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2019 BYU Women’s Conference Programming Notes

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Today BYU Women’s Conference starts (YAY!  I wish I was there!). The Friday opening and closing general sessions will be live streamed on some of the Church’s media channels.  The Thursday general sessions are not being live streamed, however, they will be online for on-demand viewing a few weeks after Women’s Conference.  I will let everyone know when they are available.

This year’s theme is based on Ether 12:41, “And now, I would commend you to seek this Jesus of whom the prophets and apostles have written, that the grace of God the Father, and also the Lord Jesus Christ, and the Holy Ghost, which beareth record of them, may be and abide in you forever. Amen.”  This is one of my favorite scriptures, and I am so glad that this is the theme of the Conference this year.

Here is the information for viewing:

Sister Jean B. Bingham, Sister Bonnie H. Cordon, Sister Joy D. Jones with Sheri Dew as moderator
May 3, 2019
9:00–10:15 a.m. – Mountain Daylight Time (MDT)

Elder D. Todd Christofferson and Sister Kathy Christofferson
May 3, 2019
3:45–5:00 pm – Mountain Daylight Time (MDT)

Both events will be streamed live in English, Spanish, and Portuguese on our home page, the home page of churchofjesuschrist.org and on the Church’s YouTube page, the Church’s Facebook page, and via the MormonChannel app.

In addition, the Sister-to-Sister Event will be available in the following languages and locations:

English: On the Facebook page of Sister Bingham, Sister Jones, and BYU Women’s Conference

Spanish: On the Facebook page for Sister Cristina B. Franco, Second Counselor of the Primary General Presidency, as well as the Facebook page for Sister Reyna I. Aburto, Second Counselor of the Relief Society General Presidency.

Portuguese: On the Facebook page of Sister Cordon.

Recordings of these events will later be archived in the Media Library.

Changes to Youth Advancement in the Church

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If you get emails from the Church, you’ve probably seen this already. If not here is a link to the announcement for changes in how the Church will advance girls and boys throught the Young Women program and the Aaronic Priesthood quorums.

Beginning in January 2019, children will complete Primary and begin attending Sunday School and the Beehive class or deacons quorum as age-groups, not on their individual 12th birthdays as they have in the past.

In addition, young men will be eligible to be ordained to a priesthood office in January of the year they turn 12, 14, and 16, and youth will be eligible to obtain a limited-use temple recommend beginning in January of the year they turn 12—based on their “individual worthiness, readiness, and personal circumstances.”

The announcement has a few more details. We encourage you to read through this announcement, and let us know what you think in the comments. It’s exciting times to be a member of the Lord’s church. My husband just remarked he wished Pres. Nelson would slow down just a smidge, not all of us are as fast and good at skiing as he is.