Virginia Hinckley Pearce (born 8 February 1945) is an author and was a member of the general presidency of the Young Women organization of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1992 to 1997. Pearce is the daughter of Gordon B. Hinckley

Gordon B. Hinckley

Gordon Bitner Hinckley was an American religious leader and author who served as the 15th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from March 12, 1995 until his death...

, the fifteenth President of the Church.

At the April 1992 church general conference, Pearce was accepted

Common consent

Common consent is a democratic principle established by the Latter Day Saint movement's founder, Joseph Smith, Jr., who taught in 1830 that "all things must be done in order, and by common consent in the church, by the prayer of faith." As it is most frequently used by the Church of Jesus Christ of...

 by the church as the first counselor to Young Women general president Janette C. Hales. Pearce served in this capacity until 1997, when Hales was released and replaced by Margaret D. Nadauld

Margaret D. Nadauld

Margaret Dyreng Nadauld was the eleventh general president of the Young Women organization of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1997 to 2002.-Biography:...

. Pearce is a member of the board of directors of Deseret Book

Deseret Book

Deseret Book is the largest Latter-day Saint book publisher and also owns a chain of LDS bookstores in the western United States. Over 150 people work in its Salt Lake City headquarters...

, a company owned by the LDS Church.

Pearce is the author of two books for adults and the co-author of four children's books. She married James R. M. Pearce in 1965 and is the mother of six children.

Publications

• Kathleen H. Barnes and Virginia H. Pearce (2002). I Love to See the Temple (Salt Lake City: Bookcraft
  Bookcraft
  Bookcraft was a major publisher of books and products for members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints .-History:In 1940, LDS Church President Heber J. Grant asked the church's Improvement Era magazine to compile his sermons into a book called Gospel Standards. Compiler G...
  
  ) ISBN 157008792X
• —— and —— (2001). Prayer Time (Salt Lake City: Bookcraft) ISBN 1573459542
• —— and —— (2000). Sacrament Time (Salt Lake City: Bookcraft)
• —— and —— (1975). What Is a Miracle? (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book)
• Virginia H. Pearce (2006). A Heart Like His: Making Space for God's Love in Your Life (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book
  Deseret Book
  Deseret Book is the largest Latter-day Saint book publisher and also owns a chain of LDS bookstores in the western United States. Over 150 people work in its Salt Lake City headquarters...
  
  ) ISBN 1590385446
• —— (ed.) (1999). Glimpses into the Life and Heart of Marjorie Pay Hinckley (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book) ISBN 1573455237
• —— "The Power of Remembering" audio cassette.(Salt Lake City: Deseret Book)

See also

• Bonnie D. Parkin
  Bonnie D. Parkin
  Bonnie Dansie Parkin was the fourteenth general president of the Relief Society of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 2002 to 2007. Parkin was also a member of the general presidency of the church's Young Women organization from 1994 to 1997.Bonnie Dansie was raised in a...
  
   : another counselor to Hales
• Patricia P. Pinegar
  Patricia P. Pinegar
  Patricia Peterson Pinegar was the ninth general president of the Primary of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1994 to 1999....
  
  : another counselor to Hales

External links

• Virginia H. Pearce, “The Ordinary Classroom—a Powerful Place for Steady and Continued Growth,” Ensign, Nov. 1996, 11 : sermon delivered by Pearce at October 1996 general conference
• Virginia H. Pearce, “Ward and Branch Families: Part of Heavenly Father’s Plan for Us,” Ensign, Nov. 1993, 79 : sermon delivered by Pearce at October 1993 general conference
• Interview with Virginia H. Pearce : from deseretbook.com