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December 10, 2006
Apostle to speak at BYU-Idaho fall graduation
Elder Jeffrey R. Holland of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will speak at the Brigham Young University-Idaho fall commencement ceremony on Wednesday, December 20 at 5:00 p.m. in the Hart Auditorium.
Elder W. Rolfe Kerr, a member of the First Quorum of the Seventy and commissioner of the Church Education System, will also be in attendance.
Do some good -- mission president: Service a key part of missionary work
For Brad Risenmay, president of the LDS Church's Utah Salt Lake City South Mission, the purpose of proselyting is simple. "The whole premise [of serving a mission] is to go out and do some good," says Risenmay, who presides over 171 missionaries in one of top-baptizing missions of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
To be successful in life, Brigham Young University students need to learn three critical skills, President Thomas S. Monson said Tuesday during a campus devotional.
He spoke of the three skills — preparation, performance and service — as gates that students must swing open on their own.
"Years ago, I discovered a thought which is true, and in a way, prophetic. It is this: The gate of history swings on small hinges," said President Monson, first counselor in the First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Emeritus Member of the Seventy teaches about God's plan at BYU-Idaho devotional
Elder L. Aldin Porter, an emeritus member of the First Quorum of the Seventy of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, taught Brigham Young University-Idaho students about the importance of having an understanding heart as they learn about Heavenly Father's plan in a devotional address given Tuesday, November 14.
Elder Porter defined the basic parts of the Lord's plan as the premortal existence, agency, the war in heaven, the creation of the earth, the fall of Adam and Eve, the atoning sacrifice of the Lord Jesus Christ, priesthood keys and the afterlife, including the judgment day. He said commandments are easier to keep when the plan is understood.
