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....
Home-Centered, Seminary-Supported Study of the Scriptures
Today, the First Presidency announced that beginning in 2020, the course of study for seminary will shift to an annual calendar and classes will study the same book of scripture used for the Come, Follow Me curriculum each year. Students will continue to attend...
Connecting Daughters of God with His Priesthood Power
An important article in the March Ensign explains that women are essential participants in the work God accomplishes through His priesthood power. I’ve come to recognize as never before the importance of understanding the priesthood and its associated blessings for...
12 Ways to Improve Your Sundays
LDS Living has published a great list of 12 Ways to Improve Your Sundays. With more time at home on Sundays now, it’s important to find ways to keep your family engaged in appropriate Sabbath-day activities. Their list of 12 ideas includes ways to simplify...
Utah Coalition Against Pornography Conference, Feb. 23, 2019
The Utah Coalition Against Pornography will hold its annual conference, “Empowered to Change” on Saturday, February 23, 2019, from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm at the Salt Palace Convention Center, 100 South West Temple, Salt Lake City, Utah. Note: These is also a...
Priesthood Ordinances & Blessings in Gospel Library App
Instructions on how to perform priesthood ordinances and blessings are now available in the Gospel Library mobile app for easy reference. The instructions come directly from chapter 20 of the Church’s Handbook 2. Now priesthood holders will have these handy...
Where Do I Start with Home-Centered Gospel Learning?
Many people are asking themselves “Where Do I Start with Home-Centered Gospel Learning?” The Church offers many resources to help you tailor you strengthen gospel learning and living at home. Make sure that you are prepared for all of the changes in 2019....Follow on social media