Age Changes for Youth Progression and Ordination Announced
Posted: 14 December 2018In 2019, children and youth will progress from Primary to youth classes as age-groups, and young men may be ordained to a priesthood office in January of the year they turn 12, 14, and 16. Worthy youth will be eligible to obtain a limited-use temple recommend beginning in January of the year they turn 12. Full Story
Full-time Peruvian Missionary Dies from Illness While Serving in Bolivia
Posted: 10 December 2018A full-time missionary from Peru serving in Bolivia passed away Wednesday, December 5, following a brief illness. Full Story
Fun vs. Joy: Elder Bednar Says Joy Is Enduring and Eternal
Posted: 10 December 2018At a BYU devotional on December 4, Elder Bednar addressed the difference between joy and fun and assured audience members that they can have real joy in every circumstance when they focus on the Savior. Full Story
Colombia’s Newest Temple Is Already Helping Area Youth Make “the Right Choice”
Posted: 9 December 2018President Dallin H. Oaks and Elder Ulisses Soares remind Barranquilla-area young men and young women to stay on the “covenant path” by serving in the Church’s newest temple. Full Story
Elder Bednar Dedicates New High-Tech BYU Engineering Building
Posted: 7 December 2018A “new season” has begun for engineering students at Brigham Young University after the dedicatory services for the $85 million Engineering Building, led by Elder David A. Bednar of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, on December 4. Full Story
Holiday Service Project Brings Christmas Gifts to Temple Square Missionaries
Posted: 7 December 2018After realizing her companion rarely received packages from home, one missionary in the Salt Lake City Temple Square Mission and her mother created a plan to compile a Christmas package for every sister—more than 200 missionaries. Full Story
Find Resources for Teaching the 2019 Mutual Theme on LDS.org
Posted: 7 December 2018Resources for teaching the 2019 Mutual theme for the youth of the Church are now live on LDS.org. Full Story
Despite Setbacks, Caribbean Latter-day Saints Are “Energized,” Elder Christofferson Says
Posted: 6 December 2018The last year has been a significant one for Caribbean Latter-day Saints: recovery from Hurricane Maria, the groundbreaking of one temple and announcement of another, and—to put an exclamation point on the year—a visit from Elder D. Todd Christofferson of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. Full Story
Elder Gong Reflects on South America Visit, Fulfillment of Prophecies
Posted: 6 December 2018After a nine-day trip to the South America South Area—including Argentina, Chile, Paraguay, and Uruguay—Elder Gerrit W. Gong of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles discussed his visit to the site of two historic apostolic blessings and the “ongoing fulfillment of prophecy” in South America. Full Story
