“Conference Story Index,” Liahona, May 2009, 130
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. Number refers to the first page of the talk.
Speaker |
Story |
Topics |
---|---|---|
Elder Robert D. Hales |
Sister Hales chooses not to buy a dress she could not afford and, later, not to buy a coat she did not need (7). |
debt, money management, provident living |
Elder Allan F. Packer |
Young Elder Packer hears the voice of his football coach above the noise of the crowd (17). |
Holy Ghost, revelation |
Elder D. Todd Christofferson |
A family in Peru loses all of its possessions in an earthquake but remains strong and cheerful (19). |
faith, spiritual strength |
President Henry B. Eyring |
President Eyring’s bishop serves others despite health challenges (23). |
adversity, service |
Elder M. Russell Ballard |
Elder Ballard decides to sell a certain model of car despite his father’s counsel not to do so (31). |
agency, experience, faith, learning |
Elder Quentin L. Cook |
Charles Dickens is impressed with Latter-day Saint emigrants (34). |
example |
Elder Rafael E. Pino |
Three-year-old daughter of Alvarez family drowns, but family finds comfort in temple covenants (41). |
adversity, Atonement, comfort, death, faith, hope |
Elder Richard G. Scott |
Elder and Sister Scott are comforted by the promises of the temple following the death of two children (43). |
adversity, children, death, hope, sealing |
Bishop Richard C. Edgley |
Ward employment specialist helps members find jobs (53). |
charity, priesthood, self-reliance |
Elders quorum helps member start his own business (53). |
priesthood, self-reliance, service | |
Elder Claudio R. M. Costa |
A couple serves and remains faithful in the Church despite facing multiple challenges (56). |
adversity, commitment, duty, faith |
President Dieter F. Uchtdorf |
A plane crashes because the crew became distracted by a small burned-out lightbulb (59). |
duty, priorities, temptation |
President Henry B. Eyring |
In mortal danger, soldiers protect their fallen comrades (63). |
courage, duty, service |
President Thomas S. Monson |
Woman in New York City prays for and receives a visit from the missionaries (67). |
prayer |
A high school band member becomes sick but is healed by a priesthood blessing (67). |
priesthood | |
Elder Steven E. Snow |
Robert Gardner Jr. responds well to change and adversity throughout his life (81). |
change, challenges, faith |
Barbara Thompson |
Sister Thompson is served by her ward after a tree falls in her yard (83). |
kindness, service |
President Thomas S. Monson |
President Monson’s great-grandparents lose their son during their journey to the Salt Lake Valley (89). |
adversity, death, endurance, faith, pioneers |
A blind man seeks a priesthood blessing (89). |
priesthood | |
A woman endures trials as she travels from East Prussia to Western Germany (89). |
adversity, faith | |
Ann M. Dibb |
A young woman completes all 80 goals in her Beehive Girl’s Handbook, including a trip to the temple (114). |
goals, obedience, temple work |