A step-by-step guide for every first-time temple goer
Feel prepared to receive your endowment with a calm mind and an open heart.
This phrase can impact how often you want to go—and how you feel when you’re there.
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Above all, President Rosemary K. Chibota says she is excited to serve “God’s finest, the little children.”
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From meaningful books to gorgeous artwork, here are some of our favorite gifts for the newlyweds in your life.
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President Junior Banza was the first person baptized into The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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On the day of her husband’s funeral, President Susan H. Porter discovered that their home flooded.
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Approximately 88,500 full-time missionaries are serving worldwide, surpassing the previous record from 2014.
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“Give it a go, and see how you feel,” Elder Kearon advises.
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Podcasts
Using our influence as women of God to make a difference in the world.
The upgrades will improve care for patients and working conditions for staff.
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Members recently gathered to tour the new building.
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Let these scriptural and prophetic reminders inspire you to strengthen your circles.
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What a beautiful story of how writing our life story can make a profound impact on the lives of others. Though this family is not LDS, it's clear to see through their story why our prophets have counseled us to write our history and record our story.
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Jesse Zweig, 28, of the Lake Forest Ward in California, is defying all odds this week as he attempts what few have done in their lifetime. On February 10, 2017, Zweig will begin a 200-mile continuous run in an attempt to raise funds for the Children’s Hospital of Orange County (CHOC).
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With individual iPads, theaters, full-wall displays, and interactive timelines, the Family History Discovery Center looks like something more out of Star Trek than Temple Square.
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"It started out with an email that my brother sent out over a year ago," LDS artist Nathan Pacheco says. The subject line of the email was: "Currently my favorite Christian rock song."
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Church callings. Just when we feel we are getting a handle on them, we're called to something new and we're stretched in different ways. While it can be frustrating, the humility and learning that comes from the way the Church is structured is something Liz Wiseman thinks we need more of in the business world. “I actually think if corporations out in the business world adapted this same kind of system, amazing things would happen,” said Wiseman.
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Conan O'Brien raved about Studio C when he featured them on his show Tuesday night, saying the group has managed to do something rare in the entertainment world—keep their comedy hilarious but clean.
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Before marrying Marjorie, even President Hinckley had some concerns about his personal financial situation. We can all take comfort from his and his wife’s faith to move forward, no matter the circumstance, and to trust that the Lord would provide. The following is a brief excerpt from the book, Courtships of the Prophets: From Childhood Sweethearts to Love at First Sight, by Mary Jane Woodger and Paulette Preston Yates:
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What powerful insights: "Our best mothering happens when we mother authentically-not when we’re trying to do it like someone else. So relax. Don’t force it. . . . Although you aren’t perfect. You ARE their perfect mother."
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Before movies and magazines proliferated our society, one’s perception of attraction was limited to the real people one knew in the community. Thus, average people were often seen as beautiful in a variety of ways and the occasionally striking beauties were allowed to be seen as less so as they aged. This allowed for realistic expectations that did not associate exceptional beauty as the defining quality that makes someone lovable. Relationships were based on more common and realistic expectations.
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