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  • Leadership Training Filmed in New Zealand and Samoa.

    Posted: 2 July 2012

    A film crew from Church Headquarters in Salt Lake City was recently in the Pacific Area for two weeks, filming local youth and Elder's quorums for the online Leadership Training Library and Strength of Youth in 2013.  Full Story

  • New Pacific Area Director for Temporal Affairs.

    Posted: 2 July 2012

    The new Director for Temporal Affairs (DTA) for the Pacific Area, Terry Oakes was surprised and excited when he was told his new assignment was to be the DTA in the Pacific Area Office.  Full Story

  • A Story of Faith and Devotion

    Posted: 2 June 2012

    Lio Isaia of the Samalaeulu Branch, on the island of Savaii, Samoa, is a very humble man, almost shy, who does not talk about this miraculous experience with many people because, he says, "It is very sacred to me."  Full Story

  • Deadline Nearing for International Art Competition for Youth

    Posted: 22 May 2012

    As the June 1 submission deadline nears, the Church History Museum reiterates its invitation to artists ages 13 to 18 to participate in its first-ever International Art Competition for Youth.  Full Story

  • Master’s degree project will be a great missionary tool

    Posted: 17 May 2012

    As a missionary serving in the Spanish speaking programme of the Florida Tampa Mission, Rachel Tui Smith developed a love for languages. Like most foreign speaking missionaries she also taught English classes as a service Rachel Tui Smith at her graduation from BYU-Hawaii. to the community, to build missionary contacts, and create a presence in the areas she served. She realized that while missionaries had good hearts and were motivated to serve and teach the English language to the local community, they didn't always have high quality materials or lesson plans that were relevant, and some missionaries didn't know how to teach English as a second language.  Full Story

  • Celestial University

    Posted: 17 May 2012

    In February 2012, the sisters of the Titahi Bay Ward, in Porirua, enthusiastically turned out to enroll for "Celestial University". Receiving a t-shirt upon registration, they signed up to earn a "Bachelor Degree" with the option to major in Religious Education, Business Management, Applied Art and Design, Health Education, Social Work, Food Technology or Textile and Design.  Full Story

  • A Change of Heart.

    Posted: 17 May 2012

    Being young, fit, and healthy with an active lifestyle, it came as a shock to David Rich, a member of Albany Ward in Harbour Stake, to be told last year that he needed a heart transplant.  Full Story

  • Come to the Temple

    Posted: 7 May 2012

    There are many accounts in the scriptures demonstrating that throughout history the temple has played an important part in the lives of the children of our Father in Heaven. In this, the last dispensation, we know that it is in the temple that we learn of the crowning blessings and ordinances that can lead us to Life Eternal in the presence of our Father in Heaven and his Son Jesus Christ.  Full Story