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I'll Follow Him in Faith: 2007 Primary Theme CD - Save 10%

Clive Romney has been energizing children with great Primary albums for years. This latest album features many traditional numbers as well as some new songs for the 2007 Primary program. Includes separate music tracks so your family can sing along-perfect for teaching these pieces to children! These timeless songs capture the spirit and emotion that is ignited within a child and helps it burn long after the meetings have ended.

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When Job Loss Hits Home

What can you do when unemployment, the monster that hides between the cubicles of your office building, strikes? Oftentimes, losing a job brings feelings of depression, inadequacy, and shame—emotions that are detrimental to one's well being. But losing a job shouldn't mean losing hope.

"New house, baby on the way, no family in the area, don't really know anyone and—bang!—my job is gone. I wanted to say, 'Father in Heaven, what's happening here?'"

For Joe Svoke, an electrical construction estimator in Farmington Hills, Michigan, unemployment can be summed up in one word: lonely.

“I remember one time when I was let go, it happened at 3:25 in the afternoon. They called me into the office, and it was over. It was done in such a cold, insensitive manner. Another time I was given a letter telling me I had two weeks left. The boss didn’t want to say it to me face-to-face, so he handed me a letter! But both times these layoffs happened I have found that loneliness is the greatest problem.

“You don’t have somebody to reach out to like you do when you’re working. You don’t have access to people. And the people you would normally contact are harder to get to. Often they just don’t respond to your call. So you feel lost—really lost. The struggle is trying to keep focused when you feel this lonely.”

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by Doug Mallory LDSLiving Magazine Jan/Feb Issue

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What Do You Know?

"Relief Society History Quiz"

Where was the first Relief Society meeting held?
1. The Kirtland Temple
2. The Red Brick Store
3. The Mansion House
4. The Nauvoo Temple grounds

In what year did the visiting teaching program begin?
1. 1843
2. 1844
3. 1845
4. 1846

How long was the longest visiting-teaching route?
1. 50 miles
2. 100 miles
3. 150 miles
4. 200 miles

How many sisters were admitted as members of the first Relief Society?
1. 18
2. 23
3. 26
4. 30

How many women are members of the Relief Society today?
1. 3 million
2. 5 million
3. 7 million
4. 9 million

Who was the longest serving General Relief Society President?
1. Emma Smith
2. Elaine L. Jack
3. Amy Brown Lyman
4. Belle S. Spafford

Answers: 1. b, 2. a, 3. d, 4. c, 5. a, 6. d

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My First New Testament Stories

"Tell me the stories of Jesus I love to hear," invites a favorite Primary song. My First New Testament Stories is a great place to start. The fifth in the bestselling My First series, this sturdy boardbook brings the stories of Jesus to life for children with its bright illustrations and simple text.

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Daily Thought

"All men who become heirs of God and joint heirs with Jesus Christ will have to receive the fullness of the ordinances of the kingdom; and those who will not receive all ordinances will come short of the fullness of that glory, if they do not lose the whole."

—Joseph Smith (HC, 5:424.)