blood donors by hosting a blood drive with the American Red Cross. The church's pastor said they are uniquely situated to help patients with sickle cell disease.
Amid the stirring musical performances, former and current group leaders and church leaders shared stories of the past and hope for the future.
Deseret News Share this story Spenser Heaps, Deseret News Handing bags to the homeless and placing boxes in cars, members of Calvary Baptist Church performed one more act of Christian service this past weekend. In its last initiative of a yearlong effort, volunteers from the Calvary Baptist Church congregation distributed 300 boxes to people in the Muslim, Hispanic and African American communities of Salt Lake City while also passing out 50 bags of food to individuals on the street Saturday. Jackie Hesleph, the church’s director of evangelism and community outreach, said the goal was to g...
The Utah Compact on anti-racism is a path toward change the Deseret News Editorial Board © Scott G Winterton, Deseret News Gov. Gary Herbert speaks at the unveiling of the Utah Compact on Racial Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion at the Capitol in Salt Lake City on Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2020. Skeptics of Utah’s recent Compact on Racial Equity, Diversity and Inclusion, announced Tuesday, will point to its ambiguity — that its principle-based approach outlines few specific changes in policy or practice to root out racism. But the document’s strength is in that same simplicity...