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  1. What is important for a new member?

    in Learn about The Church of Jesus Christ Of Latter-day Saints

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    New members need three thing, according to President Hinckley:

    a friend, a responsibility, and spiritual nourishment.

    I remember my time as a new member in Italy. How important were these three things for me, and I can't say that one was more important than the other two.

    Perhaps, however, without a friend, nothing else can really move forward in the life of a new member.

  3. The Tongue of Angels

    in LDS Gospel Discussion

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    There were many very good talks at the General Conference of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints last April, but one that i really enjoyed was "The Tongue of Angels" by Elder Jeffrey R. Holland of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles.

    This is for husbands:

    Husbands, you have been entrusted with the most sacred gift God can give you—a wife, a daughter of God, the mother of your children who has voluntarily given herself to you for love and joyful companionship. Think of the kind things you said when you were courting, think of the blessings you have given with hands placed lovingly upon her head, think of yourself and of her as the god and goddess you both inherently are, and then reflect on other moments characterized by cold, caustic, unbridled words. Given the damage that can be done with our tongues, little wonder the Savior said, "Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man."

    ..and this is for wives....

    In that same spirit we speak to the sisters as well, for the sin of verbal abuse knows no gender. Wives, what of the unbridled tongue in your mouth, of the power for good or ill in your words? How is it that such a lovely voice which by divine nature is so angelic, so close to the veil, so instinctively gentle and inherently kind could ever in a turn be so shrill, so biting, so acrid and untamed? A woman's words can be more piercing than any dagger ever forged, and they can drive the people they love to retreat beyond a barrier more distant than anyone in the beginning of that exchange could ever have imagined. Sisters, there is no place in that magnificent spirit of yours for acerbic or abrasive expression of any kind, including gossip or backbiting or catty remarks. Let it never be said of our home or our ward or our neighborhood that "the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity . . . [burning] among our members."

  4. The importance of Family Home Evening

    in Learn about The Church of Jesus Christ Of Latter-day Saints

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    The “Family Home Evening” program is a very inspired program. I think it began in 1915, when Mormon Church President Joseph F. Smith urged the Church members to set aside one evening a week devoted specifically to the family. Family Home Evenings are usually held on Mondays.

    Members of the Mormon Church use Family Home Evening to strengthen family ties. Parents have the opportunity to teach their children about spiritual and secular matters and prepare them for life. Family Home Evening is held once a week as a time for families to sit down together and study the scriptures, talk about important life lessons, cultivate talents, discuss pressing issues, and plan activities and goals.

    I am grateful for the opportunity I have to have my family home evenings almost every week. With young children sometimes they may be a little challenging, but if we are patient and keep doing them our family are greatly blessed.