Mormon Minute: Weekly LDS News Recap for March 27, 2015

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LDS.net’s Mormon Minute recaps LDS news that happened during the week in the Mormon world. This week, we talk about: the first session of General Conference this weekend, new translations of the Book of Mormon, and the newest Uptown Funk parody that’s trending, and made by Mormons.

0:05 – General Women’s Meeting

This Saturday is the General Women’s meeting for women ages 8 and up. With the 100th anniversary of the family home evening program, and 20th year of the “The Family: A Proclamation to the World, speakers will highlight the doctrine of the family. This meeting begins the 185th annual General Conference of the Church.

0:22 – Kosrean Book of Mormon Translation

A new translation of The Book of Mormon was released, this time in the Kosrean language, which is spoken in Micronesia. This was the 110th translation of The Book of Mormon, with several more languages to be released later this year.

0:36 – BYU Harry Potter Parody Goes Huge

And a Harry Potter parody to the popular song “Uptown Funk” by a group of BYU students has cast a spell on major websites like the Huffington Post, Cosmopolitan, and Buzzfeed. The music video currently has 4 million views on YouTube.

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Whitney studied Communications with an emphasis in Broadcast Journalism at BYU. She also served as Miss Utah 2009 and spent her year promoting Children's Miracle Network, fundraising for anti-bullying/suicide prevention programs, and speaking to mutual groups.