Walk of Unity Steeple Raising at Joplin Stake Center

Crane lifts steeple at site of under-
construction Joplin Missouri Stake Center of
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Crane lifts steeple toward its resting place
on top of the Joplin Missouri Stake Center of
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Workers move steeple, being lifted by crane,
toward its resting place
on top of the Joplin Missouri Stake Center of
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Workers gently move steeple, being held by crane,
onto its permanent place atop
the Joplin Missouri Stake Center of
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Creed Jones, Joplin Missouri Stake President,
speaks from the steps of the under-construction
Joplin Stake Center to Walk of Unity participants,
estimated at nearly 6,000.  

Workers wait in the shade of the new steeple
atop the Joplin Missouri Stake Center of
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Guests at the Stake Center Steeple raising.
Those in the yellow shirts are wearing their
LDS Helping Hands shirts. 

After the steeple ceremony at
the Joplin Missouri Stake Center of
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints,
Walk of Unity participants walk
between lines of buses toward the next stop, the ruins
of the Joplin High School.

The steeple is lowered to the ground after
the ceremony. It was raised and secured later in
the week at the Joplin Missouri Stake Center of
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.