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                        I read this in the Deseret News today, and I feel it is important for us                  to be aware of, and to study and learn what our leaders teach us! ‘Of course, Black lives matter’: President Oaks speaks on ‘Racism and Other Challenges’ at BYU devotional by Lindsey Williams  | Oct. 27, 2020 Speaking at the Marriott Center at Brigham Young University, President Dallin H. Oaks, First Counselor in the First Presidency, renewed Church leaders’ pleas to Latter-day Saints to “root out racism.” In his address, President Oaks spoke about current events tied to racism, like the police-produced death of George Floyd, as well as historical examples of racism, as reported by  Church News . Speaking about the protests following the death of George Floyd carried under the message of “Black Lives Matter,” President Oaks said, “Of course, Black lives matter—...

This is so interesting!  Web links to Mormon Newsrooms in several other languages!  It could help a person keep up with the foreign language they have learned on their missions! Mormons Around the World: Nigeria, Peru, Canada, Philippines By The LDS Newsroom  · March 20, 2017 Sign up for Meridian’s Free Newsletter, please  CLICK HERE MormonNewsroom.org features stories from its international Newsroom websites to share what leaders and members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints around the world are doing to better the communities in which they live. Nigeria: LDS Charities Helps Save 1.8 Million Children LDS Charities , in partnership with the  Pediatrics Association of Nigeria  (PAN), has helped save more than 1.8 million babies in the past 10 years through the neonatal resuscitation  project in Niger “If we save the lives of children, we brighten the hope of a better society,” said Kadun...

This inauguration was especially exciting for us as our son had the privilege of singing with the Tabernacle Choir at the inauguration of Donald Trump.  The names were chosen randomly, so there were many who wanted to go, and didn't have that chance.  This article is very interesting, telling the details of quite an undertaking.  The Lord does rake care of His Choir! How Do You Travel with a Large Choir on Short Notice?  NEWS FROM THE CHOIR - January 27, 2017 With only a few weeks’ notice, the Mormon Tabernacle Choir had to quickly arrange for 215 singers plus staff to travel to Washington, D.C., to perform at the 2017 U.S. Presidential Inauguration. Moving a group of this size is not a simple task, and doing it on short notice made the task even more challenging. It was more than just singing at the inauguration—the Choir needed to make sure they would have airplane seats available at the right times, food to eat, hotel rooms to sleep in, buses to move ...

This article helps us realize that any one of us would be cared for by our ward family if disaster stroke our area.  What a blessing the Church members are to each other, and each one of us! How Belgian Mormons rallied together in the minutes, hours and days after the Brussels bombings By Tad Walch , Deseret News Published: Wednesday, April 6 2016 10:20 p.m. MDT Barbie Curtis is the Relief Society President of the Grienbergen Ward of the Antwerp Belgium Stake of the LDS Church and the mother of five children. Courtesy Barbie Curtis Summary When the four wounded LDS missionaries vanished for hours after the Brussels attack, Mormons in Belgium set out first to find them, then to support and comfort them. They banded together and lived their faith in ways that changed them. ...

I was at this ground-breaking, sitting in the warm sun at 8:30 a.m.!   I was at this groundbreaking, sitting in the warm sun at 8:30 a.m.!   It is exciting and I have been training to be a volunteer there.  I want to keep up on the latest technology, if it is at all possible.  I was starting there, and we found this week that my husband, Wayne, has esophogeal cancer, and we don't know yet what kind of treatment, or no treatment, (at age 85 in September) will be in our future.   Our 60th wedding anniversary will be on September 24, 2015 -- married September 24, 1955.  LDS Church breaks ground for first-of-its-kind St. George FamilySearch Library By  R. Scott Lloyd ,  Church News staff writer Published: Saturday, Aug. 15 2015 3:00 p.m. MDT Updated: Monday, Aug. 17 2015 12:25 p.m. MDT View 5 photos » Elder Allan F. Packer of the LDS First Quorum of the Seventy speaks to attendees at the groundbreaking ceremony fo...

Our prophet is again inspired for issues in our day!  They are not receiving the Priesthood -- make no mistake about that.  But are called upon for their inspired counsel and leadership abilities, to help support the Priesthood. In a significant move, women to join key, leading LDS Church councils View 6 photos » Presidents of the auxiliary organizations of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints are (left to right) Sister Rosemary M. Wixom, Primary general president; Sister Bonnie L. Oscarson, Young Women general president; and Sister Linda K. Burton, Relief Society general president. In a series of Facebook posts Tuesday evening, LDS Church leaders announced that three women's leaders will join important church councils, giving women a significant, permanent, official voice in leadership. SALT LAKE CITY — The LDS Church has added women to three major committees, a historic development that gives women significant, permanent, official voi...