Service

July 25, 2025 02:25 PM MDT
All levels of experience are welcome to apply as soon as possible.
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June 05, 2025 12:15 PM MDT
“I want to make people smile. I want to show them why I love the gospel so much.”
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June 03, 2025 02:12 PM MDT
“I meet people, help tourists, and do many other things to help,” said Elder Ramos Silva. “It has been an excellent experience for me.”
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May 29, 2025 01:59 PM MDT
After heart problems ended his proselyting mission, Elder Logan Castleton prayed for inspiration on what to do next.
4 Min Read
May 16, 2025 02:02 PM MDT
Volunteers recently traveled to a crisis center and rehabilitation center to perform puppet shows that teach children about health and hygiene.
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May 15, 2025 01:47 PM MDT
This insight from Elder Christofferson can bring even more meaning to how you worship God.
2 Min Read
March 28, 2025 02:43 PM MDT
Here are 5 phrases to use instead of “let me know how I can help.”
2 Min Read
March 27, 2025 01:53 PM MDT
This amount supported nearly 4,000 humanitarian projects worldwide.
1 Min Read
March 17, 2025 02:54 PM MDT
“Bonding with a mom who has also lost a baby is so special,” Danielle says. “We talk all the time about how our boys are up in heaven playing together.”
5 Min Read
March 06, 2025 02:55 PM MST
One fast Sunday morning, I watched the organist come to the chapel with a hymnal in one hand, and a toddler screaming “I HATE CHURCH!” in the other.
3 Min Read
January 24, 2025 02:35 PM MST
Elder Michael T. Ringwood believes focusing on personal development can be a “first-class cause.”
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“Our hearts go out to all affected by the fires that continue to cause destruction in Southern California.”
1 Min Read
January 08, 2025 01:52 PM MST
When I walk into the temple locker room, I feel like part of a great army of women.
2 Min Read
December 29, 2024 06:01 AM MST
“I never envisioned that my daughter and mother would get to join me in my mission.”
1 Min Read
December 18, 2024 03:07 PM MST
Looking for ideas to make Christmas Day even more meaningful? Here are some fun ways to help your family focus on giving.
4 Min Read
December 02, 2024 08:51 AM MST
Light the World is in its seventh year! Read this season's heavenly theme.
1 Min Read
November 19, 2024 01:09 PM MST
“I didn’t do it for recognition. I just enjoy doing it. I live alone, and it gives me something worthwhile to do,” she says.
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November 14, 2024 03:40 PM MST
The red vending machines will be lighting the world in a record 106 cities and 13 countries this holiday season.
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October 08, 2024 10:58 AM MDT
“Even though I’m standing in absolute chaos,” one survivor says. “I feel better about the world right now than I have in a long time.”
1 Min Read
August 15, 2024 04:32 PM MDT
“Most of the best people who ever lived weren’t very famous either. Serve and grow, faithfully and quietly.”
3 Min Read
August 01, 2024 04:06 PM MDT
Sharon Eubank, director of humanitarian services for the Church, shared on the Magnify podcast that the best thing we can do to serve others well is to learn to ask questions that don’t have predetermined answers.
3 Min Read
July 29, 2024 06:33 AM MDT
“I try really hard not to feel guilty about the replenishing that I have to do.“
3 Min Read
July 25, 2024 01:50 PM MDT
Sister Eubank shared a story that has completely changed my attitude about trying to do all the things, all the time.
2 Min Read
July 10, 2024 09:32 AM MDT
“Senior missions are some of the best-kept secrets in the Church.”
7 Min Read
June 18, 2024 10:34 AM MDT
President Nelson invited us to “spread the love of Jesus Christ throughout the world” for his 100th birthday. Here are a few ideas of how you can:
1 Min Read
June 14, 2024 12:53 PM MDT
Whether you know a missionary missing home or a struggling college student—send this advice their way.
2 Min Read
May 28, 2024 02:40 PM MDT
In moments when it feels the task at hand is too daunting, I reflect on this simple statement.
1 Min Read
May 23, 2024 03:26 PM MDT
On the sometimes awkward but important quest for friends, I ask myself this question before church each week.
2 Min Read
May 22, 2024 04:52 PM MDT
Whether you call it a “walkabout,” a “snack and stroll,” a “munch and mingle,” or a “walk and talk,” here’s why it has become my very favorite summer activity.
3 Min Read
May 22, 2024 08:56 AM MDT
When her oldest daughter Claire started high school, Stephanie Nielson gave her a mirror along with this quote to keep in her backpack.
1 Min Read
May 16, 2024 05:14 AM MDT
A recent episode of the “Magnify” podcast inspired me with some easy ways to show up with more love in everyday circumstances.
3 Min Read
May 13, 2024 10:33 AM MDT
Rosângela Lula da Silva, Brazil’s first lady, shared a heartwarming photo with missionaries, thanking them for their help in the relief efforts in southern Brazil.
1 Min Read
May 03, 2024 09:17 AM MDT
We don’t need to be the best cook to offer to feed another, a medical professional to offer healing aid, or flush with cash to ease another’s burdens.
4 Min Read
April 29, 2024 07:47 AM MDT
“Just as some people naturally live the law of love, it’s even embedded in some cultures.”
2 Min Read
April 26, 2024 11:23 AM MDT
Challenges like depression can make it difficult to feel joy, but Elder Uchtdorf shared some comforting (and easy!) suggestions.
2 Min Read
March 04, 2024 10:16 AM MST
I am beginning to see that whether or not I am good enough wasn’t a question God was ever asking.
2 Min Read
February 23, 2024 02:01 PM MST
This wasn’t a package Spencer planned on receiving. Or that Glenna imagined she would be sending.
3 Min Read
February 08, 2024 12:03 PM MST
Bring your weirdness, your loud laugh, your jokes, your questions, your shyness, your doubts, your fidget spinners, your insecurities—come because you belong.
7 Min Read
January 22, 2024 01:04 PM MST
We always feel good when we can serve someone. But sometimes all it takes is a few extra minutes to make that service a little more meaningful.
8 Min Read
January 10, 2024 12:52 PM MST
Small and simple steps to help others can have far-reaching effects, and the intention behind the service is perhaps more important than the amount of time it takes.
3 Min Read
December 07, 2023 06:00 AM MST
God promises to provide powerful blessings when we live the law of tithing. But the fruits of obeying this commandment aren't always what we expect.
7 Min Read
December 05, 2023 04:08 PM MST
Two simple invitations at Christmastime changed Shima Baughman's life. One helped her come to know Jesus, the other helped her learn to love as he would.
6 Min Read
Fun
November 27, 2023 12:01 PM MST
Commercial days like Black Friday and even Cyber Monday receive a fair amount of attention, but Giving Tuesday is all about thinking of others and making the world a better place.
4 Min Read
November 22, 2023 01:22 PM MST
Melissa Inouye shares five truths to help Latter-day Saints understand life's struggles and find joy and peace in their choice to be on “Team Jesus.”
7 Min Read
October 11, 2023 10:00 AM MDT
Feeling awkward or lonely? There is a beautiful correlation between the gospel of Jesus Christ and finding connection with others.
8 Min Read
March 23, 2012 03:17 PM MDT
The youth group from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Brambleton Congregation raised $13,000 for Loudoun Habitat for Humanity during an auction earlier this month to help with the construction of a home in western Loudoun. The home is the third of five planned in the Erin Petersen subdivision in the village of St. Louis west of Middleburg.
1 Min Read
March 21, 2012 01:50 PM MDT
Members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in Oakton spent St. Patrick’s Day sharing their good fortune with others by donating blankets and hygiene kits to area charities. About 1,400 blankets and 1,000 hygiene kits were hauled from the Church’s regional Bishop’s Storehouse in Upper Marlboro, Md., to the Embry Rucker Community Shelter in Reston and Shelter House in Fairfax. Bishop’s storehouses distribute commodities to the poor and needy as requested by local Church leaders.
1 Min Read
March 21, 2012 04:03 AM MDT
Manual 1; Excerpt from "What Have I Done for Someone Today?" by President Thomas S. Monson
2 Min Read
March 19, 2012 02:23 PM MDT
It took nine priesthood holders, each dressed in white, as well as several others on the side, to help a man who uses a wheelchair enter a special pool on Sunday to baptize his disabled roommate. Clifton Russell Jr., 57, is an elder in the Lincoln Ward, Washington Tacoma Stake, of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, who used to work in the Bremerton, Wash., naval shipyard. He progressively lost both legs below the knees to diabetes during the past 15 years, started dialysis in 2006. Six months ago, he also lost his eyesight.
1 Min Read
March 19, 2012 02:02 PM MDT
Birthdays often mean cake and celebration, and the case was no different for the 170th birthday of the Relief Society, the Mormon church's organization for women, on Saturday. But the women from the 13 congregations, called wards, in the mid-Missouri stake of the church weren't opening any presents. They were giving them.
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March 14, 2012 01:55 PM MDT
About 250 boys and girls of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Yuma Stake volunteered their time Saturday to clean the kitchen at Crossroads Mission and to demolish a wall that had separated the dining area from the chapel. In addition, they picked up trash in the dirt parking lot adjacent to the mission, built shelves for the storage areas and served a meal to the residents of the mission.
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