April 2016 Conference Notebook

“What I the Lord have spoken, I have spoken; … whether by mine own voice or by the voice of my servants, it is the same” (D&C 1:38).

As you review the April 2016 general conference, you can use these pages (and Conference Notebooks in future issues) to help you study and apply the recent teachings of the living prophets and apostles and other Church leaders.

To read, watch, or listen to general conference addresses, visit conference.lds.org.

“Choose faith over doubt.”

Bonnie L. Oscarson, Young Women general president, “Do I Believe?” Ensign, May 2016, 89.

Answers for You

Each conference, prophets and apostles give inspired answers to questions Church members may have. You can use your May 2016 issue or visit conference.lds.org to find answers to these questions:

• What are the four types of family councils, and why are they important? —See M. Russell Ballard, “Family Councils,” 63.

• How do we prepare for the temple? —See Quentin L. Cook, “See Yourself in the Temple,” 97.

• What are priesthood keys? —See Gary E. Stevenson, “Where Are the Keys and Authority of the Priesthood?” 29.

Great Stories from Conference

What catches our attention better than a story? The following stories are among the many shared at conference:

• What doctrine comforted a couple in South America who longed to have their baby son sealed to them? —See W. Christopher Waddell, “A Pattern for Peace,” 90.

• What realization did a mother make as she flew with her critically ill toddler in a helicopter to Primary Children’s Hospital? —See Bonnie L. Oscarson, “Do I Believe?” 87.

• How did a priests quorum leader get one of his priests back to church? —See Mervyn B. Arnold, “To the Rescue: We Can Do It,” 53.

• Atonement of Jesus Christ

  Dale G. Renlund

• Rescue

  Dieter F. Uchtdorf

• Future Roles