Hello, all! Hope you are well. The Church News website has provided other summaries of addresses given during the Seminar for New Mission Presidents. Among those things that have been noted is that, at the request of the First Presidency, Elder Oaks, who is the second most senior apostle in the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles and the third in seniority of the 15 apostles, gave two addresses during the Seminar, including one to open it and one to close it. So, it appears that senior apostles will be called upon more often to take on some responsibilities that are usually filled by the prophet or the other members of the First Presidency. There is, as has been noted, precedence for this to happen during the ailing health of Presidents Benson and Kimball. It makes a lot of sense that the First Presidency will be delegating more to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, especially the more senior ones.
I apologize for that long side note. Getting back to the subject of the Seminar, as I said, more summaries are now available on the Church News website. Unless other General Authorities participated but are just not listed on that summary (which is always possible, as some General Authority seventies have participated in such seminars in the past), then the only two which have not been featured in the Church News are the two given jointly by Elder Gary E. Stevenson (and his wife Lesa) and that of the female auxiliary presidents: Sisters Jean B. Bingham (Relief Society), Bonnie L. Oscarson (Young Women), and Joy D. Jones (Primary).
As with everything else, I am keeping my eye out for information and will pass that along as I receive it. For now, click here to read any of the summaries. Thanks for the privilege of your time. Any comments are welcome.
Monday, July 3, 2017
Update on Seminar for New Mission Presidents
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Thank you for this link. I really appreciate it.
ReplyDeleteThank you for stopping by to read and comment, Marilyn! I appreciate hearing from you. My wife's mom's name was Marilyn, and I never had a chance to meet her (as she passed away about five months before my wife and I started dating). I imagine that you came to this blog post after seeing one of the links to it that I posted on the comment thread of the LDS Growth Blog. I hope you enjoyed what you read and that you might consider becoming a regular reader. At a time when I have determined to make writing a career if I am able to do so, it means a lot to me to hear from someone new. If you did enjoy that, you might be interested in reading an article I submitted to the Church several years ago that was published in July 2015. I share a link to it in the hopes that it will help you understand more about who I am and why I blog about Church-related news. Enjoy, and thanks again for stopping by.
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