Archive for February, 2008

Web Site for the Country of Latvia

Monday, February 11th, 2008

We are pleased to announce that the country of Latvia now has a Web site for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The Church now has 63 country Web sites.

In addition to the Web sites managed from Church headquarters in Salt Lake City, each country is authorized to create a country Web site under the direction of the Area Presidency. These are hosted in country and provide:

  • Positive Church presence in the language of the country.
  • Local history, events, and other information.
  • Links to other translated materials on official Church sites.

Country sites are popular, and receive about a million page views each month.

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Worldwide Leadership Training Meeting February 9, 2008

Thursday, February 7th, 2008

The Worldwide Leadership Training Meeting on February 9, 2008 will be broadcast over the Church satellite system to meetinghouses around the world. See the online broadcast schedule.

On LDS.org: Audio, video, and text files will be placed online a week or so after the broadcast.

A booklet will be prepared with the proceedings and will be sent to subscribers of the Ensign and Liahona magazines in the following languages: Cambodian, Cebuano, Chinese, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Mongolian, Norwegian, Portuguese, Russian, Samoan, Spanish, Swedish, Tagalog, Thai, Tongan, and Ukranian. Ensign subscribers will receive the booklet with their June magazine; mailings with the Liahona will depend on the time it takes for translation and may be sent at a later date. Following the mailings, the booklet will also be available in Church distribution centers.

A DVD will also be prepared of the broadcast in English with voice-over in the following languages: Cantonese, Cebuano, French, German, talian, Japanese, Korean, Mandarin, Portuguese, Russian, Samoan, Spanish, Tagalog, Tahitian, and Tongan. The DVD will be ready by April.

One booklet and one DVD will be automatically sent to all stakes, districts, wards, and branches that speak the languages that the products will be available in. One booklet will be sent in the language of the unit, and a DVD will be sent to those units speaking one of the 16 languages.

New First Presidency Announced

Monday, February 4th, 2008

At a press conference at 11:00 today, it was announced that President Thomas S. Monson was ordained yesterday as the new President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. President Henry B. Eyring was ordained as his First Counselor and President Dieter F. Uchtdorf as Second Counselor. The vacancy in the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles will be filled later. See newsroom.lds.org for more information.

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LDS Church First Presidency to be Announced Today

Monday, February 4th, 2008

Please note the two announcements below. We will have information about this on LDS.org soon. Please forward this information to anyone who may benefit from it.

The news conference today to announce the reorganization of the First Presidency will be broadcast as follows:

  • 11:00 a.m. Mountain Standard Time (MST) via the Church satellite system (English, Spanish, Portuguese)
  • BYU-TV International (Spanish and Portuguese)
  • LDS.org 300 kbps English video stream (at http://stream.lds.org/english300) beginning at 10:30 a.m.
  • LDS.org audio stream (at http://stream.lds.org/english) beginning at 10:30 a.m.

New Web Site on President Gordon B. Hinckley

Friday, February 1st, 2008

A new site has just been launched with great biographical information on President Gordon B. Hinckley, Mormon prophet of God.

New Web Site on President Gordon B. Hinckley

Video on Teens Paying Tribute to President Gordon B. Hinckley

Friday, February 1st, 2008

I recently blogged about teens paying tribute to President Gordon B. Hinckley.

Watch this video about it:

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