During the week of May 21-27, the Church News reported on President Dallin H. Oaks, first counselor in the First Presidency, speaking in a worldwide devotional to young single adults, and President Henry B. Eyring, second counselor in the First Presidency, shared a principle that he learned about trusting in the Lord in a Church News video.

Elder Dale G. Renlund of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles warned BYU–Pathway students against “looking beyond the mark,” and Elder Ronald A. Rasband of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles invited Church members to get to know Jesus Christ better while ministering in South Africa.

Elsewhere, Young Women General President Bonnie H. Cordon encouraged missionaries at the Provo Missionary Training Center, saying that they were “commending themselves to the Lord.” Family Services commissioner Sherilyn C. Stinson discussed the importance of emotional and mental health in a new Church News podcast episode. Deaf leaders of the Church shared how they serve in their wards and stakes. A missionary in Africa was shown a tender mercy through a familiar T-shirt and the Church provided an update on the Temple Square renovations.

Read summaries and find links to these nine articles below.

1. ‘Combine and apply both law and love,’ President and Sister Oaks encourage young adults

Sister Kristen Oaks, smiles over at her husband President Dallin H. Oaks as they speak to young adults of the church during a Worldwide Devotional from the Conference Center Theater in Salt Lake City on Sunday, May 21, 2023.

Scott G Winterton, Deseret News

In a devotional broadcast to 18- to 30-year-olds across the globe on Sunday, May 21, President Oaks and his wife, Sister Kristen M. Oaks, offered loving counsel for young adults regarding marriage and dating.

2. Video: President Eyring shares how he learned to ‘trust in the Lord’

Elder Henry B. Eyring speaks at his inauguration as Ricks College president in 1971.

Brigham Young University–Idaho

In anticipation of his 90th birthday coming up on May 31, President Eyring shared his 38-word acceptance speech after being named president of Ricks College, now BYU–Idaho, in 1971 and how the principle he shared there guided every major decision in his life. 

3. Get to know Jesus Christ better, Elder Rasband invites in South Africa

Elder Ronald A. Rasband of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles speaks during a special training session with priesthood leaders from all over the South Africa Area in Johannesburg, South Africa, on April 22, 2023.

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While on a ministry visit in South Africa, Elder Rasband invited youth and adults of the Church to cast aside fears, remember the Savior and strive to be peacemakers.

4. Elder Renlund counsels BYU–Pathway students against ‘looking beyond the mark’

Elder Dale G. Renlund of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles spoke Tuesday during a BYU-Pathway devotional about the pitfalls of farsightedness, counseling students against “looking beyond the mark.”

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Elder Renlund spoke during a BYU–Pathway devotional about the pitfalls of farsightedness on Tuesday, May 23. He used the story of King Tutankhamun’s tomb to reveal the dangers of being spiritually hyperopic. 

5. Faith in Christ gives strength and direction, teaches President Cordon

A missionary cries while she hugs Young Women General President Bonnie H. Cordon after she spoke in a devotional at the Provo Missionary Training Center in Provo, Utah, on Tuesday, May 23, 2023.

Adam Fondren, for the Deseret News

President Cordon told missionaries in the Provo Missionary Training Center to allow the Lord to teach and guide them. She recounted the story of the brother of Jared in the Book of Mormon to explain how to trust in the Lord. 

6. Episode 137: Commissioner of Family Services on importance of mental and emotional health

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Sherilyn C. Stinson discussed how to identify problems, when and how to seek help and what Church leaders teach about the topic.

7. Being deaf in the Church: How 3 leaders are influencing their wards, stakes and communities

Doug Stringham

Three deaf Latter-day Saint leaders spoke to the Church News about their experiences in their respective leadership callings, including President Michael Ballard, second counselor of the Provo Utah South Stake and one of the first deaf men to serve in a stake presidency.

8. ‘God is in the details of my life’: Missionary in Africa finds his cousin’s baseball shirt

Elder Brayden Call

Elder Brayden Call, a missionary in the Ghana Kumasi Mission, saw a boy wearing a T-shirt that said Caldwell on it, causing Elder Call to do a double take — Caldwell was a local baseball team for which his cousin used to play.

9. Temple Square renovation update: 1st base isolator now installed, plaza to partially reopen June 1

Foundations for the base isolators are installed on the new footing of the temple. The lower foundation will support the base isolators and transfer girders at the west towers of the temple.

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The first of 98 base isolators have been installed as part of the ongoing Salt Lake Temple and Temples Square renovations. The base isolators are designed to help stabilize the temple in case of a seismic event. Also, the plaza next to the Church Office Building is scheduled to partially reopen on June 1.