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181st Semi Annual General Conference October 2011
Summary Saturday Morning
| Topics: | Scriptures: (blue is scriptures Mastery) |
| Scriptures | Psalms 24:3-4 |
| | Proverbs 3:5-6 |
| | Moroni 7:45-48 |
| Personal Revelation | 1 Nephi 15:8-11 |
| | D&C 6 |
| Stone cut out of the mountain | Daniel 2:44-45 |
| Temples | |
| Do the right thing | Mosiah 2:17 |
| Family | 2 Nephi 32:3 |
| | Proverbs 3 :5-6 |
| | D&C 58:42-43 |
| You are NOT forgotten | Exodus 33:11 |
| | D&C 18:10, 15-16 |
| | Mosiah 3:19 |
| | Mosiah 2:17 |
Summary Saturday Afternoon
| Topics | Scriptures |
| Spirit of Elijah | |
| Families | Moses 1:39 |
| Service and time | Alma 34:32-34 |
| Its better to look up | |
| Atonement | |
| Repentance/atonement | |
| Share the gospel | |
| | |
Summary Sunday Morning
| Topics | Scriptures |
| Baptismal Promise | Mosiah 18:9 |
| | Mosiah 2:17 |
| | Moroni 7:47 |
| Wait upon the Lord | Psalms 123:2 |
| | Yet in my flesh shall I see God |
| | Here a little, there a little |
| | Mosiah 2:17 |
| | Mosiah 3:19 |
| | D&C 89:18-21 |
| The Book of Mormon is true | John 3:5 |
| | 2 Nephi 32:3 |
| | Helaman 5:12 |
| | Amos 3:7 |
| Guardian of Virtue | D&C 121:45 |
| | If all men were and would be like moroni then the devil would quake |
| Name of Jesus Christ | 3 Nephi 27:8 |
| | Ye should remember to retain His name in your heart always |
| | Mosiah 18:9 |
Summary Sunday Afternoon
| Topics | Scriptures |
| Abrahamic Covenant/missionary work | |
| Jesus Christ | God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son |
| | D&C 127:7 |
| | Matthew 16:19 |
| | 3 Nephi 11:29 |
| | “behold the lamb of God who taketh away the sins of the world.” |
| | Seek and ye shall find, knock and |
| | If you do his will you shall know if I speak of myself or speak of God |
| Be a REAL parents, leaders, and teachers | Isaiah 28:10 |
| Missionary work/Holy Spirit | |
| Gift of Choice | 2 Nephi 2:27 |
| Prayer | D&C 64:9-11 |
| Trials/adversity | Psalms 46:10 |
| Jesus Christ/Father in Heaven | |
Here is a list of speakers in order.
| Saturday Morning session speakers | Saturday Afternoon Session Speakers | Saturday Night Priesthood Session Speakers | Sunday Morning Session speakers | Sunday Afternoon Session Speakers |
| Elder Richard G. Scott | Elder David A. Bednar | Elder Jeffrey R. Holland | President Henry B. Eyring | Elder Russell M. Nelson |
| Barbara Thompson | Elder Neil L. Andersen | Bishop Keith B. McMullin | Elder Robert D. Hales | Elder Dallin H. Oaks |
| L. Whitney Clayton | Ian S. Ardern | W. Christopher Waddell | Tad R. Callister | Matthew O. Richardson |
| Choir/congregation | Choir/congregation | President Dieter F. Uchtdorf | Choir/congregation | Choir/congregation |
| President Thomas S. Monson | Carl B. Cook | President Henry B. Eyring | Elaine S. Dalton | Kazuhiko Yamashita |
| Jose L. Alonso | LeGrand R. Curtis Jr. | President Thomas S. Monson | Elder M. Russell Ballard | Randall K. Bennett |
| Elder Boyd K. Packer | Elder D. Todd Christofferson | | President Thomas S. Monson | J. Devn Cornish |
| President Dieter F. Uchtdorf | Elder L. Tom Perry | | | Elder Quentin L. Cook |
| | | | | President Thomas S. Monson |
10am October 1, 2011
Song: The Morning Breaks
Conducting: President Henry B. Eyring
Choir: Mormon Tabernacle Choir
Song: Songs of Praise
Prayer: Gary J. Coleman
Elder Richard G. Scott:
· One set of the tools we have are the scriptures
· We have ready access to this treasure
· Scriptures are like packets of light
· They can become the key to open the channel between father in heaven and Jesus Christ
· They can become stalwart friends.
· Provide a foundation of truth.
· Like filling a filing cabinet with
· Memorizing a new scripture is like finding a new friend
· Psalms 24:3-4
· A memorized scripture can become a enduring friend
· Pondering a scripture ….
o Calm a soul
o Bring help and hope
· HOW DO YOU PERSONALLY USE THE SCRITPURES?
o Mark?
o Write in margins?
o Use all the standard works?
· Precious jewels in all the scriptures
· To obey is to better then to sacrifice.
· Proverbs 3:5-6
· Seek first to obtain mine word before you seek to declare my word.
· Moroni 7:45-48
· Source of testimony and teaching
· Those who consistently read the BoM have a added measure of
Choir: We ever pray for thee
Barbara Thomson 2nd Councilor RS presidency
· We need the divine help that comes through the HG
· Nephi asked the Father in the name of Jesus Christ if what his father said was right.
· “have ye inquired of the Lord?” “we have not because we know that the lord doesn’t tell us these things”
· 1 Nephi 15:8-11
o Desire to receive revelation
o Harden not your heart
o Ask in faith believing you will receive
o Diligent in keeping the commandments
· D&C 6
· Seek wisdom instead of power
· Seek guidance from the HG
· A testimony comes slowly. A little at a time
· Our testimonies fortify us and strengthen us
· Testimony combined with faith and…help us
· “The testimony kept me” –daughters in my kingdom
· It is the word of god that keeps us close to god.
· The lord desires to direct us.
· You need to DESIRE revelation to get it
L. Whitney Clayton
· Daniel 2:44-45 –stone cut out of the mountain
· We are living in the time that the stone has been cut out of the mountain without hands and is rolling out across the earth.
· It is the work of the Father and his Almighty Son Jesus Christ.
· The time has come that the knowledge of the Savior is spreading across the earth.
Choir and congregation: redeemer of Israel
Thomas S. Monson-
· 48 years since I was called as an apostle
· No church built facility is more important then the temple
1. Rebuild the provo tabernacle as second temple!!!!!!!!!!
2. Columbia
3. Africa
4. Africa-Republic of Congo
5. Star Valley, WY
6. Paris, France
· Temple going fund
Jose L. Alonso
· Mosiah 2:17
· Do the right thing without delay
Boyd K. Packer
· Warning
o Family is center of the plan
· JS taught “all being who have a body have power over satan”
· PB-source of inspiration and guidance
· 2 Nephi 32:3
· Speaks in a still small voice
· Critics say you cant feel a voice
· You will be protected when you heed the still small voice
· You must learn to trust the Lord
· Proverbs 3 :5-6
· D&C 58:42-43
Choir: I am a child of God
President Dieter F. Uchtdorf
· Moses
· Exodus 33:11
· Retain in remembrance the greatness of God-Mosiah
· D&C 18:10, 15-16
· We are EVERYTHING to God
· We have a spark of eternal fire burning within us
· It is God’s greatest desire to help us achieve it
· A person’s true value has nothing to do with the world’s….
· Those who
· Mosiah 3:19
· Mosiah 2:17
· We are not forgotten
· God knows that some of the greatest souls are those who are not in the “spotlight” and are humble and meek
· The Lord uses a very different scale then the world does to weigh the worth of a soul
· ALWAYS REMEMBER YOU MATTER TO TIM
1. God loves the humble and meek
2. The lord entrusts the fullness of the gospel ….unto the end of the
3. You are NOT invisible to your Heavenly Father
4. Understand what you see and experience NOW will not always be.
· Hold on. Hang in there.
· God sees you as his child
· God sees you as the being you are able to become
· You matter to him.
· Be worthy of the blessings
Choir: press forward saints
2pm October 1, 2011
Song: ?
Conducting: President Dieter F. Uchtdorf
Choir: Primary Children’s Choir
Song: ?
Prayer:?
Song: Families Can Be Together
General Officers
David A. Bednar
· Spirit of Elijah
· We have the covenant responsibility to seek out and find out ancestors
o Family history
o Temple work
· We are the lords agents in the work of salvation
· This is our duty and great blessings
· The lord has made available many ways to do family history
· Ou have been trained to text and tweet and to spread the gospel and NOT just to communicate one to another.
· You will be safe-guarded when you do the Lords work
· Explore
· Experience
· Learners to act
· We can ALL do family history
· You have been prepared for this day to do the work of the Lord
Neil L. Andersen
· We believe in families and joy
· Moses 1:39
· Family is ordained of God
· Motherhood is a calling NOT a hobby
o It is what God gave you time for
· Where is your faith?
· Go forward in faith
· Do not judge one another on how many children they want to have
· Sometimes life seems unfair
· Faithful member who’s circumstances do not permit them to have a family in THIS life, will have the opportunity in the next life.
· We should not be judgmental with one another
· Let us humbly seek to understand God’s command
Ian S. Ardern
· There is still sufficient time to visit the sick and to give of our time
· Our savior will be true to his word
· Time is never for sale
· If wisely used its value is immeasurable
· The time we have, we must use wisely
· The Lord will require of us a account of our time
· We must prioritize our time
· Alma 34:32-34
· Being busy needs to equate to being productive
· There is much to do with all our access to internet
· We cannot…..
· To have the peace the savior speaks of we must devote our time to what matters most. The things of God matter most
· Read and study the scriptures
· Apply and learn the lessons
· Seek diligently the best books
· Identify the time wasting….
· There is an increase in happiness when you put the Lord first
· While the clock of mortality ticks now is the time to….
Choir & Congregation: Praise to the Man
Carl B. Cook
· Its better to look up
· We receive strength from the lord when we look up rather then down
· Looking up is NOT a one time thing
· Look up
· Cheer up
· He will heal our wounds
LeGrand R. Curtis Jr.
· All have sinned and come short of the redemption
D. Todd Christofferson
· Repentance is a divine gift
· Points us to freedom and peace
· Cause for true celebration
· It is his infinite sacrifice that allows us to return back to God the Father
· We know that justification and……
· Sanctification is just and true to all those that…
1. Invitation to repent is an expression of love
2. Striving to change
a. We should pray for time and opportunity to…
b. Virtue loveth virtue
c. Light cleaveth unto light
3. Abandoning sin and …
a. Turn to the Lord
4. Requires a seriousness to…and perceiver...
5. The cost of repentance is swallowed up in the happiness
· The Kingdom of Heaven is at hand. Repent now
L. Tom Perry
· The Church and its meanings are all over the world
· People have noticed the church
· There are still many people who do not understand the Church
· Provides many opportunities
· WE CAN SHARE WHO WE ARE
1. Be Bold in your declaration of Jesus Christ
a. Central figure
b. 2 Nephi 32:3
2. Be righteous examples
a. Matthew 5:14-16
3. Speak up about the Church
a. 1 John 4:18
b. It’s a pearl of great price
10am October 2, 2011
Song: Lead me into life eternal
Conducting: President Dieter F. Uchtdorf
Choir: Mormon Tabernacle Choir
Song: Guide us oh thou great Jehovah
Prayer: ?
Song: Consider the Lilies
Henry B. Eyring
· Mosiah 18:9
· Becoming charitable
· Mosiah 2:17
· Moroni 7:47
· Teach with increased…
· Be determined to endure to the end
· Be fully converted to the gospel
Robert D. Hales
· Psalms 123:2
· Hope=anticipate, enduring to the end
· Enduring to the end means to have faith….
· Continue in patience until you are perfected
· As we wait upon the lord, we are
· Cast not away your confidence
· Flesh –worms-“yet in my flesh shall I see God”
· “here a little there a little”
· His answers will come
· Some answers will have to wait until we are after
· Mosiah 2:17
· Mosiah 3:19
· D&C 89:18-21
Tad R. Callister
· The Book of Mormon is true
· Do they draw us closer to God or the devil?
· John 3:5
· 2 nephi 32:3
· Hel 5:12
· In the mouth of two or three witnesses shall my word be established
· Amos 3:7
Choir and congregation : we thank thee of god for a prophet
Elaine S. Dalton YW general Presidency
· To the fathers:
· Love her mother
· “Live after the manner of happiness”
· Don’t let anything come into your life that will compromise your temple covenants
· Stay close to your daughter
· The world today tries to…
· You must be the guardian of virtue
· Join with us in leading the world to a return to virtue
· D&C 121:45
· If all men were and would be like moroni then the devil would quake
M. Russell Ballard
· A name is extremely
· D&C 115: even the name of Christ
· Mosiah: name that should never be blotted out except you transgress
· Do we realize how blessed we are to take upon us the name of our Savior?
· Obedient to revelation we call our selves our self The Church Of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
· The name is a descriptive of our purpose
· The Church of Jesus Christ….
· 3 Nephi 27:8
· Ye should remember to retain His name in your heart always
· Mosiah 18:9
Choir I’ll go where you want me to go
President Thomas S. Monson
· Although the world has changed, the Laws of God have not
· The 10 Commandments are everyday…..
· They are NOT negotiable
· The commandments are a anchor that we can hold fast and not be swept away into uncharted waters
· There can come into our lives the spirit when we do not participate in the worldly things
· Be in the world but not of the world
· Laundry story
o $5
o Turn to prayer
o Communicate with your Father in Heaven
· Frankfurt Germany Temple Dedication story
o Importance of being worth to receive inspiration and follow it
o Inspiration is important to get through the pitfalls of life.
· Stand in holy places and be not moved
Choir: I Believe in Christ
2pm October 2, 2011
Song:
Conducting: President Henry B. Eyring
Choir: MoTab
Song:
Prayer:
Song: I feel my saviors love
Russell M. Nelson
· The abrahamic covenant will be fulfilled in the last days
· We receive the blessings of the covenant if we keep the commandments
· Those who receive the father receive all that he has
· Ours is the responsibility to …
· This is the time of the promised gathering of Israel
· The lord is counting on us and our sons and is grateful for the daughters that serve
· The Lord has not forgotten
· they keep the covenant when they…
· the greatest compliment is to be called a covenant keeper
· we will be blessed now and forever
Dallin H. Oaks
· God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son…..
· If ye know me ye know the father
· We return to the father if we do his will
· Jesus showed us how to do the work of the Father
· The Father guides us by the light and by the commandments
· D&C 127:7
· Matthew 16:19
· 3 Nephi 11:29
· Focus on God not the world
· Give nourishment to eternal life
· “behold the lamb of God who taketh away the sins of the world.”
· Examine ourselves and are we in the faith
· There is no middle ground.
· Keep the commandments
· Honor his name
· Seek not the things of the world
· He will reveal them to you.
· The way is desire and obedience
· Seek and ye shall find, knock and
· If you do his will you shall know if I speak of myself or speak of God
Matthew O. Richardson
· A key to be a REAL member is to teach in a way that does not restrict learning
· The Spirit is the only REAL teacher
· All parents, leaders and such need to best BY THE SPIRIT rather then in front or behind the spirit
· Diligent effort to hike after the manner of my hike
· Such is the case in the manner of teaching
1. The Holy Ghost teaches individuals in a personal way
i. Isaiah 28:10
2. The Holy Ghost teaches by inviting, prompting, and…to act
i. Learn, feel, and act
· Teachers helps learners understand the gospel
· PLEASE DO NOT BECOME DISCOUAGED
· One step at a time
· You can parent, teach, and lead after the manner of the spirit
· And lives will change
· Invite you to align the matter of all you do after the manner of the Spirit
· We must we REAL parents, leaders, and teachers
Choir and congregation: now let us rejoice
Kazuhiko Yamashita
· How beautiful are the feet of them that publisheth good tidings
· Become a missionary long before you are a missionary
· Three things to take on a mission:
o 1. A desire to preach the gospel
§ Go quickly
o 2. Strengthen testimony
o 3. Love others
Randall K. Bennett
· Be grateful for the rescue
· Gift of choice
· Decisions determine destiny-Monson
· You know there would be struggles
· 2 Nephi 2:27
· Are you choosing eternal life?
· Choose to follow the savior and get eternal life OR choose the worldliness and be eternally separated from God.
· The prophets are always inviting, teaching, reminding, etc us to stay close to God.
· We all face adversity, mistakes, etc
· Repentance is one of the correct choices
· Am I seeking divine direction through daily scripture study and prayer?
· Am I choosing to follow the counsel of living prophets?
· Am I consistently reaching out to assist?
· Not of chance but of CHOICE.
J. Devn Cornish
· If its important to us then its important to Him
· Your Heavenly Father wants to bless and help you. He doesn’t want to mess with your agency and so we MUST ask for his help for me to help us.
· BD-prayer= prayer is the time when the will of the Father and the will of the child are one.
· D&C 64:9-11
· Must not just say our prayers you must live it as well
o Like saying
· Prayer is the provider of spiritual peace…speak to him and…-Monson
Quentin L. Cook
· Why does a just God allow bad things to good people?
· 1. Father in heaven who knows us and……
· 2. Jesus Christ is our savior and redeemer
· 3. Plan of happiness includes eternal life as well.
· Don’t look at the world with the mortal lens
· Don’t look through this life with a mortal lens.
· Be appreciative for what you have and what you have avoided.
· Be grateful for all you have
· Extremely important to have spirit of gratitude
· Have the spirit in your life.
· Adverse reverse ….does not prove that you have no faith
· Some stuff happens due to others agency
· Some changes come due to personal choices
· Many trials and adversity can be avoided by obedience to the commandments
· The saviors atonement is life boat for EVERYONE.
· Hymn- can jesus listening can hear, the songs I cannot sing!
· Psalms 46:10
President Thomas S. Monson
· Most inspiring conference
· Felt the spirit in abundance
· Testimonies of this divine work strengthened
· I acknowledge the Lord’s hand in….
· Express gratitude….
· Seek Him through prayer.
· It provides answers through revelation
· Gives meaning and purpose to life
· You are Gods hands here on earth.
· Each is important in furthering the work of the Lord.
· Show increased kindness
· Do God’s will and ….
· Pray for you
· We are one with you with moving this marvelous work
· As we all in this together.
· May god give us the strength and …….
· Savior lives and guides and directs his church
· God the Father lives and loves us
· He loves us.
Choir: Lord we ask thee ere we part.
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