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By Sydney Walker and Sarah Jane Weaver, Church News
As many people continue to experience the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and other challenges this Christmas season, President Russell M. Nelson will share a message of hope and joy with the world.
“The challenges many of us have experienced this year have been substantial,” he wrote in a Facebook live event created on Tuesday, December 14. “Despite these challenges, we always have a reason to hope.”
On Thursday, December 16, President Nelson will release a video message entitled “The Light of Christmas” about how to find joy this Christmas in celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ. The video will premiere at 8 a.m. MST on his social media channels and the Church’s YouTube channel.
“I invite you to please join me for the upcoming premiere,” he wrote.
This is the second time during President Nelson’s ministry that he has invited Latter-day Saints and others across the globe to join him for a video message.
As the United States prepared to celebrate Thanksgiving in November 2020, President Nelson asked the world to #GiveThanks.
During that time, defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, racism, violence, political tensions and a lack of civility, President Nelson shared a “fast-acting, long-lasting spiritual remedy” on November 20, 2020.
“Its effects have been validated by scientists as well as men and women of faith,” he said. “I am referring to the healing power of gratitude.”
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