Elder Cook pays lip service to...well...service.

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Elder Cook pays lip service to...well...service.

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KENSINGTON, Maryland — Christmas lights symbolize the peace and goodwill public servants and faith leaders try to create, a Latter-day Saint apostle told two notable audiences this week.

Hundreds of international diplomats, U.S. government officials and religious leaders gathered Tuesday and Wednesday night at the Church of Jesus Christ’s Washington D.C. Temple to sing Christmas carols with their families, drink hot chocolate and join a ceremony to turn on more than 400,000 Christmas lights.

Elder Quentin L. Cook of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles told them that in his experience, “A common quality of faith leaders and those in embassies is a desire to be of service and to help others.”

On Tuesday night, Singapore Ambassador Ashok Mirpuri placed the palm of his hand on the big red button that would turn on the Christmas lights. Elder Cook placed his hand on top of the ambassador’s. They pressed down together and red, green, white, purple and blue lights sprung to life.
https://www.deseret.com/faith/2022/11/3 ... nts-temple

How nice for Elder Cook to be glad handing all those upper echelon types. I bet he felt all warm and fuzzy. How does such a VIP event actually help others Elder Cook? Did you invite the homeless people in Maryland to share the lights and the hot chocolate?
The lighting ceremonies helped create and deepen relationships.
To what end?
Elder Cook said that during his ministry, he has watched people in their positions work to create friendships and understanding among all people as diplomats and religious leaders call for assistance and service for those in need, as well as for civility and peaceful solutions.

“For our faith, Jesus Christ is the Savior and Redeemer of the world and provided the light and perfect example,” he told them.

“We work to feed the hungry, clothe the needy, welcome the stranger and care for the sick,” he said. “We seek to combat racism and prejudice, protect the natural environment and strengthen the bonds of understanding and fellowship that separate disparate groups.”
I'm impressed he kept a straight face.
Elder Cook called Jesus Christ “the ultimate symbol and champion of how to vanquish the superficial distinctions that otherwise divide us from our sisters and brothers in the family of man.”

Latter-day Saints take that “universal injunction seriously,” he said. “Members of our faith are committed to doing what we can to help better communities and break down barriers that prevent God’s children from sharing in the peace and goodwill that ought to be a common inheritance for all humankind.”
https://www.thechurchnews.com/leaders/2 ... ambassador
Unless you're a professor at BYU who happened to discuss a faith doubt in a church corridor with a Bishop...

Break down barriers? The Church has literally just ensured it can enforce barriers.

Image(Above Elder Cook provides service to one of the poor and needy attending the event...)
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