Comments on: Sunday Morning Session of General Conference

By: Mark B.

Mark B. — Tue, 07 Apr 2015 14:37:14 +0000

That’s right, Curtis. And, for a while there was a Welfare Session at 7:00 a.m. on Saturday morning. As to Stake Conference, there used to be both a morning and an afternoon session, with the same schedule as General Conference. I’m too young to remember if there was a priesthood leadership session also, but I bet there was.

About the schedule: since we’ve detached ourselves from April 6, it would be nice to move conference to a weekend other than Easter for those years when Easter Sunday is the first Sunday in April. That would mean a change from the first Sunday in 2018, 2021, 2026, 2029, 2037, and 2040. But in three of those years (2018, 2029, and 2040), Easter falls on April 1, and conference would have been the following weekend (April 6, 7, and 8) back in good old days of three-day conferences. So, why don’t we change the schedule for those days, and let our churches be full on Easter Sunday! (In 2042, Easter does inconveniently fall on April 6–but I don’t expect that I’ll be around to complain about it that year.)

By: Curtis Pew

Curtis Pew — Mon, 06 Apr 2015 23:43:49 +0000

If I remember correctly, when I was a kid General Conference used to be three full days. In October, it was Friday–Sunday. In April, the 6th was always one of the days. On years when the 6th was a Saturday or Sunday, it would be Friday–Sunday like in October. In other years, it was the 6th plus the nearest Saturday and Sunday.

By: Pacumeni

Pacumeni — Mon, 06 Apr 2015 03:52:17 +0000

Elder Uchtdorf’s talk on grace was, pretty much, an endorsement of what Adam Miller has been saying on that topic. It seemed like a new and more thoughtful take on this important topic, a merger of the best in Mormon and Protestant thinking. On the whole, it embraces the Protestant reading, while avoiding the pitfall of cheap grace.

By: Dave

Dave — Sun, 05 Apr 2015 22:01:57 +0000

OM — I said she gave a great talk. She gave a better discussion of the topic than other speakers who addressed it this Conference. I thought she did an outstanding job.

By: Old Man

Old Man — Sun, 05 Apr 2015 20:04:00 +0000

Dave,

Thumbs down on your idea of limiting the time of conference, which honestly made no sense at all after your praise of this session. Some people really do have an attention span that lasts long enough to take in several days of conference.

Also thumbs down with the continued badgering of women’s talking styles in conference. I know you didn’t start it, but it is making the T&S crowd appear misogynistic towards some wonderful sisters. No one seems to realize that these sisters experience a learning curve in addressing such large audiences. Enough, please.

And thanks for the summaries. I do appreciate your efforts. I missed a talk and now I need to go back and take it in.

By: Mike Maxwell

Mike Maxwell — Sun, 05 Apr 2015 19:15:43 +0000

I’m officially voting this as the best general conference session of my lifetime.