September 2016 Zone Conference in State College

"Decide now to make general conference a priority in your life.  Decide to listen carefully and follow the teachings that are given."                    -Elder Paul V. Johnson

Elders Torgersen, Kap and Bell

Sister Brunner, Sister and Elder Samuelson and Elder Dagal

Elders Chafin and Bates

Sisters Bowden and Smith

"To believe, we need to get the gospel from our heads into our hearts! It is possible for us to merely go through the motions of living the gospel because it is expected or because it is the culture in which we have grown up or because it is a habit. Perhaps some have not experienced what King Benjamin’s people felt following his compelling sermon: 

“They all cried with one voice, saying: Yea, we believe all the words which thou hast spoken unto us; and also, we know of their surety and truth, because of the Spirit of the Lord Omnipotent, which has wrought a mighty change in us, or in our hearts, that we have no more disposition to do evil, but to do good continually."

"We all need to seek to have our hearts and very natures changed so that we no longer have a desire to follow the ways of the world but to please God. True conversion is a process that takes place over a period of time and involves a willingness to exercise faith. It comes when we search the scriptures instead of the Internet. It comes when we are obedient to the commandments of God. Conversion comes when we serve those around us. It comes from earnest prayer, regular temple attendance, and faithful fulfillment of our God-given responsibilities. It takes consistency and daily effort."

                                                                                      ~Bonnie L. Oscarson

Elders Aitken and Van Leeuwen 

Sisters Brunner, Faamaile and Nelson

Elder Smedley and President Johnson chatting at the break.

Elder Nelson and Elder Wood

Sister Pena

Sister Manumaluena and Sister Kelly

A happy crew!

Sisters Smith, Hansen and Simonsen

Elders Cahoon, Foster and Sister Morrison

Sister Terry

Sisters Thorson and Chambers

Elder Wilkins with Elder Hansen (behind)

Elder Lundberg

Elders Millis, Stock and Olsen

Elders Baker, Boyes and Smedley

Sister Thompson

Elder Holdaway

#TagItUp!

Singing "Called to Serve" to our wonderful lunch chiefs 

Back:  Elders Williamson, Smedley, Bell, Johnson, Bates, Wood, Wilkins, Torgersen, Stock, Montgomery, Winfree

Row 5:  Elders Millis, Story, Lundberg, Chafin, Dagal, Butikofer, Boyes, Riggs, Manley, Harper, Taylor, Synder, Spencer, LaFon and Pirzadeh 

Row 4:  Elders Aguinaga, Hansen, Cuthbert, Rogowski, Taylor, Curtis, Gardiner, Smith, Halls, Ibarra, Furniss, Nelson, Holdaway, Cahoon, Gneiting, Parke, Nelson, Bledsoe, Foster, Van Leeuwen, Elliot, Kap, Baker, Olsen and Cowan

Row 3:  Sisters Manumaluena, Gardner, Kelly, Paine, Nelson, Hansen, Allen, Thorsen, Anderson, Ewell, Brunner, Morrison, Penrod, Elders Aitken, Hinckley, Geogeritz,

Row 2:  Sisters Pena, Smith, Smith, Simonsen, Birch, Chambers, Nelson, Bowden, Faamaile, Thompson, Terry, Penrod

Row 1:  Elder Haroldsen, Elder and Sister Christensen, Sister and Elder Samuelson, President and Sister Johnson, Elder and Sister Clarke, Sister and Elder Thompson

September Zone Conference in Cranberry

"As you treasure up the words of the scriptures and latter-day prophets by study and faith, your desire to share the gospel will increase. You are promised that the Spirit will help you know what to say when you teach. The Lord said, “Neither take ye thought beforehand what ye shall say; but treasure up in your minds continually the words of life, and it shall be given you in the very hour that portion that shall be meted unto every man” (D&C 84:85). PMG 2

Elders Moon and Coburn (front), White, Davidson and Wilt

Sisters Kwasney, Fenton and Palmer

Elders Selfridge and Robertson and . . .

Sisters Taunima, Stimpson and Yorgason 

Study is an act of faith requiring the use of personal agency. Many missionaries struggle to know how to study effectively. Some rely heavily on others or on structured programs to tell them what and how to study. While learning from a good teacher is very important, it is more important for you to have meaningful learning experiences on your own. Getting good results from your study depends on having a strong desire to learn, studying with “real intent” (Moroni 10:4), “hunger[ing] and thirst[ing] after righteousness” (Matthew 5:6), and searching for answers to your investigators’ questions and concerns. PMG chp2

Sisters Anderson and Roden

Elders Selfridge, Nuttall and Wilt

Elder Parke

Elder Segon

Elder Kotter

Music blesses our zone Conferences with the Spirit and many talents shared.

Elders Condie, Anderson, Davidson and Kotter

Back left: Elders Mills, Moon, Ramos, Christensen, Adams, Selfridge, Richards, Haroldsen, Andrews, Halls, Davidson, Wilt, White, Kotter, Robertson, Walker, Cook and Davis

Row 3:  Elders Averett, Segon, Nuttall, Parke, Ross, Syndergaard, Camp, Condie, Anderson, Coburn, Walker, Wilson, Payne, Argyle and Richardson

Row 2:  Sisters Stimpson, Taunima, Crisp, Yorgason, Roberts, Campbell, Schofield, Durrant, Wall, Palmer, Fenton, Kwasney, Roden, Anderson, Hegewald, and DeMille

Front Row:  Elder Haroldsen, Elder and Sister Christensen, President and Sister Johnson, Elder and Sister Curtis, Sister and Elder Clarke

SeptemberZone Conference in Greentree

                                                          D&C 43:8-9

8 And now, behold, I give unto you a commandment, that when ye are assembled together ye shall instruct and edify each other, that ye may know how to act and direct my church, how to act upon the points of my law and commandments, which I have given.

9 And thus ye shall become instructed in the law of my church, and be sanctified by that which ye have received, and ye shall bind yourselves to act in all holiness before me--

Elders Gallini, Halsey, Richens and Herzog

Sisters Maya, Simpson, Bartlett and Belnap

Sisters Clarke and Christensen

Sisters Ewing DiBari and Morgan

Elders Cooper, Richens and Herzog

Elders English, Zubeck, Jones, Hughes and Noyes

Elders Cooper, Cook, Holley, Bumgarner, Gray and English

Elder Haroldsen, Elder and Sister Clarke (Office Staff)

Lunch time and our wonder lunch hostesses!

Sisters McDonald and Jacobsen, Elders Parke and Halsey

Elders Loreto, McGee and Swisher

Elders Rayburn and Holley

Elders Gallini, Hughes, Halsey, Gull, Calaway and Hatch

Back Row:  Elders Parke, Hughes, Richens, Herzog and Rayburn

Row 5:  Elders Haroldsen, Wilson, Hansen, Cooper, Calaway, English and Gallini

Row 4:  Elders Halsey, Gull, Livingston, Swisher, Bumgarner, Gray, Kasteler, Zubeck, Holley, Jones

Row 3:  Elders Noyes, Renteria, Bryner, Ord, Bryant, Halls, Hatch, Marcum, Mc Gee, Renteria, Cook and Rawle

Row 2:  Sisters Durfee, Dixon, McDonald, Jacobson, Maya, Belnap, Bartlett, Simpson, Ewing- Di-Bari, Kelley and McDonald

Row 1:  Sister and Elder Christensen, Sister and Elder Canaan, Sister and President Johnson, Sister Clarke and Sister Morgan