From the First Presidency
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'Listen to the counsel
given'
Following are excerpts from a letter from the First Presidency dated Feb. 25, 2003.
"We invite all members of the Church to participate with us in the 173rd Annual General Conference of the Church. Messages of inspiration and guidance will be delivered by the First Presidency, members of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, and other General Authorities and general officers of the Church. The conference will convene in Salt Lake City, Utah, on Saturday and Sunday, April 5 and 6, 2003.
"We encourage all members to listen to the counsel given throughout the conference."
Attend temple
The following letter from the First Presidency was dated March 11, 2003:
We are grateful for the increased availability of temples worldwide and invite adult members to have a current temple recommend and visit the temple more often. Where time and circumstances permit, members are encouraged to replace some leisure activities with temple service.
Millions of our ancestors have lived upon the earth without receiving the benefit of temple ordinances. We particularly encourage newer members and youth of the Church who are 12 years of age and older to live worthy to assist in this great work by serving as proxies for baptisms and confirmations.
We request that local priesthood leaders encourage temple-worthy members to consider ways in which more frequent daytime temple attendance could occur. Home and visiting teachers may wish to arrange transportation for those who need it, particularly during the daytime.
All of the ordinances which take place in the House of the Lord become expressions of our belief in that fundamental and basic doctrine of the immortality of the human soul. As we redouble our efforts and our faithfulness in going to the temple, the Lord will bless us.
