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Christine Rappleye

Christine Rappleye is a reporter for the Church News. She has been an editor and reporter for the Deseret News in the features sections and was also part of the Visual Editing team. She previously worked for the Beaumont Enterprise in Southeast Texas as a reporter and editor. She was born and raised in Southeast Texas and graduated from Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah, with a communications degree. She served a mission in the Taiwan Taipei Mission. She tries to take advantage of the “Greatest Snow on Earth” by her attempts to stay upright on skis in the winter and hopes to not kill the plants in her container garden on her balcony in the summer.


Reservations to tour the St. George Utah Temple are available online. The public open house runs Friday, Sept. 15, through Saturday, Nov. 11, excluding Sundays and Saturday, Sept. 30.

President Henry B. Eyring dedicated a temple in Saratoga Springs, Utah, which is the Church’s 179th and the 18th operating temple in Utah. See photos here.

The British Pageant in Chorley, England, portrays the early history of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the British Isles. Find out how to watch it in-person through Aug. 12 or the livestream on Aug. 11.

Reservations to tour the Okinawa Japan Temple are available online. The public open house begins Saturday, Sept. 23, and goes through Saturday, Oct. 7, excluding Sundays.

Reservations to tour the Bangkok Thailand Temple are available online. Also, open houses for the Brasília Brazil Temple, the Feather River California Temple and the McAllen Texas Temple are not using a reservation system.

The Spanish pilot of the Tabernacle Choir’s “Music & the Spoken Word” airs Sunday, July 30. Find out how to watch it here.

See photos of the British Pageant in historic Nauvoo that shares the stories of Church members from the British Isles.

A combination of actors and family cast members perform in the Nauvoo Pageant in historic Nauvoo, Illinois. The pageant is Thursday, Thursdays and Saturdays until Aug. 5.

The Days of ‘47 parade preview party offers a look at the floats in the July 24 parade.

Guest artists Adassa and Alex Melecio discuss the Tabernacle Choir’s 2023 Summer Concert and how they spread hope with the choir and orchestra.

The Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra’s 2023 Summer Concert with guest artists Adassa and Alex Melecio included music of hope and a tribute to Latin American pioneers.

Find out what guest artists Adassa and Alex Melecio hope for those attending — or streaming — the Tabernacle Choir’s Summer Concerts July 14-15. Plus see a photo gallery from rehearsal and how to watch.

Then Elder Spencer W. Kimball organized the first stake in Seoul South Korea in 1973. Now, 50 years later, Latter-day Saints remember the country’s pioneers and look to the future.

“The message of hope was delivered,” Tabernacle Choir President Michael O. Leavitt said. He shares the choir and orchestra’s 3 goals while in Mexico in this Church News video.

The first facility to host For the Strength of Youth conferences in Asia opened outside of Manila, Philippines. Leaders expect that 7,200 youth and leaders will use the 24-acre camp each year.

The public open house begins Friday, Aug. 4, and runs through Saturday, Aug 19, excluding Sundays.

Tunis Rappleye was a wagon driver in the 1847 vanguard company and his life shares an unwritten testimony of the gospel.

While ministering in the Philippines, Elder Dale G. Renlund of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles encouraged Church members to focus on the Savior and to encourage others on the covenant path.

This Church News video features Adassa, Alex Melecio and Mariano Osorio talking about performing in the Tabernacle Choir’s 2023 Mexico City concerts in the National Auditorium.

Singers Adassa and Alex Melecio will join the Tabernacle Choir’s summer concerts July 14-15 in the Conference Center. Find out about tickets and streaming options.

When they weren’t performing or rehearsing during the Mexico City tour, Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra members met Church members, ministered to refugees and explored local culture.

The hardest part for singer Adassa in performing with the choir during their recent tour to Mexico City? Not crying.

The Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra concert in Mexico’s National Auditorium featured Adassa, Alex Melecio and radio host Mariano Osorio.

Three members of the Tabernacle Choir are from Mexico, and others from the choir and orchestra have strong connections to the country.

The Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra’s concert in the National Auditorium on June 17 will be streamed live on YouTube. Watch it here.

The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square and Orchestra at Temple Square share songs in Spanish, English and more during the first concert of their Mexico tour in the Toluca Cathedral.

For a music video during the Tabernacle Choir and orchestra’s Mexico tour, members were filmed in a cathedral, botanical gardens and a plaza in Toluca, Mexico. See the photos here. #TabChoirMexico

The Tabernacle Choir, Orchestra at Temple Square arrived in Mexico City to begin the first part of a multiyear tour centered on hope.

The Bells at Temple Square’s spring concert featured hymns, classical music and familiar tunes.

To help connect available parking to the Columbus Ohio Temple for the open house, youth helped build a short trail known as the “Covenant Path.”