Friday 22 March 2024

FREE Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Magazines 4 Households Globally

1 August 2023 - SALT LAKE CITY News Release

Church Begins Offering Its Magazines at No Cost

Each household may sign up for all three global magazines: the ‘Liahona,’ ‘For the Strength of Youth’ and the ‘Friend’

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Households across the world will soon be eligible to get a subscription to any or all of the Church magazines at no cost, which share member stories, support home-centered gospel study, and include a new message from a member of the First Presidency or Quorum of the Twelve each month.2023 by Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved.
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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is offering print subscriptions at no cost to its three magazines, which are currently published in 50 languages and distributed to millions of Church members worldwide.

Beginning August 1, 2023, anyone with a Church account in certain parts of the world will be able to sign up for one annual subscription (per household) to one or more of the Church’s magazines: the “Liahona” (for adults), “For the Strength of Youth” (for youth ages 12 to 18) and “Friend” (for children). The new subscription system will roll out to the rest of the world over the next several months. No-cost subscriptions will be an ongoing offer in the years to come.

“We come closer to Jesus Christ as we consistently participate in gospel study in the home,” said Elder Dieter F. Uchtdorf of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. “The Church wants to give greater access to the words of the prophets, and we are excited to make the printed copies of the Church magazines available at no cost.”

The Church has published the words of living prophets and helped members understand the gospel of Jesus Christ through magazines and other periodicals since the 1830s.

In recent years, Church magazines have undergone significant changes to support members in their efforts to learn and live the gospel of Jesus Christ, and their content has been made more accessible to members worldwide. In 2021, the Church began publishing its magazines for each age group in multiple languages; they are now available in 50 languages in both print and digital formats. Additional languages are available digitally.

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In January 2021, the Church began publishing three global magazines: the Liahona, Friend and For the Strength of Youth.2023 by Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved.
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The “Liahona” for adults highlights the teachings and ministry of Church leaders, shares inspiring articles that show how to apply gospel principles, supports learning the gospel at home and provides insight into scriptural topics.

“For the Strength of Youth” has spiritually uplifting messages from Apostles and other Church leaders, testimonies and experiences from youth all over the world, fun activities, and inspiration and strength to help youth find joy as a disciple of Jesus Christ.

The “Friend” invites children worldwide to follow Jesus Christ. Each issue contains scripture stories, child-friendly messages from prophets and other Church leaders, games and coloring pages, and stories of children throughout the world who are putting their faith in the Savior into action.

“Church magazines are a valuable resource for learning about the gospel of Jesus Christ and feeling a sense of belonging in His Church,” the First Presidency stated in a 2020 letter to Latter-day Saints worldwide. “Our desire is that members everywhere will subscribe and welcome this faith-sustaining influence into their hearts and homes.”

“As I read the stories from members from around the world, I love seeing how we are a global church, all building the kingdom of God together,” said Relief Society General President Camille N. Johnson. “It helps me feel closer to our brothers and sisters who may live very far away.”

Timeline of Availability

Beginning August 1, 2023, households in the Church’s Asia North and North America West areas will be able to subscribe to the Church magazines of their choice at no cost. The no-cost subscription system for the Brazil Area has been delayed and will be released at a later date.

Beginning December 1, 2023, households in the Church’s Africa Central, Africa South, Africa West, Asia, Caribbean, Central America, Europe Central, Europe East, Europe North, Mexico, Middle East/Africa North, Pacific, Philippines, South America Northwest and South America South areas will be able to subscribe.

Households in the Church’s North America Central, North America Northeast, North America Southeast, North America Southwest and Utah areas will be able to subscribe beginning February 1, 2024.

Subscribers will receive their first magazine six to eight weeks after subscribing. Additional copies of current issues of other magazines may be purchased at store.ChurchofJesusChrist.org or at retail stores. Past issues may be accessed digitally in Gospel Library.

How to Order Magazines

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Manage subscriptions to print magazines at MagazineSubscriptions.ChurchofJesusChrist.org. Select which magazine is wanted and fill out additional information as needed. Screenshot from magazine subscriptions web page.2023 by Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved.
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An adult member of a household may manage subscriptions at MagazineSubscriptions.ChurchofJesusChrist.org; sign in using a Church account. Anyone who doesn’t have a Church account may sign up for one at no cost at account.ChurchofJesusChrist.org.

Click the “subscribe” button next to the magazine images and descriptions for a subscription to printed magazines. Fill out your shipping address and language preference at the bottom of the page.

To sign up for a monthly email notification when a new issue of a magazine is released online, select the digital magazines wanted under “Email for Online Magazines.”

The ward council can subscribe for children and youth who do not have parents attending church with them as well as for members who need additional help. Soon, leaders can do this by going to Leader and Clerk Resources (LCR) Reports and then Magazine Subscriptions. Subscribing for these groups will require permission from members who need additional help and from the children's parents.

LINK: https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/article/church-begins-offering-its-magazines-at-no-cost

SOURCE: Newsroom

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Monday 26 February 2024

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From Gmail to Maps, Google offers a ton of useful apps. For instance, this article was originally drafted on Google Docs, like most of our articles at Class Central. What many people don’t know is that Google also offers many online courses — and some of them include free certificates or badges!

Indeed, besides offering courses on platforms like Coursera and Udacity, Google itself runs a series of educational platforms with different goals. For example, the Grow with Google initiative and Google’s Digital Garage offer online courses to help learners gain digital skills or prepare them to run online businesses.

Fortunately, hundreds of these courses offer free certificates or badges. We even earned a few ourselves, as you’ll see below. So we decided to sift through Google’s entire online learning ecosystem to compile all their free certificate courses.

In total, we found 600 courses, covering topics such as digital marketing, Google Analytics, and Google Cloud. You can find the full list below.

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If you don’t find what you need here, browse Class Central’s catalog of 150K courses or visit our thematic collections:

You can find all our free certificates articles here.

Without further ado, here are Google’s online courses with free certificates and badges.


Free Google Analytics Certifications

Dhawal‘s free Google Analytics 4 certification

In 2023, Google will complete the transition to the latest major version of its analytics platform, Google Analytics 4. For the occasion, Google has launched new online courses, including a free certification program with certificate:

But Google also continues to offer free certificates courses for its Universal Analytics platform through its Google Analytics Academy, as you can see below. While the Universal Analytics platform will stop working soon, the courses might still be helpful, since a lot of the concepts also apply to Google Analytics 4.

Rui‘s free Google Analytics certificate

Each course includes a series of videos and assessments. After getting a score of 80% or higher on each assessment, you’ll earn a free certificate of completion, like the one above. These will appear on your profile on the platform, but you can also download them and share them via LinkedIn.

Here are the free certificate courses offered on the platform:

Free Google Digital Marketing Certification

Google’s Fundamentals of Digital Marketing sample certificate

Google Digital Garage provides 160 online courses to learn digital skills on a wide variety of topics. Most notably, the course Fundamentals of Digital Marketing offered by Google includes a free certificate of completion. The course includes 26 modules, each with their own video and quiz.

For each module you complete, you’ll earn a badge. Once you complete all the modules, you’ll unlock a certificate like the one above. All your badges and certificates will be added to your profile page.

(If you’re interested in digital marketing, you may want to have a look at our dedicated compilation: 1000+ Free Digital Marketing Certificates & Badges.)

Free Google Skillshop Certifications

Rui‘s free Google Ads 360 certificate

Google Skillshop provides free training programs for a large number of Google services, including their marketing tools. There are courses on all the following subjects: Google Ads, Google AdMob, Google Marketing Platform, Google My Business, YouTube, and more.

Currently, Google Skillshop offers 14 online courses with a free certificate of completion. As usual, you’ll unlock the certificate once you complete the course assessments. One difference here is that these courses are all text-based. In all, Google Skillshop offers around 80 courses, most without certificates.

Google Skillshop Certificate courses:

Free Google Developer Certifications

Google Developers Platforms course catalog

The Google Developers Platform offers a wealth of resources for professional and aspiring developers. In particular, the platform has over 1000 online courses from beginner to advanced levels to learn:

  • Programming: Kotlin, JavaScript, Go…
  • Specific libraries: TensorFlow, Angular, Flutter…
  • Software & services: Kubernetes, Maps, Pay…

Notably, a substantial portion of the platform’s catalog is dedicated to Android development.

You can take individual courses, but if you’re looking for a deeper dive, you may prefer one of Google’s 130 learning pathways. These consist of a sequence of mini-courses and culminate in a quiz. After passing the quiz, you’ll receive a badge that appears on your developer profile.

Here’s a selection of courses you may take on the platform:

Free Google Certifications from Google Cloud Skill Boost (Qwiklabs)

Manoel‘s free Qwiklabs Cloud Essentials badge

Qwiklabs, a startup acquired by Google and since then rebranded to Google Cloud Skills Boost (though the Qwiklabs name lingers), lets you learn Google Cloud through a hands-on approach. On the platform, you can complete 600+ labs in a real cloud environment.

Lab Credits

While the platform offers free or free-to-audit courses, completing labs typically requires spending “credits”. However, there are multiple ways to get credits for free.

For instance, if you’re a student with a valid university email address, you can claim 200 free Qwiklabs credits through this page. That’s what I (Manoel) did a few years back, allowing me to earn the certificate above. Or take a look at this post on Medium for other ways to get free credits.

In addition to individual labs, you can take full courses and so-called “quests”. Some courses include labs, while quests typically consist of a series of labs. There are over 250+ courses and 148 quests. These may end with a timed assessment. Upon completion you’ll receive a badge.

Pat’s free Introduction to Generative AI badge

Finally, there are 35 learning paths, which consist of a series of quests and courses. The Introduction to Generative AI Learning Path is completely free, while some other learning paths incorporate labs. They are also free when you use free lab credits.

250 Qwiklabs Courses

Similar to quests, Qwiklabs courses consist of a sequence of lessons, quizzes, and labs. Upon completion of all the elements, you’ll unlock a badge for your Qwiklabs profile. Look out for how to get free lab credits for those courses with labs.

Here’s a selection of courses:

140+ Qwiklabs Quests

Qwiklabs quests, just like learning paths, consist of a series of labs. These are hands-on activities conducted within a real cloud environment. That’s what makes Qwiklabs special: you’re getting genuine hands-on practice.

For instance, if you start a Kubernetes quest, you’ll be dropped into a real GKE instance ⁠— that is, an actual virtual compute cluster created temporarily for you to practice on.

Again, free when you use free lab credits.

Here’s a selection of Qwiklabs quests:

DevOps Essentials from Google via Qwiklabs

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You can find all our free certificates articles here.

Without further ado, here are Google’s online courses with free certificates and badges.


Free Google Analytics Certifications

Dhawal‘s free Google Analytics 4 certification

In 2023, Google will complete the transition to the latest major version of its analytics platform, Google Analytics 4. For the occasion, Google has launched new online courses, including a free certification program with certificate:

But Google also continues to offer free certificates courses for its Universal Analytics platform through its Google Analytics Academy, as you can see below. While the Universal Analytics platform will stop working soon, the courses might still be helpful, since a lot of the concepts also apply to Google Analytics 4.

Rui‘s free Google Analytics certificate

Each course includes a series of videos and assessments. After getting a score of 80% or higher on each assessment, you’ll earn a free certificate of completion, like the one above. These will appear on your profile on the platform, but you can also download them and share them via LinkedIn.

Here are the free certificate courses offered on the platform:

Free Google Digital Marketing Certification

Google’s Fundamentals of Digital Marketing sample certificate

Google Digital Garage provides 160 online courses to learn digital skills on a wide variety of topics. Most notably, the course Fundamentals of Digital Marketing offered by Google includes a free certificate of completion. The course includes 26 modules, each with their own video and quiz.

For each module you complete, you’ll earn a badge. Once you complete all the modules, you’ll unlock a certificate like the one above. All your badges and certificates will be added to your profile page.

(If you’re interested in digital marketing, you may want to have a look at our dedicated compilation: 1000+ Free Digital Marketing Certificates & Badges.)

Free Google Skillshop Certifications

Rui‘s free Google Ads 360 certificate

Google Skillshop provides free training programs for a large number of Google services, including their marketing tools. There are courses on all the following subjects: Google Ads, Google AdMob, Google Marketing Platform, Google My Business, YouTube, and more.

Currently, Google Skillshop offers 14 online courses with a free certificate of completion. As usual, you’ll unlock the certificate once you complete the course assessments. One difference here is that these courses are all text-based. In all, Google Skillshop offers around 80 courses, most without certificates.

Google Skillshop Certificate courses:

Free Google Developer Certifications

Google Developers Platforms course catalog

The Google Developers Platform offers a wealth of resources for professional and aspiring developers. In particular, the platform has over 1000 online courses from beginner to advanced levels to learn:

  • Programming: Kotlin, JavaScript, Go…
  • Specific libraries: TensorFlow, Angular, Flutter…
  • Software & services: Kubernetes, Maps, Pay…

Notably, a substantial portion of the platform’s catalog is dedicated to Android development.

You can take individual courses, but if you’re looking for a deeper dive, you may prefer one of Google’s 130 learning pathways. These consist of a sequence of mini-courses and culminate in a quiz. After passing the quiz, you’ll receive a badge that appears on your developer profile.

Here’s a selection of courses you may take on the platform:

Free Google Certifications from Google Cloud Skill Boost (Qwiklabs)

Manoel‘s free Qwiklabs Cloud Essentials badge

Qwiklabs, a startup acquired by Google and since then rebranded to Google Cloud Skills Boost (though the Qwiklabs name lingers), lets you learn Google Cloud through a hands-on approach. On the platform, you can complete 600+ labs in a real cloud environment.

Lab Credits

While the platform offers free or free-to-audit courses, completing labs typically requires spending “credits”. However, there are multiple ways to get credits for free.

For instance, if you’re a student with a valid university email address, you can claim 200 free Qwiklabs credits through this page. That’s what I (Manoel) did a few years back, allowing me to earn the certificate above. Or take a look at this post on Medium for other ways to get free credits.

In addition to individual labs, you can take full courses and so-called “quests”. Some courses include labs, while quests typically consist of a series of labs. There are over 250+ courses and 148 quests. These may end with a timed assessment. Upon completion you’ll receive a badge.

Pat’s free Introduction to Generative AI badge

Finally, there are 35 learning paths, which consist of a series of quests and courses. The Introduction to Generative AI Learning Path is completely free, while some other learning paths incorporate labs. They are also free when you use free lab credits.

250 Qwiklabs Courses

Similar to quests, Qwiklabs courses consist of a sequence of lessons, quizzes, and labs. Upon completion of all the elements, you’ll unlock a badge for your Qwiklabs profile. Look out for how to get free lab credits for those courses with labs.

Here’s a selection of courses:

140+ Qwiklabs Quests

Qwiklabs quests, just like learning paths, consist of a series of labs. These are hands-on activities conducted within a real cloud environment. That’s what makes Qwiklabs special: you’re getting genuine hands-on practice.

For instance, if you start a Kubernetes quest, you’ll be dropped into a real GKE instance ⁠— that is, an actual virtual compute cluster created temporarily for you to practice on.

Again, free when you use free lab credits.

Here’s a selection of Qwiklabs quests:

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SOURCE: Class Central 

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