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4. What was your personal highlight or
takeaway from General Conference?

7. ‚When I was a young wife
and mother, my husband
spent two years in the air
force. We lived in military
housing on Long Island,
New York. While tending
our young children, I often
visited with neighbors who
had come from all over the
country. One day as a
neighbor and I were talking
about our beliefs, she
became curious about what
was different about the
Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter-day Saints…‛

8. ‚I told her briefly about the
Restoration, and I explaining
that the restored Church of
Jesus Christ has a living
prophet today. This really
seemed to pique her interest,
and she wanted to know
what the prophet had said.
As I started to tell her about
the Doctrine and Covenants
and modern revelation, she
said, ‘But what has he said
lately?’ I told her…‛
What would you tell her?

9. ‚I told her…about general conference and that
the Church had a monthly publication with a
message from the prophet. Then she got really
interested. I was so embarrassed to admit that
I hadn’t read the current message. She
concluded our conversation by saying,
‘You mean you have a living prophet and you
don’t know what he said?’‛
(Janette Hales Beckham, ‚Sustaining the Living Prophets, 1996)

10. Highlight clips

11. Standing for the Gospel

12. Example of Standing

13. How do we apply the words of Conference to
‚experimenting upon the word?‛
Alma 32
32:28
32:30
32:30-34
32:37
32: 41-42

14. ‚You don’t
speak to a
congregation,
you speak to an
assembly of
ones.‛
Elder Bednar

15. Highlight clips of
conference

16.  Download Conference to your
phone/iPod/iTunes
 Listening in your car, while getting ready
 Studying the scriptures from each talk
 Learning the background of General
Authorities
 LDS Podcasts (Mormon Conversations), Apps
 Make a 6 month Conference goal
 Study themes
 Ask and look for questions
Making 6 Months Count

17. President Monson
responding to revelation in
time (clip from bio)

18. The message does
not stop after the
speaker does.

19. How will you study
General Conference
these next 6 months?
Challenge:

20. ‚It is actually easier to
motivate someone to do
something difficult than
something easy. That truth
may seem counterintuitive,
but it shouldn’t. Our spirits
crave to progress, and if we
aren’t moving forward,
we’re not happy. The plan
of happiness is pro-
progression, thus the
desire to progress is
hardwired into
our divine DNA. Sheri Dew

21.  ‚General Conference Has Something for You‛ https://www.lds.org/prophets-and-apostles/unto-all-the-
world/general-conference-has-something-for-you-b?lang=eng
 ‚Blessings of General Conference‛ clip https://www.lds.org/prophets-and-apostles/unto-all-the-
world/general-conference-has-something-for-you-b?lang=eng
 ‚Cast Not Away Therefore Your Confidence‛ (Holland)http://speeches.byu.edu/?act=viewitem&id=795
 History of General Conference http://www.mormonnewsroom.org/article/general-conference-history
 ‚General Conference through the years is different, but the same‛
http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865577235/General-conference-through-the-years-is-different-but-
the-same.html?pg=all
 ‚The Greatest Miracle in History‛ (Hinckley) https://www.lds.org/general-conference/1994/04/the-
greatest-miracle-in-human-history?lang=eng
 ‚14 Fundamentals of Following a Prophet‛ (Benson) https://www.lds.org/liahona/1981/06/fourteen-
fundamentals-in-following-the-prophet?lang=eng
References:

22. ‚Even in the Church, many are
prone to garnish the sepulchers
of yesterdays prophets and
stone mentally the living ones.‚
President Kimball

23. ‚While on the train we can
see the world and some of our
own members outside
laughing and having a great
time. They taunt us and coax
us to get off. Some throw logs
and rocks on the tracks to try
and derail it. Other members
run alongside the tracks, and
while they may never go play
in the woods, they just can’t
seem to get on the train.
Others try to run ahead and
too often take the wrong
turn.‛
(Spiritual Revival, 1992)
Elder Glen L. Pace

24. ‚…in the
congregations will
I bless the Lord‛
Psalms 26:12

28. How does this compare to
General Conference?