The Friend

A children’s magazine published by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

• Stories and Features

  • IFC

    Friends by Mail

  • 2

    Come Listen to a Prophet’s Voice

    Knitting Our Hearts Together

    President Henry B. Eyring

  • 4

    Birthday Standards

  • 6

    A Year on Temple Square

    The Church Plaza

  • 8

    Thunder in the Night

  • 11

    Special Witness

    Elder Jeffrey R. Holland

  • 12

    Bulletin Board

  • 14

    Queen Esther Saves Jehovah’s People

  • 17

    Friend to Friend

    Sister Barbara Thompson

  • 18

    Following Their Dreams: Rachel and Nathan P. of Ledyard, Connecticut

  • 20

    We’re All Shoes

  • 22

    Cooking Up Activity Day Fun

  • 24

    Who Wants to “Play”?

  • 26

    Naaman Learns to Obey

  • 29

    Bright Idea

  • 30

    Trying to Be Like Jesus

  • 36

    A 10-Year-Old Teacher

  • 38

    Our Creative Friends

  • 40

    August Sharing Time Theme

    Jesus Christ Is the Son of God, and He Is a God of Miracles

  • 42

    Matt and Mandy

  • 44

    Bearing Another’s Cares

  • 47

    Friends in the News

  • 48

    Guide to the Friend

  • 49

    Our Savior, Jesus Christ

• For Little Friends

  • 32

    New Friends, Old Friends

  • 34

    Finding New Friends

  • 35

    What Am I?

• Verse

  • 10

    Portrait of a Prophet

• Things to Make and Do

  • 16

    Funstuf

  • 23

    Kitchen Krafts

  • 23

    Faith in God Challenge

  • 28

    Funstuf

  • 36

    The Plan of Salvation

  • 43

    Funstuf

  • 46

    Coloring Page

Cover by Mark Robison

Hidden CTR Ring

Clue: Always tell the truth.

See the Guide to the Friend on page 48 for family home evening ideas.

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Chad Phillips took some of the photographs for the story “Bringing the Book of Mormon to Life” in the May 2010 issue. His name was not listed correctly in the photo credit. Here is one of the photos he took.