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How to watch this year’s seminary and institute training broadcast with Elder Christofferson

The annual training broadcast for all Church Educational System employees will be available to view starting Jan. 26

The 2024 Seminary and Institutes of Religion annual broadcast will include counsel and instruction from Elder D. Todd Christofferson of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles; Elder Clark G. Gilbert, the commissioner of the Church Educational System; and Chad H Webb, the Church’s administrator of seminaries and institutes.

The training broadcast — held each year for instructors, administrators and other CES employees — will be available to view on Friday, Jan. 26, according to a news release on ChurchofJesusChrist.org.

The one-hour event will be accessible for study and review in Gospel Library and can be found under Handbooks and Callings -> Seminaries and Institutes -> S&I Broadcasts -> Annual Broadcasts.

The broadcast will be translated into 40 languages. The notice on ChurchofJesusChrist.org says all CES employees are invited and encouraged to watch the broadcast after it is made available in their languages. 

Program administrators may plan larger gatherings to watch the broadcast as well as schedule in-service meetings to discuss and implement the messages. Coordinators may select portions of the broadcast that would be beneficial for training their stake seminary and institute teachers.

Elder Clark G. Gilbert, Church commissioner of education, sitting left, and Chad H Webb, administrator for Seminaries and Institutes, listen as Elder D. Todd Christofferson speaks at the pulpit during a training broadcast.
Elder D. Todd Christofferson of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, at the pulpit, and Elder Clark G. Gilbert, Church commissioner of education, sitting left, and Chad H Webb, administrator for Seminaries and Institutes, participate in the 2024 Seminary and Institutes of Religion Annual Broadcast, available on Jan. 26, 2024. | The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
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