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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From meaningful books to gorgeous artwork, here are some of our favorite gifts for the newlyweds in your life.
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“Give it a go, and see how you feel,” Elder Kearon advises.
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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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The six-day event was promoted on JustServe.org, which helped generate more than 1,600 volunteers.
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“I haven’t thought about Heavenly Father’s ‘great plan of happiness’ in the same way since.”
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The gatherings celebrated over 300 combined graduates across both countries.
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The conference is returning for its fourth year, running August 14–15.
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The friends shared what they’ve learned after more than 600 meals together.
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“The system is unlike anywhere else in the world.”
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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.
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There has been much to celebrate this week for Latter-day Saints.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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The University of Virginia, founded in 1819 by Thomas Jefferson, has a library rather than a chapel placed in its center—a radical idea at the time, as “universities were structured around the church,” the school’s website reads.
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Whether you're returning to the office and resuming your daily commute or planning a long road trip with your family, check out these great audiobooks available from Deseret Book—and listen to all of them for free when you start your 30-day trial of Deseret Bookshelf PLUS+.
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Seven years ago, Sam Merrill traded Utah State’s basketball court for the mission field. Upon returning from Nicaragua, he had a successful college basketball career that led to him getting drafted by the Milwaukee Bucks and playing in this year’s NBA Finals in his rookie year. Just last month, in the midst of play-offs, Merrill shared with his thousands of Instagram followers the positive impact his mission had on his life.
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A new addition to the entrance of the strength and conditioning weight room in the BYU Student-Athlete Building welcomes its entrants with an inspiring message from none other than President Russell M. Nelson.
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