176th Annual General Conference....theme?

[Brother Dorsey]

Hi everyone....I certianly enjoyed this General Conference....my question is....did any of you get the theme of this conference? In the past other themes have been "pornography/chastity" "faith" etc.. I took this Conference theme as set up for new converts like this months Ensign. Every talk was a basic simple truth of church doctrine....I for one found it refreshing, like renewing my faith or covenants....it was nice to have such a great reminder from church leaders.

Your thoughts?

[Palerider]

If you missed the closing hymn of the Sunday afternoon session.....you have to watch it....AWESOME!!!! I promise you will be moved.

[Princess3dward]

I think it was following the prophet and halping others follow him too.. but I could be wrong.

[Maureen]

Here in Edmonton, the LDS Conference was aired on Channel 18 (probably Shaw's rentable airtime channel).

I watched when the Tabernacle Choir were singing a familiar melody but the words didn't match. Their hymn was to the melody of "What a friend we have in Jesus" except some of the lyrics I could make out were "Come to Zion, Come to Zion". I thought it was different, but the choir did a wonderful job.

M.

[Guest MrsS]

Here in Edmonton, the LDS Conference was aired on Channel 18 (probably Shaw's rentable airtime channel).

I watched when the Tabernacle Choir were singing a familiar melody but the words didn't match. Their hymn was to the melody of "What a friend we have in Jesus" except some of the lyrics I could make out were "Come to Zion, Come to Zion". I thought it was different, but the choir did a wonderful job. M.

Maureen - is this the song: Isreal, Israel God is Calling

Click on the play arrow to the left and see if it is the one.

[karrie91]

my husband and I were invited to our first counselors house to watch theconference.

The funny thing is, I got the love one another theme from it. That is the most important part to me. We were both inactive and now I am more active but he was not.

he asked our hosts if they had set him up as he got the "get less active members active again" theme.

Personally I believe that everyones view will be different as the spirit will bring our attention to the themes that we need in our life aat that time

[WhispersOfTheMoon]

Argh! I meant to watch the Conference...but no. We still have to wait for our DirecTV dish to be installed on Wednesday.

Grrr....

[Outshined]

Argh! I meant to watch the Conference...but no. We still have to wait for our DirecTV dish to be installed on Wednesday.

Grrr....

You can listen to MP3 or watch video of the talks HERE.

[BrotherHinds]

I really enjoyed General Conference this time. The talks were all very moving. Some of the main themes that I got from Conference were as follows:

Come Unto Christ All Ye Who Are Heavy Laden

Faith and Repentance or The First Ordances of the Gospel

and lastly,

Keep The Commandments

All three of these themes tied in together and I think the some of you have been right to say that it was directed to investigators, recent converts, and the less active, but we all have something to gain from this. We all need to keep the commandments, we all need to repent, and we all need to come unto Christ and cast our burdens at His feet.

I have seen all too often, members of the church who profess with their lips to be members of this great church of our Savior, but with their actions are far from it. So many of us are hypocrits. I know I have been one at times. We must all strive to do better. We must learn to live by every word that proceedeth from the mouth of God, whether that is from His holy prophets and apostles or through the scriptures.

We must be saints in both our words AND our actions. That is one of the main arguments I have seen people make against joining the church, is that investigators do not want to join the church because they see the members that they know not living the Gospel that they profess to believe in. If we are going to teach others the truth and proclaim the Gospel of Jesus Christ to the world, we must first remove the beam that is in our own eye, then we shall see clearly enough to remove the speck that is our brother's eye.

I leave this with you my brothers and sisters, in the name of our beloved Savior, even Jesus the Christ.

Amen.

[rosie321]

I thought it was awesome!

I felt that it was very encouraging and uplifting to all. Its funny how different people take different things from conferences. This is the first one where it actually seemed like most of the talks were like the Lord actually speaking to me personally through these mouthpieces. It was like an answer to prayer in almost every talk. This is not to say that no other conference has ever mattered. Its just usually there are a number of talks that are so geared towards areas that I'm not necessarily dealing with at the time or don't really apply to me (ex)pornography, alcohol abuse..). In the past I really just want to fast forward through the others at the moment because I feel like it doesn't apply to me at the time. I'm sure it did apply to someone, I just felt left out I guess.

This conference was different. I felt that there was something that everyone could use and benefit from in every talk. That it really could be used by everyone no matter where they are at and their personal circumstances. I thought it was also welcoming to people from other faiths. There are many talks I feel very comfortable sharing with non member friends and family to help them find the strength they need in these last days. In the past I have not always felt the same as there were many things that were specific to our church or might be misunderstood. This one was one is one in which I have already felt comfortable sharing with others. I didn't feel I had to prepare them or explain basic concepts for them to understand. Basic truths were so plainly and simply shared in a universal language.

I also felt the humanity and faith of these men. They have seen the bad stuff of life but they look forward in faith to the day that the Kingdom of God will govern the earth and all will be made right. It made me feel better as I struggle along to not just hear what I should be doing but really see their strength as their humanity and struggles were displayed. Their wrestlings and encouragements with the same things I deal with made me feel I'm not so off the wall.

I think as things get crazier in the last days we all are going to need to make sure we have the basics down. All of us need to really know what it is we believe and why. That we have our faith based on Christ and the hope of his resurrection. That we do all we can to press forward and share with others what we know. Things that will build up others. Otherwise we won't have the strength to withstand the evil day. I think of what I've heard before that things will be shaken and only the elect will make it. We are going to need lots of faith, endurance. This conference really worked on reinforcing the basics we all need, in a refreshing way.

I loved it