Christine Rappleye

@the_churchnews reporter, web producer (+ print). Former Deseret News features editor. Also a fan of books, a beginner skier and optimistic container gardener.

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Who else has performed during The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square's Christmas concerts? Here's the list. Which ones have you seen?
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Kansas City Chiefs head coach Andy Reid will narrate "Music & the Spoken Word" with the @TheTabChoir and Orchestra on July 5 as part of the @America250 celebrations.
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Congratulations to USA bobsledder and Latter-day Saint Caleb Furnell and his team at the 2026 Milan Cortina Olympic Games. While they weren't on the podium, the races were amazing to watch and it was great to see their sportsmanship.

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In the annual First Presidency Easter message, President @OaksDallinH and his counselors, President @EyringHB and President @ChristoffDTodd, invite all to “seek this Jesus of whom the prophets and apostles have written.”
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Learn how the Team USA four-man bobsled team with Latter-day Saint Caleb Furnell did after the first two races in the 2026 Milan Cortina Games. The final two races are tomorrow.
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Several people who were at The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square's 1981 concert in Brazil shared their memories of the performances, including Elder Ulisses Soares, Church members in Brazil and former missionaries.
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Latter-day Saint Caleb Furnell is a push athlete for the USA-2 four-man sled in the 2026 Milan Cortina Olympics. He thought his athletic career was over before a friend invited him to a bobsled combine.
The 4-man bobsled competitions begin Saturday.

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As the Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra at Temple Square prepare to go to Brazil on the “Songs of Hope” tour, the Church News wants to hear experiences attending the Tabernacle Choir’s 1981 concert in Brazil.
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Em Português
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The Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra at Temple Square will perform three concerts in Ginásio do Ibirapuera during the “Songs of Hope” tour stop in São Paulo, Brazil. One of the three will be livestreamed.
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The Church News is looking for information about Latter-day Saints who are competing in the 2026 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games in Milan and Cortina, Italy.

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Elder David A. Bednar dedicated the Alabang Philippines Temple in Muntinlupa City, Philippines, on Sunday, Jan. 18, in a country that has what he calls “the most resilient, happy people you can encounter anywhere in the world.”

In the house of the Lord, the focus should be on the Savior, Jesus Christ, said Elder Bednar.

“The covenants and ordinances we make in the house of the Lord enable us to have a covenant connection with the Father and the Son,” he said. “Ultimately, everything in the house of the Lord is about the Father’s plan of happiness and the Savior’s atonement.”

The Alabang Philippines Temple was dedicated in a single session on Sunday morning that was broadcast throughout the temple district, comprising the southern part of the Filipino island of Luzon. It is The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints’ 213th operating house of the Lord.

📸: Tess Crowley for the Deseret News

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The Alabang Philippines Temple dedication was beautiful and so many people are very excited about it. Here's my story about the dedication.

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I'm covering the Alabang Phillipines Temple dedication this weekend. It's one of 14 temples that are dedicated, under construction or in planning in the Philippines.

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President @UchtdorfDF is now the acting president of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

He received the official appointment and was set apart to this new assignment by President @OaksDallinH, the Prophet and President of the Church, on Thursday, Jan. 8, on Temple Square in Salt Lake City.

Read more about President Uchtdorf at the link above.

📸: Scott G Winterton, Deseret News

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The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square and Orchestra at Temple Square's first-ever concert in Argentina was Tuesday evening. Plus, the Church received an honor in the Argentina Senate in celebration of 100 years in the country.

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The 5,000th episode of “Music & the Spoken Word” with @TheTabChoir and Orchestra at Temple Square aired Sunday, July 13, 2025 — celebrating it as the world’s longest continuous network broadcast. More than 11,500 people gathered in the Conference Center in downtown Salt Lake City for the preshow, broadcast and encore presentations.

The first “Music & the Spoken Word” episode was recorded on Monday, July 15, 1929, in the Salt Lake Tabernacle.

“How does a program endure for 5,000 episodes? It’s very clear to me that it is the feelings that it evokes in people,” said Tabernacle Choir President Michael O. Leavitt in the Church News video “Beacon of Light.” The video also includes present and past “Music & the Spoken Word” presenters Derrick Porter, Lloyd D. Newell and J. Spencer Kinard, along with Mack Wilberg, the choir’s music director, on the longevity of “Music & the Spoken Word.”

Porter, executive producer, principal writer and presenter of “Music & the Spoken Word,” said: “There’s an element of music, there’s an element of the spoken word, but there is a great element of the Spirit that comes together and allows for those two things to combine to deliver feelings of hope and peace and joy to all who listen.”

Watch the full video at the link above.

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Happy birthday, Elder Kearon!

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In honor of Elder @PatrickKearon's birthday, read nine of his recent quotes.
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The Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra at Temple Square celebrated the 5,000th episode of "Music & the Spoken Word" this weekend. Find out more about the milestone and watch the episode here.

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The longest continuously running broadcast in the world is about to air its 5,000th episode. “Music & the Spoken Word” with @TheTabChoir at Temple Square will celebrate the milestone this weekend.

Here’s seven things you may not have known about the choir’s weekly broadcast.