What's this?
“Simply put, _________ takes self-discipline. It is not a casual endeavor, and it doesn’t happen by accident.”
What is discipleship?
What was Elder Rasband's talk about?
What is The Divine Origin of The Family: A Proclamation to the World?
“The proclamation has a divine origin, so we must treat it with the reverence deserving words from God.”
Tell the story of 100-year-old Orville Rogers. What lesson did you learn?
He ran a 1500m race and was slow in comparison to the younger people, but he actually broke 5 world records. We are judged by our degree of difficulty.
“To each leper, blind man and adulterous woman; to the lame, the deaf and the dumb; to every grieving mother, desperate father, and mourning widow; to the condemned, the shamed and the suffering; to the dead in body and the dead in spirit, what He did was offer a new beginning.”
Patrick Kearon
0
"To be a _________ is not to be weak-but to be strong in a way the world may not understand."
What is a peacemaker?
What was Elder Gong's talk about?
What is no one sits alone? “In His restored Church, we are all better when no one sits alone. Let us not simply accommodate or tolerate. Let us genuinely welcome, acknowledge, minister to, love. May each friend, sister, brother not be a foreigner or stranger but a child at home.”
What was Elder Cuvelier's name in his sons phone? By what name are we called?
Not mother, Christ's
“I love President Russell M. Nelson and have learned more about the gospel and gospel leadership from my long friendship and association with him than from any other leader I have personally known."
President Dallin H. Oaks
What is the secret seasoning to a good Cajun meal? What does he call God's recipe in the scriptures?
Tony's. The Good News Recipe.
“________ _____ can become a child’s first spiritual language because their simple, memorable melodies give voice to gospel truths.”
What are primary songs?
What did Elder Stevenson talk about?
What is peacemaking? “Peacemaking requires courage and compromise but does not require sacrifice of principle. Peacemaking is to lead with an open heart, not a closed mind. It is to approach one another with extended hands, not clenched fists."
Elder Jaggi told a story about visiting a chaplain and asking him about what he used for other churches. He talked about using a cross for Protestant and Catholic services and a Star of David for Jewish services. What was used for members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints? What do you learn from this?
What is an altar?
"Cultivating temperance is a meaningful way to protect our souls against the subtle yet constant spiritual erosion caused by worldly influences that can weaken our foundation in Jesus Christ."
Ulisses Soares
President Oaks said that this was the first time in _______ years that a President of the church had died this close to general conference.
75 years (anywhere between 70 and 80 is close enough)
"We are a ______ Church."
What is a family?
What did Elder Eyring talk about?
What is God proving us? “The Lord proves us ... to strengthen us. That proving does not come in moments of ease or comfort. It comes in moments when we feel stretched beyond what we thought we could bear. The Lord teaches that we are to continue to grow and never tire in our efforts, that we never give up, that we keep trying."
What was the story of President Oaks finding out his dad died? What was the point of the story?
Grandpa told him that he would be his father. Circumstances will dictate what each individual family looks like, but we should do all we can to support our families.
"There were no complaints. Only smiling faces and grateful hearts."
Carlos A. Godoy
According to Elder Quentin L. Cook, how many new members have joined the church in the last 36 months? Why is this exciting?
900,000
“______ in Jesus Christ is a gift, but receiving it is a conscious choice that requires a commitment of all our ‘might, mind and strength.’ It is a practice of every day, every hour."
What is faith?
What are the activities that President Oaks mentioned in his talk that we should be doing with our families? What did you feel inspired to do after listening to his talk?
Gardening, camping, sports.
What was Elder Uchtdorf's story about flying? What lesson was he teaching?
Doing a flight simulator after many years of not flying. We need to continue to learn and study the gospel or we will forget the things that we know.
"If we remain faithful in our service, the Lord will refine us. He will strengthen us. And one day, we will look back and see that those very trials were evidence of His love. We will see that He was shaping us to be able to stand with Him in glory."
Henry B Eyring
Who conducted the sessions that has not been in the first presidency?
Elder Bednar, Elder Stevenson, Elder Cook