181st Annual General Conference coverage

At the conclusion of the Church's 181st Annual General Conference President Thomas S. Monson asked Latter-day Saints worldwide to be examples of honesty and integrity "wherever we go and in whatever we do."

"We face many challenges in the world today, but I assure you that our Heavenly Father is mindful of us," he said. "He loves each of us and will bless us as we seek Him through prayer and strive to keep His commandments."

More than 100,000 Church members gathered April 2-3 in the Conference Center in Salt Lake City to hear President Monson and other Church leaders offer counsel and direction.

Capacity crowds filled the 21,000-seat Conference Center and overflow areas on Temple Square for the conference sessions, which were translated into more than 90 languages and broadcast to more than 170 countries and territories. In addition, proceedings were broadcast on KSL-TV and BYU-TV and to more than 1,700 cable television systems and radio and television stations in the United States and Canada.

President Monson presided at the conference and spoke in four of the five sessions. His counselors in the First Presidency, President Henry B. Eyring and President Dieter F. Uchtdorf, took turns conducting the sessions.

The Mormon Tabernacle Choir, under the direction of Mack Wilberg and Ryan Murphy, provided music for three sessions of conference. A combined choir from BYU-Idaho under the direction of Eda Ashby and Randall Kempton provided music for the Saturday afternoon session. A priesthood choir from the Ogden and Logan, Utah, institutes under the direction of Jerald F. Simon, J. Nyles Salmond, and Alan T. Saunders provided music for the priesthood session. Clay Christiansen, Richard Elliott, Andrew Unsworth, Linda Margetts and Bonnie Goodliffe accompanied the choirs on the organ.

President Monson opened the conference Saturday morning, announcing the construction of three new temples. They are to be in Meridian, Idaho; Fort Collins, Colorado; and Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. There are currently 134 operating temples worldwide and 26 temples — including the new three — announced or under construction. (See ldschurchnews.com for a complete report.)

In addition, Church members sustained 10 new General Authorities and 41 Area Seventies at the Saturday afternoon session. (See pages 2, 23.)

Asking members to remember the messages they heard during the two-day conference, President Monson closed by sharing his testimony of Jesus Christ.

"To the depths of my very soul I am grateful to Him. He taught us how to live. He taught us how to die. He secured our salvation."