Vaping, Coffee, Tea, and Marijuana and the Word of Wisdom
The article “Vaping, Coffee, Tea, and Marijuana” in the August issue of the New Era magazine clears up a few questions that young people today may have about the Word of Wisdom. Here’s a quick summary from the article: Vaping and...
Helping Children Prepare for Patriarchal Blessings
Every worthy, baptized member is entitled to and should receive a patriarchal blessing, which provides inspired direction from the Lord. Patriarchal blessings include a declaration of a person’s lineage in the house of Israel and contain personal counsel from the...
Family History Activities for Your Family
See a list of exciting in-home and online activities designed for the whole family. It’s family history in a whole new way!
Writing a personal history, journal ideas and why it’s important
Author: Rachel J. Trotter, the senior writer/editor at Evalogue.Life – Tell Your Story. Shared with permission. Journaling. Journal ideas. Personal histories. Bullet journaling. Personal stories. Photo journaling. These are all avenues to tell your own personal story...
How to Store Old Photos and Preserve Precious Memories
by Wendy Dessler at MamasLikeMe.com Almost every family has precious papers and artifacts they’d like to pass from one generation to the next. They can include old family photos, war medals awarded to older family generations, or a century-old original birth...
August Ensign, New Era, Friend Focus on the Amazing Gift of the Body
The August issues of the Ensign, New Era, and Friend magazines focus on the amazing gift of the body. The New Era issue features a special article, “Your Body: A Magnificent Gift to Cherish,” by President Nelson about the gift of the body as a creation...
How Do We Rise Above Bullying?
This article reviews key resources provided by the Church and other organizations to help prevent bullying. Resources from the Church Teaching Children About Bullying Church Applauds Community Efforts to Fight Suicide, Bullying and Homelessness Stop Bullying Videos In...
10 Ways Family History Can Help You Sanctify the Sabbath
From the FamilySearch Blog: Outside of the temple, the home is the most holy sanctuary there is—a place where families are counseled to maintain the spirit and to strengthen familial bonds. Committing to a family-focused Sabbath will sanctify its restorative power and...
How To Establish Safe Media Use in Our Homes
As parents, we want to protect our children from danger. Just as we teach our children how to be safe when cooking on campfires, ovens, or stoves, we can also teach our children to use technology wisely to avoid danger. Technology can bless and benefit our lives when...
Limit Screen Time for Children and Youth
The World Health Organization has issued its first-ever guidelines on screen time for children: Kids under 5 should not spend more than 1 hour watching screens every day—and less is better. Infants under 1 should not view screens at all. These guidelines are similar...
Church’s Children and Youth Initiative to Begin January 2020
The Church is moving forward on its new global initiative for children and youth that will become available to millions of Latter-day Saint children and youth beginning in January 2020. It will replace the current scouting, Personal Progress, Duty to God, and Faith in...
Children’s Activities for General Conference
The Church provides General Conference activities for children at ConferenceGames.ChurchofJesusChrist.org in English, Portuguese and Spanish to help them enjoy and learn more from watching or listening to general conference. A downloadable General Conference Notebook...
General Conference Notebook, April 2019
The New Era magazine has prepared a General Conference Notebook: Your Guide to Prepare for and Learn from General Conference: April 2019. It was mailed to subscribers along with the New Era. It is also available for download so you can print more copies if you want....