News from The FIRM Foundation, Sept 2011, National Conference Announced!

The FIRM Foundation

News from the FIRM Foundation

The Foundation for Indigenous Research and Mormonism

Exciting Happenings Regarding the Heartland of North America!

FIRM Newsletter Sept. 2011

Greetings!

Having just returned from the most successful 'road trip' ever - based on the number of interested attendee's who came from all over the Northwest to participate in the 9 events held in 16 days - we are excited to announce upcoming 'road trips' across this great nation!

Over 1,500 attended the events in Idaho, Oregon, Washington, British Columbia Canada and Montana! The response was incredible and the events "enlightening," "inspiring," and "faith building" according to the many hundreds who participated. In attendence were missionaries, faithful members from all walks of life, new members and even investigators! All who came were treated to the amazing new insights indicating that the Book of Mormon's "Promised Land" may have been right in the Heartland of North America!

Those who came had the opportunity to review the newest educational tool in the Heartland Geography Model arsenal; the new "coffee-table" pictoral book Exploring the Book of Mormon in America's Heartland: A Visual Journey of Discovery, and the response has been overwhelmingly positive...this is FINALLY the book everyone has been waiting for! It's message is powerful...The Book of Mormon record is true, and the evidence for it's authenticity is rapidly mounting and spreading like wildfire.

To order your copy now, click the graphic above to jump to the bookstore.

In the four weeks since the first shipment was received, about 2,000 have gone out, or nearly half the total number of copies that were ordered!

Please take the time to review all of this important newsletter. The excitement is growing and more and more faithful LDS are coming back to the original understanding by the Prophet Joseph Smith; that the United States is the nation prophecied would be located on the same sacred lands as the Book of Mormon's history. Come explore this with us!

Rod L. Meldrum - President

FIRM Upcoming Events - Fall National Book of Mormon Evidence Conference Scheduled!

The Semi-annual fall National Conference of the FIRM Foundation is now finalized and it is going to be one of the best ever! It will be held Friday and Saturday, Sept. 23-24, 2011 at the South Towne Expo Center! Don't miss out, register to attend today!

2 Days - over 10 Speakers - Dozens of New Book of Mormon Evidences! This will be the event of the year!

For all the information, details, speakers, bio's, topics, registration, subjects, itineraries and more visit the website's Upcoming Events page and click on the "Register for this Event" tab to go to each events "Home Page."

America's Freedom Education Weekend...

Cancelled due to venue difficulties

Back in April arrangements were made with American Heritage School in American Fork, Utah to host America's Freedom Education Weekend in their auditorium. This was scheduled to coincide with Constitution Day, Sept. 19th.

Apparently the school's board determined that they were no longer going to allow outside groups to use their facilities and just two weeks before the event was to occur, they cancelled on us. We are very disappointed in their decision and attempted to locate another venue at this late stage, but after consulting with the many speakers and sponsors, determined that it was too late to try to relocate. We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused you. Next year we will find a more dependable venue we can trust.

America's Freedom Education Weekend

Friday & Saturday, September 16 - 17, 2011

The Patriots Weekend of Education!

Cancelled!

FIRM Upcoming Events - thru Nov 2011

We are having a series of events across the country, maybe in your "neck of the woods!" This week we travel to New Mexico and Arizona. In October and November you can join us in the Midwest and Southern United States!

We need your help with these presentations! Please look over the list of cities/states and if you live near these locations and would like to host a presentation or simply help spread the word, please email or call us (801-429-9751) and let us know!

You can help us locate and reserve venues, pass out fliers, contact media, and setup/conduct the presentations in these areas. We have been blessed to have many "Heartlanders" in all of the areas listed below, so it won't require too much time or effort for any one person, but together we will have wonderful, well attended events to share this information with as many as possible, just as we did in the Northwest the past couple of weeks.

It is becoming more and more difficult to come to all the places where folks have requested presentations, so it is unknown if we'll be able to come back again to many of these cities for several years. So, please mark you calendars and plan to come, help, and participate in these educational, uplifting and exciting presentations and conferences.

Check the Upcoming Events tab on the website for locations, times and topics to be presented at each event.

Schedule of Presentations, and Conferences

If you know someone in any of these areas, please contact them and let them know about the event in their area! You can forward this email, but please see the information at the bottom to ensure that you're not 'unsubscribed' accidentily.

Please be sure to verify event information online before coming... in case of venue change, cancellation, topic change, etc!

September

- Wed. Sept. 7, Albuquerque, NM

- Thurs. Sept. 8, Thatcher, AZ

- Sat. Sept. 10, Show Low-Snowflake, AZ

Show Low, AZ Regional Conference

- Mon. Sept. 12, Prescott, AZ

- Tues. Sept. 13, Kanab, UT

- Fri/Sat. Sept. 23-24, Sandy City, UT

FIRM National Book of Mormon Evidence Conference

- Fri. Sept. 30, Bountiful, UT

October

- Mon. Oct. 3, Alamosa-La Jara, CO

- Tues. Oct. 4, Colorado Springs, CO

- Wed. Oct. 5, Littleton-Denver, CO

- Thurs. Oct. 6, Fort Collins, Co

- Sat. Oct. 8, Kansas City/Independence, MO

Kansas City/Independence, MO Regional Conference

Sun. Oct. 9 - Sat. Oct. 22 Legacy LDS Tour

of Church History & America's Heartland!

- Sun. Oct. 23, Independence, MO

- Mon. Oct. 24, Springfield, MO

- Tues. Oct. 25, St. Louis, MO

- Wed. Oct. 26, Nauvoo, IL

- Thurs. Oct. 27, Nauvoo, IL

- Sat. Oct. 29, Indianapolis, IN

Indianapolis, IN Regional Conference

November

- Wed. Nov. 2, Grand Rapids, MI

- Thurs. Nov. 3, Detroit, MI

- Sat. Nov. 5 Columbus, OH

Columbus,OH Regional Conference

- Sun. Nov. 6, Dayton-Cincinnati, OH

- Mon. Nov. 7, Knoxville, TN

- Tues. Nov. 8, Huntsville, AL

- Wed. Nov. 9, Memphis, TN

- Thurs. Nov. 10, Jasper, TX

- Fri. Nov. 11, Lumberton, TX

- Sat. Nov. 12, Beaumont, TX

Southeast Texas Regional Conference

- Sun. Nov. 13, San Antonio, TX

- Mon. Nov. 14, Austin, TX

- Tues. Nov. 15, Midland, TX

- Wed. Nov. 16, El Paso, TX

- Thurs. Nov. 17, Tucson, AZ

- Fri/Sat. Nov. 18-19, Mesa, AZ

Arizona Regional Conference

- Mon. Nov. 21, Las Vegas, NV

Church History & Book of Mormon History; Touring America's Heartland with Rod Meldrum and Legacy Tours and Travel!

Kirtland Temple, Oct. 2010, click to watch tour members tell of their experiences and feelings about the tour!

Group at Fort Hill, Cumorah and Fort Ancient

Last Chance in 2011, only a few seats left!

Come join Rod and Legacy Tours for this "tour of a lifetime!"

Oct. 10 - 22 13 Day Comprehensive Tour with Rod Meldrum,

This tour is nearly full, call today if you would like to go!

Call Legacy directly at 801-683-0123 or go to their website at http://www.legacytoursandtravel.com/

Come Join Us, Call Today!

FIRM Conclusions

Thank you all again for your marvelous help and support. We are truly grateful for you and hope that you have found this information to be uplifting, exciting and helpful! If you have any suggestions, comments or ideas, please let us know. If you have an article you would like to submit to the FIRM Foundation's Research, Review and Editing Board, please contact us as well. We are looking for well written articles on Book of Mormon subjects involving the Heartland Model geography.

Your brother in the gospel,

Rod L. Meldrum
President

Foundation for Indigenous Research and Mormonism

The FIRM Foundation

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FIRMLDS.org

Legacy Tour and Travel

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