by Larry Richman | Jun 22, 2013
All members are invited to watch this historic meeting on Sunday at 4:00 pm MDT, along with ward council members and their spouses. Don’t miss it. Learn more in the article “Work of Salvation Missionary Broadcast.” If you can’t attend the...
by Larry Richman | Jun 20, 2013
All members are invited to watch this historic meeting on Sunday, along with ward council members and their spouses. Don’t miss it. Learn more in the article “Work of Salvation Missionary Broadcast.” If you can’t attend the satellite broadcast...
by Larry Richman | Jun 11, 2013
Here’s a great video of a young man who received his LDS mission call while he was at the Joplin, Missouri stake youth conference pioneer trek. His family had it delivered to him by pony express!
by Larry Richman | May 29, 2013
A few weeks ago, I wrote about a new page on LDS.org that features stories of Church members who serve as full-time senior missionaries. Yesterday, my article shared a little about what LDS Employment Resources does. In the video below, a church-service missionary...
by Larry Richman | May 9, 2013
For updated information about Church maps, see “Maps for Stakes, Wards, and Missions.” Did you know that you can look up mission boundaries using the Maps feature on ChurchofJesusChrist.org? Log into ChurchofJesusChrist.org. Click My Account and Ward and...
by Larry Richman | May 4, 2013
Are you a professional or highly-skilled photographer and would like to serve a Church service mission doing what you love? You can take photos for Church use and serve from home. For more information, go to servicemission.lds.org and search...
by Larry Richman | Apr 24, 2013
Story from KUTV: Four members of a South Jordan [Utah] family opened LDS mission calls on the same night. When the LDS missionary age change was announced, that meant the family of four could go on a mission one year earlier. A mother and her three kids put in their...
by Larry Richman | Apr 23, 2013
A new page on LDS.org features stories of Church members who served as full-time senior missionaries. Watch some of these videos to learn about opportunities to serve as senior missionaries. After you watch the videos, you can Learn about current opportunities for...
by Larry Richman | Apr 9, 2013
Casey decided it was time for him to serve an LDS Mission, but he kept it completely secret. He got the family together one night to show them a little video he made, a video about his health struggles, or so he told them, and through this video they found out he was...
by Larry Richman | Mar 17, 2013
Just as athletes must stay within lines to compete in sports, those who are called to labor in the Lord’s work must stay within the lines of worthiness. Elder Jeffrey R. Holland challenges LDS young men to be active and worthy to serve as missionaries. Watch...
by Larry Richman | Mar 14, 2013
Best friends and cousins Josh and Stephen Pinnock received their LDS mission calls on the same day, and were called to the same mission, entering also on the same day. Although family members joked about them serving in the same country, no one could have predicted...
by Larry Richman | Feb 8, 2013
The video below shows over 80 students from the Olympus High School (Salt Lake City) graduating class of 2012 opening their calls to serve as missionaries for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. When President Thomas S. Monson announced that youth could...
by Larry Richman | Feb 7, 2013
Below is an infographic created by the Church with ideas for young men about missionary preparation. Young men may also want to read the article “Missionary Preparation: When Should I Serve?.” Below is an infographic created by the Church with ideas for...
by Larry Richman | Jan 19, 2013
Mormon missionaries are pretty amazing. See this infographic from the Mormon Newsroom and learn more of the “Dedicated Life of an Mormon Missionary.” For example, did you know that missionaries collectively dedicate over 12 million hours of service to...
by Larry Richman | Jan 18, 2013
In October, the Church lowered the age for missionary service. Shortly thereafter, the Church announced that the number of new missionary applications had increased significantly–from an average of 700 per week to 4,000 per week. Notably, more than half of the...