KSL.com is providing the latest talk summaries and announcements from the October 2021 general conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Speakers address the audience in the Marriott Center at BYU Women’s Conference on April 29. The conference finished on Friday with a Q&A and comments from Elder Ronald A. Rasband. (BYU Photo)
The 2021 BYU Women’s Conference finished Friday with a “Sister-to-Sister” Q&A and a closing devotional by Elder Ronald A. Rasband of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles.
The theme of the conference, “I am a Child of God, His Promises are Sure” continued in the final day, with speakers addressing how to receive personal revelation and tap into our divine potential.
Sister-to-Sister Q&A
The morning began with the Q&A event, featuring Sister Susan H. Porter, first counselor in the Primary general presidency, Sister Sharon Eubank, first counselor in the Relief Society general presidency, and Sister Michelle D. Craig, first counselor in the Young Women general presidency. The event was moderated by Sister Irene Caso.
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Tulips are shown blooming around a sign at Brigham Young University on April 29. Church leaders encouraged sisters to cultivate connections with others and use faith to navigate hardship in the opening session of the 2021 BYU Women’s Conference. (Addie Blacker)
Church leaders encouraged sisters to cultivate connections with others and use faith to navigate hardships in the opening session of the 2021 BYU Women’s Conference.
Invite others to belong
Relief Society Presidency members Jean B. Bingham, Sharon Eubank and Reyna I. Aburto encouraged listeners to work on giving loving responses to ward members who come home from missions early, are childless or are in other less-than-ideal circumstances. Sister Bingham encouraged sisters to look for “untapped potential and hidden talents” in others to help them feel like they belong.
They make up most of the adult LDS membership. So why do they feel like outsiders? Because theyâre single.
Church leaders openly acknowledge this longtime trend, but single Latter-day Saints say additional shifts are needed from the pulpit and in the pews to make the faith more welcoming.
(Illustration by Christopher Cherrington | The Salt Lake Tribune)
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For a church that preaches marriage, that promotes traditional gender roles and nuclear families, and that even organizes special congregations on the basis of marital status, the General Conference announcement that most members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints are single seemed stunning.