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Aaronic Priesthood: Service will change lives

LDS Church News - Counted among the most essential, momentous dates in human history is May 15, 1829. It was on that spring day that the Lord again began ordaining worthy men to act in His name and perform soul-saving ordinances that open the heavens. One-hundred-eighty-one years ago this month the resurrected John the Baptist — a descendant of Aaron — appeared to Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery along the bank of Pennsylvania's Susquehanna River and conferred upon them the Aaronic Priesthood, or the "Priesthood of Aaron." Calling Joseph and Oliver his "fellow servants," John the Baptist ordained them to the Aaronic Priesthood "which holds...

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Temple in Calgary now under way

LDS Church News - Ground was broken May 15 for the third temple in Alberta and the seventh in Canada on a prominent hill overlooking the vast landscape of Calgary. With the distant, snow-capped Rocky Mountains as a backdrop to the west, the groundbreaking was presided over by Elder Donald L. Hallstrom of the Presidency of the Seventy. Elder William R. Walker of the Seventy and executive director of the Temple Department conducted the ceremony on the temple site adjacent to the Calgary Alberta West Stake center. Sister Diane Hallstrom and Sister Vicki Walker accompanied their husbands. Elder Richard K. Melchin, Area Seventy from Calgary,...

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An Unexpected Meeting with President Monson on the Road in Arizona

Follow The Prophet - Place: Thatcher, Arizona Purpose: Gila Valley Temple Celebration and Dedication Shortly after President Monson arrived at the Safford Regional Airport in Arizona, yesterday, his traveling party made it’s way towards the town of Thatcher, a few miles away. Some members had gathered on the road along the route to wave as he drove by. Instead, all the cars stopped on the road, and President Monson, President Eyring, and Elder Holland stepped out to meet and greet the people. Here is how one of the members describes the experience: Here the 6-7 car entourage comes over the hill and we are all...

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BYU volunteers trying to sow hope in Haiti

Deseret News - Four BYU students wander through a sprawling Haitian marketplace toting a plastic 10-gallon bucket, two machetes and a small shovel to check out the local produce. They pass over the fresh mangos, healthy coconuts and just-pulled carrots spread out under tarps propped up with bamboo poles. They're scrounging for squishy plantains, crushed limes and wilted cabbage. At one point, Dominique Stay even bends down to pick up a corn cob stuck in the mud. James Barker, who speaks Creole, asks vendors, mostly women, if they have any fruit that's bad or vegetables they can't sell. Many do but some want him...

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Wide Open Spaces

The Apron Stage - Last week my grandmother surprised us all by having a stroke. She is doing better for the moment—so far, she can swallow again and she can laugh, but she can’t talk—and my mom and aunt flew to be with her. “If you can come, you’ll be glad you did,” my mother told me yesterday on the phone. “It is being a very sweet time.” I bought my ticket the same day. I am unsure what the future holds for me. Funny I should feel like saying that now. When are we ever sure what the future holds for us? See Grandma’s...

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President Monson dedicates Gila Valley Ariz. LDS temple

KSL - President Thomas S. Monson of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints traveled to Gila Valley, Ariz. this weekend to dedicate the Church's 132nd temple. This is the first temple President Monson announced shortly after he became Church president in 2008. Many Latter-day Saints said it was a joyous day, as they got a chance to be part of the dedicatory services for their new temple and to be with their prophet. President Monson greeted dozens of children as he arrived at the temple Sunday morning. Then he and other church leaders sealed the cornerstone. As always, he invited a...

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BYU softball makes history advancing to NCAA Super Region tourney

Deseret News - Ten years in the making, BYU advanced to its first-ever NCAA Super Regional in school history, romping past East Carolina 8-3 in the championship game of the NCAA Austin Regional at McCombs Field on Saturday. JC Clayton finished an outstanding weekend, going 4-for-5 with an RBI and two runs. Clayton went 8-for-11 (.727), in the Cougars' three games, adding the game-winning sac fly against Texas on Friday. Jessica Fitu went 2-for-4 with two RBI and a run while junior Paige Affleck earned the win with four strikeouts and two earned runs. BYU (46-11) scored one run in the first four innings...

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Author Jason Wright confesses, 'I am a Mormon'

Deseret News - I am guilty of waiting. For much of my career I have shyly waited for people to ask my religion, waited for the subject to come up, waited to share what I hold most precious. Because I enjoy weaving spiritual themes into my signings or during more formal speaking engagements, often someone will approach and ask what church I attend. I love the conversations that follow. Frankly, there isn't much I'd rather talk about than the faith that in many ways defines me. I am a Christian. I am an imperfect follower of a perfect Savior. I am a member of...

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We are Remembered Outside the Walls of the Church

Mormon Mommy Blogs - Our family visited another ward today. I spent sacrament meeting trying to swallow my frustration at my five year old's inability to sit still and the need to constantly remind my two year old that not everyone was interested in a play-by-play of what was going on around him. I didn't get to go to Relief Society because my little guy fell apart fifteen minutes after I left him in nursery. It wasn't exactly the most spiritual experience of my life, and I was acutely aware of how much my boys have forgotten how to behave in church. It's been six...

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The Gila Valley Arizona Temple: Cornerstone ceremony

LDS Church News - Hundreds of people gathered on Sunday, May 23, a hot spring morning in Central, Ariz., for the cornerstone ceremony of The Gila Valley Arizona Temple. Looking out at the vast crowd, President Thomas S. Monson paid homage to another Church president who loved eastern Arizona. Spencer W. Kimball, 12th president of the Church, talked often about the Gila Valley, said President Monson. “I served with President Kimball,” he said. “He was a great leader and he represented this part of the country very well.” Speaking to the boys and girls gathered for the ceremony, President Monson asked the boys to serve...