Dear Brothers and Sisters,
On May 14 and 15, we will hold our semi-annual stake conference. Elder Zachary F. Evans of the Seventy will preside. The meeting schedule will be announced and sent out in upcoming announcements. To prepare ourselves to receive personal revelation and hear the word of the Lord, we invite all of us to do the following items in preparation:
- Please prayerfully consider who you might invite to come with you and ask the Lord to help you invite them in a normal and natural way. This includes anyone and everyone, member or not, who might not otherwise come. Inviting others to come and worship with us will fill our hearts with the Holy Ghost as we participate in the gathering of Israel. We will be hearing Him.
- Please serve in the temple before the conference. With our Pocatello temple closed for cleaning, we will need to attend another temple. We know the Lord will bless us all as we let Him prevail in our lives, consecrating our time and efforts to serving Him in His holy temple. If you are not able to serve in the temple, please participate in Family History work—enabling others to do their work. The Spirit of Elijah will fill our hearts and we will be hearing Him.
- Between now and stake conference, please listen to or read each of the talks given in our most recent conference by the members of the First Presidency and Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. Ponder the prophetic priorities and doctrine they emphasized and ask our Father in Heaven to help us better understand His will for us. We will then see more like He sees and feel more like He feels. This is really hearing Him.
You are amazing saints, and we are so thankful to be associated with all of you. We love you and pray that you will be blessed in your preparations and that the Lord will bless us with all that we need as we gather in conference.
In Faith and Love,
The Highland Stake Presidency
Timothy M. Campbell
Christopher A. Sanford
David L. Francis