Updates to Church Handbook in December 2020
Another batch of updates was published today to the Church’s General Handbook. Six more chapters have been rewritten, and sections of 11 other chapters were added or revised. The text is available to the public in English online. Versions in other languages will...
Atlantic Magazine: The Church of Jesus Christ is “The Most American Religion”
The Atlantic magazine has published a substantial article about The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints titled “The Most American Religion.” The subtitle of the article reads “Perpetual outsiders, Mormons spent 200 years assimilating to a...
Changes in Seminary Requirements in 2021
Seminary requirements will change in January 2021 to align more with Come, Follow Me. Students will need to read 75% of calendar days to earn course credit. Beginning January 2021: Rather than following a 9-month study schedule for each seminary course, students will...
Parents Can Now Manage Children’s Online Church Accounts
A new feature in the Church’s account manager lets parents manage their children’s online accounts, including creating accounts, resetting passwords, and deleting accounts that are no longer needed. The new feature automatically appears in a parent’s...
BYU Family History Library Offers Virtual Classes & Remote Family History Help
The BYU Family History Library offers a number of virtual family history classes for anyone who is interested and virtual one-on-one help for individuals or groups. List of virtual Sunday classes in family history. List of family history webinars, instructional...
Family Christmas Activities
The Canada Calgary Mission shares the Christmas spirit with their website FindingFaithinChrist.org. It is full of resources to help keep Christ at the center of Christmas this year! It has prerecorded Bible Studies to follow along with, family activities, and links to...
#LightTheWorld video “The Christ Child” in Descriptive Audio
The Church is now beginning to provide descriptive audio on some of its videos. This is a form of narration that describes the key visual elements in a video for the benefit of those who are blind or visually impaired. These narrations are typically placed during...
Covenant Eyes: Freedom from Pornography
On this site, we publish a best-of-the-best list of resources in overcoming pornography. We know that pornography is a big problem in the world today, and it is growing bigger. If your family will be getting new phones, tablets, computers, or gaming systems this...
Looking for Service Projects for Your Family For Christmas?
Looking for service ideas for your family this Christmas? Here are two good sources for ideas: See Latter-day Saint Charities for ideas on how to volunteer for local and international efforts to serve people of all nationalities and religions. Look for ways to serve...
“Silent Night” Duet by President Russell M. Nelson and Claire Crosby
Last Christmas, President Russell M. Nelson posted this video on his Facebook page with the caption shown below. Watch this touching duet featuring President Russell M. Nelson and the talented 7-year-old Claire Crosby. Sister Nelson and I were thrilled...
Family Christmas Resources for Latter-day Saints
ChurchofJesusChrist.org has a page with Christmas resources, such as articles, scriptures, stories, videos, and music. Please consider sharing this page with your family and friends this Christmas. You can also find great references for Christmas at...
4 Temples to Enter Phase 3 Proxy Ordinance Work
Today, the First Presidency announced that four temples will enter Phase 3 of reopening as soon as December 21, 2020. Nuku’alofa Tonga Temple Apia Samoa Temple Brisbane Australia Temple Taipei Taiwan Temple Phase 3 includes everything allowed in Phases 1 and 2, with...
Virtual Tour of Temple Square and Christmas Lights
Watch a virtual tour of Temple Square by sister missionaries and enjoy the Christmas lights and musical performances. Watch the video “Celebrating the Light of the World | A Christmas on Temple Square Performance,” featuring Temple Square sister...
Free Printable Family Tree Templates
FamilySearch offers free printable family tree templates to display your family story in a fun, creative way. These family tree templates not only look great on the wall, but filling out the family tree charts is a great activity to bring the whole family together. Go...Follow on social media