[m14] Priesthood leadership training
- From: "Ron Grames" <rgrames@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "M14" <m14@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 6 Jan 2003 17:46:13 -0700
LDS leadership meeting will have global reach
Church makes additional use of satellite system
By Lynn Arave
Deseret News staff writer
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints continues to make
the most of satellite communication to reach its members. After more
than 21 years of establishing a network of satellite dishes at stake
centers - primarily to broadcast General Conferences and temple
dedications - the church is taking another major step now in using the
technology to transmit periodic global priesthood leadership training
sessions.
The First Presidency has announced that its first-ever such
broadcast will be Saturday, Jan. 11, from 1-4 p.m. (MST), from the
auditorium of the LDS Church Office Building.
Priesthood leaders - stake presidencies, high councilors,
bishoprics and ward priesthood quorum and group leaders - will receive
training directly from the First Presidency and members of the Quorum of
the Twelve during the three-hour meeting.
The public and news media are not invited to the private
broadcast.
The broadcast is also likely to be scrambled and thus will
probably not be publicly available to non-authorized satellite
receivers. The LDS Church began scrambling its transmissions of General
Priesthood meeting in April of 2002.
Topics to be addressed at the Jan. 11 meeting will include the
importance of family and temples, as well as the church's organization.
A second global priesthood leadership broadcast is planned for
Saturday, June 21.
The church plans to videotape the meeting and make copies
available to priesthood leaders unable to attend the satellite
broadcast.
The First Presidency said the global meetings are a response to
surging church growth worldwide and represent another major
communication landmark.
General Authorities are stretched more than ever to make personal
visits to local congregations in a church that now numbers more than 11
million members worldwide.
"The First Presidency and Quorum of the Twelve will continue to
travel to units throughout the world," a press release from the church
states. "Such interaction is considered essential for the leadership to
stay in touch with members."
The Priesthood Session of General Conference is carried on
satellite TV to approximately 3,000 stake centers and other church
buildings throughout the world. A similar number of receivers will
likely be in use on Jan. 11.
Language translation will be a complex aspect of the Jan. 11
broadcast.
The first transmission of General Priesthood meeting outside
Temple Square took place in April of 1951 when direct telephone carried
it exclusively to various stake centers.
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