Evening with the Author Richard D. Hanks To Be a Friend of Christ: The Life of Marion D. Hanks

Name: Evening with the Author Richard D. Hanks To Be a Friend of Christ: The Life of Marion D. Hanks
Start: 2024-10-02T17:30:00-06:00
End: 2024-10-02T19:30:00-06:00
Location: 3269 S Main St, Ste 250, South Salt Lake, UT, United States, Utah 84115

Schedule

Wed Oct 02 2024 at 05:30 pm to 07:30 pm

UTC-06:00

Location

3269 S Main St, Ste 250, South Salt Lake, UT, United States, Utah 84115 | South Salt Lake, UT

We are pleased to announce that Richard D. Hanks will be here to speak about To Be a Friend of Christ: The Life of Marion D. Hanks (published by Signature Books) Wednesday, October 2. He will be here from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., will speak at 6:00, and answer questions and sign books before and after that time. We hope you will be able to make it that night but, if not, we can mail a signed copy or hold one here at the store for pick-up.
Marion Duff Hanks (1921–2011) was one of the most beloved and influential leaders of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the twentieth century, serving as a General Authority (senior leader) for forty years. He was also a leader of national import. As a recognized expert on youth, five US presidents appointed him to their President’s Council on Physical Fitness and Sports. Hanks also served as an executive leader of Rotary International and the Boy Scouts of America.
Author Richard Hanks draws on previously unavailable primary sources—journals, correspondence, notebooks, and recordings—to share this first and only authorized biography of his father. Hanks traces his father’s influence as he advocated for numerous changes in the institutional church, including humanitarian efforts, refugee relief services, missionary community service, a focus on mercy for the sinner, and a churchwide emphasis on “coming unto Christ.” A Renaissance man, Duff Hanks felt comfortable mingling with presidents and world leaders and speaking from pulpits and podiums to huge audiences and on television. But he found his greatest joy in assisting the individual, encouraging each in their personal search for happiness. Once, when asked about his goals, he replied, “My strongest desire is to qualify to be a friend of Christ.”
To Be a Friend of Christ: The Life of Marion D. Hanks. Signature Books. 591 pp. Hardback, $39.99. https://www.benchmarkbooks.com/pages/books/38923/richard-d-hanks/to-be-a-friend-of-christ-the-life-of-marion-d-hanks