New Era

March 1988

Volume 18, Number 3

Contents

• Feedback
  Letters to the editor.

• The Message: Why Do We Serve?
  Elder Dallin H. Oaks
  Six motives are listed—which one is yours?

• Cold Dawn
  Gregory Glenn and Lisa A. Johnson
  Why our priesthood adviser got up at 3:30 A.M.

• White Footprints
  Christine Haughey
  How I learned to accept service aimed at my family.

• On the Way to a Miracle
  Mary Ellen Edmunds
  What we can learn from Christ’s example of service.

• We Love Those We Serve
  Elder Vaughn J. Featherstone
  Service is a sure way to develop compassion.

• The Magic Closet
  Karen A. Perry
  The more we gave from it, the more we received.

• Scavengers Welcome
  JeaNette Goates Smith
  Connecticut youth stage a service scavenger hunt.

• Mormonad: The Greatest Servant

• High Point
  Brian C. Heckert
  Restoring a ranch was the highlight of the summer.

• Mormonisms

• Do Something More
  Various authors
  Ten great examples of youth service projects.

• Fiction: The Gold Medallion
  Laird Roberts
  An invalid teaches a track star about victory.

• Missionary Focus: No Offense
  Sam Bracken and Lisa A. Johnson
  A college football player shares the Book of Mormon.

• FYI: For Your Information
  Nifty ways to serve your brother, and more.

• Lasting Impressions
  Elaine Ostrander
  Girls in Texas help save sea turtles.

• Called to Serve Him
  Elder Waldo P. Call
  One of the best ways to serve is to serve a mission.

• Poetry: A Prayer
  Wendy J. Allen