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President Thomas S. Monson, center, and his counselors, President Henry B. Eyring, first counselor in the First Presidency, left, and President Dieter F. Uchtdorf, second counselor in the First Presidency, right, sit at the start of the Priesthood session of the LDS Church’s 187th Annual General Conference at the Conference Center in Salt Lake City on Saturday, April 01, 2017. Credit: Spenser Heaps, Deseret News
President Thomas S. Monson speaks during the Priesthood session of the LDS Church’s 187th Annual General Conference at the Conference Center in Salt Lake City on Saturday, April 01, 2017. Credit: Spenser Heaps, Deseret News
Conferencegoers rise and sing during the Priesthood session of the LDS Church’s 187th Annual General Conference at the Conference Center in Salt Lake City on Saturday, April 01, 2017. Credit: Spenser Heaps, Deseret News
Conferencegoers rise and sing during the Priesthood session of the LDS Church’s 187th Annual General Conference at the Conference Center in Salt Lake City on Saturday, April 01, 2017. Credit: Spenser Heaps, Deseret News
Conferencegoers listen during the Priesthood session of the LDS Church’s 187th Annual General Conference at the Conference Center in Salt Lake City on Saturday, April 01, 2017. Credit: Spenser Heaps, Deseret News
President Thomas S. Monson, center, flashes a thumbs up as he leaves at the end of the Priesthood session of the LDS Church’s 187th Annual General Conference at the Conference Center in Salt Lake City on Saturday, April 01, 2017. Credit: Spenser Heaps, Deseret News
President Henry B. Eyring, first counselor in the First Presidency, left, and President Dieter F. Uchtdorf, second counselor in the First Presidency, right, leave at the end of the Priesthood session of the LDS Church’s 187th Annual General Conference at the Conference Center in Salt Lake City on Saturday, April 01, 2017. Spenser Heaps
President Thomas S. Monson flashes a thumbs-up as he enters at the start of the Priesthood session of the LDS Church’s 187th Annual General Conference at the Conference Center in Salt Lake City on Saturday, April 01, 2017. Credit: Spenser Heaps, Deseret News
President Thomas S. Monson, center, and his counselors, President Henry B. Eyring, first counselor in the First Presidency, center left, and President Dieter F. Uchtdorf, second counselor in the First Presidency, center right, enter at the start of the Priesthood session of the LDS Church’s 187th Annual General Conference at the Conference Center in Salt Lake City on Saturday, April 01, 2017. Credit: Spenser Heaps, Deseret News
President Thomas S. Monson, center, and his counselors, President Henry B. Eyring, first counselor in the First Presidency, second from right, and President Dieter F. Uchtdorf, second counselor in the First Presidency, third from right, enter at the start of the Priesthood session of the LDS Church’s 187th Annual General Conference at the Conference Center in Salt Lake City on Saturday, April 01, 2017. Credit: Spenser Heaps, Deseret News
President Thomas S. Monson, center, and his counselors, President Henry B. Eyring, first counselor in the First Presidency, third from right, and President Dieter F. Uchtdorf, second counselor in the First Presidency, second from right, enter at the start of the Priesthood session of the LDS Church’s 187th Annual General Conference at the Conference Center in Salt Lake City on Saturday, April 01, 2017. Credit: Spenser Heaps, Deseret News
President Thomas S. Monson, center, and his counselors, President Henry B. Eyring, first counselor in the First Presidency, left, and President Dieter F. Uchtdorf, second counselor in the First Presidency, right, sit at the start of the Priesthood session of the LDS Church’s 187th Annual General Conference at the Conference Center in Salt Lake City on Saturday, April 01, 2017. Credit: Spenser Heaps, Deseret News
President Dieter F. Uchtdorf, second counselor in the First Presidency, left, greets conferencegoers as President Henry B. Eyring, first counselor in the First Presidency, second from right, and President Thomas S. Monson, right, listen at the start of the Priesthood session of the LDS Church’s 187th Annual General Conference at the Conference Center in Salt Lake City on Saturday, April 01, 2017. Credit: Spenser Heaps, Deseret News
A choir sings during the Priesthood session of the LDS Church’s 187th Annual General Conference at the Conference Center in Salt Lake City on Saturday, April 01, 2017. Credit: Spenser Heaps, Deseret News
President Thomas S. Monson, second from right, is helped up to speak by his counselors, President Henry B. Eyring, first counselor in the First Presidency, second from left, and President Dieter F. Uchtdorf, second counselor in the First Presidency, left, at the start of the Priesthood session of the LDS Church’s 187th Annual General Conference at the Conference Center in Salt Lake City on Saturday, April 01, 2017. Credit: Spenser Heaps, Deseret News
President Thomas S. Monson speaks during the Priesthood session of the LDS Church’s 187th Annual General Conference at the Conference Center in Salt Lake City on Saturday, April 01, 2017. Spenser Heaps
Elder David A. Bednar, of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, speaks during the Priesthood session of the LDS Church’s 187th Annual General Conference at the Conference Center in Salt Lake City on Saturday, April 01, 2017. Credit: Spenser Heaps, Deseret News
Elder David A. Bednar, of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, speaks during the Priesthood session of the LDS Church’s 187th Annual General Conference at the Conference Center in Salt Lake City on Saturday, April 01, 2017. Credit: Spenser Heaps, Deseret News
President Dieter F. Uchtdorf, second counselor in the First Presidency, speaks during the Priesthood session of the LDS Church’s 187th Annual General Conference at the Conference Center in Salt Lake City on Saturday, April 01, 2017. Credit: Spenser Heaps, Deseret News
Conferencegoers rise and sing during the Priesthood session of the LDS Church’s 187th Annual General Conference at the Conference Center in Salt Lake City on Saturday, April 01, 2017. Credit: Spenser Heaps, Deseret News
Conferencegoers rise and sing during the Priesthood session of the LDS Church’s 187th Annual General Conference at the Conference Center in Salt Lake City on Saturday, April 01, 2017. Credit: Spenser Heaps, Deseret News
President Dieter F. Uchtdorf, second counselor in the First Presidency, speaks during the Priesthood session of the LDS Church’s 187th Annual General Conference at the Conference Center in Salt Lake City on Saturday, April 01, 2017. Credit: Spenser Heaps, Deseret News
Conferencegoers rise and sing during the Priesthood session of the LDS Church’s 187th Annual General Conference at the Conference Center in Salt Lake City on Saturday, April 01, 2017. Credit: Spenser Heaps, Deseret News
Conferencegoers rise and sing during the Priesthood session of the LDS Church’s 187th Annual General Conference at the Conference Center in Salt Lake City on Saturday, April 01, 2017. Credit: Spenser Heaps, Deseret News
President Henry B. Eyring, first counselor in the First Presidency, speaks during the Priesthood session of the LDS Church’s 187th Annual General Conference at the Conference Center in Salt Lake City on Saturday, April 01, 2017. Credit: Spenser Heaps, Deseret News
President Henry B. Eyring, first counselor in the First Presidency, speaks during the Priesthood session of the LDS Church’s 187th Annual General Conference at the Conference Center in Salt Lake City on Saturday, April 01, 2017. Credit: Spenser Heaps, Deseret News
President Henry B. Eyring, first counselor in the First Presidency, speaks during the Priesthood session of the LDS Church’s 187th Annual General Conference at the Conference Center in Salt Lake City on Saturday, April 01, 2017. Credit: Spenser Heaps, Deseret News
Conferencegoers listen during the Priesthood session of the LDS Church’s 187th Annual General Conference at the Conference Center in Salt Lake City on Saturday, April 01, 2017. Credit: Spenser Heaps, Deseret News
Conferencegoers listen during the Priesthood session of the LDS Church’s 187th Annual General Conference at the Conference Center in Salt Lake City on Saturday, April 01, 2017. Credit: Spenser Heaps, Deseret News
Conferencegoers listen during the Priesthood session of the LDS Church’s 187th Annual General Conference at the Conference Center in Salt Lake City on Saturday, April 01, 2017. Credit: Spenser Heaps, Deseret News
A conferencegoer exits into the lobby during the Priesthood session of the LDS Church’s 187th Annual General Conference at the Conference Center in Salt Lake City on Saturday, April 01, 2017. Credit: Spenser Heaps, Deseret News
The choir sings during the Priesthood session of the LDS Church’s 187th Annual General Conference at the Conference Center in Salt Lake City on Saturday, April 01, 2017. Credit: Spenser Heaps, Deseret News
President Thomas S. Monson, second from left, President Henry B. Eyring, first counselor in the First Presidency, third from left, and President Dieter F. Uchtdorf, second counselor in the First Presidency, right, leave at the end of the Priesthood session of the LDS Church’s 187th Annual General Conference at the Conference Center in Salt Lake City on Saturday, April 01, 2017. Spenser Heaps
President Thomas S. Monson, center, President Henry B. Eyring, first counselor in the First Presidency, second from left, and President Dieter F. Uchtdorf, second counselor in the First Presidency, second from right, leave at the end of the Priesthood session of the LDS Church’s 187th Annual General Conference at the Conference Center in Salt Lake City on Saturday, April 01, 2017. Spenser Heaps
President Thomas S. Monson, second from right, President Henry B. Eyring, first counselor in the First Presidency, left, and President Dieter F. Uchtdorf, second counselor in the First Presidency, third from left, leave at the end of the Priesthood session of the LDS Church’s 187th Annual General Conference at the Conference Center in Salt Lake City on Saturday, April 01, 2017. Credit: Spenser Heaps, Deseret News
President Russell M. Nelson, of the Quorum of the Twelve, waves as he leave at the end of the Priesthood session of the LDS Church’s 187th Annual General Conference at the Conference Center in Salt Lake City on Saturday, April 01, 2017. Credit: Spenser Heaps, Deseret News
Elder M. Russell Ballard, of the Quorum of the Twelve, waves as he leaves at the end of the Priesthood session of the LDS Church’s 187th Annual General Conference at the Conference Center in Salt Lake City on Saturday, April 01, 2017. Credit: Spenser Heaps, Deseret News
Elder Jeffrey R. Holland, of the Quorum of the Twelve, waves as he leaves at the end of the Priesthood session of the LDS Church’s 187th Annual General Conference at the Conference Center in Salt Lake City on Saturday, April 01, 2017. Spenser Heaps
Elder Ronald A. Rasband waves as he leaves at the end of the Priesthood session of the LDS Church’s 187th Annual General Conference at the Conference Center in Salt Lake City on Saturday, April 01, 2017. Credit: Spenser Heaps, Deseret News
Elder Dale G. Renlund, Elder Gary E. Stevenson and Elder Ronald A. Rasband, of the Quorum of the Twelve, wave as they leave at the end of the Priesthood session of the LDS Church’s 187th Annual General Conference at the Conference Center in Salt Lake City on Saturday, April 01, 2017. Credit: Spenser Heaps, Deseret News

All three members of the First Presidency — President Thomas S. Monson and his counselors, President Henry B. Eyring and President Dieter F. Uchtdorf — addressed the priesthood session of general conference Saturday evening, April 1. Also speaking were Elder David A. Bednar of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles and Presiding Bishop Gérald Caussé.

The invocation for the session was given by Elder Vern P. Stanfill and the benediction by Elder Carlos A. Godoy. Both are General Authority Seventies.

Music for the session was provided by a priesthood choir from young single adult stakes in Holladay and Murray, Utah. Brett Taylor directed the singing with Andrew Unsworth at the organ.

rscott@deseretnews.com

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