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General conference is an amazing opportunity to join with members of the Church worldwide to listen to Church leaders and receive direction from the Lord. Watching, listening to, and studying the general conference messages will FAVORITE QUOTE: bring the Spirit into your life and help build your testimony. It’s an opportunity for you to receive and act upon personal revelation.
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First Presidency and Quorum of the Twelve Apostles ...2 My Testimony of Latter-day Prophets ...... 3 The Difference between Sustaining and Electing ...... 4 WHAT WILL I DO NOW? 5 Ways to Learn from General Conference ...... 6 Questions and Answers ...... 7 Learn of Me ...... 12 My Testimony of the Savior ...... 12 Themes You Noticed ...... 16 Take Note of the Book of Mormon ...... 20 My Testimony of the Book of Mormon ...... 21 Oh, So Inspired ...... 26 COVER BACKGROUND AND POINTING HAND ILLUSTRATION FROM GETTY IMAGES AND POINTING HAND ILLUSTRATION BACKGROUND COVER
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Set apart on January 14, 2018. WHAT wILL I dO NO
PRESIDENT RUSSELL M. NELSON President of the Church PRESIDENT PRESIDENT DALLIN H. OAKS sustained as an Apostle: 1984 HENRY B. EYRING 1st Counselor 2nd Counselor sustained as an Apostle: 1984 sustained as an Apostle: 1995
THE QUORUM OF THE TWELVE APOSTLES .
PRESIDENT ELDER ELDER ELDER M. RUSSELL BALLARD JEFFREY R. HOLLAND DIETER F. UCHTDORF DAVID A. BEDNAR sustained: 1985 sustained: 1994 sustained: 2004 sustained: 2004
dERS OF wHAT YOU B ELDER ELDER ELDER ELDER IN ELIE EM vE QUENTIN L. COOK D. TODD CHRISTOFFERSON NEIL L. ANDERSEN RONALD A. RASBAND R : sustained: 2007 sustained: 2008 sustained: 2009 sustained: 2015
ELDER ELDER ELDER ELDER GARY E. STEVENSON DALE G. RENLUND sustained: 2015 sustained: 2015 sustained: 2018 sustained: 2018 BACKGROUND FROM GETTY IMAGES BACKGROUND
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oH, SO INSPIRED! HAS bEEN ORGANIZED bY 5 6 7
THE LORD HIMSELF. 8 9 Write down messages and President Russell M. Nelson, quotes that inspire you or Oct. 2014 general conference. 10
invite you to take action. 11
This can help you apply 12 what you learn—and help you remember what your thoughts were later when you need the reminder!
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Presidencies are leaders TH of the Church. The 5 General Authorities of TH the Church are the First Presidency, the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, the Presidency of the general | general women's session | general priesthood session MEETING TYPE Seventy, the General Au- thority Seventies, and the Presiding Bishopric. The General Auxiliary Presi- INSPIRING TRUTHS: dencies are the Primary, Relief Society, Sunday School, Young Men, and Young Women General Presidencies.
The auxiliaries teach, strengthen, and uplift the members of the Church under the priesthood au- thority and direction of SOLEMN ASSEMBLY the General Authorities. A solemn assembly is a reverent occasion when Church members gather for a sacred purpose, such as sustaining a new President of the Church. Members stand and sus- tain the new President as a prophet, seer, and revelator and make a solemn covenant to support and follow the direction of God’s chosen prophet. BACKGROUND FROM GETTY IMAGES BACKGROUND
26 3 1 MONTH 2 3 4 5 6 7 THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SUSTAINING ELECTING 8 9
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* “If a member in good standing gives a dissenting Why sustain? Why vote?
vote when someone is presented to be sustained, the general | general women's session | general priesthood session MEETING TYPE presiding officer or another assigned priesthood officer confers with the dissenting member in private after the meeting. The officer determines whether the dissenting To show your vote was based on knowledge that the person who was presented is guilty of conduct that should disqualify support of and To get him or her from serving in the position” (Handbook 2: commitment to your desired Administering the Church, 19.3). follow Church outcome leaders*
bLE FROM GETTY IMAGES HANDS NOTA mENTS OCT. ANNOUNCE 1982 APR. fROm GENERAL CONfERENCES 1998
OCT. Subtitle “Another Testament 1978 of Jesus Christ” added to the Construction of Book of Mormon smaller temples
OCT. Revelation OCT. APR. 1975 known as Official Decla- 1995 1999 ration 2 First Quorum (priesthood of the Seventy extended to all “The Family: A Proclamation Nauvoo Illinois organized worthy males) to the World” Temple to be rebuilt
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wRITE dOwN ExACTLY TH wHAT THE SPEAkER IS SAYINg; I NOTE general | general women's session | general priesthood session MEETING TYPE THE PERSONALIzEd dIRECTION THE SPIRIT IS gIvINg mE. FROM GETTY IMAGES HANDS APR. Elder Robert D. Hales (1932–2017) Our sustaining of prophets is a Quorum of the Twelve Apostles 2001 Oct. 2013 general conference personal commitment that we Perpetual Education Fund APR. will do our utmost to uphold 2018 their prophetic priorities. Our sustaining is an oath-like President indication that we recognize APR. Russell M. Nelson their calling as a prophet to be 2012 sustained as 17th President of the legitimate and binding upon us. Church Missionary President Russell M. Nelson, age change Oct. 2014 general conference NOTEBOOK FROM GETTY IMAGES NOTEBOOK
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2 Seek to learn of WHAT WILL I DO NOW? Christ, p. 12 3 Watch for themes, p. 16 4 Take note of the EACH OF US IS PRECIOUS Book of Mormon, AND LOVED BY THE LORD, p. 20 WHO CARES, WHO WHISPERS, Be motivated and 5 AND WHO WATCHES OVER inspired to act, p. 26 US IN WAYS UNIQUE TO EACH OF US.
Elder Ronald A. Rasband 6 23 NOTES: Q&A: Take the time to write down your questions before conference starts, and then pay attention to answers that come to you during conference. Your prayers and questions can be answered as you participate and listen to the Spirit.
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22 7 NOTES: MY BOOK OF MORMON STUDY PLAN PRAYERfULLY STUdY ANd PONdER THE PROMISED BLESSINGS: bOOk Of mORmON EACH dAY. President Thomas S. Monson (1927–2018), Apr. 2017 general conference
FAVORITE QUOTE: MY TESTIMONY OF THE BOOK OF MORMON
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BOOK of MORMON 5 You can learn a lot by paying attention to the scriptures Church 6
leaders refer to, especially the Book of Mormon, which is “the keystone of 7
our religion.” See if you can keep track of each time it’s mentioned in 8 general conference. You’ll be amazed at what you find! 9 10
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Learning with and by faith requires spiritual, mental, and physical exertion and not just passive reception.
Elder David A. Bednar
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You have the capacity to receive revelation and act on it fearlessly.
President Henry B. Erying
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MY TESTIMONY OF THE SAVIOR
12 17 Prophets testify and teach about the Savior (see Acts 10:43). As you listen to Themes You Noticedthe conference messages, THEME: you could think about what the speakers are teaching you about Jesus Christ. You could even make a list in your notes. MENTIONED BY: 2WHAT I LEARNED ABOUT JESUS CHRIST 1
After watching some of general confer- ence, you might notice that you’ve heard a topic or theme mentioned more than SPEAKER: once. The patterns you notice may be one way the Spirit helps you recognize something you need to learn. WHAT I LEARNED: 2 LEARNTHEME:
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