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Sunday, April 21, 2019

My Projections for the May 2019 Enisign Table of Contets

Hello again, everyone, and Happy Easter Sunday. While I have no desire to detract from what should rightfully be our focus on this sacred and significant day, at the same time, I anticipate that the Church will make the PDF version of the May 2019 Enisign available within the next several days. And with that in mind, I have once again put together my projections for the likely layout of that magazine.

For those who are not familiar with what I do in that respect, one tradition I have always followed after each General Conference is to put together some preliminary estimated page numbers for each talk given or news item shared during General Conference. I base those estimates on past precedent, and also on the lengths of various talks. It has been traditional for most talks given by the First Presidency to fill roughly 4 pages (with the exception of the Sustaining of CHurch Officers and the opening and closing addresses given by the Church President), while the talks given by the apostles take up 3-4 pages, and all other General Authorities or General Officers of the Church usually give remarks that fill 2-3 pages.

Also, given that the Church has, for the most part, stopped including a regular "News of the Church" section at the end of each month's issue, the May and November issues feature promiment mentions of any Church news leading up to, during, and directly after General Conference. Since President Nelson has done each of the 3 General Conferences over which he has presided thus far slightly differently than what has typically been the pattern for most of the General Conferences since the mid-2000s or so, that has made putting this together that much more challenging.

But I welcomed the opportunity to put this together, and hope that many of you will find it interesting. I anticipate that within the next week or less, the full version of the actual May 2019 General Conference Ensign will be made available. Whenever that occurs, I will be posting about how the actual table of contents compared to what I put together. In order to not disturb the flow of that information, I will end here and now as I always do:

That does it for this post. Any and all comments are, as always, welcome and appreciated, on any post at any time, as long as such comments are made in accordance with the established guidelines. Thank you for the privilege of your time. If you enjoyed what you read here and would like to stay informed of newly-added content, please feel free to subscribe. Until my next post (which should, barring anything unexpected, be an Easter Sunday message that I anticipate publishing within the next 12-16 hours), I wish each one of you all the best and pray that the Lord will bless you all in everything you do.

Possible Table of Contents for the May 2019 Ensign
Session
Page
Title
Speaker

2
Conference Summary for the 188th Annual General Conference


4
Highlights from the 188th Annual General Conference

SAM
6
How Can I Understand?
Elder Ulisses Soares

10
Careful vs. Casual
Becky Craven

13
Answers to Prayer
Elder Brook P. Hales

16
Missionary Work: Sharing What Is in Your Heart
Elder Dieter F. Uchtdorf

21
Just as He Did
Bishop W. Christopher Waddell

24
A Home Where the Spirit of the Lord Dwells
President Henry B. Eyring
SAA
28
The Sustaining of Church Officers
President Dallin H. Oaks

29
Church Auditing Department Report, 2017
Kevin R. Jergensen

30
The True, Pure, and Simple Gospel of Jesus Christ
President M. Russell Ballard

34
Seeking Knowledge by the Spirit
Elder Mathias Held

37
The Eye of Faith
Elder Neil L. Andersen

41
Feasting upon the Words of Christ
Elder Takashi Wada

43
Hearing His Voice
Elder David P. Homer

46
Behold the Lamb of God
Elder Jeffrey R. Holland
SPH
50
Your Priesthood Playbook
Elder Gary E. Stevenson

54
The Quorum: A Place of Belonging
Elder Carl B. Cook

57
Look unto Jesus Christ
Elder Kim B. Clark

60
The Power of Sustaining Faith
President Henry B. Eyring

64
Where Will This Lead?
President Dallin H. Oaks

68
Ministering with the Power and Authority of God
President Russell M. Nelson
SUM
75
Abound with Blessings
Elder Dale G. Renlund

79
Christ, The Light That Shines in Darkness
Sharon Eubank

82
Great Love for Our Father’s Children
Elder Quentin L. Cook          

86
Preparing for the Lord’s Return
Elder D. Todd Christofferson

90
The Atonement of Jesus Christ
Tad R. Callister

93
Come, Follow Me
President Russell M. Nelson
SUA
97
Cleansed by Repentance
President Dallin H. Oaks

101
Exercising Our Spiritual Muscles
Elder Juan Pablo Villar

104
Good Shepherd, Lamb of God
Elder Gerrit W. Gong

107
Prepared to Obtain Every Needful Thing
Elder David A. Bednar

111
The Immediate Goodness of God
Elder Kyle S. McKay

114
Build a Fortress of Spirituality and Protection
Elder Ronald A. Rasband

118
Closing Remarks
President Russell M. Nelson





72
General Authorities and General Officers of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints


119
Statistical Report


120
Conference Story Index


121
News of the Church, including new leader biographies, temple updates, scripture translations, etc.)


137
Come Follow Me—For Elders’ Quorum and Relief Society


144
Last Page of Conference Ensign







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