“Conference Story Index,” Ensign, May 2008, 126
Conference Story Index
The following is a list of selected experiences from general conference addresses for use in personal study, family home evening, and other teaching. Numbers refer to the first page of the talk.
Speaker |
Story |
Doctrines or Principles |
---|---|---|
Elder Ronald A. Rasband |
visits faithful members on Lake Titicaca, 11 |
example, faith |
Elder Joseph B. Wirthlin |
as a seven-year-old, stands up for an older boy with disabilities, 17 |
kindness |
Elder William R. Walker |
photo of First Presidency hangs in grandparents’ home, 37 |
presidency |
Elder Quentin L. Cook |
great-grandfather helps rescue handcart companies, 47 |
courage, devotion |
Thomas S. Monson’s Church leadership experience, 47 |
Church service, ministering | |
Bishop H. David Burton |
accounts of Church humanitarian aid, 51 |
humanitarian aid, service |
Elder John M. Madsen |
12-year-old Gordon B. Hinckley attends first stake priesthood meeting, 55 |
Joseph Smith, testimony |
President Dieter F. Uchtdorf |
airplane crashes into a mountain, 57 |
obedience, repentance |
President Thomas S. Monson |
boy imitates Thomas S. Monson, 65 |
example |
stalwart missionary with cancer, 65 |
example, faith | |
President Dieter F. Uchtdorf |
Thomas S. Monson visits bedridden member in Germany, 68 |
compassion, ministering |
conversion of Harriet Uchtdorf and family, 68 |
conversion | |
Elder Sheldon F. Child |
young Sheldon F. Child pays tithing after selling calf, 79 |
tithing |
breadfruit falls from tree in front of family who paid tithing, 79 |
faith, tithing | |
West African mother’s testimony of tithing, 79 |
tithing | |
President Thomas S. Monson |
pioneer ancestors’ hardships, 87 |
dedication, faith |
Elder David A. Bednar |
mother and sick son pray that he will be healed, 94 |
faith, prayer |
parents pray to embrace dying daughter, 94 |
comfort, prayer | |
Elder W. Craig Zwick |
young man asks if he must lower standards to keep friends, 97 |
righteousness, standards |
Elder Robert R. Steuer |
testimony of boy in Recife, Brazil, 99 |
agency, testimony |
Elder Lance B. Wickman |
wounded soldier in Vietnam begs to stay with his men, 103 |
commitment, mortality |
Susan W. Tanner |
investigator receives testimony of Jesus Christ, 113 |
missionary work, testimony |
youth live gospel standards amid peer pressure, 113 |
integrity, obedience | |
less-active woman is asked to teach Young Women, 113 |
example, reactivation | |
Elaine S. Dalton |
young man stands up for chastity, 116 |
courage, testimony |
runs the Boston Marathon, 116 |
prayer | |
Mary N. Cook |
young woman learns to be modest, 120 |
example, standards |
two sisters smash a CD that did not have uplifting lyrics, 120 |
standards | |
young woman’s example helps her family return to Church activity, 120 |
example, Sabbath |