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START THE PRESSES!!!

Touched by Grace is another wonderful compilation of life stories from members of GALA--members, family, and friends. After months of work collecting stories, reading stories, editing stories, designing covers, finding pictures, the final proof reading and implementing the corrections, the GALA Board and John Whitmer Books is proud to announce Touched by Grace is heading to the printer the week of February 13th.

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David Howard memorial information

Check out updated pictures on the Photo Album page.

Retreat sponsored by the Florida Affiliate - February 24-26, 2012

Click here for the registration form. Registrations are requested no later than January 30, 2012.

Regional Retreat Theme: New Beginnings
Location: Deerhaven Conference and Retreat Center, Paisley, FL

Lessons from Sharing the Story of My (Possibly) Gay 6-Year-Old Son

Editor's note: "Amelia" is a pseudonym chosen by the author in order to keep her family's identity anonymous.

On August 16 I learned what viral meant.

I wrote an essay about my oldest son and his love of a popular gay television character, Glee's Blaine, and how this crush led to him telling me he wanted to kiss boys, not girls. I naively posted it to a blog, thinking some fans of the show might think it was cute.

Within 24 hours it had been reposted and "liked" over 30,000 times on the blog's website. It wasn't long before messages started flooding in, other websites began posting it and people were commenting. The response was overwhelming positive. What I thought was a simple story about my kid and our family had clearly stuck a chord with a lot of people.

Read the rest of the story here.

The Legacy and Blessings of the Kirtland Temple and the Community Created by the Prophet Joseph Smith in the lives of ALL Types of Latter-Day Saints- Presentation by Bill Russell at the 2011 Affirmation Conference

Stories

Read Todd Davison's story of his journey in Community of Christ.

If you would like to share your story, please send it to Saundra Merth.