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Friday, February 11, 2022

BREAKING NEWS: April General Conference Will Include a Women's Session

 Hello again, everyone! Breaking news was reported by the Church a short time ago. As confirmed by the Newsroom and the Church News, the April 2022 General Conference will include a Women's Session for all wmen and girls age 11 and older. This means that, before my revision to my General Conference predictions was complete, I will have to redo them again based on this new information. 

It appears there will be flexibility in the scheduling of the Saturday Evening Session. I assume that, in similarity to previous Women's Sessions, they will feature 3 female speakers and the entire First Presidency in reverse seniority order. This also means that no apostles are likely to speak during that session. 

So adjustments will need to be made to that part of my predictions.I also assume, until further evidence suggests otherwise, that the sWomen's Session will be conducted by one of the female General Presidents. I will be evaluating what that means for my predictions as well. This announcement supercedes any previous predictions I have provided.

The First Presidency's announcement today also notes that a limited number of tickets will be made available for each session. I assume the details on how many tickets that will be for each session are forthcoming. Given that part of the announcement, it will be interesting to see if the other sessions return to normal. There is also a possibility that one of the apostolic advisers to the General Officers could be called upon to speak.With that in mind, I will hopefully have revised predictions ready to go sooner rather than later. I will put in some work on those ASAP. Stay tuned for more on this as I figure that out.

In the meantime, that does it for now. 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, I wish each one of you all the best and pray that the Lord will bless you all in everything you do.

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  1. James G. StokesFebruary 12, 2022 at 1:17 PM

    Hello again, everyone! Yesterday, in view of the unexpected announcement about the Saturday Evening Women's Session, I was unable to share other Church news reports or temple construction updates. The Church News also confirmed yesterday that the Church is working towards official recognition in the Gambia, which we knew would be a process the Church might initiate soon:

    https://www.thechurchnews.com/global/2022-02-11/gambia-africa-church-members-religious-freedom-official-recognition-242729

    Also from the Africa West Area came a new report today, Latter-day Saint Charities has partnered with other charitable organizations to build new classrooms for a school in Nigeria:

    https://www.thechurchnews.com/global/2022-02-12/latter-day-saint-charities-basia-coafrica-new-school-nigeria-242625

    Church News staff writer Holly Richardson today explored how all things, including ice, denote there is a God:

    https://www.thechurchnews.com/living-faith/2022-02-12/holly-richardson-all-things-denote-there-is-a-god-even-ice-241854

    And yesterday, the latest edition of "This Week on Social" has been published:

    https://www.thechurchnews.com/living-faith/2022-02-11/church-leaders-social-media-elder-uchtdorf-president-oaks-elder-bednar-restoration-covenants-love-jesus-christ-242793

    Featured in this week's edition were posts from President Dallin H. Oaks, First Counselor in the First Presidency; the following members of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles: Elders Dieter F. Uchtdorf, David A. Bednar, D. Todd Christofferson, and Neil L. Andersen; and the following General Officers of the Church: Relief Society General President Jean B. Bingham; Young Women General President Bonnie H. Cordon and her First Counselor, Sister Michelle D. Craig; Sunday School General President Mark L. Pace.

    My thanks once again to you all.

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    1. James G. StokesFebruary 12, 2022 at 3:10 PM

      On this Saturday, the Church News has published the text of the new "Spoken Word" that will be given during tomorrow's hybrid broadcast (which will include previously-performed selections alongside the new message):

      https://www.thechurchnews.com/living-faith/2022-02-12/music-and-the-spoken-word-kindness-no-tinge-of-regret-242761

      My thanks once again to you all.

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    2. James G. StokesFebruary 13, 2022 at 3:48 PM

      On this Sabbath Day, the Church News has shared the following additional reports:

      https://www.thechurchnews.com/history-revisited/2022-02-13/early-homes-of-church-presidents-joseph-smith-brigham-young-vermont-john-taylor-england-241963

      https://www.thechurchnews.com/living-faith/2022-02-13/tucson-arizona-new-welfare-self-reliance-facility-deseret-industries-di-dedication-242831

      https://www.thechurchnews.com/members/2022-02-13/university-of-utah-student-healing-hands-for-haiti-fundraising-earthquake-236994

      https://www.thechurchnews.com/leaders-and-ministry/2022-02-13/week-in-review-april-2022-general-conference-womens-session-provo-utah-temple-50-years-242757

      https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/article/new-deseret-industries-dedicated-in-tucson-metro

      And here is one more report from the Newsroom:

      https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/article/new-deseret-industries-dedicated-in-tucson-metro

      My thanks once again to you all.

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  2. NancyFebruary 13, 2022 at 4:50 PM

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    1. James G. StokesFebruary 13, 2022 at 9:00 PM

      Nancy, I received word of your comment earlier this afternoon, but was unable to read it until this evening. Not sure why you deleted it. While it's true that a majority of the comments here are made by me, I welcome anyone else weighing in with whatever they'd like to share. Your deleted comment mentioned that the Women's Session news was very interesting to you. I agree. The last General Conference gave us a new format for the evening session wherein only one First Presidency member speaks. If the Church sticks to that, it will be President Oaks, unless I'm mistaken. And I am also predicting that two members of each of the 3 female=led organizations will be featured speakers in that session. The one thing I'm still researching is if a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles is likely to speak in that session as well. More to come on that when I post my revised predictions for the upcoming conference. But in the meantime, my thanks for your comment, and sorry to see you felt a need to delete it. Please feel free to weigh in here anytime you feel inclined to do so.

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