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3 Ways to Get the Most Out of the Teachings of the Presidents of the Church Lessons

A new year, a new opportunity to learn and grow! In 2017, the Relief Society and priesthood manuals will focus on the life and teachings of President Gordon B. Hinckley, who served as the 15th President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for 13 years. The teachings in the new course manuals come from his many sermons and articles as he faithfully served in the Church. Because of President Hinckley’s wonderful sense of humor and positive outlook on life, many members have very fond memories of the prophet that can add to our excitement as we dive into a new lesson manual this year.

Lesson Helps

August 2016 Visiting Teaching Message: "Nurturing Families Together"

By LDS Living

A "husband and wife have a solemn responsibility to love and care for each other and for their children. The home is to be God’s laboratory of love and service,” said President Russell M. Nelson, President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles.

Genealogy TV growing in popularity worldwide

As geneaology websites increase in popularity, like ancestry.com with its 14 million users, TV shows are catching on to the family history wave and becoming hits not only in the U.S. but around the globe. “Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates Jr.” is a popular new 10-part PBS program. The Washington Post highlighted an episode about Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.), a leading civil rights pioneer who found out that one of his ancestors had registered to vote shortly after the Civil War — a right Lewis had to fight for during his own lifetime. In 1965 he was beaten nearly to death by state troopers in Alabama during a voting rights protest march.

Latter-day Saint Life

The 2 Sentences That Changed President Gordon B. Hinckley's Life Forever

By Sheri L. Dew

Go Forward w Faith live PB Go Forward w Faith live PBWhile serving his mission in England, President Hinckley encountered many challenges, but two sentences kept him going and changed his life forever. Read what those sentences were in the following excerpt from Go Forward in Faith by Sheri Dew.

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My Friend’s Secret Struggle with an Eating Disorder

When I realized my friend had an eating disorder, I wanted to help but didn’t know what to do.

August 2013 Sharing Time: Answered Prayers

By Shauna Gibby

Preparation:

Teachings of Ezra Taft Benson Lesson 13: Priceless Blessings of the House of the Lord

By Kelly Merrill

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Fun

"Vice": Why Detroit Is Embracing a Mormon Halloween Tradition

"Trunk or treating" has been a thing in some corners of America for decades, including LDS communities in Utah. Find out what Vice had to say about this tradition and Mormons.

Famous Latter-day Saints

Church Shares Video of Adorable Family Dancing in Ugly Christmas Sweaters

As a gift to members of the Church and others worldwide, the Church and famous LDS artists and influencers with a large following on YouTube have collaborated to create a "12 Days of Social" countdown to Christmas to share the message that "A Savior Is Born."

Romney relishes his LDS faith in media blitz

Mitt Romney affirmed the centrality of his Mormon beliefs during an interview Tuesday on CNN's Piers Morgan Tonight show. Morgan initiated a conversation with Romney about religion by showing his guest a recorded clip from the 2008 presidential campaign wherein Romney said, "I believe in my Mormon faith. … Some believe that such a confession of my faith will sink my candidacy. If they're right, so be it."