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CLICK Our primary family worship service is called sacrament meeting. This meeting is held in our meetinghouses on Sunday and lasts approximately 70 minutes. Visitors are welcome to attend. It is common for families to attend, and we are accustomed to having children as part of the congregation. A typical meeting would consist of the following: Hymns: Religious songs sung by the congregation (hymn books are provided). Prayers: Offered by local Church members. Partaking of the Sacrament (Communion): The sacrament is passed to members of the congregation. Speakers: Typically a meeting will have two or three assigned speakers. We do...

CLICK TO WATCH VIDEO Latter-day Saints love ancient religious records. We have already received the Bible, Book of Mormon, and Pearl of Great Price, and we look forward with anticipation to receiving the "words of the lost tribes of Israel" (2 Nephi 29:13), to the unsealing of a large portion of the golden plates, and to the restoration of other ancient texts authored by Adam, Enoch, Joseph, and others. It was no wonder, then, that since the 1947 discovery of ancient scrolls hidden in caves along the shores of the Dead Sea, many Latter-day Saints have been fascinated by the...

Introduction to the Book of Mormon click for video

Faculty members from BYU Religious Education discuss the writings and teachings of The Pearl of Great Price in this 12 part series. Each of the half-hour episodes covers portions of the writings from The Pearl of Great Price.

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Mormon Tabernacle Choir- 75th Anniversary Six members of the staff traveled to Washington, DC in November to represent the Choir in receiving the National Medal of Arts. Standing with President and Mrs. Bush are (l to r) Announcer Lloyd Newell, Tabernacle Organist John Longhurst, Choir President Mac Christensen, Choir Directors Craig Jessop and Mack Wilberg, and Assistant to the Choir President, Stan Parrish. Choir President Mac Christensen poses with President and Mrs. Bush following the awarding of the National Medal of Arts.

Pisco, Peru, is a scene of ruins, dust, grief and desperation in the wake of the nation's devastating earthquake. Cleanup and healing are under way, however. PISCO, Peru — Carlos Ayo was given a single day to hope. Perhaps, he told himself, his 16-year-old daughter, Carla, wasn't inside her dance academy when Peru's largest quake in almost four decades began shaking this coastal community. Maybe the girl had escaped the broken building and was looking for her parents, knowing they'd be desperate. Searching for her. Then Carla's body was found and another name was added to a death list that...

On the day the restored Church was organized, 6 April 1830, the Lord revealed details about the calling of Joseph Smith: Behold, there shall be a record kept among you; and in it thou shalt be called a seer, a translator, a prophet, an apostle of Jesus Christ, an elder of the church through the will of God the Father, and the grace of your Lord Jesus Christ, Being inspired of the Holy Ghost to lay the foundation thereof, and to build it up unto the most holy faith. (D&C 21:1-2) What fascinates me is not just the variety of...

I had only been the bishop of the ward for a few days when I got the call. I had never met the man. He had just been out of prison for a few weeks. He was behind in his bills because no one would give a job to a convicted felon. If he could not pay his bills he would be returned to jail. He had no one to turn to. He asked for help. Providing welfare assistance was new territory for me. My instinctive question was: “Does this man deserve help?” It seemed unlikely that the man...

Showing Forth the Power and Knowledge of Zion: The Wisdom of Heaven and Earth Chapter 5, part 2 of The Blessings of Abraham: Becoming a Zion People Ironically, to preserve his own life, the righteous Abraham was now being commanded to violate one of his fundamental principles, that of perfect honesty in his dealings with his fellow men, by asking Sarah to represent herself as his sister. Or was it a violation? If Jubilees is correct, which seems to be vindicated by a later statement in Genesis, Sarah was in fact his sister, the daughter of his father but through...

Click for VideoDiscussion takes place in CS Lewis Homeland England celebrating his 100 birthday in 1998

Have you ever had a distinct and unexpected impression?When I was a young boy scout---and I was very young for my age---I went to a weeklong scout camp. I left home with a fresh face and a full pack. Early in our week in the mountains, a frightening impression settled in on me. I had the feeling that my baby sister had been bitten by a rattlesnake. Since our family lived in Emigration Canyon and since we often saw rattlesnakes around our home, the idea was entirely plausible. Because I loved (and continue to love) my baby sister, the...

Click Video An excellent talk on Marriage and understanding D&C 132 Strengthening the Family: The Family Is Central to the Creator’s Plan

After a decade- long run, Matt Drudge's syndicated radio talk show is about to end, according to an industry trade report and a regional media blogger based in Ohio. These sources have 30 September pegged as his final program date. Created at the peak of Drudge's Monica Lewinsky- fuelled fame, the show was confined to Sunday evenings, apparently at his insistence. At the time, the Internet star said he had been offered a weekday show, but chose the weekend slot instead. That proved a smart strategy: on Sundays, many of the nation's biggest talk stations picked up the show,...

Recent scares have raised concerns about the safety of food products sold in supermarkets. But ingredient suppliers say brand-name food producers enforce strict safety standards. From pet food deliberately adulterated with melamine, to contaminated toothpaste and seafood with drug residues, a number of recent scares have raised questions about the safety of food imported from China and other parts of the world. So how much can Americans trust our food supply? Consider one of those frozen prepared meals found in a supermarket freezer — for example, Weight Watchers' ravioli florentine. The box bears a long list of ingredients: wheat,...

Senator Larry Craig's Voting Record - Biography Senator Larry Craig State: Idaho Party: republican Gender: man Ideology: 10% - extreme right wing NUT Ego: 20% - Cautiously humble How corrupt: 20% - Moderately crooked Sex drive: 70% - Frequently available to service prettier constituents Intelligence: 30% - Dumb Biography Record - Votes: What a busy man! Senator Craig is in the Potato Caucus (and is chairman of the baked and mashed subcomittee), is the chairman of the safe kids caucus (fighting dangerous kids every day!), and is on the committee on aging (a lot of first hand experience; see...