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Conductor Mack Wilberg works with the Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square rehearse for Music and the Spoken Word and celebrate their 90th anniversary in Salt Lake City on Sunday, July 14, 2019.
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A look at the 90 year impact of 'Music and the Spoken Word' — the longest running continuous radio program

On July 14, "Music and the Spoken Word" celebrated its 90th anniversary and its legacy as the longest running continuous national radio program in the U.S. Here's a look at the history of the broadcast and its impact over the last nine decades.
Jarom Hlebasko poses with daughter, Miree at her baptism.
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Somalian refugee Fardusa Osman attends intermediate Italian language class at St. Paul's Within the Walls Episcopal Church in Rome, Italy on Thursday, March 7, 2019. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints partners with the Catholic church to help refugees.
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Elder David A. Bednar of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles speaks during the 2019 Mission Leadership Seminar in the Provo Missionary Training Center on June 27, 2019.
Leaders & Ministry Elder Bednar addresses 'the character of Christ' during 2019 Mission Leadership Seminar By Sarah Jane Weaver
"I feel pure joy every time I welcome a new member of our family into the world. Here is a photo of me with my newest great-grandchild," President Russell M. Nelson wrote in a July 7, 2019, Instagram post.
Leaders & Ministry This week on social: President Nelson poses with newest great-grandchild in heartwarming post about family By Valerie Johnson
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Elder John A. Widtsoe's works to be available online beginning this year
The masterworks and religious writings of Elder John A. Widsoe are expected be available online to both scholars and the public by the end of this year.
Widtsoe Family Collection dinner and social at the Joseph Smith Memorial Building in Salt Lake City on Thursday, Jan. 31, 2019.
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Music and the Spoken Word: What 90 years of the Tabernacle Choir's broadcast has brought to the world
Music and the Spoken Word, which features the Tabernacle Choir, is celebrating its 90th year of broadcasting.
Mormon Tabernacle Choir in the Salt Lake Tabernacle, 1929
Leaders & Ministry
HUD secretary Carson visits Church's Welfare Square
By Scott Taylor
U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson toured The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints’ Welfare Square as part of a brief visit in Salt Lake City on Thursday, July 11.
Elder Jack N. Gerard, left, and Elder Kent F. Richards, right, visit with HUD secretary Dr. Ben Carson in a Deseret Industries Thrift Store located at Welfare Square in Salt Lake City, Utah, during a July 11, 2019, tour.
Members
Elder Rasband calls on 'pioneers' in Belarus to establish Church for future generations
By Jason Swensen
Elder Rasband counsels Latter-day Saints in Belarus to be "pioneers" and prayerfully fellowship their friends and neighbors.
Aerial view of the old historic centre of Minsk city, Minsk, Belarus.
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BYU updates Honor Code website. Here's what you need to know
By Aubrey Eyre
On June 10, the Church-owned Brigham Young University updated its Honor Code website with additional resources and information regarding Honor Code Office procedures.
1707-32 0004 1707-32 GCS- Entrance Signs July 17, 2017 Photography by Nate Edwards/BYU BYU PHOTO 2017 All Rights Reserved photo@byu.edu (801)422-7322
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7 summertime stories from General Authorities to uplift and enlighten your vacation
By Alexa Reimschussel
Here are seven stories from President Monson, Elder Holland, Elder Christofferson, Elder Gong, Elder Stevenson, and Elder Uchtdorf that highlight gospel learning from summer experiences.
Undated. Thomas S. Monson caught two fish at Vivian Park in Provo Canyon
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Professional counselor shares 5 tips to improve family relationships
By Spencer Williams
Mark D. Ogletree, a licensed professional counselor and BYU associate professor, shares 5 practical, gospel-centered principles on how to improve family relationships.
Employment and social policies in Canada, especially Canada’s extensive parental leave policies, make it easier for women raising children to remain in the labor force, while in the U.S. structural barriers keep millions of women on the sidelines.
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2 missionaries talk about returning home early and how loved ones can help
By Alexa Reimschussel
Elder Jeffrey R. Holland and early returned missionaries from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints share advice for those who return home early and feel they don't belong when they get home.
Missionary returning home early
Leaders & Ministry
How a surprise phone call unexpectedly turned Elder Alan R. Walker into a parent overnight
By Aubrey Eyre
Elder Alan R. Walker, new General Authority Seventy, shares details about his conversion to the gospel and how he and his wife unexpectedly became parents after 20 years of marriage.
Elder Alan R. Walker and Sister Ines Marcela Sulé pose for photos at the Church office building in Salt Lake City on Monday, April 8, 2019. Elder Walker was called to be a General Authority Seventy.
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Music and the Spoken Word: In harmony with others
There are many things in life that can be done alone. But then there are other things — some of the most beautiful — that simply can’t be done alone.
Wyoming Valley Barbershop Quartet singers, from the left; Steve Mansour, Ralph Gillespie. Ted Rebennack and Phil Brown, sing Valentines Day songs for residents at Village At Greenbriar Assisted living facility, in Dallas, Pa., Wednesday Feb.14, 2018. (Mark Moran/The Citizens' Voice via AP)
Leaders & Ministry
This Week on Social: Elder Uchtdorf visits African American museum in Washington, D.C.
By Spencer Williams
This week on social, Elder Dieter F. Uchtdorf testified of God's love for each of His children after his visit to the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture.
Elder Dieter F. Uchtdorf of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles visits the National Museum of African American History and Culture with his wife, Sister Harriet Uchtdorf.
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6 characteristics to help young women see leadership as a sacred responsibility
As we study the Savior's pattern of leadership, through His example, we will be better able to help our young women succeed in their leadership responsibilities, writes the Young Women general presidency.
After an announcement in May 2018 that changes to child and youth activities were coming, the Church clarified that there would still be camping and other outdoor activities in the new resources to be released in 2020.
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How parents can help protect religious freedom in public schools
By Jason Swensen
A BYU Religious Freedom Annual Review conference reminds parents of their essential duty of educating and promoting religious freedoms in their local schools.
Attendees listen as Elder Patrick Kearon, of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints' Quorums of the Seventy, gives the keynote address at the Religious Freedom Annual Review at the BYU Conference Center in Provo on Wednesday, June 19, 2019.
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Watch this new YouTube series by the Church on overcoming pornography
By Alexa Reimschussel
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints published a new series of videos on YouTube about overcoming pornography.
President Dallin H. Oaks, first counselor in the First Presidency, spoke about overcoming pornography in a video published to YouTube by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints on June 24, 2019.
Leaders & Ministry
Elder Robert C. Gay calls for leaders, missionaries and members to unite in sharing the gospel
By Scott Taylor
Elder Robert C. Gay of the Presidency of the Seventy called on new mission leaders to work closely with local leaders and members in a revelatory manner during his address at the 2019 New Mission Leadership Seminar.
Elder Robert C. Gay of the Presidency of the Seventy addresses mission presidents and companions June 25, 2019, at the New Mission Leadership Seminar held at the Provo Missionary Training Center.
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How a Gospel Literacy program is helping Church members in Sierra Leone read the scriptures for the first time
By Aubrey Eyre
During a recent trip to Sierra Leone, Sister Bingham observed how a Gospel Literacy pilot program in the Africa West Area is blessing and changing the lives of members and helping shape the future of a country with less than 50% adult literacy.
Sister Jean B. Bingham visits with members in Sierra Leone while visiting to observe the implementation of the Gospel Literacy program.
Leaders & Ministry
Cardinal Dolan speaks on religious freedom in Utah, meets with President Nelson
By Sarah Jane Weaver
His Eminence Timothy Cardinal Dolan, Archbishop of New York, spoke at a patriotic service on religious freedom in Orem, Utah, on June 30.
President Russell M. Nelson, left, leader of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, embraces Cardinal Timothy Dolan, the Catholic archbishop of New York, in President Nelson's office in the Church Administration Building in Salt Lake City on Monday, July 1, 2019.
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