LDS Media Talk

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.

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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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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.

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

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

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I was touched by Michael Otterson’s tribute to President Gordon B. Hinckley in the Washington Post – Newsweek “On Faith” column:

“On Monday morning this week, 12 hours after the passing of the 97-year-old leader of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, President Gordon B. Hinckley, an extraordinary and spontaneous thing happened.

“Young teenagers in Salt Lake City began showing up for school that day, dressed not in their usual jeans and winter clothing, but in their “Sunday best.” Young men sat in classes in white shirts and ties, suits and coats.

“Thousands of them did this, with no prompting from parents or other adults and to the surprise of teachers. The idea, it seems, started with a few and then spread at unbelievable speed through text messaging, child to child. This was their way of showing respect to a man seven times their age and several generations their senior. Such was the power of this one extraordinary leader of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to touch the lives of ordinary people.

“I think President Hinckley would have liked the spontaneity and simplicity of that gesture….”

Read the entire tribute.

A comment posted by a reader of Michael’s tribute says “This was not just in Utah but I witnessed high school students dressed up for school in Arizona also. I would expect this happened in some way all over the world.”

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Yesterday, “Gordon B. Hinckley” was the third most mentioned individual in the blogosphere according to Blogpulse, a service that tracks blogs. He was just behind Hillary Clinton and President Bush, and ahead of Bill Clinton, John McCain, Ted Kennedy, Harry Potter, Mitt Romney, and everyone else. “Pres. Hinckley” also ranked 7th.

Pres. Hinckley was also ranked #1 in the “biggest movers” category, meaning he moved up the list the fastest. In fact, the first 5 in that list were “Gordon B. Hinckley,” “Pres Hinckley,” “President Hinckley,” “Ada Bitney Hinckley,” and “Thomas S. Monson.” “Sister Hinckley” was #7 and “President Monson” was #15.

Ten of the top 25 in that category were Latter-day Saints.

See the full list for January 28th.

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Funeral services for President Gordon B. Hinckley, who passed away on the evening of January 27, will be held Saturday, February 2. For the latest official information, visit the Newsroom.

For a listing of worldwide broadcast times and options (including Church satellite, television, and Internet), see the broadcast schedule.

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Beloved Church President Gordon B. Hinckley, who led The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints through 12 years of global expansion, has died at the age of 97. President Hinckley was the 15th president in the 177-year history of the Church and had served as its president since March 12, 1995. For more information, see the Church’s Newsroom.

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To help members with disabilities and their families participate more fully in Church meetings and activities, a new Disability Resources section has recently been launched at Disabilities.lds.org.

The Web pages on disabilities provide

• A resource for priesthood and auxiliary leaders, teachers, families, and caregivers of those with mental and physical disabilities.
• An understanding of the challenges and difficulties faced by those with disabilities.
• Sections on specific disabilities and answers to frequently asked questions.
• Comfort to members with disabilities and their families through scriptures, quotes, and support links.
• Inclusion of members with disabilities and their families, through listings of available materials, as they strive to live the gospel of Jesus Christ and serve in the Church.

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In 2008 and 2009, the book Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Joseph Smith will be used on second and third Sundays for Melchizedek Priesthood and Relief Society class instruction. This book is available online in multiple languages and in multiple media formats, such as text, PDF (original layout), audio, American Sign Language video, Braille, and multiple reader formats for handheld devices.

The language materials are listed on the language pages. In addition to being listed on the Lesson Manuals page, we have also created a single page that shows all the English formats.

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