If you didn’t get the chance to subscribe to the “Review” magazine, go to https://rsc.byu.edu/review-magazine/winter-2021 to check out the newest edition!

The Winter 2021 BYU Religious Education Review magazine has arrived! This edition highlights efforts made by many within Religious Education to communicate the message of the Restoration in a broad variety of ways. In the feature article, Professor Matthew Grey of the Department of Ancient Scripture discusses his research on films about Jesus, offering insights on recent projects like "The Christ Child" and "The Chosen.” If you’re not subscribed already, go to https://rsc.byu.edu/review-magazine to sign up to receive a free copy in the mail, or view it digitally online.

The BYU International Society Annual Conference “Gathering Light and Truth from All Nations” takes place at 9:00 a.m. on both Tuesday, April 6 and Wednesday, April 7. This special event will feature a dialogue between Elder Jeffrey R. Holland of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles and Rev. Andrew Teal, chaplain of Pembroke College, Oxford, as well as a discussion on “Divine Truth in World Faith Traditions.” The conference will be streamed on the Kennedy Center YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7ZI9bcWKaDRMOnOS7jagog.

The newest release for the RSC is almost here! “Rescued: The Courageous Journey of Mary Goble Pay,” edited by Clark B. Hinckley, follows the story of thirteen-year-old Mary Goble and her family, who were part of the pioneer overland journey to Utah Territory in the John A. Hunt wagon company in 1856. Purchase a copy by going to https://rsc.byu.edu/book/rescued

The RSC’s weekly “Come, Follow Me” resources features “Why the Ohio? Why Anything in My Life? Lessons from the Command to Gather," by Scott C. Esplin. This reading discusses how the command for the Saints to move from New York to Ohio presented a significant "why" moment for the early members. Find it here: https://rsc.byu.edu/vol-10-no-3-2009/why-ohio-why-anything-my-life-lessons-command-gather

A new book has been released by the RSC! "All the Way to Heaven: Discovering God’s Love in the Here and Now,” by David A. Grandy, explores the possibility that mortality is framed and informed by God’s love in more ways than we normally suppose. Purchase a copy by going to https://rsc.byu.edu/book/all-way-heaven

Christians around the world revere this week as Holy Week. The Religious Outreach Council at BYU has produced a video commemorating some of the Christian traditions around Good Friday, the day of Christ’s crucifixion. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dnC86ToqhP4&feature=youtu.be Painting: “The Crucifixion,” by Harry Anderson

Visit https://rsc.byu.edu/media/y-religion to listen to the newest episode of Y Religion, “God’s Voice to His Daughters in Doctrine and Covenants 25,” by Carter Charles! @yreligionpodcast

This week for “Come, Follow Me” we read in Doctrine and Covenants 30-36 about the early Saints who preached the gospel. Watch the featured video of the week, "The Gathering of Israel: A Glorious Duty.” It is approximately 15 minutes long. https://youtu.be/1I48maW9ScE

Check out "The Gathering of Israel,” by Joseph Fielding McConkie. It’s the RSC’s featured readings for this week’s “Come, Follow Me.” This and many other supplemental resources can be found by going to rsc.byu.edu https://rsc.byu.edu/vol-11-no-1-2010/gathering-israel

We are pleased to announce the 2022 Church History Symposium to be held on March 10–11, 2022. The theme of the symposium will be Latter-day Saints and Religious Liberty: Historical and Global Perspectives. Keynote speakers will include Elder Gerrit W. Gong, Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and Sarah Barringer Gordon, University of Pennsylvania Professor of Constitutional Law and History. The symposium is being jointly sponsored by the Department of Church History and Doctrine at Brigham Young University and the Church History Department of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Safety protocols permitting, sessions of the symposium will occur both on the BYU campus in Provo as well as in Salt Lake City, Utah. Additional information about the symposium and its theme are included in the attached call for papers. Please feel free to distribute this invitation and call for papers to anyone who might be interested in preparing a paper for presentation and possible later publication. Thank you! We hope to see you in March of 2022! Sincerely, 2022 Church History Symposium Committee https://rsc.byu.edu/conferences/church-history

In preparation for Easter, read this week’s featured “Come, Follow Me” supplementary reading. “Resurrection: The Ultimate Triumph,” by Robert J. Matthews, can be found by going to https://rsc.byu.edu/jesus-christ-son-god-savior/resurrection-ultimate-triumph.