Lists Given
Story Told
Words of Wisdom
General Authorities
Scripture Masteries
100
Elder Gong said that remembering and forgetting are part of life. The word remember is found 400 times in the scriptures. He listed six ways we can remember the Savior. Name one.
1. We can always remember him by having confidence in covenants and assurances. 2. We can always remember him by grateful acknowledging His hand throughout our lives. 3. We can always remember him by trusting when the Lord assures us that he who has repented of his sins the same is forgiven and the Lord would remember them no more. 4. He invites to remember that he always welcomes us home. 5. We can always remember him on the Sabbath through the sacrament. 6. Our Savior invites us to always remember him as he always remembers us.
100
Pres. Uchtdorf told a story and at the end he said: I pondered these things. If man can take the ruins and rubble and remains of a broken city and rebuild an awe inspired structure, how much more capable is our almighty father to restore his children who have fallen, struggled and become lost. Tell the story.
Not far from where he lived was Dresden. WW2 destroyed 90% of city and left little but rubble and ash. In a short time the city once nicknamed the jewel box was no more. During childhood he could not imagine how destruction of war his own people had started could ever be overcome. The world around them was totally hopeless and without a future. Last year he returned to Dresden and 70 years later it is once again a jewel box of a city and restored and improved. He saw the church of our lady built in the 1700s. The war reduced it to a pile of rubble until it was determined that it would be rebuilt. Stones had been stored and cataloged and used in the reconstruction and were used in the new church. These scars are a reminder of the war history and a monument to hope, a magnificent symbol of man’s ability to create new life from ashes.
100
What did Elder Oaks teach strongly in his talk that enables choice, and it is the opportunity of making the right choices that leads to the growth that is the purpose of the Father’s plan?
Opposition
100
Name President Monson’s Counselors?
Pres. Eyring and Pres. Uchtdorf
100
Elder Cooke spoke on the plan of salvation and temple work. He quoted Obadiah 1:21.
21 And saviours shall come up on mount Zion to judge the mount of Esau; and the kingdom shall be the Lord’s.
200
Elder Stevenson gave us the analogy of how without keys we cannot start a car and that this miracle of engineering was just plastic and metal and could not perform intended function. Then he compared it to the essential need for Priesthood keys. He then gave the youth three ways that you can “find the keys” or use priesthood keys and authority to bless your life and the lives of others. Name one of those ways:
1. Prepare for missionary service. 2. Attend the temple. 3. Go forward with faith.
200
Elder Halstrom told a story that he said was a most remarkable spiritual event in his life having to do with a trip he took with Elder Bednar. They went on a trip to Liberia to visit the Saints. It is a country of great poverty and past war on top of the Ebola crisis. They were the first church leaders from outside to visit Monrovia the capital city after Ebola crisis. It was a hot and humid Sunday morning. 3500 seats set up but the attendees were 4100. All had to travel on foot and not easy to gather to the conference. Most arrived several hours early. The spiritual atmosphere was electric. They were prepared to be taught. The entire congregation would respond in unison and repeat the scriptures said. Elder Bednar spoke. He asked them: Do you know the song, How Firm a Foundation? Do you know verse 7? Yes were the answers. I have never felt the conviction of that hymn with the singing of that last phrase. Sing the last verse of How Firm a Foundation with your group.
The soul that on Jesus hath leaned for repose I will not, I cannot, desert to his foes; That soul, though all hell should endeavor to shake, I'll never, no never, I'll never, no never, I'll never, no never, no never forsake!
200
Elder Ballard spoke about an effective tradition to have in our lives that would strengthen families and listed four examples. What did he talk about:
First, a general family council consisting of the entire family. Second, an executive family council consisting of a mother and a father. Third, a limited family council consisting of parents and one child. Fourth, a one-on-one family council consisting of one parent and one child.
200
Name one of the countries that a new temple was announced.
Ecuador, Zimbabwe, Brazil, Peru.
200
Bishop Waddell gave us three steps to gain peace in this life: to learn, to listen and to walk with Christ. Then he quoted Isaiah 2:3.
3 And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.
300
Elder Eyring promised us three blessings by learning to listen to the Spirit. Name one:
You will find your heart softened, your faith strengthened, and your capacity to love the Lord increased.
300
Elder Holland told the story of Moses coming down from Mt Sinai. What did he see that made him so upset after having such a spiritual feast with God?
His people had corrupted themselves and turned aside quickly from what they were supposed to do. They were fashioning a gold calf in the very hour that Jehovah had been telling Moses, thou shalt have no other Gods before me and the command for no graven images. Moses was not happy with his wandering flock that day.
300
Pres. Uchtdorf made the following statement. Fill in the word that was a big part of his talk. ________ is the life-blood of faith.
Obedience
300
Who is the acting president of the Quorum of the 12?
Elder Russel M. Nelson
300
Sister Durham spoke about the importance of teaching children about the divine help of the Holy Ghost. She quoted Deuteronomy 12:9.
9 For ye are not as yet come to the rest and to the inheritance, which the Lord your God giveth you.
400
Sister Oscarson asked us to think of the profound claims we make as a church that are distinguishing features found in no other place on earth. Name one of the list she gave:
Priesthood authority restored. Apostles and prophets through priesthood keys. We believe God speaks to his children through his prophets. We claim that through this power, families can be bound together for eternity. We believe we can receive saving ordinances for ourselves and our ancestors. We have received additional scriptures declaring Christ is the Savior of the world. The church is the kingdom of God and the only true church on the earth because Christ stands at the head and it is his church.
400
Elder Renland spoke on how to draw closer to God. He told the story of a friend, Diane and when she was a fairly new convert in South Africa. Tell the story of what happened to her one Sunday at church.
One Sunday as she sat in the congregation a deacon did not see her. Another member noted it and mentioned it to the branch president. She was invited to a classroom at the start of Sunday school. She was offered the sacrament in the classroom. Her thoughts: “He the priesthood holder did this just for me. Then, he, the Savior, did this just for me.”
400
Pres. Monson said he had been thinking a lot about choices. He said the door of history turns on small hinges and so do people’s lives. The choices we make determine our destiny. Then he made the statement that if we choose this one thing, we will have made the correct choice. What should we choose?
If we choose Christ, we will have made the correct choice.
400
To the closest million, how many members of the church were there at the end of 2016?
15,634,199
400
Elder Christofferson spoke on fatherhood and the importance of teaching our children. He quoted Psalm 78:5-6.
5 For he established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their children: 6 That the generation to come might know them, even the children which should be born; who should arise and declare them to their children:
500
Elder Oaks reminded us of three tools that is listed in 2 Nephi 28 that Satan uses to try to lead us astray. Name one:
1. At that day shall he rage in the hearts of the children of men, and stir them up to anger against that which is good. 2. Others will he pacify, and lull them away into carnal security saying all is well in Zion. 3. Others he flattereth away, and telleth them there is no hell; and he saith unto them: I am no devil, for there is none
500
Elder Andersen told the story of meeting with the Saints in the Congo. The chapel was not large enough so they met outside under large plastic coverings. Tell the rest of the story about what he by the fence?
He saw dozens of children watching us and clinging to bars outside the fence. Cathy asked to invite the children in. the children came inside and came running, more than 50 or 100, some with tattered clothes and bare feet. I was deeply moved by this experience and saw it as symbolic of our need to reach out to youth who feel alone, left behind or outside the fence.
500
Elder Holland said that the first great commandment of eternity is to love God with all our heart might mind and strength. What did he say was the first great truth of all eternity?
God loves us with all of his heart, might, mind and strength. That love is the foundation stone of eternity.
500
What general board was reorganized during conference?
Primary
500
Elder Arnold urged us to reach out to rescue those who have gone astray and urged us to do so even if we are hesitant. He used Moses as an example of how he was hesitant at first. Find and read Exodus 4:10
10 ¶And Moses said unto the Lord, O my Lord, I am not eloquent, neither heretofore, nor since thou hast spoken unto thy servant: but I am slow of speech, and of a slow tongue.
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