From the very beginning when Emma Smith said, “We are going to do something extraordinary,” Relief Society women working together have done remarkable things.  Celebrate the 179th birthday of Relief Society with beautiful music and inspiring messages from members of our stake. Speakers include Debbie Bell, Michelle Kimball, Madison Davis, Laura del Rosario, Linda Budd, Sally Hatch, and President Evanson; with musical numbers by the Lawrence family and our favorite trio (Megan Peo, Angel Westover, and Laura Thompson).

Tad R. Callister has served in a number of Church callings including full-time missionary in the Eastern Atlantic States Mission, bishop, stake president, regional representative, mission president, Area Seventy, and General Sunday School President. He is the author of many books including “The Infinite Atonement” and “A Case for the Book of Mormon”. He and his wife Kathryn Louise Saporiti are the parents of six children.

This discussion focuses on the three people who were chosen to be witnesses to the Book of Mormon: Oliver Cowdery, David Whitmer, and Martin Harris. Eight other people were allowed to see the gold plates at another time, including many of the Whitmer family and some of Joseph Smith's family. 

This is the third of several Living Faith Discussions the stake will host this year connected to Church history events highlighted in Come, Follow Me. If you missed previous discussions you can find them on our stake YouTube channel or on this podcast.

A series of discussions on Church history to help us better understand the Restoration and Doctrine & Covenants, taught by leading experts. Hosted by the Laguna Niguel Stake of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Laguna Niguel, California.  

Professor Dirkmaat is an associate professor of Church history and doctrine at Brigham Young University. He worked as a historian and writer for the Church History Department from 2010 to 2014 with the Joseph Smith Papers Project and continues to work as a volunteer editor. He is the coauthor, along with Michael Hubbard MacKay, of the award-winning book From Darkness unto Light: Joseph Smith’s Translation and Publication of the Book of Mormon.   

This is the second of several Living Faith Discussions the stake will host this year connected to the church history events highlighted in Come, Follow Me. For more information about this series, visit: http://www.lnstake.org/living-faith

Laguna Niguel Stake President Blaine Evanson spoke during stake conference on January 17, 2021. 

The biannual Laguna Niguel Stake Conference was held Sunday, January 17, at 10:00 am via YouTube Live. The stake presidency asked everyone to study President Russell M. Nelson's October Conference talk "Let God Prevail" (https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/2020/10/46nelson?lang=eng) in preparation for the conference.

Speakers include Jeana Persson, Sam and Jenny Bruni, Cameron Chao, Dave Rogers, Carina Novillo, George Miranda, Ann Marquis, Kenna Graham, Newport Beach Temple President Zundel and his wife, and President Evanson.

A series of discussions on Church History to help us better understand the Restoration and Doctrine & Covenants, taught by leading experts. 

Professor Harper is a professor of Church history and doctrine at Brigham Young University and the world’s foremost expert on the First Vision. He was the managing historian and general editor of "Saints: The Story of the Church of Jesus Christ in the Latter Days" and is the author of the books "Making Sense of the Doctrine and Covenants" and "Joseph Smith’s First Vision". 

For more information about the Living Faith Discussion Series and a list of upcoming speakers, please visit: http://www.lnstake.org/living-faith

Talks and musical numbers shared during a stake broadcast on Sunday, October 18th. While not an official stake conference, the broadcast featured speakers from the stake presidency and saints throughout the stake.  Due to Covid-19 health restrictions, members of the stake were invited to view the broadcast as a family or in groups from home via our Stake YouTube channel.  

Speakers included Stake Relief Society President Beth Garlock,and the three members of our stake presidency: President Blaine Evanson, President Matthew Miller, and President Brian Neff. Pre-recorded video messages were also shared from Elder Dylan Giolas (Hawaii, Honolulu Mission), Melissa Briggs, Tom Randall, Kristen Hellewell, and Bishop Steve Austin; with musical numbers from a stake virtual choir, Hanna Eyre, and Graham MacRobie. 

Laguna Niguel Stake President Blaine Evanson spoke during a stake broadcast on Sunday, October 18th, 2020. 

Members of the Laguna Niguel stake ward councils and stake council were invited to attend a Stake Leadership Training at the Stake Center.  All health and safety requirements from the state and the church were observed, including wearing facemasks and sitting six feet apart from others.

Speakers included President Matthew Miller, Courtney Cope, Bryan Thacker, Scott Tanner, President Brian Neff, Emily Boyer, and Stake President Blaine Evanson.