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  • Faith conquers 'impossible trek'

    It was this month 130 years ago, in October 1879, when early Mormon settlers in southern Utah left their base camp in Dance Hall Rock to embark on one of the most arduous treks in Church history. They had been called by President John Taylor to leave their comfortable settings in the Parowan, Utah, area to colonize the opposite corner of the state in southeastern Utah.
    Published: Saturday, Oct. 31, 2009

  • Skyline taking shape

    After nearly three dusty years of demolition and excavation work, City Creek Center across from Church headquarters in downtown Salt Lake City is showing the early outlines of its ambitious design.
    Published: Saturday, Oct. 3, 2009

  • Divine companion: Teaching by the Spirit

    "My assignment tonight is to address the very broad subject of the role of the Holy Ghost in missionary work, with special emphasis on 'teaching by the Spirit,' " said Elder Jeffrey R. Holland of the Quorum of the Twelve, speaking to nearly 600 missionaries in the Provo Missionary Training Center, and another 100 mission presidents and their wives attending the 2009 New Mission Presidents Seminar, June 26.
    Published: Saturday, July 4, 2009

  • A global family thrives in Europe East

    Members of the Church in Moscow had just left the Kosmos Hotel where President Dieter F. Uchtdorf and Elder Neil L. Andersen had addressed them in a member meeting that evening and had reassembled in the subway where they continued their socializing when, to their surprise and delight, the two General Authorities suddenly appeared.
    Published: Saturday, June 20, 2009

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Author lauds 'movement toward family'

Published: Saturday, Nov. 18, 1989

Prominent author and genealogist Alex Haley praised what he called "a movement toward family" at a Church-sponsored genealogical conference here Oct. 21. Haley was the keynote speaker at the...