LDS Events Update

[Hemidakota]

Special 2-Day/Night Marriage Retreat April Conference Weekend.

Apri 2-3, 2009

Join us for a very special marriage event. Enjoy this romantic feast for your marriage then feast spiritually as you prepare for April General Conference on Apr 4th and 5th. This retreat is intensive and hands-on. You'll learn exciting new ways to enhance your marriage as you escape to a tranquil bed and breakfast inn nestled in the mountains of Utah. You'll love even deeper. You'll enjoy even more intimacy. You'll capture the thrill again. Only 4 cabins left! Click here to learn more!

Historical artifacts now on display at Olivewood

Historical artifacts now on display at Olivewood including an original 1830's Book of Mormon. Olivewood is located at 3330 N University Ave in Provo, open from 10 am to 6 pm.

Fablehaven 4 Launch Party: Chance to Win a Pass

Deseret Book stores in Salt Lake, Davis, Weber, and Utah Counties

Visit a Deseret Book location and enter to win a backstage pass and front row seat for you and your family to the Fablehaven Launch Party on March 24th at 6:30 p.m. in Salt Lake City, Utah. This is an event you don’t want to miss. If you win, you and your family can go backstage to meet author Brandon Mull, get your books signed, take pictures, and sit on the front row.

Click here to see what the event could include! Click here to preorder a book.

4th Annual Nauvoo Women's Retreat

March 26, 27: Nauvoo, IL (Camp Nauvoo Lodge)

Come for fun and inspiration, walk where your early sisters walked, and bask in this marvelous weekend experience that will change your heart! Keynote speaker Mariama Kallon will tell of growing up amid a civil war in West Africa that took her entire family-and how the Savior reached out for her. Other presenters include songwriter and author Vickey Pahnke Taylor, actress and singer Jillette Dayton, Nauvoo historian Rosemary Palmer, and Kimberly Smith of the Joseph Smith, Jr. and Emma Hale Smith Historical Society. Evening events include an Entertainers Panel and the always-popular Legacy Concert. For more information and to register visit nauvoovillas.com.

Omaha Region YSA Activity

March 27-28: Omaha, NE

Join young single adults from 8 stakes in Nebraska for two days of fun. Friday’s activities will include dinner, speed dating, and a dance. On Saturday, following breakfast, young single adults will go out into the Omaha community and provide needed service to various organizations. The event will conclude with a testimony meeting at 1:00 p.m., held at the Historic Kanesville Tabernacle. Come experience the joy of service! Contact Jordan Bennett for more information [email protected]

Cast Call for Winter Quarters Musical "Come Home to Kanesville"

Deadline: March 31

Interviewing has begun for singer-dancers (adults; female romantic lead, age 16+; male romantic lead, age 18+; female romantic lead, age 35-ish; male romantic lead, age 40+; male narrator, age 30-70) and stage crew (lighting, sound, and stage technicians) for the Winter Quarters Pageant, entitled “Come Home to Kanesville.” Prospective company members should contact us by 31 March at [email protected]. Food and lodging with "approved" local church members, (for significant reduction in participants’ expenses) available.

Applicants will need a bishop's interview and will be expected to maintain LDS standards throughout the production. Those interested may audition via DVD cutting, VHS cutting, or YouTube-3 minutes maximum. For more information, contact us at [email protected], or kanesville.org.

Multi-Stake Single Adult Conference

March 13-14: West Columbia, SC

Enjoy this Single Adult Conference (for 30 and over), which will include a game night, workshops, breakfast, lunch, dinner, and western dancing! Registration will be available on the first night. For more information, e-mail Barbara De La Cruz at[email protected].

General Young Women Meeting

March 28: Broadcasted from the Conference Center

The theme for this year is "Be Thou an Example of the Believers." Speakers will be selected from the General Young Women Presidency and the First Presidency, and the broadcast will begin at 6:00 p.m. MDT. (It will also be rebroadcast two hours later.) Tickets are no longer available, but standby seating is available.

A Classical Music Bouquet by the Orchestra at Temple Square

March 26, 27: Salt Lake City, UT (Tabernacle at Temple Square)

The Orchestra at Temple Square, under the direction of Igor Gruppman, will present A Classical Music Bouquet at 7:30 p.m. in the Tabernacle. Works include Barber's Adagio for Strings, Shostakovich's Symphony no. 5, and a Bach suite. Other works include Bruch's Kol Nidrei (with Vesna Gruppman, viola soloist) and Josef Malkin's Songs for Soprano and Orchestra, with Channa Malkin, soprano.

2009 New England Family History Conference

March 28: Franklin, MA (LDS Church Building on 91 Jordan Road)

This year's conference will feature special classes on nationality research in Portuguese, Canadian, and German/European records, as well as classes on internet research technology, molecular genealogy (DNA), poor records research, the NEW familysearch.org, and more. Featured speakers include Anna Swayne from the Sorenson Molecular Genealogy Foundation SLC, UT; Mary Hill from The Family History Library in Salt Lake City; and Tom Kemp from Genealogybank.com. Registration necessary to secure a seat in a given class, otherwise walk-ins are welcome. Visit nefamilyhistory.com for more information.

Edited March 5, 2009 by Hemidakota