“Contents,” New Era, Jan. 1976 New Era January 1976 Volume 6, Number 1 Contents Departments Feedback The Message: The Clean Voice of YouthElder Boyd K. Packer Participatory Journalism: The “Not Here” Craig PinseyJaroldeen Edwards Missionary Focus: The First Step Was the HardestPatti Wiltbank Mormonisms FYI: For Your Information Photo of the MonthMike Van Dorn Feature Articles Classic Discourses from the General Authorities: The Sacramental CovenantElder Melvin J. Ballard Heritage Square About “Reading” and RightingKathie Johnston Brough The Great One-Day-Youth-Conference-at-Home ExperimentLowell Durham, Jr. Once upon a time there was a flabby heart … Richard G. Wilkins John Milton: An Inspired ManMarilyn Arnold “The Pick and Flower of England”Michael R. Otterson Fiction and Poetry Reflections on ShadowsBeth Woodbury On Becoming InvolvedSylvia Willich Front cover: Linda Warner of the Union 14th Ward in Sandy, Utah, participated at June Conference’s Heritage Square. (Photo by Royce Bair). Back cover: Photo by Longin Lonczyna, Jr.