OGDEN, Utah — For more than a century, the Ogden Valley Deaf Branch building has stood as a sacred home for deaf members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

On Sunday, July 27, Latter-day Saints and friends gathered one more time in the restored 1917 meetinghouse — many with tears in their eyes and hands raised in love and testimony.

The historic building, the first Latter-day Saint chapel — and one of the first buildings in the United States — designed specifically for deaf individuals, was recently renovated for a new purpose.

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