President Oaks 2020
The Melchizedek Priesthood and the Keys
The Melchizedek Priesthood and the Keys
These 4 priesthood callings also give that leader keys of that priesthood in a given Ward.
Bishop
Elders Quorum President
Teachers Quorum President
Deacons Quorum President
He was the 1st Bishop of the Garrisonville Ward.
Bishop Mathis
Elder D. Todd Christofferson was born in this location.
American Fork, Utah
And now behold, my brethren, since it has been all that we could do (as we were the most lost of all mankind) to repent of all our sins and the many murders which we have committed, and to get God to take them away from our hearts, for it was all we could do to repent sufficiently before God that he would take away our stain—
Alma 24:11
The Book of Mormon records that approximately 90 years before the birth of Christ,.
The sons of King Mosiah began what would be a 14-year mission to the Lamanites.
While we should not refer to ordained men as "the priesthood", it is appropriate to refer to them as this.
"Holders of the priesthood".
Number of Bishops that have served in the Garrisonville Ward since 1992.
8
D. Todd Christofferson served his mission in this country.
Argentina
For the natural man is an enemy to God, and has been from the fall of Adam, and will be, forever and ever, unless he yields to the enticings of the Holy Spirit, and putteth off the natural man and becometh a saint through the atonement of Christ the Lord, and becometh as a child, submissive, meek, humble, patient, full of love, willing to submit to all things which the Lord seeth fit to inflict upon him, even as a child doth submit to his father.
Mosiah 3:19
2 types of rebellion in Elder D. Todd Christofferson's October 2024 conference talk.
Active and Passive
The principle that priesthood authority can be exercised only under the direction of the one who holds the keys for that function is fundamental in the Church, but this does not apply in the...
Family
In 2023 and 2024, the Garrisonville Ward lead service efforts to clean this cemetary.
Quantico National Cemetery
D. Todd Christofferson earned his bachelors degree from this university and then earned his law degree from this other university.
BYU and Duke University
But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.
James 3:8
The more insidious form of rebellion against God,
Passive rebellion
Fathers who hold the Melchizedek Priesthood should exercise their authority...
“by persuasion, by long-suffering, by gentleness and meekness, and by love unfeigned”
In April 2023 the Elders Quorum organized a day for ward members to clean up this park.
Aquia Landing
From 1975 to 1980, Elder Christofferson practiced law in this city.
Washington D.C.
What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?
1 Corinthians 6:19
The Book of Mormon’s unholy trio of anti-Christs.
Sherem, Nehor, and Korihor
The Melchizedek Priesthood was ordained to _____ and ____ by Peter, James, and John.
Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery
In February of 2023, Garrisonville Ward and Rock Hill Ward had a combined game show activity from this time period.
1970s
Served as a law clerk to U.S. District Judge John J. Sirica during the trials and other proceedings for this famous scandel.
Watergate, 1972-1974
For they became a righteous people, they did lay down the weapons of their rebellion, that they did not fight against God any more, neither against any of their brethren.
Alma 23:7
In the end, burying our weapons of rebellion against God simply means...
Yielding to the enticing of the Holy Spirit, putting off the natural man, and becoming “a saint through the atonement of Christ the Lord.”