2010 Calendar

Is there anywhere that shows a 2010 Chrurch Calendar that would have the dates of General Conference and important dates for the year. The calendar on lds.org does not show General Conference dates yet.

Thanks,
Lance

lancer wrote:Is there anywhere that shows a 2010 Church Calendar that would have the dates of General Conference and important dates for the year. The calendar on lds.org does not show General Conference dates yet.

I don't know where those dates may be posted yet. But based on the consistent pattern of the last many years, we can anticipate:

• March 27, 2010: General Young Women Meeting
• April 3-4, 2010: General Conference
• September 25, 2010: General Relief Society Meeting
• October 2-3, 2010: General Conference

Alan_Brown wrote:But based on the consistent pattern of the last many years, we can anticipate:

Also, the satellite broadcast schedule usually shows up in June or July each year, and the dates of those events will be on it.

The dates of general conference tend to be based upon this rule:

The first Sunday of April and October (with the preceding Saturday, even if it is in another month).

JPratt wrote:The dates of general conference tend to be based upon this rule:

The first Sunday of April and October (with the preceding Saturday, even if it is in another month).

Good point. And to extend that rule:

• General Young Women Meeting is the Saturday before April conference
• General Relief Society Meeting is the Saturday before October conference

JPratt wrote:The dates of general conference tend to be based upon this rule:

The first Sunday of April and October (with the preceding Saturday, even if it is in another month).

Generally true, but I have seen exceptions.

RussellHltn wrote:Generally true, but I have seen exceptions.

Actually, in the entire history of 2-day conferences (which began in April 1977), there has been only one exception. That was in October 2000, when the Conference Center was dedicated on October 8 (by the standard rule, conference would have been September 30-October 1). Could it be that it was delayed a week to October 7-8 because the Conference Center couldn't have been ready a week earlier?

That's clearly speculation, but with only one exception to the rule for 65 conferences, the rule seems pretty reliable.

Yes, it is pretty reliable. I'm probably remembering the same exception. I had heard the rumor that it was to avoid the Olympics. The dates do match. While it may sound a bit far-fetched for the church to move conference because the members might prefer to watch a sporting event, the church could have found itself having problems booking satellite time for complete world-wide coverage. But that's still speculation.

But the point being, there are exceptions. And in this case, I remember the change coming mid-year.

RussellHltn wrote:Yes, it is pretty reliable. I'm probably remembering the same exception. I had heard the rumor that it was to avoid the Olympics. The dates do match. While it may sound a bit far-fetched for the church to move conference because the members might prefer to watch a sporting event, the church could have found itself having problems booking satellite time for complete world-wide coverage. But that's still speculation.

But the point being, there are exceptions. And in this case, I remember the change coming mid-year.

It's possible...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000_Summer_Olympics

...it would have been right during the closing ceremonies basically.

The 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics were both hold within the month of August. 1996 was the last half of July. The 2000 Olympics do seem to have been held later than most. This statement on Wikipedia might be a clue as to why it was held so much later than normal:

It was the second time that the Summer Olympics were held in the Southern Hemisphere, the first one being in Melbourne in 1956.

It would have been just coming out of Winter and the beginning of Spring for the Southern Hemisphere.

lancer wrote:Is there anywhere that shows a 2010 Chrurch Calendar that would have the dates of General Conference and important dates for the year. The calendar on lds.org does not show General Conference dates yet.

Thanks,
Lance

You might try asking the Stake Presidency. The church usually sends out a broadcast schedule well in advance for broadcasts coming over the satellite system. The General Conference broadcasts are listed on that schedule and will probably be one of the first official documents showing the date. It could very well be the case that some of these items have not been calendared yet.

Thanks,
Dennis

dmaynes wrote:You might try asking the Stake Presidency. The church usually sends out a broadcast schedule well in advance for broadcasts coming over the satellite system. The General Conference broadcasts are listed on that schedule and will probably be one of the first official documents showing the date. It could very well be the case that some of these items have not been calendared yet.

You're right that the broadcast schedule is usually the first place these dates are officially publicized. It's a good idea to find those dates there; in fact, it's such a good idea that this option was already mentioned earlier in this thread .

When the 2010 schedule comes out, it will include all of those dates (subject to change, of course -- the 2009 Pioneer Day broadcast was just rescheduled barely a month before the event). But there's no point in asking the stake presidency for the schedule at this point, because the 2010 schedule has not been published yet.

dmaynes wrote:The church usually sends out a broadcast schedule well in advance for broadcasts coming over the satellite system.

I wouldn't expect that to come out until next month at the earliest.

It's been a few years since I received the satellite broadcast calendar. For what it might be worth, my best recollection is they were usually sent out during August.

rmrichesjr wrote:It's been a few years since I received the satellite broadcast calendar. For what it might be worth, my best recollection is they were usually sent out during August.

The 2009 Satellite Broadcast Schedule was dated 29 August 2008. So it's a bit early to be getting anxious for the 2010 schedule to be posted.

By the way April 4th is Easter as well. Has this happened before?

Gil Patton wrote:By the way April 4th is Easter as well. Has this happened before?

Easter and General Conference colliding?

Yes, it happens quite often. In the last 30 years, it has happened about 6 or 7 times.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easter#Date_of_Easter

The 2010 Satellite Program Schedule has now been published.
NOTE: The attached file contains the schedule for Europe/South Africa.

Interesting to note that the General Young Women and General Relief Society meetings will be held the week following General Conference in 2010 rather than the week before Conference.

njcant1 wrote:Interesting to note that the General Young Women and General Relief Society meetings will be held the week following General Conference in 2010 rather than the week before Conference.

I am not so sure that is what it means. Note that the General Conference and the respective auxiliary meetings cover the Saturday and Sunday of both weekends.

I wonder if we are about to see a new format for General Conference?

njcant1 wrote:Interesting to note that the General Young Women and General Relief Society meetings will be held the week following General Conference in 2010 rather than the week before Conference.

I think you are reading into the schedule more than it says. Compare it with the one published last year and you will find the same relative dates for General Conference. Remember this is a satellite broadcast schedule.

Something of note is that there will be another Worldwide Leadership Training Meeting in 2010 and that it is scheduled for November.

njcant1 wrote:Interesting to note that the General Young Women and General Relief Society meetings will be held the week following General Conference in 2010 rather than the week before Conference.

No they are not. The schedule that was posted is for Europe and South Africa. If you look at the US satellite calendar, you will see that the Young Women meeting and Relief Society meetings are the week before General Conference, just as has always been the case.

In Europe, Africa, and Asia, time zone differences make it impractical to show all these sessions live, so there is a delay for some sessions. Sometimes that delay is an entire week.

Alan_Brown wrote:No they are not. The schedule that was posted is for Europe and South Africa. If you look at the US satellite calendar, you will see that the Young Women meeting and Relief Society meetings are the week before General Conference, just as has always been the case.

In Europe, Africa, and Asia, time zone differences make it impractical to show all these sessions live, so there is a delay for some sessions. Sometimes that delay is an entire week.

Ah, I guess it helps to read the entire thing from the beginning. Sorry for jumping the gun...

Alan_Brown wrote:The schedule that was posted is for Europe and South Africa.

Oops. I missed it as well. The European schedule is the same as it has always been, and I trust that the North American schedule will be as Alan says, since I have not yet seen it.

Oh, well. No new rumors this week. Sigh.

There are the full documents for 2010 shedules.

I hope this will help all of us.

MorettiDP wrote:There are the full documents for 2010 schedules.

Those are very helpful, thank you. Looking at the schedule for the US, Canada, and the Caribbean, the schedule has not changed for the General Young Women and Relief Society meetings. They are still held the week prior to general conference, as in the past.

The Worldwide Leadership Training Meeting in November is a change from the February date used previously.

And I notice that the CES Firesides are listed on two Sundays. This, perhaps, allows those of us in North America to use an alternate date a week later, since the broadcast is being transmitted to other parts of the world that same second weekend anyway.

Still, an interesting exercise in the accurate reading and dissemination of information.

Has anyone seen a list of speakers for the 2010 CES Firesides?

I was expecting a list to be published at this URL http://institute.lds.org/firesides/ as was done last year. However I note that the site has not been updated since before Elder Bednar's talk in May 2009 and that there is a link to the CES Firesides Home in the Gospel Library where transcripts etc. for the May and September firesides have been posted.

The 2009 schedule is posted online at http://www.ldsces.org/memos/2008/Firesi ... 3).915.pdf. The properties of which suggest it was produced in September 2008.

Can you point me to the equivalent for 2010?

cottrells wrote:Has anyone seen a list of speakers for the 2010 CES Firesides?

No yet, but I think it will come when it is approved. The poster for the meetinghouse bulletin boards usually lists the names, as well.

For those interested, our local CES supervisor has now passed onto me the following list.

• January 10, 2010 - Elder Neil L. Andersen
• March 7, 2010 - Elder Ronald A. Rasband
• May 2, 2010 - President Thomas S. Monson
• September 12, 2010 - Elder Richard G. Scott
• November 7, 2010 - Elder M. Russell Ballard

cottrells wrote:For those interested, our local CES supervisor has now passed onto me the following list.

• January 10, 2010 - Elder Neil L. Andersen
• March 7, 2010 - Elder Ronald A. Rasband
• May 2, 2010 - President Thomas S. Monson
• September 12, 2010 - Elder Richard G. Scott
• November 7, 2010 - Elder M. Russell Ballard

There will also be a CES broadcast with Pres. Eyring for all seminary and institute teachers Friday, February 26 (6pm Mountain)

MorettiDP wrote:There are the full documents for 2010 shedules.

I hope this will help all of us.

Thx for the links...I lost mine )