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Episode 18

Wednesday, October 7

16 min · 11 videos · Church Newsroom, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church News, The Stick of Joseph, RISE ZION, Christian Homestead

0:00-15:47

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In this episode

Dedicate series offers early look inside the renovated Salt Lake Temple

2:38

Church Newsroom · 4 min

The Church launched "Dedicate," a six-part video series following seven young adults through the renovated Salt Lake Temple, as part of the Salt Lake Temple Celebration.

Church Newsroom · 2 min

A short Newsroom release on President Oaks' closing invitation to the Salt Lake Temple Celebration (April 5 to Oct. 1, 2027) and the new "Dedicate" video series that launched right after conference.

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints · 26 min

The first episode of the Church's weekly "Dedicate" series introduces seven young adults from six countries as they travel to the renovated Salt Lake Temple and bring their questions about the temple to President Dieter F. Uchtdorf, Sister Andrea Muñoz Spannaus and Elder Johnson.

New hymnbook: 82 songs out, print expected late 2027

5:49

Church News · 8 min

A status report on the new "Hymns for Home and Church" hymnbook, eight years after it was announced: why it's being made, how songs are chosen, and where it stands.

One verse, a different map: the Rappleyes rank Book of Mormon geography models

7:34

The Stick of Joseph · 115 min

Former Scripture Central researchers Neal and Jasmin Rappleye score the Heartland, Baja, Mesoamerican, Central American and South American geography models against six textual criteria and explain why they land on Mesoamerica.

Nancy France stake president joins Pope Leo's peace gathering in Metz

9:26

Church News · 2 min

A Latter-day Saint stake president represented the Church at an interreligious peace gathering in Metz, France, on the last day of Pope Leo XIV's Sept. 25-28 visit.

Rise Zion on President Oaks and the records of the lost tribes

11:18

RISE ZION · 36 min

Seth of Rise Zion reads President Oaks's Sunday conference remarks about future scripture from the lost tribes of Israel alongside Talmage, Maxwell, Uchtdorf and the Church's new "Dedicate" video series, and speculates that the records may be near.

Christian Homestead · 40 min

Jared reads President Oaks's October 2026 conference remarks alongside older Wilcox and Oaks quotes on patriarchal blessings and speculates that new scripture from the lost ten tribes is coming and will prepare members for their tribe's role in the Millennium.

Christian Homestead · 33 min

Jared reacts to a short Church excerpt of President Oaks's closing remarks and argues that Oaks's repeated "unto him that receiveth, I will give more" points to new scripture coming soon.

RISE ZION · 45 min

A Sunday-evening live stream in which Seth of Rise Zion walks through his notes on the Sunday sessions of October 2026 General Conference, talk by talk, with commentary.

Christian Homestead · 29 min

Jared's closing live stream on the October 2026 General Conference: his notes on the main themes (peacemaking, adversity), a run through several talks, and his reaction to Oaks's closing quote.

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