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Wednesday, April 7, 2021

Documnts Relating to the April 2021 General Conference

Hello again, everyone! I am still working on scoring my General Conference predictions before I share those results here, and I anticipate that within the next week or two (if not sooner), we will see the Church announce the area leadership assignments that will go into effect on August 1. So I am in the process of preparing a document to show the most likely changes I believe will be announced in area assignments. In the interim, with the transcripts from General Conference addresses now available, I was able to gather some information and make some updates to information I have previously provided. So I will share those updates in this post.

First up, we have the customary document showing the length of each talk given by each of the 15 apostles who spoke to us this weekend. I've also updated the total number of talks given by each apostle, along with the relevant grand totals thereof.

And although it might be a little early to consider this, I also had time to put together a document showing what I believe the table of contents for the May 2021 Liahona may look like. I'd just add that, with the release of the three new global magazines that began this year, the new magazines have been shorter than their previous counterparts, but I don't believe that will apply to the General Conference edition. And with the Church no longer reading either the Statistical Report or the list of newly-sustained area seventies over the pulpit, there will need to be more room in the magazine for that content.

I will publish the results of my General Conference predictions once I have those analyzed, and will also provide my thoughts on area leadership changes, both in advance of and following the offical release of those changes as soon as I can make that happen. I also continue to monitor all Church news and templ developments and will pass word of htose along to you all as I become aware of them.

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4 comments:

  1. James G. StokesApril 7, 2021 at 8:58 PM

    Hello again, everyone! I somehow didn't realize that I wasn't posting my latest comments on this post. You can find my most recent Church news and temple developmnt updates in the following comment of the previous post:

    https://stokessoundsoff.blogspot.com/2021/04/breaking-news-general-conference-talk.html?showComment=1617823378210#c6486320249571014236

    My thanks once again to you all.

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  2. James G. StokesApril 8, 2021 at 12:17 PM

    Hello again, everyone! The Church News has provided 2 additional updates today:

    https://www.thechurchnews.com/leaders-and-ministry/2021-04-08/elder-holland-reverand-teal-byu-light-truth-209900

    https://www.thechurchnews.com/living-faith/2021-04-08/healing-racism-byu-devotional-prejudice-racial-injustice-210011

    My thanks once again to you all.

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    1. James G. StokesApril 8, 2021 at 1:14 PM

      A new Church News video features Elder Quentin L. Cook of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles testifying of the role personal revelation has had in his life and how divinely-inspired revelation given through Church President Russell M. Nelson right from the start of his prophetic administration enabled the Church to be prepared for the last year in which normal worship opportunities in meetinghouses and temples have been disrupted by COVID-19:

      https://www.thechurchnews.com/leaders-and-ministry/2021-04-08/elder-cook-revelation-to-guide-the-church-covid-19-sacred-things-210054

      My thanks once again to you all.

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    2. James G. StokesApril 8, 2021 at 6:49 PM

      The following additional Church resources have been published:

      https://www.thechurchnews.com/leaders-and-ministry/2021-04-08/noble-youth-young-women-general-presidency-207737

      https://www.thechurchnews.com/leaders-and-ministry/2021-04-08/bicentennial-proclamation-restoration-one-year-president-nelson-210076

      And this update was shared by both the Church News and the Newsroom:

      https://www.thechurchnews.com/leaders-and-ministry/2021-04-08/utah-area-presidency-leaders-person-church-meetings-covid-19-210099

      https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/article/utah-area-covid-19-udpate-november-2020

      My thanks once again to you all.

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