by Larry Richman | Jun 29, 2020
If you want your children to succeed, they must learn to manage money well. Research reveals that parents are the number-one source of kids’ financial education. Kids learn more about money from their parents than from school, media, peers, and work experience...
by Larry Richman | Jun 26, 2020
The Church offers a website with music from general conference. Beginning with the October 2019 conference, the Church offers the sheet music, along with video and audio of the performances. See other sources for LDS sheet music.
by Larry Richman | Jun 25, 2020
The music.ChurchofJesusChrist.org website provides free courses to learn basic music skills, play the organ, and accompany singing with the piano, organ, or guitar. Basic Music Skills Keyboard Course (Book and Audio). Learn to play the hymns with step-by-step...
by Larry Richman | Jun 24, 2020
The Church has published the video “Ready to Serve” to illustrate how children and youth are ready to serve. Looking for ways to serve? Sometimes the answer is right there in your own ward. Service and activities are key components of the new Children and...
by Larry Richman | Jun 23, 2020
From the FamilySearch Blog: Some of the richest pieces of our family’s history come in the form of photos. Being able to take and store pictures of family members, past and present, has become a vital part of recording our family story. There are many resources and...
by Larry Richman | Jun 19, 2020
Father’s Day is that one special day every year to celebrate the fathers in your life. It can look different for everyone, whether you’re celebrating your father, spouse, step-father, brother, or a role model. The FamilySearch blog provides a list of “20...
by Larry Richman | Jun 18, 2020
The Church’s page “Help Others Build Family Connections” provides ideas on how to have conversations with your friends to help them begin to find their ancestors. It then explains how to use several activities to discover ancestors. The “Help...
by Larry Richman | Jun 17, 2020
Many of the Gospel Topics have been updated and 90 entries have been published in Spanish and Portuguese. Later this year, topics will be available in seven more languages. Gospel Topics is an alphabetized list of hundreds of gospel principles, Church history events,...
by Larry Richman | Jun 16, 2020
It pays to know your family history. Wheel of Family Fortune is the classic party game that tests how well you know your ancestor’s names. Play alone, or add other players to create a fun game for the whole family! This game was created by the BYU Family History...
by Larry Richman | Jun 15, 2020
The Church’s Gospel Media library (videos.ChurchofJesusChrist.org) has many videos you can play to help you teach gospel principles and enhance gospel lessons. However, streaming the video over the meetinghouse’s internet connection is not always a possibility....
by Larry Richman | Jun 12, 2020
The grief accompanying the loss of a loved one is as inevitable as death itself. Mourning is a painful process, but relying on God can help you get through it. If you or someone you care about is suffering with grief, read and share the article “How Can I Cope...
by Larry Richman | Jun 11, 2020
The FamilySearch blog has written 7 great ideas to help you record your story. We live in momentous times! As we experience what life brings, keeping a record of our activities and current events will help us, as well as our descendants, understand our experiences....
by Larry Richman | Jun 9, 2020
As you search through historical records, it can be easy to focus mostly on dates, locations, and relationships. But one of the most rewarding parts of doing family history is discovering the stories of ancestors. Did you know there is a place on FamilySearch’s...
by Larry Richman | Jun 8, 2020
The music.ChurchofJesusChrist.org website has music that has been printed in the Liahona over the years in many languages. Access a playlist that includes music in most languages that have been published in the Liahona since 1990. On that page, you can click the...
by Larry Richman | Jun 5, 2020
The October 2020 general conference sessions will follow the same pattern as the conference held in April of this year. The general sessions will be broadcast as usual, but will not be open to the public. Below is the text of the letter from the First Presidency,...