‘Relief and joy’: Songwriter shares her unexpected reaction to the new Young Women names

This viral comedy creator says her emotional response all goes back to her own experience in Young Women.
The annual gathering includes current and emeritus members of the Primary, Young Women, and Relief Society presidencies and councils.
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“I called my mom right after that to tell her something had changed.”
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“It felt like I was not just entering a holy place but a place that I had helped prepare for the Lord.”
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From a customized monogram to a thoughtful note, here are a few creative ways to say congrats.
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President Oaks noted that this tour came as he recovers from a recent surgery.
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May 08, 2026 02:30 PM MDT
“As soon as I walked into the airport, I had this overwhelming feeling that there was someone I was supposed to find and help.”
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May 08, 2026 11:01 AM MDT
The immediate impulse her small grandchildren showed at the new statue of Christ on Temple Square surprised President Emily Belle Freeman.
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The First Presidency released the following Easter message on March 25, 2021:
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March 25, 2021 12:00 PM MDT
My dear grandmother recently passed away just a few days shy of her 100th birthday. My father tells the story of speaking with her many years ago, not long after he married my mother.
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Editor's note: This press release was first published on March 12, 2021, and updated on March 24, 2021, with the following information about the Manti Utah Temple:
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March 24, 2021 03:00 PM MDT
After a few months of praying that his lost rottweiler, Skye, would return home Matthew Ray Banks’s prayers changed.
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March 24, 2021 12:00 PM MDT
Ryan Blubaugh’s conversion story is filled with seeds being planted throughout his life, including by a friend in high school—a friend he would reach out to on Facebook after 29 years.
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March 23, 2021 05:43 PM MDT
For many Latter-day Saints, awaiting the mission call of a loved one means that it’s time for everyone to make their guesses regarding where the future missionary will be called to serve. Now, thanks to a new free app, it is easy to collect everyone’s guesses in one place.
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March 23, 2021 04:51 PM MDT
Last week, LDS Living spotlighted eight contestants on this season of American Idol who are members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
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March 23, 2021 12:00 PM MDT
On Friday evening, April 6, 1984, Dallin H. Oaks was in Tucson, Arizona, where he and two others sat as moot court judges at the University of Arizona Law School. When the competition ended, the three judges went to a Mexican restaurant for dinner and an awards presentation. During festivities before dinner—“cocktails for others; nachos for me,” Dallin wrote—he was called to the phone near the restaurant’s cash register. “I went to the cash register,” Dallin recalled, “and a mariachi band was whanging away in the background. It was a chaotic scene.”
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March 23, 2021 12:00 PM MDT
For some people, the fact that women are not ordained to the priesthood in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is a sticking point, a hot topic, and even a potential media controversy. Others aren't troubled by the issue at all. But wherever you fall on that spectrum, you'll be fascinated by this doctrinal exploration of a topic that is crucial for both women and men to understand.
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