Sharon Eubank: Becoming the Hands of Christ at Christmas

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Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

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🗓️ 3 December 2025

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

What if the greatest gift of Christmas isn't something we buy, but something we become? Sharon Eubank, global humanitarian director for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, shares what she's learned about meaningful giving—and how each of us can better serve and lift others this holiday season.

3:29- Character Developed in Giving and Receiving
8:19- Safeguarding Dignity
11:42- Approaching the Enormity of the World's Suffering
18:03- Joining Hands
22:56- The Power of Presence
28:40- The Salvation Army
34:33- Sparking Hope
38:53- Multiplying and Replenishing
43:22- "Love's Pure Light"
46:48- What Does It Mean To Be All In the Gospel of Jesus Christ?

"If we can be the one that's handing them the can [of food] or listening to their story or reading a scripture with them or inviting them to our table to spark the hope that starts, aren't we lucky?"

Links:

"Doing Small Things With Great Love" - https://www.deseretbook.com/product/PR00001103.html?cgid=books_nonfiction

"Silent Night, Love's Pure Light" - https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/broadcasts/christmas-devotional/2018/12/silent-night-loves-pure-light?lang=eng

Transcript

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0:00.0	In one of my favorite Christmas devotional talks ever, Sister Sharon Eubank said,
0:05.4	If you think about the words you sing this season, you will find a divine message tailored,
0:11.1	especially for you that will lift and comfort you.
0:14.6	She continued, here is one that found me this Christmas season.
0:18.6	I've been fretting all about the people our humanitarian aid
0:22.0	can't reach and how the nation sometimes make it difficult for us to reach brothers and sisters
0:26.9	who suffer. And then just this morning in Relief Society, I paid attention to the song that we sing.
0:33.5	Bless all the dear children in thy tender care and fit us for heaven to live with thee there, end
0:39.4	quote. Like Sister Eubank, I had been fretting about who would be a great guest for our
0:45.1	Christmas episode this year. And it was while rereading this very talk that it occurred to me.
0:51.0	Christmas is most meaningful when we care for others around us, and Sharon
0:55.5	Eubank is among the most qualified people I can think of to help us understand how giving at
1:01.3	Christmas time can fit us for heaven. As I was preparing for this podcast, I found a bio for
1:08.0	Sharon Eubank that I loved. It read, Sharon Eubank for many years owned a toy store
1:13.8	in Provo, Utah, and spent endless hours advising Santa Claus on the coolest stuff for kids who had been
1:19.9	good, end quote. You may also recognize Sharon Eubank as a former counselor in the Relief Society
1:26.6	General Presidency and currently
1:29.2	the Global Humanitarian Director for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
1:34.8	Sister Sharon Eubank recently authored her first book, Doing Small Things with Great Love.
1:45.1	This is All In, an LDS Living podcast where we ask the question, what does it really mean to be
1:50.8	all in the gospel of Jesus Christ?
1:52.8	I'm Morgan Pearson, and I am so honored to have Sharon Eubank on the line with me today.
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