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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Referring to the church as a global family and calling for it to be an inn of inclusion and refuge with no second-class groups, leaders of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints welcomed an international broadcast audience Saturday morning to the first session of the faith’s 191st Annual General Conference originating from Salt Lake City, Utah.
“We gather as a great global family desiring to worship our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ,” President Russell M. Nelson said in his opening remarks.
He issued a specific invitation about how to listen to messages presented during the Easter Weekend conference.
| Updated: April 5, 2021, 12:25 a.m.
Strong denunciations of cyberbullying, racism and violence against people of color along with pleas to embrace the “unmarried, widowed or divorced” in the family-focused faith highlighted the first day of the 191st Annual General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
“We have been heartbroken to hear of recent attacks on people who are Black, Asian, Latino or of any other group,” apostle Gary E. Stevenson said Saturday morning. “Prejudice, racial tension or violence should never have any place in our neighborhoods, communities or within the church.”
Two fellow apostles, pointing to statistics that show more than half of Latter-day Saint adults are widowed, divorced or not yet married, lamented that single members sometimes feel “alone” or that “they don’t belong” in a faith that preaches eternal marriage as its loftiest religious rite.
Elder Jorge T. Becerra Poor Little Ones
When Elder Jorge T. Becerra, General Authority Seventy, was young, he watched his dad find people who were in need and privately give them help by enrolling them in school, buying them food or doing something else they needed. Elder Becerra s dad would always say pobrecito which means poor little ones. His family often housed those who needed a place to stay as they became self-reliant, Elder Becerra said. He watched his family live the principle of helping others temporally and spiritually and has tried to do that while serving in church now.
Hanes Australasia creative director Jane Newman promoted to new role in New York
By Imogen Bailey | 5 March 2021
Hanes Australasia creative director Jane Newman has been appointed as the new chief design officer, global innerwear for parent company HanesBrands.
In the newly created global innerwear department at Hanes, Newman will be responsible for delivering innovative products across the Group s innerwear brands including Hanes, Bonds, Maidenform, DIM, Bali, Playtex, Bras N Things and Berlei.
Speaking on her appointment, HanesBrands CEO Steve Bratspies said that Newman s experience will prove key to the business growth strategy. Jane’s leadership has been instrumental in driving growth in Australasia.
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