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Primary General President Cheryl C. Lant at BYU devotional Jan. 12

Cheryl C. Lant, Primary general president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, will be speaking at a Brigham Young University campus devotional Tuesday, Jan. 12, at 11:05 a.m. in the Marriott Center.

The BYU Broadcasting channels will air the devotional live. Rebroadcast and archive information will be available at byub.org/devotionals or speeches.byu.edu.

Lant studied early childhood development at BYU and has spent most of her life teaching children. She is the co-founder of Learning Dynamics Academic Preschool and the co-founder and developer of Frontline Phonics, a reading program for beginners.

Lant was sustained as the 11th Primary general president during the Church’s General Conference in April 2005. She has served for a number of years on the Primary General Board, as a stake and ward Primary president, counselor in a stake Relief Society presidency, ward Young Women president and Primary teacher.

For more information regarding the devotional, contact Kay Johnson at (801) 422-2640.

Writer: Brandon Garrett

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Photo by Julie Hillebrent

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