Hello again, everyone! In my efforts to be more effective in reporting the events of this General Conference weekend, I wanted to pass along my report on the Saturday Morning Session. Prayers were offered by Elder Larry R. Lawrence, who, if I am correct, will be granted emeritus status during this General Conference, and Elder Massimo De Feo, whom I had predicted would speak in the morning session.
President Eyring conducted, as anticipated, and he acknowledged President Monson was watching from home. President Uchtdorf was the first speaker, giving a brief update on how President Monson was doing, then giving a wonderful address, as he always does. Following his remarks, we heard from Sister Bonnie L. Oscarson, who, if I am correct, will be released as Young Women General President next April. I am not sure what that means in terms of whether or not we will hear from 2 of our female auxiliary leaders, but I am sure we will find out.
Elder Oaks, whom I had predicted would be the last apostle to speak during this General Conference, was the first one. Then we heard from Elder John C. Pingree Jr., who was sustained last April as a new General Authority Seventy. The session concluded with addresses from two other members of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, Elder D. Todd Christofferson and Elder Jeffrey R. Holland. As always, Elder Hollland's remarks had a profound effect on me.
The fact that we had three members of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles speak during the Saturday Morning Session caught me somewhat off guard. We have typically had 2 members of that Quorum speak in the Saturday Morning Session, four during Saturday Afternoon, 1 during the Priesthood Session, 2 on Sunday Morning, and the final 3 during the Sunday Afternoon Session. With Elder Hales not being in attendance and therefore not speaking during this conference, we will hear from just the other 11 members of that Quorum, although, as noted in an earlier post on this blog, I anticipate that President Nelson may be asked to give a second address.
One thing was certain: even though I could not have anticipated how different this session of conference turned out to be, I felt the inspiration of the spirit of the Lord in every part of those proceedings. If the first session is any indication, we are going to be seeing a lot of unique and different things about this conference, and it will all be as wonderful as any previous General Conference has been, if not more so.
That does it for this General Conference update. I will be back again at some point after the Saturday Afternoon Session, though I may post in the middle of the session about those changes that will be announced in general Church leadership. Any comments are welcome and appreciated.
For now, thank you for the privilege of your time, and may the Lord bless you all in all that you do.
Saturday, September 30, 2017
General Conference Update: How my predictions for the Saturday Morning Session panned out
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