Hello again, everyone! As many of you may be aware, the Church News has a time-honored tradition of publishing summaries of each General Conference talk ASAP after they are given. Those summaries include tentative titles for each address which, if later corrected when the actual transcripts are made available a few days following each General Conference, are not too far off from the actual titles of those addresses. As a result of the publication of those summaries online, and due to the fact that the video version of each talk is now available online, I have taken the liberty, based on the length of each such address and the aforementioned tentative titles for each talk, to put together an early draft of what the table of contents for the November 2019
Ensign may wind up looking like.
How I crafted these estimates was approximately estimating that every four minutes of any given address would be the equivalent of roughly one page of content inj the
Ensign. Based on the resulting estimates, I have been able to configure what I hope wind up being slightly more accurate page estimates than I have offered in the possible table of content for previous General Conference editions of the
Ensign.
It is also worth mentioning that for most of these addresses, the estimates resulted in an average 3 pages for each talk. And I anticipate that, due to the fact that this latest General Conference saw quite a few more developments before and during that weekend, I am fully anticipating that the General Conference
Ensign this go-round will feature 144 pages of content. With that introduction out of the way, the mock-up of the potential table of contents follows below.
In order to not disturb the flow of that information, I will end here as I always do:
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Possible Table of Contents for the November 2019 Ensign (Text in parentheses denotes a correction.)
Session
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Page
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Title
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Speaker
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2
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Conference Summary for the 189th Semiannual General Conference
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4
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Highlights from the 189th Semiannual General Conference
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SAM
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6
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The Message, the Meaning, and the Multitude
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Elder Jeffrey R. Holland
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10
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True Disciples of the Savior
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Elder Terence M. Vinson
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13
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Be Faithful, Not Faithless
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Stephen W. Owen
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16
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The Joy of the Saints
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Elder D. Todd Christofferson
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20
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Spiritual Capacity
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Michelle D. Craig
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23
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Unwavering Commitment to Jesus Christ
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Elder Dale G. Renlund
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26
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Trust in the Lord
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President Dallin H. Oaks
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SAA
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30
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The Sustaining of Church Officers
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President Henry B. Eyring
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32
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Watchful Unto Prayer Continually
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Elder David A. Bednar
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36
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Found Through the Power of the Book of Mormon
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Elder Ruben V. Alliaud
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38
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Witnesses, Aaronic Priesthood, and Young Women Classes
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President Russell M. Nelson
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39
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Adjustments to Strengthen Children and Youth
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Elder Quentin L. Cook
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43
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Come Follow Me---the Lord’s Counter-Strategy and Proactive Plan
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Mark L. Pace
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45
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Consistent and Resilient Trust
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Elder L. Todd Budge
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48
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After the Trial of Our Faith
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Elder Jorge M. Alvarado
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50
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Standing by Our Promises and Covenants
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Elder Ronald A. Rasband
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GW
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54
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Thru Cloud and Sunshine, Lord, Abide with Me!
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Silvia H. Allred
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57
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Honoring His Name
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Lisa L. Harkness
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59
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Beloved Daughters
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Bonnie H. Cordon
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62
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Covenant Women in Partnership with God
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President Henry B. Eyring
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65
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Two Great Commandments
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President Dallin H. Oaks
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68
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Spiritual Treasures
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President Russell M. Nelson
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SUM
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77
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Covenant Belonging
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Elder Gerrit W. Gong
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81
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Finding Joy in Sharing the Gospel
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Cristina B. Franco
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84
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Your Great Adventure
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Elder Dieter F. Uchtdorf
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88
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The Savior’s Truth
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Elder Walter F. Gonzalez
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91
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Deceive Me Not
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Elder Gary E. Stevenson
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95
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The Second Great Commandment
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President Russell M. Nelson
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SUA
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100
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Holiness and the Plan of Happiness
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President Henry B. Eyring
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104
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Loving and Growing
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Elder Hans T. Boom
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106
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Giving Our Spirit Control Over Our Bodies
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President M. Russell Ballard
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110
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Power to Overcome the Adversary
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Elder Peter M. Johnson
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113
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Take Up Our Cross
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Elder Ulisses Soares
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117
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Fruit
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Elder Neil L. Andersen
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121
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Closing Remarks
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President Russell M. Nelson
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72
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List of General Authorities and General Officers of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
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125
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Conference Story Index
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127
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News of the Church
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135
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Come Follow Me--For Priesthood and Relief Society
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144
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Last page of Conference Ensign
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Page 2 and 4 would be 189th Semi-Annual General Conference, not 188th Annual.
ReplyDeletecoachodeeps, thank you for catching that. I figured out how it happened: The November 2018 and May 2019 Ensigns were shorter editions of 128 pages each. So since I anticipate this edition being 144 pages, as the May editions usually are, due to the number of new developments reported this go-round. So in order to craft the above mock-up for the potential layout of the upcoming edition, I copied and pasted, then made alterations specific to this conference, and the information you mentioned was the one part I failed to update accordingly. Thank you for advising me about that. I have fixed it.
DeleteLayton temple exterior rendering released.
ReplyDeletehttps://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/article/layton-utah-temple-rendering
Also this tweet from Pres Nelson:
Wendy and I—along with Elder
@ChristoffDTodd
and his wife, Katherine—are thrilled to have the opportunity to visit Vietnam, Cambodia, Singapore, and Indonesia in mid-November.
coachodeeps, I saw both of those press releases from the Newsroom around an hour ago. It has been a busy day for developments, which have included also the report on how the president of Kiribati visited Church headquarters during this General COnference weekend.
DeleteAlso today, Acting President M. Russell Ballard of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles is observing his 91st birthday. I blogged about the other developments around half an hour ago, and will have the birthday tribute post to President Ballard shared later this afternoon. In the meantime, I anticipate that hopefully the Layton temple may have its' groundbreaking within the next six months or less, if all goes well, which would be a wonderful development. I think we are in very soon for a windfall of announced temple groundbreakings. Thanks again, coachodeeps, for taking time to comment.
The render of Layton is an excellent building, and I’m always glad to see more two spire temple designs. It looks like it will be a very large temple, almost as large as Provo City Center. President Nelson visiting Vietnam is very interesting. The Church received recognition there only a little over three years ago. It’s probably early for a temple there (though Singapore and Indonesia could receive one soon), but for the Saints there to have the opportunity to hear and meet the President of the Church so soon will be a tremendous blessing to many, I’m sure.
ReplyDeleteHello, Daniel! Thank you for taking time to comment. I will be intrigued to see how soon we may see a groundbreaking for that temple. As for its' size, the information I have found indicates that the Provo City Center Temple has an area of 85,084 square feet. And the Layton Utah Temple will have an area of 87,000 square feet. So in actuality, the Provo City Center Temple is just a bit smaller than the Layton Utah Temple will be.
DeleteI found it interesting that President Nelson is fitting in a third ministry tour for 2019. And the nations he will visit were last visited by President Hinckley in the late 1990s and early 2000s. President Nelson becomes only the second Church President to visit these nations. This work is truly moving at an accelerated pace, and President Nelson keeps reminding me of the Energizer bunny. I believe that all nations President Nelson will visit may have a temple announced some day. Vietnam may be more of a long-shot for now, but it often happens that a visit from a Church president, especially when such gatherings include friends of other faiths or no faith at all can cause a resulting surge of Church growth and strength following such visits. And I am hoping the visit may yield more information in November about the location and potential design for the Phnom Pehn Cambodia Temple. It will be interesting to see, and I will be sure to cover all such developments here. In the meantime, thank you, Daniel, for taking time to comment.