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Baptized & Confirmed

“Being baptized and confirmed will be a most happy experience. . . . It is a mark of personal progress. It is like being born again and given a new life. You will be washed clean. . . . Your soul, or your spirit, will seem full of light, filled with warmth, hope, and love. You will be given a blessing that is just for you, and you will know that. It will be wonderful.”

Children, parents, and Primary teachers alike will find instruction, encouragement, and inspiration in this special book about baptism and confirmation. Here, author Elaine Cannon explains in simple terms the steps necessary to enter the waters of baptism and thus take the first step back to Heavenly Father. Baptism, she explains is each child's lifeline to heaven. And the gift of the Holy Ghost is a present unlike any other, a present which keeps that lifeline working and helps each child to receive comfort, answers, and joy throughout life's journey.

Included in this book are checklists, scriptures about baptism, the Articles of Faith, a special glossary of important terms, and places to insert photographs and write in details about the baptism and confirmation. Most important, however, is the clear message of the book: “Baptism and confirmation are two of the most important things that will ever happen to you. They are your lifelines to heaven.”

Elaine Cannon
Elaine Cannon was a former general president of the Young Women organization of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Before receiving that call, she was a member of the Mutual Improvement Association’s governing board and the Church’s curriculum planning, writing, activities, and correlation committees.
She also served as associate editor of Church magazines for youth and their leaders. Lecturing extensively throughout the world, she has had opportunities to meet members of the Church of all ages and nationalities.
Elaine authored or coauthored more than 50 books and has recorded dozens of talk on tapes. Among her books are Adversity, Baptized and Confirmed: Your Lifeline to Heaven, Choose the Right, Women Testify of Jesus Christ, The Truth About Angels, and three 'Little Books': The Little Book of Big Ideas about Hope, The Little Book of Big Ideas about Joy, and The Little Book of Big Ideas about Love, her latest.
For thirty years she was a daily columnist for intermountain newspapers. She has hosted her own TV show and was a featured speaker on a weekly radio program broadcast internationally.
Elaine Cannon passed away in 2003 at the age of 81.

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