Thousands of Latter-day Saint women across the globe gathered Saturday, Sept. 26, for the first session of the 185th Semiannual General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
A capacity congregation of 21,000 women and girls age 8 and older filled the Conference Center in downtown Salt Lake City for the General Women’s Session.
The meeting was translated and sent to more than 7,400 church buildings in 100 countries via television, radio, satellite and Internet broadcasts.
President Dieter F. Uchtdorf, second counselor in the First Presidency; Sister Rosemary M. Wixom, Primary general president; Sister Carol F. McConkie of the Young Women general presidency; and Sister Linda S. Reeves of the Relief Society general presidency spoke during the session. President Thomas S. Monson presided at the women’s session — which was conducted by Sister Bonnie L. Oscarson, Young Women general president — and attended by members of Relief Society, Young Women and Primary general presidencies and boards and other General Authorities.
A Primary, Young Women and Relief Society choir from southern Cache Valley provided the music for the meeting.
“God has a plan for each one of us, and our individual purpose began long before we came to this earth,” said Sister Wixom.
Sister McConkie asked women across the globe to “choose to serve a righteous cause as valiant emissaries of our Lord Jesus Christ."
Sister Reeves said, “Our bodies are sacred gifts from our Heavenly Father. They are personal temples.”
President Uchtdorf taught LDS women that the pure love of Christ is “what makes us happy.”
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