Struggles piling up? Try this object lesson to visualize how Christ helps

John's description of the first Easter morning provides the most insight into the experience of Mary Magdalene, who is mentioned by name in every Gospel account as being at the tomb that morning. Mary Magdalene came early on “the first day of the week . . . , when it was yet dark, unto the sepulchre and seeth the stone taken away.” She ran to Peter and John to tell them the devastating news: “They have taken away the Lord out of the sepulchre, and we know not where they have laid him” (John 20:1–2).1

Two sister missionaries serving in Cavite City, Philippines, Sister Estioco and Sister Soriano, are sharing their faith on a basketball court in a new video that has gone viral on Facebook. And as it turns out, Sister Soriano’s got game.

Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, in January 2020, the Church announced adjustments to temple ceremonial clothing that would make the clothing more comfortable, cost-effective, and simpler. This redesigned clothing is now available to all worthy members globally.

Since 1937, the outdoor summer production of The Hill Cumorah Pageant: America’s Witness for Christ has been held on the hillside next to the Hill Cumorah Visitors’ Center in Manchester, New York. But on Friday, July 9, 2021, the Hill Cumorah Pageant took its final curtain call—virtually.

When Christine Chiang took a job with FamilySearch, she had no idea the family history journey that awaited her personally. After being raised in Taiwan to parents who were from mainland China, her parents, sister, and brother were the only relatives she knew personally. As for family history, she could only trace four generations of her family line. But after receiving a call from the police in China notifying her that her brother had died and that she was the only Chinese family member the police were able to locate, she felt inspired to discover her jiapu, the Chinese genealogy book of her clan.

There has been much to celebrate this week for Latter-day Saints.

A new four-part series from the Church News highlighting the essential role of councils in the Church gives a look inside meetings in the Church Administration Building like you have never seen them before. In the first part of the series, readers get a glimpse into the weekly First Presidency meeting attended by President Russell M. Nelson and his counselors, President Dallin H. Oaks and President Henry B. Eyring.

FamilySearch has announced that RootsTech Connect 2022 will take place on March 3–5, 2022, as a fully virtual family history event. RootsTech Connect 2021 attracted more than 1 million visitors from over 240 countries, making this year’s gathering the largest in RootsTech history.

The Tabernacle Choir organization is thrilled to announce the schedule for the return to Temple Square of daily organ recitals, weekly Choir and Bell ensemble rehearsals and Music & the Spoken Word broadcasts. For over 150 years the Salt Lake Tabernacle—and since 2000, the Conference Center—have been the Temple Square locations for live events for music lovers and visitors from around the world. In March 2020, the pandemic temporarily halted all events on Temple Square and around the world.