ENDING OF PRIESTHOOD SESSIONS AT GENERAL CONFERENCE?

The First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has announced this week that the upcoming 192nd Semiannual General Conference will include a Saturday evening session for all individuals, families and friends. 

President Nelson has made a lot of changes to the Saturday Evening Sessions. It has been difficult to keep track. The Saturday Evening Sessions had gone from alternating the Priesthood Session with a Women's Session to discontinuing the Saturday Evening Session altogether. A month later that decision was  reversed to have the Saturday Evening Session for everyone including the children. It now appears that there will no longer be any more Priesthood Sessions and that the Saturday Evening Session will alternate between the Women's Session and a General Session for everyone. Maybe the 73 year history of having Priesthood Sessions has now ended.

TIMELINE

OCTOBER 1945  

FIRST TIME THE GENERAL PRIESTHOOD SESSION WAS ADDED TO GENERAL CONFERENCE

OCTOBER 1945 -JANUARY 2018

73 YEARS OF GENERAL PRIESTHOODS SESSIONS

JANUARY 14, 2018

PRESIDENT NELSON BECOMES THE NEW PRESIDENT OF THE CHURCH

OCTOBER 2018 

OCTOBER CONFERENCES OF PRIESTHOOD SESSION ARE NOW REPLACED WITH WOMEN'S ONLY SESSIONS FOR THE NEXT THREE YEARS

October 2018     Women's Session
April 2019         Priesthood Session
October 2019     Women's Session
April 2020         Priesthood Session
October 2020     Women's Session
April 2021         Priesthood Session

JUNE 7, 2021 

President Nelson DISCONTINUES all the Saturday Evening Priesthood Sessions in April and General Women's Sessions in October.  LINK

JULY 27, 2021

In a complete reversal, President Nelson REINSTATES the Saturday Evening Sessions to now be for everyone. LINK

OCTOBER 2021     Saturday Evening Session is for EVERYONE

APRIL 2022     Saturday Evening Session is only for WOMEN'S SESSION

OCTOBER 2022      Saturday Evening Session is for EVERYONE

October 2022 general conference will have five general sessions for all individuals, families and friends — Saturday morning, afternoon and evening, Oct. 1, as well as Sunday morning and afternoon, Oct. 2.

NO MORE GENERAL CONFERENCE PRIESTHOOD SESSIONS?