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Teaching the Gospel to Children With Disabilities
When 4-year-old Kate settles into Primary -- the organization for children in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints -- each week, she hugs her teachers, smiles broadly and then immediately sorts the silver bracelets on teacher Sue Perkins' right arm. It's not the normal routine for...
Mormons to host Family History Expo
Underneath all the history and the research is love. "To find your roots, the persons who came to this Earth before you, it is just beautiful," said Marcia Cereza, a member of Jupiter Ward of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, commonly called Mormons. The temple will be hosting a...
Elder Scott shares message at BYU
Learning truth is best accomplished by using multiple senses -- sight, hearing and inner feelings that come through inspiration -- then recording what has been learned and acting on it. That's the message Elder Richard G. Scott shared Tuesday morning with tens of thousands of participants during the...
'Brighter Day' Begins with Campus Education Week
Monday marked the beginning of the 85th annual Campus Education Week at Brigham Young University. The program is co-sponsored by BYU and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints' Church Educational System. This year's theme, "The Dawning of a Brighter Day," has its roots in the words...
No outcry as Gilbert sets to raze first LDS church
There is no public outcry as Gilbert prepares to raze the town's first Mormon Church. And, it seems, few people with memories to share for a town record. The building, on the northwest corner of Gilbert and Elliot roads, will come down within the next month, and stories and photos are being...
Mormons open doors
With her gray hair and flower-patterned blouse, Alice Ayer is the stereotypical picture of a friendly grandmother. The kind that scolds you for looking too thin while handing you a fresh batch of cookies. But Ayer thinks a lot of people are afraid of her. It's because of what she believes. Because...
Brigham Young Student Among the 34 Recipients of the World's Richest Scholarship
As thousands of young men and women across the country received their baccalaureate degrees this past spring, some began preparing for their next scholarly challenge. Included in that group are 34 remarkable students who will continue their education thanks to the prestigious Jack Kent Cooke...
Church Helps Families and Rescuers at Crandall Canyon Mine
Two experienced LDS Family Services mental health counselors, one bilingual in Spanish, are on-site at the Huntington mine collapse today providing assistance to the trapped miners' families. Three of the families are from Mexico. Additional Church counselors stand ready to help. The Church is...
Mormon Pageant Unites Hundreds
What would motivate a father of four to put on a 60-pound costume, complete with makeup, a wig, jewelry and a headdress, and perform outdoors, often in the rain, every night of his precious summer vacation? Faith. John Stars traveled from Utah to upstate New York to play the bad guy, King Noah,...
A Brief History of Mormons and Politics
By the time Abraham Lincoln won the presidential election in 1860, there had already been several attempts on his life. His anti-slavery stance caused the nation to split within days of his victory. Because his life was in danger, he was hidden in the luggage rack of the train that took him into Washington, D.C., and for the first time in our democracy, a duly elected president had to be sneaked into the White House under the cover of darkness.
New Temple to Be Built in Manaus, Brazil
A new temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will be built in Manaus, Brazil, according to a recent announcement of the First Presidency of the Church. "It is not possible to express the joy that I feel as a result of the announcement," said Geraldo Diogo Lima, a local Church...
Getting Personal with Personal Progress
In this day and age, young women are often belittled or attacked by peer pressure, the media, and other harmful sources. In order to thrive in a hostile environment, they need to discover and develop skills and talents that can raise their confidence and awareness. Through implementing the Personal Progress program in your mutual activities, young women can find the light within them and shine.
The Mormon Way of Doing Business
At a time when regulators and prosecutors are exposing widespread greed and corruption on Wall Street and high-profile CEOs are being indicted for fraud and conspiracy and fired for everything from looting their own companies to extramarital affairs with employees, my editor wanted to know what it is about Mormon CEOs that makes them different.
1867 Mormon Tabernacle Pews Are Casualties of a Face-Lift
SALT LAKE CITY, Oct. 25 -- When the historic Tabernacle, the egg-shaped building that is home to the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, reopens next year after a lengthy face-lift and seismic retrofit, visitors will find something new: the pews. The loss of the original, and uncomfortable, pine pews,...
Confessions of a Halfhearted Home Teacher
The red car accelerated up the ramp and onto the freeway, and the two men inside settled back comfortably, pleased to be heading out of the city so early in the morning. They had already spent some pleasant minutes conversing together as they had worked their way across town. "You're serious? You...
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