Latest news, speeches and announcements from Saturday's sessions of General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
from Ecuador, Hong Kong, Japan, New Zealand, the Philippines, Puerto Rico, South Africa and South Korea in the morning session. The afternoon session featured a multicultural choir of members from northern Utah. A choir of young single adults from Utah County sang during the evening gathering.
in his native Brazil, where he touted the beauties and blessings that diversity brings to the natural world and to human interactions. “For this reason, he said, “it is not uncommon to see people characterizing the way of thinking, acting and speaking of other cultures, races and ethnicities as inferior, making use of preconceived, mistaken and often sarcastic ideas, generating attitudes of contempt, indifference, disrespect and even prejudice against them. Such attitudes have their roots in pride, arrogance, envy and jealousy, characteristics of a carnal nature, which are totally contrary to Christlike attributes.
“Despite this,” Soares continued, “we move forward as God’s children and as brothers and sisters in Christ, without losing our divine connection, which makes us a unique people and a beloved community.” This Dec. 24, 1968,photo made available by NASA shows the Earth behind the surface of the moon during the Apollo 8 mission.
“Our hope changes the way they see themselves and who they really are,” she said. “And through this lens of love, they’ll see who they will become.” Koch also urged members to follow the church president’s invitation to “let God prevail” in their lives. He further urged them to put more trust in the doctrine of Christ than in the philosophies of men, to abandon prejudice and to be peacemakers in their discourse about others.
True happiness, Sabin told the Latter-day Saints in his audience Saturday evening, is built on the foundation of Jesus Christ. The church wants more “seasoned seniors” to serve as missionaries, apostle Ronald A. Rasband said as the concluding speaker Saturday afternoon. “The Lord needs you. We need you in New York and Chicago, Australia and Africa, Thailand and Mexico, and everywhere in between.”
To them, he offered a person observation: “If I had asked my mother why she and Dad went on a mission, I know she would have said, ‘I have grandchildren. I want them to know that your father and I served in the mission field, we wanted to set the example for our posterity, and we were blessed, so blessed.’”
“Many of the Savior’s parabolic teachings focus on gathering, restoring or striving to find that which has been scattered or lost,” he said. “Among these, are the parables of the lost sheep, the lost coin and the lost son.” “Christ is our rescuer and the healer of our souls,” he said. “As we exercise faith, he helps us press forward through hardships. He continues to extend his loving and merciful invitation: ‘Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.’”
“God’s plan of happiness is all about you.,” he said. “You are his precious child and of great worth. He knows and loves you.” General authority Seventy Yoon Hwan Choi speaks at General Conference on Saturday, Sept. 30, 2023. The challenges that had weighed so heavily on them at the start of his tenure as bishop, Choi said, had since been resolved.
One of the greatest spiritual gifts, Stevenson said, is the “constant companionship of the Holy Ghost.” He offered four guiding principles for “inviting and recognizing the promptings of the Spirit”:• Stand with holy people, those with whom “the Spirit can easily dwell.”* Listen to the Spirit, who speaks in “subtle, quiet tones.”
Officials and attendees raise their hands in support of church leaders during General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Salt Lake City on Saturday, Sept. 30, 2023. Jan E. Newman, a leader in the church’s global Sunday school, called on parents to be diligent in their efforts to teach their children about Jesus Christ, stressing that such work will look different depending on each family.
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