183rd Annual General Conference--Saturday morning session

The Mormon Tabernacle Choir sang Redeemer of Israel
President Dieter F Uchtdorf conducted
The choir sang In Hymns of Praise
Elder Randall K Bennett offered the invocation
President Thomas S Monson

• Traveled to Germany and Idaho in the past six months  to dedicate temples.
• Didn’t attend cultural celebration in Calgary because it was Sister Monson’s birthday
• President Uchtdorf dedicated Honduras temple
• Announced new temples in Cedar City Utah and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
• In October changes to missionary age announced
• As of April 4, there are 65,634 full-time missionaries with 58 new missions
• We were invited to donate to the general missionary fund of the church

The choir sang Hark, All Ye Nations!
President Boyd K Packer

• He shared a short poem he wrote in 1992 at age 68 (he updated it at 78 and again at 88).
• He is getting older. Although he loses physical ability, there are “great spiritual gains” that come with age.
• We need to protect our homes. The priesthood has been given to protect the home
• There are few things more powerful than the prayers of a righteous mother.

Bishop Dean M Davies

• Talked about experiencing the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake in San Francisco.  Many buildings collapsed because they were not built on a sure foundation.
• Just as buildings need to use the right material, we need to be built properly spiritually on a sure foundation to be safe (Helaman 5:12)

Sister Elaine S Dalton

• spoke about the first line in the YW theme… we are daughters of our Heavenly Father who loves us and we love him
• we need to understand "we are daughters of an exalted being"
• women have a significant role to play in building the kingdom of God.
•  Was comforted by remembering What e'er thou art, act well thy part.

The choir and congregation sang Let Us All Press On

Elder Craig A Cardon

• The Savior forgives sin on earth, not just in the eternities
• In this forgiveness the enabling power of the Atonement helps us
• False faith does not justify sin
• The Savior knows our weakness; however, “Notwithstanding your sins, my bowels are filled with compassion towards you”

Elder M Russell Ballard

• “And worlds without number have I created” (Moses 1:33)
• The Milky Way is just one of 200 billion galaxies which for most of us is difficult to grasp.
• The priesthood is power by which these were created and the source of this power is God Almighty and His Son Jesus Christ
• While men administer the priesthood, they are NOT the priesthood.  Just as a woman cannot have a child without a man, a man can’t properly use his priesthood without a woman
• Shared an analogy of growing a tomato plant, its potential, and what happens when it is neglected (it wilts).
• Those who hold the priesthood but don’t honour it will wilt spiritually
• Spoke of the recent Worldwide Leadership Training videos about the role of priesthood and strengthening the family

The choir sang Faith

President Henry B Eyring

• This is the Church of Jesus Christ and we take His name upon us as we enter it.
• The Savior tells us, “I will encircle thee in the arms of my love.” (D&C 6:20)
• Recounted much of the life of Christ
• Great blessings come from faithful service
• Christ has shown us how to hear our Heavenly Father

The choir sang My Redeemer Lives

Sister Jean A Stevens offered the benediction