It has been tradition for 8 years or so that before the Priesthood Session of General Conference, the Young Men have a “sub-sational”. It’s for the young men and their father’s, their home teacher, or some other priesthood holder who brings them. There are several kinds of meat (including meat balls), chips, cookies, and pop. It’s a good time. Last night, the missionaries (who are of course always invited) even had an investigator. He is older than 18, but he was still welcome.

Actually, the missionaries had 2 investigators attend the session. This is the first time I can ever remember the missionaries having investigators at the Priesthood Session. It’s kind of hard to commit people to attend Church on a Saturday night for 2 hours. Overall, we had 48 people attend the session.

President Thomas S. Monson conducted

President Boyd K. Packer

• priesthood authority
• many accounts in scriptures of young men serving
• “let no man despise thy youth”
• don’t be discouraged about your physical features as you are a child of God
• treasure the masculine part of who you are
• don’t neglect learning the practical
• a life of fun and games has come to an end
• learn to be content

Bishop Richard C. Edgley

• many natural disasters over the last few years
• we are prepared, organized, have empathy, and have charity
• no organization more prepared for the challenges of humanity than the Church
• priesthood quorums can and must make a difference
• rise up and let the brotherhood of the priesthood fulfill their duties
• this is our “phone call”

Elder Claudio R. M. Costa

• President Hinckley taught us we have 4 responsibilities
  • families
  • employers
  • Lord’s work
  • ourselves
• preserve opportunities to strengthen our families
• need to keep Monday night free
• be a good employee
• home teaching is one of great responsibilities

President Dieter F. Uchtdorf ** might use this as a 4th Sunday lesson **

• know for a few months what he wanted to say
• story of plane crash in Everglades
• plane was fine, but a light bulb burned out which distracted them
• we often will focus on the insignificant things in life instead of what is most important
• what matters most?
• don’t be distracted from our sacred duties
• put away childish things
• become true representatives of the Lord Jesus Christ
• “I’m doing a great work and cannot come down”

President Henry B. Eyring

• be brave and bold in your service
• there has been conflict since the beginning
• “no man left behind”
• spiritual wounds can only be seen by inspired eyes
• “none but fools will trifle with the souls of men”
• have joy in your priesthood service

President Thomas S. Monson

• priesthood is a great responsibility
• 3 suggestions to live safely
• study diligently
  • have daily scripture study
• pray fervently
  • with God, all things are possible
• live righteously
  • touch no unclean thing
• chart your course and be cautious

Read the recaps from the other sessions of General Conference:

• 179th Annual General Conference – Saturday Morning Session
• 179th Annual General Conference – Saturday Afternoon Session
• 179th Annual General Conference – Priesthood Session
• 179th Annual General Conference – Sunday Morning Session
• 179th Annual General Conference – Sunday Afternoon Session

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It has been a tradition in our ward for quite some time now to have a “sub-sational” before the priesthood session of General Conference. This is a submarine sandwich dinner for the YM and their fathers.

• President Monson was conducting
• there was a choir from the MTC. There is a member from a neighbouring ward who is in the MTC right now and he was in the choir. Every time the choir sang we were looking for him, but he wasn’t on camera until the closing hymn
• We had about 42 people there for the session
• Elder Richard G. Scott
  • do we ponder the inestimable value of holding the priesthood?
  • the Saviour is the perfect example of how to hold the priesthood
  • Elder Scott did a “personal” interview with us
  • with regards to the idea that man is better than woman he said “nothing could be farther from the truth”
  • God will hold us accountable for how we treat his daughters
• Elder Jay E. Jensen
  • the blessings of the atonement are “arms of safety”
  • this is demonstrated during the sacrament
  • true servants are properly dressed
• Elder James J. Hamula
  • God’s kingdom will not be lost but will overcome the world
  • in doing the will of the Lord, our knowledge increases
  • youth, these are your days… do not squander them
• President Dieter F. Uchtdorf * might be used as a 4th Sunday lesson *
  • “stand close together and lift where you stand”
  • some seek to lead, some seek to hid; both are selfish
  • our service should be motivated by charity, not selfishness
  • the Lord judges differently than we do
  • the Lord is pleased with noble service, not a self-serving Noble
  • he told the story of John R. Moyle, a stone worker on the Salt Lake Temple
  • cease to aspire, cease to retire
• President Henry B. Eyring * might be used as a 4th Sunday lesson *
  • your priesthood duties will stretch you
  • God will increase our power to carry the load
  • to get that power, we need to take our service to the outer limits
  • when we give our all, he will give us all the courage we neeed
• President Thomas S. Monson
  • the First Presidency is united as one under the direction of the Lord
  • in these trouble times, make sure that those we care for do not go hungry
  • to become God’s people we need to do three things to qualify
    1) Learn what we should learn
    2) Do what we should do
    3) Be what we should be

As a final note, I was reading a couple of other recaps, and read Jeff Lindsay’s comments about the MTC choir:

Toward the end of the Priesthood session, watching the missionary choir from the MTC was especially poignant with my own son in the MTC right now (his companion, Elder Excel, was in the choir). As I looked at the missionaries and contemplated all the good that they stand for and pondered all the powerful, inspiring, and Christ-centered messages we heard today, one thought crystallized: I love this Church. The wholesome, joyous, soul-lifting teachings, the goodness of its leaders, the rich Spirit that it brings, all make me so glad to be a part of it.

Well said, Brother Lindsay!

Read the recaps from the other sessions of General Conference:

• 178th Semiannual General Conference – Saturday Morning Session
• 178th Semiannual General Conference – Saturday Afternoon Session
• 178th Semiannual General Conference – Priesthood Session
• 178th Semiannual General Conference – Sunday Morning Session
• 178th Semiannual General Conference – Sunday Afternoon Session

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