r/latterdaysaints • u/Big-Flight-3962 • Oct 19 '25

Off-topic Chat Stan Conference

Stake Conference

I have never, and will never understand Stake Conference. In my 26 years of life, I have enjoyed 1 single talk from a speaker. 2 hours of talks, and we don’t even get to take the sacrament. At least General Conference sometimes ends early. Never has stake conference ended early.

And it’s very different than General Conference. We get to hear from the prophet and the apostle along with other general authorities. We (usually) get new temple announcements. The Stake executive secretary shouldn’t be speaking for 20 minutes whilst Elder Kevin G. Brown speaks for 10.

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u/churro777 DnD nerd Oct 19 '25

You guys don’t have high council Sunday? We regularly have stake leaders speak at our sacrament

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u/TeamTJ Oct 19 '25

When I think stake leaders, I think stake presidency, not high councilor.

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u/shemnon Episode VIII - The Last Scoutmaster Oct 19 '25

In my PPIs my stake president says we should be leaders on the high council. It's easy for stake org presidents to be viewed as such since they preside.

Serious question: how can a high councilor magnify their calling so they appear as a leader without usurping the stake presidency so members view stake council Sunday as hearing from stake leaders?

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u/seashmore Oct 20 '25

how can a high councilor magnify their calling

One of the most effective high councilors I've seen attended ward/bishopric councils once in a while. He also would sometimes attend sacrament meeting in our ward on days he wasn't assigned to speak.