Between Aug. 28 and Sept. 3, First Presidency invited all to participate in the October 2022 general conference. President Dallin H. Oaks, first counselor in the First Presidency, shared the “Meaning of Temples” in a new Church News video. Elder Jeffrey R. Holland of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles visited Washington and shared thoughts on why youthful years are a “decade of decision.”
Elder David A. Bednar of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles spoke and had an intermission at a devotional at the University of Utah Institute of Religion in Salt Lake City. The Church News reported on Elder Ulisses Soares of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles visiting French Polynesia and made time to speak to Latter-day Saints while there. Relief Society General President Camille N. Johnson visited the Provo Missionary Training Center and shared analogies and personal experiences.
Sister Rebecca L. Craven, second counselor in the Young Women general presidency, and Sister Amy A. Wright, first counselor in the Primary general presidency, ministered in the Philippines. Renovations for the Kona Hawaii Temple commence October 2023. This week’s episode of the Church News podcast features former federal Judge Thomas B. Griffith.
President Russell M. Nelson of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, center, and his counselors, President Dallin H. Oaks, first counselor in the First Presidency, second from right, and President Henry B. Eyring, second counselor in the First Presidency, right, arrive for the women’s session of the 192nd Annual General Conference at the Conference Center in Salt Lake City on Saturday, April 2, 2022.
Spenser Heaps, Deseret News
The First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has announced the upcoming 192nd Semiannual General Conference Oct. 1-2.
October 2022 general conference will have five general sessions for all individuals, families and friends — Saturday morning, afternoon and evening, Oct. 1, as well as Sunday morning and afternoon, Oct. 2.
Find out more about the upcoming general conference
2. President Oaks on the ‘Meaning of Temples’ in new video
This Church News video, “Meaning of Temples,” features President Dallin H. Oaks from the visitors’ center of the Rome Italy Temple.
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In this Church News video, titled “Meaning of Temples,” President Oaks recalls attending the dedication of the Rome temple with other senior Church leaders. He was filled with exhilaration that the Church was able to “build a temple in this great city, which is the seat of Christianity in all the world.
“It’s a thrill to be among the great Christian faiths that look to the history of Rome as part of the essential history of the gospel of Jesus Christ.”
View the video
Elder Jeffrey R. Holland greets youth in Kent, Washington, on Aug. 27, 2022.
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Speaking Saturday, Aug. 27, in Washington state, Elder Holland asked the members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to use their teen and young adult years to set a trajectory for their lives — fulfilling a greater purpose of serving the Lord with all of their hearts.
“I felt the need for us to meet with both the youth of the Tacoma region and the full-time missionaries of the Washington Seattle Mission,” Elder Holland said.
Read what Elder Holland invited youth to do
4. Elder Bednar’s devotional and mid-devotional intermission
Elder David A. Bednar of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles speaks a devotional at the Salt Lake Institute of Religion at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City on Sunday, Aug. 28, 2022.
Ben B. Braun, Deseret News
In a Sunday, Aug. 28, devotional at the University of Utah Institute of Religion in Salt Lake City, Elder Bednar underscored Satan’s long-standing strategies of deception and spiritual destruction, and he highlighted five fundamental doctrinal truths taught by the Prophet Joseph Smith as support that it is unreasonable to suggest the Restoration of the Lord’s gospel and Church in the latter days as unreasonable.
Learn what Elder Bednar said at the devotional and why there was an intermission
5. Elder Soares testifies to French Polynesian Saints of ‘the brilliant future of this gospel in this beautiful land’
Elder Ulisses Soares of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles speaks to young adults in Papeete, Tahiti, during a devotional broadcast to chapels throughout French Polynesia on Aug. 16, 2022.
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During the week of Aug. 15, Elder Soares not only offered counsel to large congregations and met with humanitarian and government dignitaries, but he also made the time in his jam-packed itinerary to minister to individual Latter-day Saints and families.
Find out what Elder Soares said to French Polynesia Latter-day Saints
After offering a devotional address in the Provo Missionary Training Center of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Relief Society General President Camille Johnson greats missionaries on Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2022.
Adam Fondren, for the Deseret News
In the decade from 2009 to 2019, every member of Relief Society General President Camille N. Johnson’s family engaged in full-time missionary service for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
While thousands of miles apart, the memorable decade of family missionary service enriched their lives, fortified their faith and brought them closer to the Savior Jesus Christ, President Johnson told a vast missionary audience in a devotional at the Church’s Provo Missionary Training Center on Tuesday, Aug. 30.
Read what President Johnson spoke about at the Provo MTC
7. Young Women and Primary leaders minister in the Philippines
Sister Rebecca L. Craven, second counselor in the Young Women general presidency, speaks to missionaries at the Missionary Training Center in Manilla, Philippines, on Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2022.
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Sister Rebecca L. Craven, second counselor in the Young Women general presidency, and Sister Amy A. Wright, first counselor in the Primary general presidency, spoke to missionaries. Sister Wright also spoke at devotionals for children and their parents and Sister Craven at meetings for youth and their parents.
Elder Patrick Kearon of the Presidency of the Seventy also spoke at the MTC in an earlier devotional.
Discover more about the Church leaders during their ministry in the Philippines
8. Kona Hawaii Temple renovations come 2023
An artist’s rendering of the Kona Hawaii Temple, scheduled to begin renovations in October 2023.
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The First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has announced planned renovations and expansion for the Kona Hawaii Temple, with the temple closing in October 2023.
The projected closure was announced Monday, Aug. 29, on ChurchofJesusChrist.org and was accompanied by an artist’s rendering of the temple’s exterior after the extensive renovations.
The renovations and expansion — taking the temple from 9,500 square feet to approximately 12,000 square feet — are expected to be completed by late 2025.
Find out more about Kona Hawaii Temple renovations beginning next year
Former Judge Thomas B. Griffith joins the Church News podcast Aug. 30, 2022.
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This episode of the Church News podcast features Judge Thomas B. Griffith, a former federal judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. In addition, Judge Griffith served as Senate legal counsel and then as general counsel for Brigham Young University.
A Latter-day Saint, he talks about religious liberty, the powerful possibilities of the United States Constitution and civilly engaging in an increasingly polarized political climate.
Listen to this week’s episode of the podcast
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