Thank you for your dear friendship and conversations that we’ve had on TempleStudy.com. It’s been a truly remarkable decade. Note: My wife and I were asked to give talks today in our ward’s sacrament meeting on the topic of thanksgiving and gratitude. The following is the text of m...
1. Missionary Service Surges When President Thomas S. Monson announced the change in age requirements for missionaries in Oct. 2012, a noticeable intake of breath and a surge of electricity went through the listeners at General Conference. A year later, after 18-year-olds had been opening missi...
The megapurchase was announced jointly Thursday by a corporate representative of church, which owns the nearly 295,000-acre Deseret Ranches in Central Florida, and by the real-estate and timber business, which has built several communities along the Panhandle coast. According to the announcement, ...
Decades after the poem and hymn were written, subsequent prophets more formally announced the Mother in Heaven belief as doctrine although generally preferring to use the term 'Heavenly Parents'. So regardless of the origins of the belief, it has become known as doctrine since at least 1909....
After his death in 1877, Young was succeeded as church president by John Taylor, the senior member of the Council of the Twelve Apostles. During Taylor’s presidency, the U.S. government intensified its campaign against polygamy. In 1890 Taylor’ssuccessor,Wilford Woodruff, announced the church...
whatever was in many and varied ways announced beforehand in the sacrifices of the Old Testament pertains to this one sacrifice which is revealed in the New Testament. — Saint Augustine 57 If it is "daily bread," why do you take it once a year? . . . Take daily what is to profit...
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints News Release, "Five New Temples Announced," 3 Oct. 2009. Greg Hill, "Members Rejoicing in Sapporo," Church News 4 Nov. 2009. Matthew Campbell, Email to Rick Satterfield, "Sapporo Japan Temple," 16 Aug. 2010. The Church of Jesus Christ ...
The intent to construct the temple was announced April 5, 2015, by then Church President Thomas S. Monson. Today, there are more than 22,000 Latter-day Saints in Thailand, organized in 42 congregations. This temple will serve Church members in Thailand and other nearby countries. Temples are...
(You may need to explain that when we fast, we are asked to contribute to the Church at least the amount of money we would have spent on two meals that day. This is a fast offering.) Tithing and fast offerings are used to take care of the poor, build temples and meetinghouses, ...
Festival, one of the finest film festivals held in Utah each year, took place in St. George on Nov. 9 and 10. The 29 films which were selected as finalists, from a much larger pool of entries, came from all over the world. The winners, announced at the festival late Saturday night,...