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  • Family night: 'Vast good will come'

    Angi and Jon Hansen hold family home evening each week for two reasons. The first is because they have been promised by their Church leaders that it will make a difference in their family. The second, Sister Hansen said, is that it does make a difference in their family.
    Published: Saturday, Nov. 14, 2009

  • Elder Russell M. Nelson: 'Ask, seek, knock' — accessing personal revelation

    More amazing than modern technology is mankind's opportunity "to access information directly from heaven, without hardware, software or monthly service fees," said Elder Russell M. Nelson of the Quorum of the Twelve in his Sunday morning conference address.
    Published: Sunday, Oct. 4, 2009

  • Five new temples are announced

    In the opening moments of the Church's 179th Semiannual General Conference, President Thomas S. Monson announced plans to build five new temples. With 130 temples currently operating and with another 16 in some phase of planning or construction, these five temples bring the worldwide total to 151.
    Published: Saturday, Oct. 3, 2009

  • Star Valley's landmark building has key role in celebration

    One hundred rings of a pioneer church bell and the shot of a cannon signaled the beginning of many activities celebrating the centennial of the dedication of the Star Valley Stake Tabernacle here. The commemoration was Aug. 14-15 for the landmark building, with its 140-foot tower, which was dedicated on Aug. 15, 1909, by President Joseph F. Smith.
    Published: Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2009

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Elder Anderson turns a century; lauded as 'a true model to follow'

Published: Saturday, Nov. 25, 1989

In commemoration of his 100th birthday, Elder Joseph Anderson was honored at a reception Nov. 17 by the General Authorities of the Church, who praised him as a man who has been "true blue to the...