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Changes Announced to the April 2020 General Conference

President Russell M. Nelson put Latter-day Saints around the world on notice in October that the April 2020 general conference “will be different from any previous conference” because it “will commemorate the very foundations of the restored gospel.” Spring 2020 marks 200 years since Joseph Smith’s inaugural vision of the Father and the Son, known by members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints as the First Vision.

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First Presidency Announces Age Changes for Youth Progression and Ordination

The First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced a change Friday designed to strengthen children and youth through increased faith in Jesus Christ, deeper understanding of His gospel, and greater unity with His Church and its members.

Latter-day Saint Life

The Astonishing True Stories Behind the Cokeville Miracle Movie

By Jamie Armstrong

EDITOR’S NOTE: This Cokeville Miracle article discusses a traumatic event where death and injuries occurred. While we have made every effort to avoid graphic language, this article might be disturbing for some readers.

SOM Transcript - S6E26

Church Releases Letter, Answers Questions About the New Ministering Program

Following President Russell M. Nelson's announcement that the Church will discontinue home and visiting teaching to focus on ministering to our fellow brothers and sisters in the Church, the First Presidency released the following letter onlds.org:

New Church History Site Being Built in Pennsylvania

By Kelsey Berteaux

Actors in a new Church history film to be shown at the Priesthood Restoration Site are coached in between takes of a scene featuring Emma (top left) Oliver Cowdery (seated left) and Joseph Smith (standing in gray). A year ago, the Church site in the former Harmony, Pennsylvania was marked only by a solo monument, recapping the important events that took place in the region, including the restoration of the priesthood and translation of much of the Book of Mormon.

SOM Transcript - S6E2

38: “After Much Tribulation … Cometh the Blessing” (Doctrine and Covenants 102–105)

Have you ever built something with your bare hands? Maybe you’re savvy with tools, or maybe assembling IKEA furniture is the closest you’ve gotten to building something. Either way, we all know building includes a lot of different pieces and finagling to get it to all come together. This weeks study group we dig into Doctrine and Covenants 102–105 that is all about building up Zion, and what sort of finagling is involved in helping us become one, together.

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Young Women Lesson 13: The Priesthood Can Bless Families

Manual 3; Supplement from "Together in Righteousness" by Ardeth G. Kapp

CNN: With 'I'm a Mormon' campaign, church counters lily-white image

The scene at a Mormon congregation here on a recent Sunday would surprise Americans who think of Mormons as young white missionaries in stiff white shirts, black ties and name tags.