Protection Training for Leaders of Children and Youth – Transcript Available
Last month, the Church launched an online training course as part of an ongoing effort to protect children and youth. Adults who interact with children and youth in their Church assignments in North America are to complete the training by September 22. As you take the...
How to Find Your Relative on the Shared FamilySearch Family Tree
The FamilySearch Blog has a great article that very simply explains how to find ancestors using the Family Tree on FamilySearch: FamilySearch Family Tree is the world’s largest shared family tree. This free, public tool strives to have one public profile for every...
Church Resources in American Sign Language (ASL)
The Church provides many resources in American Sign Language (ASL). They can be found at ASL.ChurchofJesusChrist.org and in the Gospel Library app. Given the number of people who use ASL (estimates range from 250,000 to 500,000), The Church of Jesus Christ of...
Church Updates Resources to Help People With Disabilities
The Disability Resources section of the Church’s website has been updated at disability.ChurchofJesusChrist.org. Nearly one in three households has someone with a disability. As a leader, you have a unique opportunity to support these members and their...
Requesting Your Priesthood Line of Authority
Editor’s note (June 19, 2025): For updated instructions, see “How to Request Your Priesthood Line of Authority.” Did you know you can request from the Church a listing of your priesthood line of authority? Tracing Priesthood Line of Authority...
Church Launches Protection Training for Leaders of Children and Youth
As part of an ongoing effort to protect children and youth, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has launched an online training course for all adults who interact with children and youth in their Church assignments. The Church does not tolerate abuse of...
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!
Request a Digital Copy of Your Patriarchal Blessing
For current instructions on accessing a digital copy of your patriarchal blessing, see How to Access Your Patriarchal Blessing. Did you know that you can request an electronic copy of your patriarchal blessing that you can view online or download to your computer or...
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...
Book of Mormon Quiz Game
The popular Book of Mormon Quiz game that was sold for years by Deseret Book and other Latter-day Saint bookstores is now a mobile app. The boxed game has been converted into a fun trivia app. It’s available free as part of the app Fun LDS Games for Sundays. How...
How to Store Old Photos and Preserve Precious Memories
by Wendy Dessler at MamasLikeMe.com Editor’s note: See a comprehensive guide in the article “How to Digitize Old Photographs, Movies, Videos, Family Records.” Almost every family has precious papers and artifacts they’d like to pass from one...
Youth Theme for 2020
In anticipation of the new effort to bless children and youth, the Church has announced the youth theme for 2020: And it came to pass that I, Nephi, said unto my father: I will go and do the things which the Lord hath commanded, for I know that the Lord giveth no...Follow on social media