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June 2012 Sharing Time: Living Gospel Principles
Mormon Life says: This sharing time will engage the primary children in an activity that will help them think about living gospel truths.
Preparation: Print two copies of the following pictures from lds.org: Gospel Art Book #108 or 109 Missionaries; GAB #111 Young Boy Praying; GAB #112 Family Prayer; GAB #113 Payment of Tithing; GAB...
Young Men Lesson 22: Covenants Guide Our Actions
Mormon Life says: "In times of distress, let your covenants be paramount and let your obedience be exact." -D. Todd Christofferson
Discussion Questions• In what ways does making and keeping covenants make you different from other young men? How do your covenants guide your choices and your actions?• How have you been blessed by...
In Her Own Words: Muriel Olive Mason Cuthbert, 1958
Mormon Life says: A sweet conversion story from a member in England.
1950 was a memorable year for my husband and me, for then our second daughter was born, my husband graduated from Nottingham University and started on a career and we had just moved into our first...
Book of Mormon Lesson 19: "None Could Deliver Them But the Lord"
Mormon Life says: The middle chapters of Mosiah are full of examples that God is perfectly reliable. We must know this for ourselves and trust in the promises of the Lord.
QUOTE OF THE WEEK: Few men on earth, either in or out of the Church, have caught the vision of what the Book of Mormon is all about. Few are they among men who know the part it has played and...
In Our Lovely Deseret: Where does our journey take us after baptism?
What things have you found yourself doing, year after year, on your baptism day? Brigham Young was baptized on April 14, 1832. On the same date, 15 years later, he began a journey to gather the members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the West. This journey of 1847 was to...
May 2012 Sharing Time: Path to Baptism
Mormon Life says: This sharing time will engage the children in a game that teaches them about baptism and the Holy Ghost.
Preparation: Create a poster of a path leading up to a gate by enlarging the sample below (or clicking here for a PDF), or drawing a simple version of your own. Create a game marker using a magnet...
Book of Mormon Lesson 16: "Ye Shall Be Called the Children of Christ"
Mormon Life says: Every organization requires certain standards of its members, and in the conclusion of King Benjamin's sermon, he teaches us the requirements for becoming part of the family of Christ.
QUOTE OF THE WEEK: Suppose that in this community there are ten beggars who beg from door to door for something to eat, and that nine of them are impostors who beg to escape work, and with an evil...
Helpings Hands Program Opens Way for Missionary Work, New Stake in Amapa, Brazil
On Saturday, March 10, 2012, 21 people—including both families and individuals—entered the waters of baptism. This is the largest number of people in recent years in the Brazilian states of Para and Amapá, both part of the Brazil Belém Mission, to receive the ordinance of baptism on the same day...
FHE: Church Membership
Mormon Life says: When we join Christ's church, we become His sons and daughters and are strengthened by our devotion to Him.
Conference Talk:For more information on this topic read “The Importance of a Name,” by M. Russell Ballard, Ensign, Nov 2011, 79.Thoughts:We must be willing to let others know whom we follow and...
Many hands help with not-so-typical baptism
Mormon Life says: I absolutely love this.
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. ...
LDS Church responds to 'ironic' proxy baptism charges
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is "doing exactly what we have been asked to do and what we said we would do" in implementing technological barriers to prevent unauthorized name submissions for proxy baptism, according to LDS Church spokesman Michael Purdy. Purdy was addressing...
Mormon Parenting: The wonderful age of accountability
We had a wonderful trip last month as we went to attend the baptisms of two of our grandchildren who had just reached the marvelous “age of accountability.” We love that phrase ... and we love that age! What could be more wonderful than an 8-year-old? Kids at this remarkable age are still young...
LDS Church blocks abuse of proxy name submissions
In a letter read in LDS Church worship services last Sunday, the First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints reiterated "the policies first stated in 1995 concerning the submission of names for proxy temple ordinances" and urged "faithful adherence to these policies by all...
Mormon church blocks whistle-blower’s access to proxy baptism data
Mormon Life says: The LDS woman who has been searching for controversial baptisms and informing the media talks to the Tribune. Gutsy lady.
A technological crackdown, telegraphed by Mormon leaders, has effectively blocked the pre-eminent whistle-blower of controversial proxy baptisms from accessing the LDS Church’s database that...
Generational Translation and Work for the Dead
Near the end of his magnum opus on Christian love, Works of Love, Soren Kierkegaard includes a curious little meditation on loving those who are dead. Entitled “The Work of Love in Recollecting One Who Is Dead,” Kierkegaard considers how our love for the deceased may reveal more about our own...
