Overcoming Family Challenges

“Successful marriages and families are established and maintained on principles of faith, prayer, repentance, forgiveness, respect, love, compassion, work, and wholesome recreational activities.”—The Family: A Proclamation to the World God planned family as the best...
How to Take the Sacrament

How to Take the Sacrament

In general, LDS sacrament meetings require little more than reverent attention of its members. However, the passing of the sacrament, similar to communion in other churches, is one part of the meeting in which we all participate. The sacrament allows us to renew our...

What are Fast Offerings?

Have you seen a space on your tithing slip for fast offerings? Here’s where the money you donate to that program will go: We’re asked to fast once a month, skipping two meals, doing without food or liquid for 24 hours. Then we donate this money to those who...

What is Provident Living?

As a new church member, you are asked to begin taking responsibility for your own needs and those of your family. Provident Living means taking care of ourselves. We’re advised to prepare ourselves for any emergency: to gain an education or training, to stay out of...

The Purpose of Church Welfare?

As a new member, you may be wondering what the church welfare program is about. Its purposes are somewhat different than many government programs. If the Savior were to arrive in in your town next week, we wouldn’t find him in the mansions, sitting at a well-appointed...
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