by Larry Richman | May 21, 2024
The Family History Guide offers an extensive list of family history activities for individuals, youth, and children. With a bit of planning and a list of ideas, family history activities can become part of your everyday lives and unite your family in remarkable ways....
by Larry Richman | May 20, 2024
The second video from the final season of Book of Mormon Videos has been published. (See the video “The Lord Delivers the People of Limhi and Alma” below.) The Church will release 11 new episodes in 2024, timed to coincide with Come, Follow Me lessons on the following...
by Larry Richman | May 9, 2024
The Church’s article “Presiding Bishopric” explains their function as follows: The Presiding Bishopric is a council of three men who work under the direction of the First Presidency. They manage such matters as humanitarian aid, welfare programs,...
by Larry Richman | May 8, 2024
The Church’s Stake and Ward Emergency Preparedness Planning Guide provides tools to help Church leaders create or update their emergency response plans based on local resources and circumstances. The guide helps leaders go through the planning process on an...
by Larry Richman | May 3, 2024
The Church’s self-reliance manual, Finding Strength in the Lord: Emotional Resilience can help you build emotional resilience, develop healthy thinking patterns, manage stress and anxiety, understand sadness and depression, overcome anger, and build healthy...
by Larry Richman | May 2, 2024
Many religions encourage fasting and prayer as a way to humble ourselves before God by voluntarily refraining from eating and drinking. Some encourage fasting for 21 days each year in January as part of a 21 Days of Prayer and Fasting season. This includes abstaining...
by Larry Richman | Apr 30, 2024
Over the last three months, the Church has rolled out a major update of the Member Tools app for both iOS and Android users. Since its introduction in 2010, the app (previously named LDS Tools) has grown from a digital directory of ward and stake members to a powerful...
by Larry Richman | Apr 24, 2024
The Church has published the following updated scripture editions: Indonesian triple combination and Book of Mormon. Printed editions are now available through local distribution centers and online at store.ChurchofJesusChrist.org. Members are not expected to obtain...
by Larry Richman | Apr 19, 2024
Fun LDS Games for Sundays by CodePro Studios is a way for your family to learn about the gospel. These games are great for personal study, family home evening, seminary, institute, missionary preparation, or church lessons. Here are some of the features of this free...
by Larry Richman | Apr 16, 2024
The temple recommend questions #13 and #14 and the statement on wearing the temple garment have been updated to help leaders and members better understand the importance of wearing the temple garment as instructed in the initiatory ordinances. The purpose of the...
by Larry Richman | Apr 16, 2024
Have you ever wondered where to begin with emergency preparation? A 72-hour kit is a great place to start! You can tailor the contents to your situation and the amount of space you have for storage. The first 72 hours after an emergency or disaster are the most...
by Larry Richman | Apr 15, 2024
Young adults of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints are invited to grow closer to Jesus Christ by attending the worldwide devotional for young adults on May 5, 2024, in the Americas, and May 12 in other areas. Elder Carlos A. Godoy of the Seventy and his...
by Larry Richman | Apr 10, 2024
The official English text of the general conference talks is now available at conference.ChurchofJesusChrist.org and in the Gospel Library app. Text in many more languages will be posted over the next several days. Each page provides the video and text of the...
by Larry Richman | Apr 5, 2024
Hashtags Many social media sites let you categorize your posts by using hashtags. Hashtags consist of a pound sign (#) followed by a key word(s). These subject tags can be searched on sites such as X (formerly named “Twitter”), Facebook, Instagram,...
by Larry Richman | Apr 5, 2024
Did you know that you can listen to general conference using smart speakers? Just ask your Amazon Alexa device or your Google Assistant device to play conference to you using the Church’s Gospel Voice. Audio of all sessions will be streamed live in English and...