Ensign

December 2000

Volume 30 Number 12

Contents

• First Presidency Message: The Wondrous and True Story of Christmas

  President Gordon B. Hinckley

• Lessons Learned in the Journey of Life

  Elder Joseph B. Wirthlin

• Bring Your Mission Home with You!

  Elder L. Edward Brown

• The Proclamation on the Family: For Every One of Us

  Deena King

• Insights from 3 Nephi about Our Father in Heaven

  Douglas S. Ladle

• Clerks, Leaders, and Members: Working Together

  Christopher K. Bigelow

• A Song of Hope

  Roger Terry

• Helping Brad Heal

  Linda D. Conger

• Ancient Voices, Modern Light

• The Seabirds of Kiribati

  R. Val Johnson

• Visiting Teaching Message: Children—Gifts from God

• Standing Room Only

  Stacey Toth

• The Elephants

  Linda Galley

• Latter-day Saint Voices

  • From Lonely to Joyful

    Vera Jean Paffel

  • More Important Than Santa

    Susan S. Spackman

  • “For Thy Good”

    Evelyn Cardinez

  • Testimony on Temple Square

    David Maughan

  • My Last Christmas in the Mission

    Julio Cesar Sonoda

• Portraits

• Great Home Evenings: A Tale of Two Families

• Random Sampler

• News of the Church

• Making the Most of This Issue

• Index for 2000