News Articles

• 12 men are sustained to Quorums of Seventy

  Elders Costa and Maynes elevated from 2nd Quorum

• Education fund is a hit

  Pres. Hinckley's announcement of the creation of a worldwide Perpetual Education Fund builds on a concept that has taken root internationally with several private economic development organizations, which offer small "micro-enterprise" loans to help the poor start their own businesses.

• LDS Church statistics as of Dec. 31, 2000

  Total church membership: 11,068,861 Increase in children of record: 81,450 Converts baptized: 273,973 Stakes: 2,581 Districts: 621 Missions: 334 Wards/branches: 25,915 Full-time missionaries: 60,784 New temples dedicated during the year:...

• New loan program to help LDS youths

  Pres. Hinckley unveils efforts to help the needy get an education

• Perpetual Emigration Fund is a model for new program

  19th-century fund financed pioneers' trek to the West

Advance Articles

• Did kin stop at Ellis?

  LDS Church plays a role in compiling immigrant data

• I-15 open for weekend; TRAX to start early for conference

  The main line of the I-15 reconstruction corridor will remain open this weekend, although parts of I-80 and U-201 will close. TRAX light rail service will also start earlier than normal on Sunday. The I-15 corridor has been closed the past two weekends, but this weekend workers will focus...

• Institute a home away from home

  LDS youths gather in growing numbers for strength and friendship

• Nauvoo polls under scrutiny

  Complaint says some LDS barred from registering

• General conference parking, ticket information

  Conference Center and parking services officials for the Church have announced arrangements for those attending the Church's 171st Annual General Conference on Saturday, March 31, and Sunday, April 1. Tickets and admission to the conference All reserved tickets, standby tickets and...

• Live properly, women urged

  Don't squander your lives, LDS Church President Gordon B. Hinckley urged the church's half million young women Saturday night.

Summaries of Talks

Saturday Morning

• Be born of water and Spirit to find salvation
• Savior taught that to be humble is to become as a child
• The Lord remains a God of miracles
• Elder Holland: 'Witnesses unto me'
• Elder Jeffrey R. Holland
• Elder Jensen: 'To walk humbly with thy god'
• Elder Marlin K. Jensen
• Elder Richard G. Scott
• Elder Scott: First things first
• Pres. Hinckley: The work goes on
• Pres. Monson: Compassion
• President Gordon B. Hinckley
• President Thomas S. Monson
• Sister Reynolds: A God of miracles
• Sister Sydney S. Reynolds

Saturday Afternoon

• Called as Area Authority Seventies
• Called to the First, Second Quorums of the Seventy
• Eternal life comes from obedience to temple ordinances
• Savior offers 'serenity in the face of affliction'
• Use mortality's 'precious hours and days' wisely
• Elder Christenson: David, a future missionary
• Elder Darwin B. Christenson
• Elder Hales: Couple missionaries — a time to serve
• Elder L. Aldin Porter
• Elder L. Tom Perry
• Elder Nelson: Personal preparation for temple blessings
• Elder Perry: Building a community of saints
• Elder Porter: 'To bear testimony of mine only begotten'
• Elder Robert D. Hales
• Elder Russell M. Nelson
• Pres. Packer: 'The touch of the master's hand'
• President Boyd K. Packer

Priesthood

• 'Who will man the lifeboats, go to the rescue?'
• Bold initiative: Perpetual Education Fund
• Conference moments: Marvelous opportunity
• Education fund is new road to self sufficiency
• Have clean hands, pure hearts to carry priesthood
• Priesthood session speakers
• Reverence, respect are keys to achieving one's potential
• Shepherds' trust: to watch over and feed His sheep
• The evils of pornography are deadly to human spirit
• Elder Ballard: 'His word ye shall receive'
• Education fund is a hit
• Elder David E. Sorensen
• Elder Eyring: 'Watch with me'
• Elder Groberg: Priesthood power
• Elder Henry B. Eyring
• Elder John H. Groberg
• Elder Sorensen: You can't pet a rattlesnake
• New loan program to help LDS youths
• Pres. Faust: 'Them that honour me I will honour'
• Pres. Hinckley: The Perpetual Education Fund
• Pres. Monson: To the rescue
• President Gordon B. Hinckley
• President James E. Faust
• President Thomas S. Monson
• A thought from the scriptures

Sunday Morning

• Elder David B. Haight
• Sunshine and smiles brighten the day
• Bishop Keith B. McMullin
• Bishop McMullin: An invitation with promise
• Elder Ballard: 'His word ye shall receive'
• Elder M. Russell Ballard
• Elder Maxwell: Plow in hope
• Elder Neal A. Maxwell
• Pres. Faust: Born again
• Pres. Hinckley: The miracle of faith
• President Gordon B. Hinckley
• President James E. Faust
• Sister Carol B. Thomas
• Sister Thomas: Sacrifice: An eternal investment

Sunday Afternoon

• Elder Bruce D. Porter
• Elder Carmack: United in love and testimony
• Elder Dallin H. Oaks
• Elder David B. Haight
• Elder Haight: Gratitude and service
• Elder John K. Carmack
• Elder Joseph B. Wirthlin
• Elder Kendrick: Enhancing our temple experience
• Elder L. Lionel Kendrick
• Elder Oaks: Focus and priorities
• Elder Porter: Building the kingdom
• Elder Wirthlin: The law of the fast
• Faith called 'marvelous gift'
• Pres. Hinckley: Good-bye for another season
• President Gordon B. Hinckley