Mark your calendars for this wonderful event for children, parents and Primary Church Leaders. Click here for more information https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/event/february-2022-friend-to-friend-for-children ..read more

The more often we see the things around us, the more they become invisible to us. Learn how you can live in thanksgiving daily by noticing the wonders and beauties of this world. Read President Thomas S. Monson's full address, "The Divine Gift of Gratitude": www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/2010/10/the-divine-gift-of-gratitude?lang=eng ..read more

By Mary Richards Updated 19 NOV 20213:51 PM MST Goldie Burt is a great-grandmother who had never really used social media — until she heard the Prophet’s invitation one year ago to post with #GiveThanks. The 88-year-old Burt had her granddaughter help her post on Instagram “to let other people realize how I felt, and especially my family, that we do have so many things to be thankful for,” she said from her Salt Lake City home. Burt’s posts about her family and faith joined countless others around the world as people followed President Russell M. Nelson’s call to “flood social ..read more

The more often we see the things around us, the more they become invisible to us. Learn how you can live in thanksgiving daily by noticing the wonders and beauties of this world. Read President Thomas S. Monson's full address, "The Divine Gift of Gratitude": www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/2010/10/the-divine-gift-of-gratitude?lang=eng ..read more

While studying the Come Follow Me lessons this week, we came across this amazing story about historic Nauvoo. Do you have a family connection to Nauvoo? Follow the link below to read the entire article…. https://www.thechurchnews.com/history-revisited/2021-11-05/historic-nauvoo-illinois-doctrine-and-covenants-231396 The Nauvoo Illinois Temple can be seen from the Montrose, Iowa, side of the Mississippi River in 2018. Credit: Kenneth Mays ..read more

Sites will reopen based on local conditions, government guidelines and staffing availability The First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has approved the phased reopening of Church historic sites in May 2021. These sites closed last spring due to COVID-19. The sites listed below will reopen based on local conditions, government guidelines and missionary staffing availability. Because each historic site is unique, reopening conditions will vary. More details can be found on each site’s web page, hyperlinked below. The reopening schedule will tentatively proceed as fo ..read more

By Sydney Walker Restart. Repair. Reevaluate.  As the world begins to emerge from a challenging year of loss, strife and isolation, “this Easter season is a special opportunity to find a renewed sense of hope in Jesus Christ, the living Son of the living God,” said Elder Marcus B. Nash, a General Authority Seventy and executive director of the Church’s Missionary Department.  All of God’s children can start again — starting today — because of how one day started 2,000 years ago. That’s the message of the Church’s 2021 Easter initiative launched Sunday, March 14. “Because of the ..read more

New Phase 2-B will open the temple baptistry where possible The First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has announced a new phase for temple reopening. Phase 2-B allows for a temple baptistry to open for small groups — particularly for members with a limited-use temple recommend. “We are grateful for this opportunity for more members to participate in temple ordinances,” said President Russell M. Nelson. The baptistry of the Bern Switzerland Temple As the numbers of COVID-19 cases have begun to decrease in some areas and officials have learned more about how to pre ..read more

Due to the ongoing impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Hill Cumorah Pageant, originally scheduled to have its final season in 2021, has been canceled and will not be held in future years. The Nauvoo Pageant will also not be held in 2021 but will continue in 2022. In place of these performances in 2021, the Church will broadcast the 2019 Hill Cumorah Pageant. This event will commemorate the contributions of tens of thousands of volunteer participants through the years. The broadcast can be viewed beginning on July 9, 2021, on broadcasts.ChurchofJesusChrist.org. The video will be ..read more

By Sarah Jane Weaver In a new Church News video, Elder David A. Bednar of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles speaks about temple construction amid the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic. In 2020, as temples worldwide were closed or ordinances were limited, the Church broke ground for 21 temples.  “Obviously, there were construction disruptions because of the pandemic, but relatively few of those temples are behind schedule,” said Elder Bednar, who chairs the Church’s Temple and Family History Executive Council. “I find that to be just absolutely miraculous.”  Elder Bednar spok ..read more