June 2012 Liahona - The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

ON THE WEB
Improved Site Helps Young Men
Fulfill Their Duty to God
The Duty to God website (DutytoGod
.lds .org) has been updated and is now an
interactive online tool that more effectively
helps young men create, track, and
save their progress in the Duty to God
program.
Deacons, teachers, and priests can
now view the entire Fulfilling My Duty to
God: For Aaronic Priesthood Holders booklet
online in 50 languages, and by signing
in with their LDS Account, they can create
journal entries to chronicle their advancement
through the program. The complete
online booklet also includes all of the
learning activities and links to scriptures
and other resources.
Youth Site to Expand
Free Music Offerings
The music section of youth .lds .org is
expanding its offerings of free, downloadable
music with songs by more contemporary
artists from past Especially for
Youth (EFY) media. The additions began
in February, and a total of 30 songs will
be added at the rate of one per week.
The site is available in English,
Portuguese, and Spanish, and plans
are in the works to provide more songs
in Portuguese and Spanish. Currently,
one song on the site—Jenny Phillips’s
“Strong and Courageous”—is available
in Portuguese and Spanish. ◼
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AROUND THE CHURCH
Fifty Mormon Helping Hands volunteers worked on Saturday, January 21,
2012, to clean, weed, and revitalize the state school Maria Ivone de Menezes
in Macapá, Brazil.
Mormon Helping Hands
Revitalizes State School
in Macapá, Brazil
Approximately 50 Mormon Helping
Hands volunteers—including members
of the Church, their friends, and
Latter-day Saint missionaries—mobilized
on Saturday, January 21, 2012, to help
clean, weed, and otherwise revitalize
Maria Ivone de Menezes, a state school
in Macapá, Brazil.
The activity, coordinated by the
school board and organized by the
Macapá Brazil Amapá District’s public
affairs director, Kleber Sainz, drew
attention and coverage from several
local media outlets. The school’s director,
Adelia Danin, assisted in the project.
“We were delighted with the generous
contribution [the Church] gave us,” she
said. “We will always keep the memory
of it with us.”
New Triple Combination
Published in Russian
A new triple combination edition
of the scriptures featuring the Book of
Mormon, the Doctrine and Covenants,
and the Pearl of Great Price bound
together in one volume is now available
in Russian.
The new volume is available immediately
from local Church distribution
centers, from store .lds .org, online at
scriptures.lds.org, and on the Gospel
Library mobile application. This edition
brings the number of publication
languages for the triple combination
to 44.
To read more of these and other stories,
visit news .lds .org. ◼
PHOTOGRAPH BY MICHELLE SÁ, MACAPÁ BRAZIL AMAPÁ DISTRICT PUBLIC AFFAIRS