I'm Sarah Jane Weaver, editor of the church news.

Welcome to the church news podcast.

We are taking you on a journey of connection as we discuss news and events of the Church

of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints with leaders, members, and others on the church news team.

We end each church news podcast by giving our guests the last word

and the opportunity to answer the very important question.

What do you know now?

We hope each of you will also be able to answer the same question and say,

I have just been listening to the Church News podcast, and this is what I know now.

This July 2021, the Church News is taking readers inside Church headquarters in a series of

articles highlighting the council system of

the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. These councils include the Council of the First

Presidency and the Council of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, as well as executive councils

that oversee the work of temples and family history, missionary, and priesthood and family.

The series explores how Revelation guides church councils and how the principles discovered

there can be applied to stakes, to wards, to families, and individual members around the

world.

And this podcast is actually the first in a two-part series on the council system.

Next week's podcast will feature interviews with President Camille Ann Johnson,

primary general president, with President Bonnie H. Corden, young women general president,

and with President Gene B. Bingham, Relief Society General President.

It's inspiring for all of us to hear these women talk about serving on the church's executive councils and what it means to actually be a woman participating in council systems at a general church level.

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