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Behind the Scenes: Restoring Church History Sites

Salt Lake City — The early history of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints spans a geographic distance of thousands of miles, all the way from England to the West Coast of the United States. Over the years, the Church has developed dozens of historic sites at or near locations where significant events in the history of the Church occurred. Exhibits and guides at each location tell the story of the Church and its people to thousands of visitors from around the world each year, encouraging a broader understanding of the time, the culture and the religious significance of each location.

December 2012 Home Teaching Message: Rediscovering the Christmas Spirit

December First Presidency Message for home teaching:

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5 Big Changes, Announcements from April Conference

By Danielle B. Wagner

From five new temples to not showing hymn lyrics during congregational hymns, this conference weekend saw many exciting changes and new announcements. Catch up on them here:

Lesson Helps

Young Women Lesson 21: Learning to Share the Gospel

Manual 3; Supplement from "A Call to the Rising Generation" by Brent H. Nielson

Four Easy Ways to Use Your Wheat

By Emergency Essentials

And once you've incorporated something into your diet, getting it into your food storage just makes sense.

Prophets, Principles, and the Constitution

I love news! There, it is out in the open. I have several news sites I visit at least once and sometimes multiple times a day to keep my fix. I was, for example overjoyed when I heard the news of a possible averting of all-out war in Syria. I pray daily for peace and speak to everyone I know to convince them of the futility of conflict and sin. The type of peace I attempt to sow in my corner of the country though is not that of a mere ceasefire or armistice by one or several nations, which lasts only until they find another reason to attempt to “stimulate” their respective economies via war, but the type given by the Master to His disciples in John 14:27:

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What Life-Size Disney Cutouts & a Small Idaho Town Taught Me About Christmas

When I was a little girl, my parents would pack all of us into our winter coats and then into our family Suburban to drive around town and look at Christmas lights. It became a sort of tradition for us. We'd drive up to the benches with the biggest houses, decked in wreaths and bows and hosting little candles in every window; then we'd wind our way down city streets where the Christmas displays were smaller, but often more outlandish and colorful. To us, every lit up house was something magical.

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4 Programs that Help LDS Youth Stand Out

I've had the opportunity to work with youth inside and outside the LDS church in a number of different capacities throughout my life. During those times, I've often been approached by other leaders/counselors who have said things like “there’s something different about LDS youth” or “your youth are just so good.” While I absolutely do not claim that LDS youth have a monopoly on goodness, I think there is something to my friends’ observations. What is it that makes LDS youth stand out? In the end, I believe it stems from a firm knowledge of God’s plan for them and a strong conviction to live the principles of the restored gospel. Although the basis for most of this learning starts in the home, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has a number of programs that support parents and help LDS youth put those principles into practice.

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When She Thought God Wasn't Answering: LDS Mom Made 1 Change That Allowed Her to Hear the Answer to Her Prayers

By Megan Goates

At the moment she was most desperate, an LDS mom asked why God wasn't helping and wasn't hearing her. That's when her husband asked a question that changed her entire perspective.

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Redbook Magazine Picks LDS Woman for 2016 Style Award, She Shares How Modesty Enhances Her Style

By LDS Living

In an article for Redbook Magazine, Latter-day Saint Jessie Lehrbaum shares her fashion tips and defends her choice to dress modestly. When Redbook Magazine chose Lehrbaum as one of their 2016 Real Women Style Award Winners, the 26-year-old retail coordinator from Seattle, Washington, shared how choosing to dress modestly was an empowering, and personal, choice.