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Sister Bonnie H. Cordon, Elder Jeffrey R. Holland, Elder Kim B. Clark and Chad H. Webb pose for a photo after filming a video regarding the First Presidency announcement that seminary curriculum will align with "Come, Follow Me."
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Seminary curriculum to align with 'Come, Follow Me' beginning 2019 — here's what you need to know about the change

Announcing a significant shift in the curriculum followed by seminaries of the Church around the world, the First Presidency released a letter on March 22, 2019, detailing changes which will align seminary study with "Come, Follow Me."
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A detail of "Never a Murmur," a cast bronze sculpture by Craig Cunningham, is pictured in front of "Lights of Night," an acrylic piece by Roland Thompson, during a media preview for the 11th International Art Exhibition at the Church History Museum in Salt Lake City on Tuesday, March 12, 2019.
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Following the prophets of God is directly connected to receiving Heavenly Father’s blessings, Elder Randall K. Bennett told BYU students on March 19.
{filename base} 1903-45 Elder Randall K. Bennett Devotional March 19, 2019 Photo by Gabriel Mayberry /BYU
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How 1 Latter-day Saint went from writing punk music to a Grammy Award-winning choral composition
By Danielle Christensen
Latter-day Saint Lansing McLoskey composed a choral piece which recently received a Best Choral Performance Grammy Award. The piece was based on the works of Wole Soyinka, a Nobel Prize winner.
Lansing McLoskey, composer of the piece "Zealot Canticles: An oratorio for tolerance." Conductor Donald Nally and The Crossing (a professional chamber choir) won a Grammy Award for the Best Choral Performance of McLoskey's piece in 2018.
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The heart-pounding moment when 1 General Authority testified of Joseph Smith in front of his graduate class
By Valerie Johnson
"This Church is blessed by the reality of continuing revelation through a living prophet of God," Elder Steven R. Bangerter, General Authority Seventy, said in his BYU-Hawaii devotional address on March 19.
Elder Steven R. Bangerter greets students following a BYU-Hawaii devotional on March 19, 2019.
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More 'The SafetyZone' videos for missionaries now available through Church's Media Library
By Scott Taylor
Missionary safety videos made by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints are now available to watch online.
The Church's new missionary safety video series is patterned after on a fictitious studio show called "The SafetyZone," with hosts talking about safety principles and showing "highlight" clips.
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'Music is keeping me alive:' Why a 90-year-old piano teacher has made it her mission to teach 58 students for free
By Emmy Gardiner
90-year-old Gay Goaslind officially moved to Stockton, California, about six years ago and has since accumulated 58 students, whom she teaches Monday through Friday at her Brookside ward building in the Stockton stake — all for free.
Sister Gay Goaslind poses for a picture at her 90th birthday party on Jan. 14, 2019.
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'I felt something that made my heart explode': The inspiring conversion story of a former branch president in Italy
By Trent Toone
A former Italian Latter-day Saint branch president reflects on the growth of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Italy and shares his miraculous conversion story.
Roberto Deni holds up a photo of himself as a young man in his apartment in Murray. About 40 years ago, Deni served as a branch president of a small branch in Rome, Italy.
History Revisited
How Sister Ida Romney came to know for certain that Joseph Smith was a prophet of God
By Gerry Avant
Sister Ida Jensen Romney, wife of President Marion G. Romney, drew upon personal knowledge and testimony to help others as she made gospel living a part of her life.
Sister Ida Jensen Romney, wife of President Marion G. Romney of the First Presidency, in 1974.
Leaders & Ministry
How Presidents Nelson, Oaks and Eyring explained Latter-day Saint temple work to an Italian journalist
By Tad Walch
An Italian journalist had an exclusive interview with the First Presidency in the lobby of the Rome Italy Temple, where they discussed temple work and eternal families.
President Dallin H. Oaks, President Russell M. Nelson and President Henry B. Eyring shake hands with La Stampa correspondent Paolo Mastrolilli after the reporter interviewed the First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the Rome Italy Temple on Monday, March 11, 2019.
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Pocatello Idaho Temple groundbreaking a highlight of the year for Latter-day Saints
By Jason Swensen
Tens of thousands across southeastern Idaho participate in Saturday's groundbreaking service.
Children take a turn turning soil at the March 16, 2019, groundbreaking service of the Pocatello Idaho Temple.
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In this 1988 image provided by Nokia Bell Labs shows Arthur Ashkin at the lab in Holmdel, N.J. American Arthur Ashkin, Canadian Donna Strickland, and French scientist Gerard Mourou won the 2018 Nobel Prize in Physics announced Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2018, for work in laser physics. Ashkin, entered the record books of the Nobel Prizes by becoming the oldest laureate at age 96. (Nokia Bell Labs via AP)
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This week on social: Twelve Apostles share President Nelson's Italy Facebook post, add their powerful testimonies
By Marianne Holman Prescott
This week on social media, members of the First Presidency and Quorum of the Twelve Apostles shared a message from President Russell M. Nelson’s Facebook page on their own pages and added their own personal testimonies to the prophet’s words.
The Rome Italy Temple in Rome, Italy, on Monday, March 11, 2019.
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Latter-day Saint leaders respond with grief, prayers for Muslims after New Zealand shooting
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President Nelson talks 'unprecedented future' of Church following Rome Italy Temple dedication
By Sarah Jane Weaver
Following the Rome Italy Temple dedication, President Russell M. Nelson said the future of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints would be unprecedented and unparalleled.
Every member of the First Presidency and the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, dressed in white temple clothing, posed for an iconic photograph in the Rome Italy Temple visitors center in Rome, Italy on Monday, March 11, 2019. Front center are President Russell M. Nelson and his counselors in the First Presidency, President Dallin H. Oaks and President Henry B. Eyring. Also included are members of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles: President M. Russell Ballard, Elder Jeffrey R. Holland, Elder Dieter F. Uchtdorf, Elder David A. Bednar, Elder Quentin L. Cook, Elder D. Todd Christofferson, Elder Neil L. Andersen, Elder Ronald A. Rasband, Elder Gary E. Stevenson, Elder Dale G. Renlund, Elder Gerrit W. Gong and Elder Ulisses Soares.
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The First Presidency and the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles share what it meant to them to be able to attend the Rome Italy Temple dedication.
Every member of the First Presidency and the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, dressed in white temple clothing, posed for an iconic photograph in the Rome Italy Temple visitors center in Rome, Italy on Monday, March 11, 2019. Front center are President Russell M. Nelson and his counselors in the First Presidency, President Dallin H. Oaks and President Henry B. Eyring. Also included are members of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles: President M. Russell Ballard, Elder Jeffrey R. Holland, Elder Dieter F. Uchtdorf, Elder David A. Bednar, Elder Quentin L. Cook, Elder D. Todd Christofferson, Elder Neil L. Andersen, Elder Ronald A. Rasband, Elder Gary E. Stevenson, Elder Dale G. Renlund, Elder Gerrit W. Gong and Elder Ulisses Soares.
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President Nelson extends invitation to his 95th birthday celebration
By Aubrey Eyre
President Russell M. Nelson will invite family, friends and others from around the world to celebrate his 95th birthday.
President M. Russell Ballard and President Russell M. Nelson of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints react to an photograph taken earlier in the day of themselves in Rome, Italy on Monday, March 11, 2019.
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Watch this BYU devotional on how fighting can actually be a good thing
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Elder Carlos A. Godoy speaks to students at Brigham Young University during a campus devotional on March 12.
1903-31 25 1903-31 Elder Carlos A. Godoy Devotional March 12, 2019 Photo by Aislynn Edwards/BYU
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