PODCAST: Mormon News Report 82: THE GENERAL CONFERENCE PRE-GAME SHOW!

LINKS

• No Sunday play policy has BYU women’s hoops preparing for NCAA run in unique way (KSL)
• Less is more: A look at why the Church is simplifying its scripture production processes (Church News)
• Sister Wendy Nelson Shares Her Personal Witness of President Nelson’s Prophetic Calling and Ministry (ChurchofJesusChrist.org)
• How many Millennials are really leaving the LDS Church? (Religion News Service)
• Tips for living: 5 things to remember when sharing a testimony in church (Deseret News)
• Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints files plans for first Virginia temple in Henrico (Richmond Times-Dispatch)
• Latter-day Saints apostle to speak at BYU-Idaho commencement (East Idaho News)
• Billboard announcing new LDS temple in Layton turns out to be a hoax (Fox13)
• Missouri House votes to allow Bible courses in public school (WSBT 22)

GENERAL CONFERENCE PREDICTIONS

• Jenny’s Top 5 Predictions:
  • Separation of civil wedding ceremonies and temple ordinances
  • Woman speaks at Priesthood session
  • Women as witnesses and things like checking recommends in the temple, attending worthiness interviews, moms holding babies during blessings, girls helping with sacrament
  • Hot chocolate must be served cold –jk– New Handbook coming out, updated, transparency, digitally
  • NOTHING
• Brandt’s Top 5 Predictions:
  • 4 (up to 6) total female speakers throughout GC
  • Announcement or update on Youth Program for 2020 (time to plan)
  • (news dump right before or after GC) required training for members of ward council completed on an annual basis
  • A fast for men — social media? Gaming? A week without sports?
  • Consolidation of stake callings, specifically: stake presidency, high council, presidents only of auxiliaries (not presidencies) working with presidencies of individual wards — the stake presidency will be the ward presidencies

SUNSHINE IN MY SOUL

• Jenny: My Stubborn Toddler Marriage
• Brandt: New Babies and Mothers-In-Law, Passing the Sacrament as an Adult, and “America in Color” on the Smithsonian Channel

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