2015 April Conference Thread

[HuskyFreeNorthwest]

Yep. Not surprisingly, he hit it out of the park again.

Now local leaders will have to deal with the fallout of people saying..."see, numbers don't matter!" Which, of course, they don't.

DnF you know better than this. The spin will be numbers matter even more, because they aren't our primary focus.

[Moliere]

Yep. Not surprisingly, he hit it out of the park again.

Now local leaders will have to deal with the fallout of people saying..."see, numbers don't matter!" Which, of course, they don't.

Numbers don't matter, which is why quarterly reports consist almost entirely of numbers. It's one thing to have an apostle say numbers don't matter, but until the church stops asking for numbers they will always matter. It's like when a GA came to our stake and told us that we needed to hold fewer meetings to allow people time to spend with their families...I guess he wanted us to just ignore the plethora of meetings that are listed in the CHoI.

[ERCougar]

I always have quibbles, but the RS President was great. Come to think of it, so was the Primary President.

The primary presidents talk was my favorite of all Sunday.

Deiter's from priesthood session was my favorite.

Thanks. I liked his talk on Sunday, of course, just not as much as others he's given.

[DrumNFeather]

One other takeaway I had from this GC was that I think that the current presiding bishop, the french guy, will be an apostle. When I was listening to his talk, he sort of struck me as the next Uchtdorf. It seems like we've had a pretty decent run over the last few years, but with some of these brethren climbing well up into their 80s and with others having obvious health issues, I think we'll see some new blood in there soon.

[DrumNFeather]

Deiter's from priesthood session was my favorite.

Yep. Not surprisingly, he hit it out of the park again.

Now local leaders will have to deal with the fallout of people saying..."see, numbers don't matter!" Which, of course, they don't.

[BigPiney]

So I missed all of the Saturday sessions. What were people's favorite talks from that day?

Deiter's from priesthood session was my favorite.

[Sleeping in EQ]

So I missed all of the Saturday sessions. What were people's favorite talks from that day?

I always have quibbles, but the RS President was great. Come to think of it, so was the Primary President.

[byu71]

I enjoyed conference once again. After the talks I always plan on attending church more than I do, but the spirit does not linger with me that strongly for a whole week. I blame myself for that.

As usual I was in the mood to be nit picky. When the lady spoke in the Sunday morning session I was immediately put off when she mentioned this young lady who had done all the RIGHT things. She married a RM in the Temple. I immediately thought of the church class system. RM's better than non RM's. Members married in the Temple better than those who are not.

I did listen to her talk though and enjoyed it. She expressed some very good thoughts. I came to the conclusion that being nit picky could and probably does prevent me from hearing some very good thoughts.

By the way I am an RM and was married in the Temple so I am in the upper class.

[ERCougar]

So I missed all of the Saturday sessions. What were people's favorite talks from that day?

[ERCougar]

All the drama in this thread over the Adam and Eve reference by Holland cracks me up. I have seen a ton of references on social media regarding the talk (all positive) and not one person mentioned the Adam/Eve thing.

Don't worry, fus. My teeth are fine!

Lol. I must have missed this drama.
I have no idea what everyone is saying about conference outside of here--the only thing I've come across is that stupidly ironic tree of life meme over the dissenting votes. President Holland's comments stood out because I had told my kids, who were tuned out on their tablets, to pay attention for a talk because Holland is usually a good speaker. And he starts with a good story but then follows up with something even my 13 year old picked up on as something only a dodo would say in 2015. So he went back to his iPad. Thanks, Elder Holland!

[YOhio]

Jesus is the savior, be kind, love people with charity. Main items.

And real marriage is between a dude and a chick. No exceptions.

[Jeff Lebowski]

All the drama in this thread over the Adam and Eve reference by Holland cracks me up. I have seen a ton of references on social media regarding the talk (all positive) and not one person mentioned the Adam/Eve thing.

Don't worry, fus. My teeth are fine!

[Donuthole]

A Dios le pido
Que mi conferencia general esté en un idioma que entiendo
A Dios le pido
O por lo menos en algo con subtítulos que sí comprendo
A Dios le pido
Que las puertas del cielo me sigan siempre abriendo
A Dios le pido
Un setenta no hispano para predicar el Evangelio

A Dios le pido
que si muero sea de amor
Y si me aburro que sea de vos
Y que de su voz salgan palabras inglesas
Todos los abriles
A Dios le pido

A Dios le pido
que si muero sea de amor
Y si me aburro que sea de vos
Y que de su voz salgan palabras inglesas
Todos los octubres
a Dios le pido

dl;nl

[Shaka]

The choir is capable of so much more than this formulaic tripe. He's been given access to one of the most impressive musical instruments in the world, and he makes them sing milquetoast renditions any choir cobbled together from the flotsam and jetsam of slc-area YSAs can pull off. You might as well be playing chopsticks on the tabernacle organ.

I agree with this. I preferred the Jerry O. and the MoTabs edition.

[LVAllen]

Interlude built on four/five note phrase. First verse, unison. Repeat interlude. Second verse, women. Third verse, men. Awkward key change thrown in somewhere for good measure. Fourth verse, harmony-- sometimes, if you're lucky, a few bars of a'cappella-- with hefty underlying modulation. Repeat interlude. Repeat single refrain. One last interlude, and end with a gratuitous "Amen."

And that, ladies and gentlemen, is every single Mack Wilburg arrangement ever written.

The choir is capable of so much more than this formulaic tripe. He's been given access to one of the most impressive musical instruments in the world, and he makes them sing milquetoast renditions any choir cobbled together from the flotsam and jetsam of slc-area YSAs can pull off. You might as well be playing chopsticks on the tabernacle organ.

And worse yet, he uses Motab to give these arrangements an authoritative imprimatur. No doubt, he studiously avoids giving the choir anything interesting to do lest he scare away ward choir directors shopping at Deseret book to find a nice number for next Sunday's program-- good saints, with good intentions and the ward budget at their disposal. Setting himself up as a light for gain and praise of others-- there's a word for that, as I recall.

He must be stopped.

He did much better when he was handling the BYU Mens Chorus.