by Larry Richman | Nov 3, 2021
Light the World Giving Machines will be available in 10 locations across the United States for people to donate to dozens of local and global charity organizations this Christmas season. The annual effort, organized by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints,...
by Larry Richman | Nov 2, 2021
The Church has issued the schedule of Churchwide broadcast events for 2022. This information is helpful to wards and stakes as they plan their calendars for 2022. January 9: Area devotionals for young adults (streaming in six areas) January 29: Worldwide event for...
by Larry Richman | Nov 1, 2021
The Church has released a YouTube channel designed specifically for children called Gospel for Kids. The Gospel for Kids YouTube channel will regularly share sing-along videos, “Come Draw With Me” videos, broadcasts, and stories from prophets and apostles. The YouTube...
by Larry Richman | Oct 29, 2021
The Church provides technology to help those who are hard of hearing. These systems in meetinghouses and temples can help, even if you use a hearing aid. Meetinghouses Meetinghouses have two types of systems that function in the chapel and in the cultural hall. (The...
by Larry Richman | Oct 28, 2021
Don’t know where to start in gathering your family history information? The following ideas may help. 1. Write down what you know. Start with yourself. Use the chart below to enter the family history information you already know. If you do not know exact dates...
by Larry Richman | Oct 27, 2021
Did you know that ChurchofJesusChrist.org has a help center to answer your questions about record keeping? The Help Center provides articles on several Church applications and resources. It also helps with ward and stake record keeping policies and procedures. Leader...
by Larry Richman | Oct 26, 2021
So you’ve decided to keep a journal—but you wonder what sort of things you should write about. After all, how can you fit everything you want you and your posterity to remember into so few pages? Don’t worry—and remember that, first and foremost, your journal is...
by Larry Richman | Oct 25, 2021
For some people, a full-time proselyting mission isn’t a possibility. However, a service mission can be a great opportunity to use their talents to serve. Find out what kinds of service missions are available, and share this information with those who might benefit....
by Larry Richman | Oct 22, 2021
Are you looking for music for your family or church choir? The Church publishes a free collection of hymn arrangements for choirs, soloists, and instrumentalists as well as choir anthems. The music that is submitted annually as part of the Church Music Submission...
by Larry Richman | Oct 21, 2021
RootsTech is the world’s largest celebration of family. In February 2021, RootsTech went virtual, putting 1,500+ classes and keynote addresses online for free access for 11 months—until about January 2022. That only leaves a few more months to watch these incredibly...
by Larry Richman | Oct 20, 2021
We often think of people with disabilities as people we can serve. But everyone, despite any limitations they may have, can also serve others and participate in the Church See these disability resources provided by the Church and find a way to help someone else find...
by Larry Richman | Oct 19, 2021
FamilySearch.org accounts are now separate from ChurchofJesusChrist.org accounts. Previously, any account created on FamilySearch.org created a matching account on ChurchofJesusChrist.org. Similarly, any account created on ChurchofJesusChrist.org created a matching...
by Larry Richman | Oct 18, 2021
A feature on the Member Tools app and ChurchofJesusChrist.org lets you refer a friend to the missionaries and collaborate with them as they contact and teach your friend. How It Works When your friend agrees to meet with missionaries, you simply fill out a referral...
by Larry Richman | Oct 15, 2021
Children with divorced parents often attend Church meetings in both parents’ wards or branches. While only one unit may keep and update a child’s official membership record, an out-of-unit member record may be created in the secondary ward or branch he or she attends....
by Larry Richman | Oct 14, 2021
At the October 2021 general conference, Sister Sharon Eubank reported on the many ways the Church is responding to the divine mandate to care for the needy. As the first counselor in the Relief Society General Presidency and director of Latter-day Saint Charities,...