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Tuesday, August 21, 2018

Church News Update: Part Two--Other News Items

Hello again, everyone! I am back as promised, to pass along additional Church news updates. Let's get right into it all. We start with a look at the keynote address given earlier today by Sister Joy D. Jones, Primary General President, at the annual BYU-Provo Education Week. She spoke of how enticement goes "both ways" and also covered some thoughts about how the Gospel of Jesus Christ serves as a "practical guide to happiness".

Next, as most of you are probably aware, today would have been President Monson's 91st birthday if he were still with us. This article was written in honor of his many decades of service in Church leadership. 

Meanwhile, in two other "history revisited" articles, it has been announced that over 7,000 pages of Wilford Woodruff's meticulously-kept journals are now available for public viewership online, while retired Church News editor Gerry Avant continued her retrospective look back at her career with this article highlighting how she accompanied President Spencer W. and Sister Camilla E. Kimball in a visit to historical Church sites in Illinois, which included a bakery and Carthage Jail.

And in this article, which focuses on a Church-owned farm in Montana, the farm in question is referred to as "holy ground". I have previously referenced the fact that a temple was publicly proposed for the city of Missoula by Elder David A. Bednar sometime during 2016, and how I confirmed through my own study and feedback from others that land is being held in reserve for such a prospect. While the Montana farm's location (in Geraldine) is over 200 miles from Missoula, it is not hard to believe that a similar "sacred spot" of land will mark the spot of a temple in Missoula when the time is right.

The Church News also shared 3 responses to the question of what the single members of the Church bring to the Church and how such members can be better utilized, along with another "History Revisited" article article about how, in the early days of the Church, Sidney Rigdon's acceptance of the gospel of Jesus Christ led to him losing his job as a minister. 

And 4 days ago, the Church continued their series "This Week on Social", which shared comments from several members of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles on subjects such as learning from the living prophet, resurrection, and revelation, which you can read more about here. There was also this story about an Australian medical student (and member of the Church) whose membership has blessed her in her life, career, and progression, and this one highlighting remarks given by Elder Brent H. Nielson, who serves as the Executive Director of the Church's Missionary Department. Those remarks were given during BYU-Provo commencement exercises earlier this month.

That is all the updated Church News I wanted to post here for now, so that does it for this post. Any and all comments are, as always, welcome and appreciated. Thank you for the privilege of your time. If you enjoyed what you read here and would like to stay informed of newly-added content, please feel free to subscribe. Until my next post, I wish each one of you all the best and pray that the Lord will bless you all in everything you do. 

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