"Summary for the 179th Semiannual General Conference," Ensign, Nov 2009, 2-3
Presiding: President Thomas S. Monson. Conducting: President Henry B. Eyring. Invocation: Elder John M. Madsen. Benediction: Elder Clate W. Mask Jr. Music by the Tabernacle Choir; Mack Wilberg and Ryan Murphy, directors; Clay Christiansen and Richard Elliott, organists: "Glory to God on High," Hymns, no. 67; "Rejoice, the Lord Is King!" Hymns, no. 66; "Choose the Right," Hymns, no. 239, arr. Wilberg, unpublished; "We Thank Thee, O God, for a Prophet," Hymns, no. 19; "My Heavenly Father Loves Me," Children's Songbook, 228-29, arr. Hofheins, unpublished; "Oh, May My Soul Commune with Thee," Hymns, no. 123; "Come, Come, Ye Saints," Hymns, no. 30, arr. Wilberg, unpublished.
Presiding: President Thomas S. Monson. Conducting: President Henry B. Eyring. Invocation: Elder Carlos H. Amado. Benediction: Elder Robert S. Wood. Music by a combined ward choir from stakes in Bountiful and Farmington, Utah; Michael Huff, director; Linda Margetts, organist: "Let Zion in Her Beauty Rise," Hymns, no. 41; "Know This, That Every Soul Is Free," Hymns, no. 240, arr. Huff, unpublished; "Come, Ye Children of the Lord," Hymns, no. 58; "I Know That My Redeemer Lives," Hymns, no. 136, arr. Huff, unpublished.
Presiding: President Thomas S. Monson. Conducting: President Dieter F. Uchtdorf. Invocation: Elder Dennis B. Neuenschwander. Benediction: Elder Lance B. Wickman. Music by an Aaronic Priesthood choir from stakes in West Jordan, Utah; Neil Hendriksen, director; Andrew Unsworth, organist: "High on the Mountain Top," Hymns, no. 333; "Sweet Hour of Prayer," Hymns, no. 142, arr. de Azevedo, pub. Embryo; "Praise to the Man," Hymns, no. 27; "Rise Up, O Men of God," Hymns, no. 324, arr. Staheli, pub. Jackman.
Presiding: President Thomas S. Monson. Conducting: President Thomas S. Monson. Invocation: Elder Glenn L. Pace. Benediction: Elder Enrique R. Falabella. Music by the Tabernacle Choir; Mack Wilberg and Ryan Murphy, directors; Richard Elliott and Andrew Unsworth, organists: "Sing Praise to Him," Hymns, no. 70; "I Need Thee Every Hour," Hymns, no. 98; "Beautiful Zion, Built Above," Hymns, no. 44, arr. Wilberg, unpublished; "How Firm a Foundation," Hymns, no. 85; "Love Is Spoken Here," Children's Songbook, 190-91, arr. Cardon, unpublished; "Have I Done Any Good?" Hymns, no. 223, arr. Zabriskie, pub. Plum.
Presiding: President Thomas S. Monson. Conducting: President Dieter F. Uchtdorf. Invocation: Elder Marlin K. Jensen. Benediction: Elder W. Douglas Shumway. Music by the Tabernacle Choir; Mack Wilberg and Ryan Murphy, directors; Bonnie Goodliffe and Linda Margetts, organists: "In Hymns of Praise," Hymns, no. 75, arr. Murphy, unpublished; "O Divine Redeemer," Gounod, pub. IRI; "Hope of Israel," Hymns, no. 259; "Lord, Dismiss Us with Thy Blessing," Hymns, no. 163, arr. Wilberg, unpublished.
Presiding: President Thomas S. Monson. Conducting: Julie B. Beck. Invocation: Martha Johnson. Benediction: Carole M. Stephens. Music by a Relief Society choir from stakes in West Point, Clearfield, Clinton, Sunset, and Syracuse, Utah; Cathy Jolley, director; Bonnie Goodliffe, organist: "There Is Sunshine in My Soul," Hymns, no. 227; "As Sisters in Zion," Hymns, no. 309, arr. Boothe, unpublished (flutes: Nancy Toone and Cory Maxfield); "How Firm a Foundation," Hymns, no. 85, descant arr. Webb, unpublished; "Guide Us, O Thou Great Jehovah," Hymns, no. 83, arr. Wilberg, pub. IRI.
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King Benjamin's Address, by Jeremy C. Winborg, may not be copied.
Scenes of general conference in Salt Lake City were taken by Craig Dimond, Welden C. Andersen, John Luke, Matthew Reier, Christina Smith, Les Nilsson, Scott Davis, Lindsay Briggs, Rod Boam, Alpha Smoot, Cody Bell, Mark Weinberg, Weston Colton, Ashton Rodgers, and Shannon Norton; in Brazil by Laureni Ademar Fochetto; in Germany by Ruth Sipus; in Minnesota, USA, by Nell Hegdahl; in Namibia by Matthew Haugen; in Norway by Arne H. M. Fagertun; in Nova Scotia, Canada, by Ronald Smith; and in Peru by Juan Pablo Aragon Armas.
Allred, Silvia H., 115
Andersen, Neil L., 40
Ballard, M. Russell, 47
Beck, Julie B., 110
Bednar, David A., 17
Burton, H. David, 76
Callister, Tad R., 35
Choi, Yoon Hwan, 53
Christofferson, D. Todd, 105
Clayton, L. Whitney, 12
Cook, Quentin L., 91
Dibb, Ann M., 79
Eyring, Henry B., 25, 59, 70, 121
Gonzalez, Walter F., 50
Hales, Robert D., 29
Holland, Jeffrey R., 88
Matsumori, Vicki F., 10
Monson, Thomas S., 4, 62, 84, 109
Nelson, Russell M., 81
Nielson, Brent H., 95
Oaks, Dallin H., 26
Osguthorpe, Russell T., 15
Packer, Boyd K., 43
Perry, L. Tom, 73
Renlund, Dale G., 97
Ringwood, Michael T., 100
Scott, Richard G., 6
Sitati, Joseph W., 103
Thompson, Barbara, 118
Uchtdorf, Dieter F., 21, 55
Watson, Kent D., 38
Zeballos, Jorge F., 33
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