When I was a boy, general conference lasted a week with a Primary, MIA and
Relief Society Sessions on Tuesday - Thursday. The general sessions went
from Friday to Sunday.
If my feeble memory serves me right. When Joseph Fielding Smith was
sustained as a prophet in 1970, that the session was held on Monday and it
was a true Solemn Assembly, meaning that the whole of the meeting was
occupied by it and the whole general leadership was sustained and that
individuals were sustained by quorums one at a time. This was not too bad
as it was just the First Presidency, The Quorum of the Twelve, the Presiding
Bishopric, a handful of assistants to the twelve and the First Council of
the Seventy, (just 7 men as the quorums of the Seventy were in the stakes),
plus all the auxiliary leadership positions.
Since that time they have done the sustaining on the Saturday Afternoon
Sessions, except for the last few times, it has been the first Session of
Saturday but they were only sustaining new Apostles and Seventy.
We use to sustain every year in General Conference, Stake Conference, and
Ward Conference, the whole of the General Leadership along with the whole of
the Stake and Ward Leadership for those conferences. But because of growth,
that became too long and cumbersome.
My guess it that it will occur in the first session of Saturday.
Eric
Clerk
Queen Creek Arizona Chandler Heights Stake
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Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2008 8:10 PM
Subject: LDSC: Solemn Assembly
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> Hi,
>> My stake president is trying to find out what session of conference will
> include the solemn assembly. From the little bit of research I've done,
> there's no set session. Can anyone verify that, or care to guess at what
> session the solemn assembly will take place?
>> Thanks.
>>