“Summary for the 184th Annual General Conference,” Ensign, May 2014, 2–3
Summary for the 184th Annual General Conference
Saturday Morning, April 5, 2014, General Session
Presiding: President Thomas S. Monson. Conducting: President Dieter F. Uchtdorf. Invocation: Elder Carl B. Cook. Benediction: Elder W. Christopher Waddell. Music by the Tabernacle Choir; Mack Wilberg and Ryan Murphy, directors; Clay Christiansen and Richard Elliott, organists: “How Firm a Foundation,” Hymns, no. 85; “Press Forward, Saints,” Hymns, no. 81, arr. Wilberg, unpublished; “Lead, Kindly Light,” Hymns, no. 97, arr. Wilberg, unpublished; “Choose the Right,” Hymns, no. 239; “A New Commandment I Give unto You,” Gates, pub. by Jackman; “Come, O Thou King of Kings,” Hymns, no. 59, arr. Murphy, unpublished.
Saturday Afternoon, April 5, 2014, General Session
Presiding: President Thomas S. Monson. Conducting: President Henry B. Eyring. Invocation: Elder Ian S. Ardern. Benediction: Linda K. Burton. Music by a combined choir from the Orem Utah Institute; Ryan Eggett, director; Bonnie Goodliffe and Linda Margetts, organists: “Glory to God on High,” Hymns, no. 67, arr. Manookin, pub. by Jackman; “I Lived in Heaven,” Children’s Songbook, 4, arr. Beebe, pub. by Larice Music; “We Thank Thee, O God, for a Prophet,” Hymns, no. 19; “High on the Mountain Top,” Hymns, no. 5, arr. Duffin, pub. by Duffin.
Saturday Evening, April 5, 2014, Priesthood Session
Presiding: President Thomas S. Monson. Conducting: President Dieter F. Uchtdorf. Invocation: Elder LeGrand R. Curtis Jr. Benediction: Russell T. Osguthorpe. Music by a priesthood choir from Brigham Young University–Idaho; Randall Kempton and Kevin Brower, directors; Andrew Unsworth, organist: “Saints, Behold How Great Jehovah,” Hymns, no. 28, arr. Kempton, unpublished; “Secret Prayer,” Hymns, no. 144, arr. Kasen, pub. by Jackman; “Rejoice, the Lord Is King,” Hymns, no. 66; “Abide with Me!” Hymns, no. 166, arr. Kempton, unpublished.
Sunday Morning, April 6, 2014, General Session
Presiding: President Thomas S. Monson. Conducting: President Henry B. Eyring. Invocation: Elder L. Whitney Clayton. Benediction: Neill F. Marriott. Music by the Tabernacle Choir; Mack Wilberg, director; Richard Elliott and Andrew Unsworth, organists: “Come, We That Love the Lord,” Hymns, no. 119; “On This Day of Joy and Gladness,” Hymns, no. 64; “Let Us All Press On,” Hymns, no. 243, arr. Elliott, unpublished; “Teach Me to Walk in the Light,” Hymns, no. 304; “A Child’s Prayer,” Children’s Songbook, 12, arr. Perry, pub. by Jackman; “Guide Us, O Thou Great Jehovah,” Hymns, no. 83, arr. Wilberg, unpublished.
Sunday Afternoon, April 6, 2014, General Session
Presiding: President Thomas S. Monson. Conducting: President Dieter F. Uchtdorf. Invocation: Bishop Dean M. Davies. Benediction: Elder Benjamín De Hoyos. Music by the Tabernacle Choir; Mack Wilberg and Ryan Murphy, directors; Linda Margetts and Bonnie Goodliffe, organists: “Sweet Is the Work,” Hymns, no. 147, arr. Murphy, unpublished; “I Stand All Amazed,” Hymns, no. 193, arr. Murphy, unpublished; “Hark, All Ye Nations!” Hymns, no. 264; “Come, Let Us Anew,” Hymns, no. 217, arr. Wilberg, unpublished.
Saturday Evening, March 29, 2014, General Women’s Meeting
Presiding: President Thomas S. Monson. Conducting: Bonnie L. Oscarson. Invocation: Emri Elizabeth Smith. Benediction: Ofa Kaufusi. Music by a combined Primary, Young Women, and Relief Society choir from stakes along the Wasatch Front; Emily Wadley, director; Bonnie Goodliffe, organist: “Hark, All Ye Nations!” Hymns, no. 264; “Daughters in His Kingdom,” Creamer, unpublished, accompanied by organ, flute, violin, and cello; “I Am a Child of God,” Hymns, no. 301, arr. DeFord, unpublished; medley, arr. Mohlman, unpublished: “Lord, I Would Follow Thee,” Hymns, no. 220, and “Love One Another,” Hymns, no. 308; “Let Us All Press On,” Hymns, no. 243, arr. Huff, unpublished.
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On the Cover
Front: Photograph by Christina Smith.
Back: Photograph by Leslie Nilsson.
Conference Photography
Scenes of general conference in Salt Lake City were taken by Welden C. Andersen, Cody Bell, Randy Collier, Weston Colton, Scott Davis, Craig Dimond, Nathaniel Ray Edwards, Lloyd Eldredge, Ashlee Larsen, John Luke, Leslie Nilsson, Christina Smith, and Byron Warner; in Gilbert, Arizona, USA, by Jamie Dale Johnson; in Highlands Ranch, Colorado, USA, by Rebecca Morgenegg; in Mexico City, Mexico, by Israel Gutiérrez; in Norcross, Georgia, USA, by David Winters; in Palmyra, New York, USA, by Brent Walton; in Pleasant Grove, Utah, USA, by Jeremy Hall; in Raymond, Alberta, Canada, by Rhonda Steed; in Saint Petersburg, Russia, by Vladimir Egorov; in São Paulo, Brazil, by Laureni Fochetto; in Sydney, Australia, by Colin Ligertwood; in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, by Kylie Sneddon; in Vienna, Austria, by Frank Helmrich; and in Washington, Utah, USA, by James Iliff Jeffery.