Showing posts with label General Conference. Show all posts
Showing posts with label General Conference. Show all posts
Friday, March 30, 2012
Thursday, March 29, 2012
General Conference - President Eyring
Don't Forget to watch General Conference everyone!!
This Weekend a Prophet of God will speak to the World.
Monday, March 26, 2012
The 182nd Annual General Conference is this Week
So....for those of you who don't know it is time for the 182nd Annual General Conference of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Messages will be given by the First Presidency, members of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, and other General Authorities and General Officers of the Church.
General sessions will be held on Saturday at 11:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m., followed by the priesthood session at 7:00 p.m. Central time. Two more general sessions will be held on Sunday at 10:30 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. Central time; the morning session includes the Mormon Tabernacle Choir’s broadcast of Music and the Spoken Word.
Anyone can watch conference in local church meetinghouses, or in their homes.
For viewing conference at a local meetinghouse, check with local church leaders on availability of the broadcast by Satellite or Internet feed.
Live broadcasts will be available at the following locations:
Visit http://www.bonneville.info/ for broadcast information or check local listings.
The opportunity to listen to a Prophet of God doesn't happen very often.
Everyone is invited to listen as Apostles of the Lord speak and teach.
Messages will be given by the First Presidency, members of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, and other General Authorities and General Officers of the Church.
General sessions will be held on Saturday at 11:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m., followed by the priesthood session at 7:00 p.m. Central time. Two more general sessions will be held on Sunday at 10:30 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. Central time; the morning session includes the Mormon Tabernacle Choir’s broadcast of Music and the Spoken Word.
Anyone can watch conference in local church meetinghouses, or in their homes.
For viewing conference at a local meetinghouse, check with local church leaders on availability of the broadcast by Satellite or Internet feed.
Live broadcasts will be available at the following locations:
- Conference.lds.org: video and audio in multiple languages
- Mormonchannel.org and Mormon Channel mobile apps: video and audio in English only
- BYU.tv: video and audio in multiple languages
- Facebook.com/LDS: video in English only (Choose “General Conference” from the left menu.)
Visit http://www.bonneville.info/ for broadcast information or check local listings.
The opportunity to listen to a Prophet of God doesn't happen very often.
Everyone is invited to listen as Apostles of the Lord speak and teach.
Wednesday, March 21, 2012
Lamps and Lightbulbs
So this one time I was trying to explain how priesthood Authority works, and why it is important. I came up with my own story, and it goes something like this.
Once upon a time there was a Lamp. That Lamp was the Gospel. Then Christ came to teach the Gospel, perform the Atonement, and establish His church. The church Christ established is like a LampShade, it holds all the 'Light and Knowledge' of the Gospel.
However, after the Resurrection of Jesus Christ the church was persecuted, and the Apostles who received Priesthood Authority were killed. This means that the Lamp was broken, because no one had the Authority to direct Christ's Church.
Less than 500 years later there were a small number of churches that had pieces of the broken Lamp. People knew that something had been lost and they tried as best they could to reform the Lamp. Roughly 1000 years later there were many churches, or many Lamps, that all claimed to be the "True Lamp". That they each had part of that Lamp it is true, but none were the Lamp of the Gospel as it was supposed to be.
But even if the Lamp came close, the Lightbulb of Authority was still missing. You see Christ is the 'Light of the world', and so even if you have all the components of a functioning Lamp only when He puts in the Lightbulb does that church give Light.
In 1820 Joseph Smith asked God in prayer, which church to join. Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ appeared to him and called him to be a new Prophet to restore His church to the Earth, exactly as it was when Christ was on the Earth.
The same Lamp of the Gospel, with the same church organization or LampShade, was once again found on the Earth. God gave the Authority of the Priesthood to Joseph Smith, who ordained others, and the Priesthood has never again left the Earth.
Once upon a time there was a Lamp. That Lamp was the Gospel. Then Christ came to teach the Gospel, perform the Atonement, and establish His church. The church Christ established is like a LampShade, it holds all the 'Light and Knowledge' of the Gospel.
However, after the Resurrection of Jesus Christ the church was persecuted, and the Apostles who received Priesthood Authority were killed. This means that the Lamp was broken, because no one had the Authority to direct Christ's Church.
Less than 500 years later there were a small number of churches that had pieces of the broken Lamp. People knew that something had been lost and they tried as best they could to reform the Lamp. Roughly 1000 years later there were many churches, or many Lamps, that all claimed to be the "True Lamp". That they each had part of that Lamp it is true, but none were the Lamp of the Gospel as it was supposed to be.
Now we have a world where we can choose from many churches, almost like going to the store to buy a Lamp, there are planty of options. Some Lamps are tall and flexible, some are short and round, others may be there more for looks than for light.
But even if the Lamp came close, the Lightbulb of Authority was still missing. You see Christ is the 'Light of the world', and so even if you have all the components of a functioning Lamp only when He puts in the Lightbulb does that church give Light.
The same Lamp of the Gospel, with the same church organization or LampShade, was once again found on the Earth. God gave the Authority of the Priesthood to Joseph Smith, who ordained others, and the Priesthood has never again left the Earth.
Tuesday, March 20, 2012
Elder Dallin H. Oaks: "Love and law"
General Conference is coming up on the 31st of March and the 1st of April.
Here is a previous Conference Talk from Elder Oaks.
Friday, March 16, 2012
182nd Annual General Conference
So....for those of you who don't know it is time for the 182nd Annual General Conference of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Messages will be given by the First Presidency, members of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, and other General Authorities and General Officers of the Church.
General sessions will be held on Saturday at 11:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m., followed by the priesthood session at 7:00 p.m. Central time. Two more general sessions will be held on Sunday at 10:30 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. Central time; the morning session includes the Mormon Tabernacle Choir’s broadcast of Music and the Spoken Word.
Anyone can watch conference in local church meetinghouses, or in their homes.
For viewing conference at a local meetinghouse, check with local church leaders on availability of the broadcast by Satellite or Internet feed.
Live broadcasts will be available at the following locations:
Visit http://www.bonneville.info/ for broadcast information or check local listings.
The opportunity to listen to a Prophet of God doesn't happen very often.
Everyone is invited to listen as Apostles of the Lord speak and teach.
Messages will be given by the First Presidency, members of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, and other General Authorities and General Officers of the Church.
General sessions will be held on Saturday at 11:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m., followed by the priesthood session at 7:00 p.m. Central time. Two more general sessions will be held on Sunday at 10:30 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. Central time; the morning session includes the Mormon Tabernacle Choir’s broadcast of Music and the Spoken Word.
Anyone can watch conference in local church meetinghouses, or in their homes.
For viewing conference at a local meetinghouse, check with local church leaders on availability of the broadcast by Satellite or Internet feed.
Live broadcasts will be available at the following locations:
- Conference.lds.org: video and audio in multiple languages
- Mormonchannel.org and Mormon Channel mobile apps: video and audio in English only
- BYU.tv: video and audio in multiple languages
- Facebook.com/LDS: video in English only (Choose “General Conference” from the left menu.)
Visit http://www.bonneville.info/ for broadcast information or check local listings.
The opportunity to listen to a Prophet of God doesn't happen very often.
Everyone is invited to listen as Apostles of the Lord speak and teach.
Friday, September 23, 2011
General Confernce October 2011
So....for those of you who don't know it is time for the 181st Semiannual General Conferenceof the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Messages will be given by the First Presidency, members of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, and other General Authorities and general officers of the Church.
General sessions will be held on Saturday at 10:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m., followed by the priesthood session at 6:00 p.m. mountain daylight time. Two more general sessions will be held on Sunday at 9:30 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. mountain daylight time; the morning session includes the Mormon Tabernacle Choir’s broadcast of Music and the Spoken Word.
Anyone can watch conference in church meetinghouses or in their homes.
For viewing conference at local meetinghouses, check with local leaders on availability of the broadcast by satellite or Internet feed.
Live broadcasts will be available at the following locations:
The opportunity to listen to a Prophet of God doesn't happen very often. Everyone is invited to listen as Apostles of the Lord speak and teach.
Messages will be given by the First Presidency, members of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, and other General Authorities and general officers of the Church.
General sessions will be held on Saturday at 10:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m., followed by the priesthood session at 6:00 p.m. mountain daylight time. Two more general sessions will be held on Sunday at 9:30 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. mountain daylight time; the morning session includes the Mormon Tabernacle Choir’s broadcast of Music and the Spoken Word.
Anyone can watch conference in church meetinghouses or in their homes.
For viewing conference at local meetinghouses, check with local leaders on availability of the broadcast by satellite or Internet feed.
Live broadcasts will be available at the following locations:
- Conference.lds.org: video and audio in multiple languages
- Mormonchannel.org and Mormon Channel mobile apps: video and audio in English only
- BYU.tv: video and audio in multiple languages
- Facebook.com/LDS: video in English only (Choose “General Conference” from the left menu.)
- Roku Channel: video only in multiple languages (Search for general conference under the “Spiritual” category.)
The opportunity to listen to a Prophet of God doesn't happen very often. Everyone is invited to listen as Apostles of the Lord speak and teach.
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
Learn From Trials, Then Act Upon Your Knowledge
"I love the musical and motion picture Fiddler on the Roof. There a wonderful Jewish father sings “If I Were a Rich Man.” His memorable prayer concludes with this pleading question:
Lord, who made the lion and the lamb,
You decreed I should be what I am;
Would it spoil some vast eternal plan,
If I were a wealthy man?
Yes, Tevye, it might. Let us give thanks for what we are and for the circumstances God has given us for our personal journey through mortality." --Elder Dallin H. Oaks, Ensign May 2003, Give Thanks in All Things
I found this talk from the April General Conference in 2003 to be rather interesting. I also quite enjoy this movie quite a bit. But as Elder Oaks said, we must be grateful for the situations we find ourselves in. Sometimes this can be rather difficult, but as long as we do our best to deal prudently with what we are given we will be able to see the lessons the Lord intends for us to learn from those situations.
If everything was easy, nothing would be difficult. We learn from struggle, when we want to gain more muscle or strength we don't sit around and play video games all day. Instead we get up and go do something. We lift weights, go for a walk, go jogging, go on a hike with friends, go outside and play tag, go play rugby or frisbee. All of these options require GOing and DOing something. If you are in a race and want to make any sort of progress towards the finish line, you must first GO forward. If we sit back and are not actively looking for ways to do better, than we will indeed not do better.
From this we know that in order to gain spiritual strength, we must exercise our spiritual muscles. We can GO to church, DO some scripture study, Pray to our Father in Heaven, watch video clips from General Conference. There are many ways in which we can grow closer to our Heavenly Father and His son Jesus Christ. But each of them require that we DO something. We must choose to learn of them and then follow their teachings. Once we know what we need to do it is time to GO and DO it.
"And it came to pass that I, Nephi, said unto my father:
I will go and do the things which the Lord hath commanded,
for I know that the Lord giveth no commandments
unto the children of men,
save he shall prepare a way for them
that they may accomplish the thing
which he commandeth them."
-- 1 Nephi 3:7
Friday, April 01, 2011
It's the 1st Day of School . . . Sort of.
It's the 1st day of school, it's the 1st day of school. C'mon dad wake up we're gonna be late!! (Finding Nemo) Well I think we have all had those days, when we just feel the tense suspense in the air. Like the night before General Conference. Tomorrow we get to hear the words of God's living prophet, just like in the days of Noah, Abraham, and Moses. I know that we will be taught well, and if we truly want to learn we will come away refreshed and strengthened.
You can watch or listen to the 181st Annual General Conference of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints by:
Going to this web page = http://lds.org/general-conference/watch?lang=eng
Using this web page for language translation = http://lds.org/general-conference/live/listen?lang=eng
Go through the Mormon Chanell on Facebook = http://www.facebook.com/?ref=logo#!/mormonchannel
At home on BYUTV or at a local Mormon Meetinghouse near you, Find one at http://mormon.org/meetinghouse/.
Saturday Morning session starts at 11:00 AM and goes until 1:00 PM
Saturday Afternoon session starts at 3:00 PM and goes until 5:00 PM
Saturday Priesthood session (men only, we need more help sometimes) 7:00 PM until 9:00 PM
Sunday Morning session starts at 11:00 AM until 1:00 PM
Sunday Afternoon session starts at 3:00 PM until 5:00 PM
ALL TIMES ARE BASED ON CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME (USA)
Check it out.....and you can access a print out after the Conference at http://lds.org/ :)
You can watch or listen to the 181st Annual General Conference of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints by:
Going to this web page = http://lds.org/general-conference/watch?lang=eng
Using this web page for language translation = http://lds.org/general-conference/live/listen?lang=eng
Go through the Mormon Chanell on Facebook = http://www.facebook.com/?ref=logo#!/mormonchannel
At home on BYUTV or at a local Mormon Meetinghouse near you, Find one at http://mormon.org/meetinghouse/.
Saturday Morning session starts at 11:00 AM and goes until 1:00 PM
Saturday Afternoon session starts at 3:00 PM and goes until 5:00 PM
Saturday Priesthood session (men only, we need more help sometimes) 7:00 PM until 9:00 PM
Sunday Morning session starts at 11:00 AM until 1:00 PM
Sunday Afternoon session starts at 3:00 PM until 5:00 PM
ALL TIMES ARE BASED ON CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME (USA)
Check it out.....and you can access a print out after the Conference at http://lds.org/ :)
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