Los asistentes a la conferencia entran antes de la sesión del sábado por la tarde de la Conferencia General Anual N° 194 de La Iglesia de Jesucristo de los Santos de los Últimos Días en el Centro de Conferencias en Salt Lake City el sábado 6 de abril de 2024. Megan Nielsen, Deseret News
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La sesión del sábado por la tarde de la Conferencia General Anual N° 194 marcó una ocasión poco común en la que un miembro del Cuórum de los Doce Apóstoles dirigió una sesión de la conferencia general.
Church President Russell M. Nelson, center; President Dallin H. Oaks, first counselor in the First Presidency, left, and President Henry B. Erying, second counselor in the First Presidency, stand during the Saturday afternoon session of the 194th Annual General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on April 6, 2024. | Cristy Powell, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
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Sister Milica Pauković of Serbia scans the tickets of conferencegoers before the Saturday afternoon session of the 194th Annual General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at the Conference Center in Salt Lake City on Saturday, April 6, 2024. | Megan Nielsen, Deseret News
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Conferencegoers file in before the Saturday afternoon session of the 194th Annual General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at the Conference Center in Salt Lake City on Saturday, April 6, 2024. | Megan Nielsen, Deseret News
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Someone holds a sign to try and get a ticket before the Saturday afternoon session of the 194th Annual General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at the Conference Center in Salt Lake City on Saturday, April 6, 2024. | Megan Nielsen, Deseret News
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Conferencegoers file in while it snows before the Saturday afternoon session of the 194th Annual General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at the Conference Center in Salt Lake City on Saturday, April 6, 2024. | Megan Nielsen, Deseret News
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Elder Gary E. Stevenson, of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, conducts the afternoon session at the Conference Center in Salt Lake City on Saturday, April 6, 2024. | Scott G Winterton, Deseret News
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Elder David A. Bednar of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles speaks during the Saturday afternoon session of the 194th Annual General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on April 6, 2024. | Cristy Powell, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
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Elder Massimo De Feo, General Authority Seventy, speaks during the Saturday afternoon session of the 194th Annual General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on April 6, 2024. | Cristy Powell, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
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Elder Brent H. Nielsen of the Presidency of the Seventy speaks during the Saturday afternoon session of the 194th Annual General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on April 6, 2024. | Cristy Powell, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
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Elder Jose L. Alonso, General Authority Seventy, speaks during the Saturday afternoon session of the 194th Annual General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on April 6, 2024. | Cristy Powell, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
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Elder Gerrit W. Gong of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles speaks during the Saturday afternoon session of the 194th Annual General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on April 6, 2024. | Cristy Powell, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
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Brother Michael T. Nelson, second counselor in the Young Men general presidency, speaks during the Saturday afternoon session of the 194th Annual General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on April 6, 2024. | Cristy Powell, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
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Elder Quentin L. Cook of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles speaks during the Saturday afternoon session of the 194th Annual General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on April 6, 2024. | Cristy Powell, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
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Conferencegoers file in before the Saturday afternoon session of the 194th Annual General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at the Conference Center in Salt Lake City on Saturday, April 6, 2024. | Megan Nielsen, Deseret News
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Göran Wern, Daniel Palm, Olle Ståhlberg and Helena Österlund of the Handen ward, Stockholm South Stake, translate the Saturday morning session of General Conference into Swedish on April 6. | Helena Österlund
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Elder Gary E. Stevenson, of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, conducts the afternoon session at the Conference Center in Salt Lake City on Saturday, April 6, 2024. | Scott G Winterton, Deseret News
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Sister Milica Pauković of Serbia scans the tickets of conferencegoers before the Saturday afternoon session of the 194th Annual General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at the Conference Center in Salt Lake City on Saturday, April 6, 2024. | Megan Nielsen, Deseret News
En el primer discurso de la sesión, el élder David A. Bednar, del Cuórum de los Doce Apóstoles, destacó el ritmo a menudo frenético de la vida moderna y “el ajetreo, el ruido, los desvíos, las distracciones y los rodeos que tan frecuentemente parecen exigir nuestra atención”.
Sin embargo, “a medida que el fundamento de nuestra vida se edifica sobre el Salvador, somos bendecidos para ‘quedar[nos] tranquilos‘; para tener la seguridad espiritual de que Dios es nuestro Padre Celestial, nosotros somos Sus hijos y Jesucristo es nuestro Salvador”, dijo el élder Bednar.
El élder Bednar fue uno de los tres apóstoles que hablaron durante la sesión de la tarde del 6 de abril: El élder Gerrit W. Gong, del Cuórum, también habló con el élder Quentin L. Cook ofreciendo el discurso final.
“Se puede alcanzar la unidad con Cristo y con nuestro Padre Celestial por medio de la Expiación del Salvador”, testificó el élder Cook.
No existen requisitos relacionados con la raza, el género o el grupo étnico para el bautismo; todos los requisitos son espirituales y todas las personas están invitadas a participar de la bondad del Señor, dijo.
Un coro combinado de BYU-Idaho interpretó “Honor, loor y gloria”, “El Padre tanto nos amó”, “Jesús, en la corte celestial” y “We Will Sing of Zion” [”Cantaremos de Sion”] bajo la dirección de Paul Busselberg, Randall Kempton, Eda Ashby y Atina Coates con Joseph Peeples y Linda Margetts como organistas.
Las oraciones fueron ofrecidas por el élder Ryan K. Olsen, Setenta Autoridad General, y la presidenta general de las Mujeres Jóvenes, Emily Belle Freeman.
