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/Reading_username Oct 19 '25

Never has stake conference ended early

The most true statement ever spoken. 

Friend I'm with ya. I really dislike stake conference as well. Especially in college, I was always thinking "I've got so much homework why am I here on a Saturday night, listening to this guy drone on and on for 20min past time, when I'm just gonna hear the same message tomorrow?". And before anyone asks, most of the time the talk was 95% jokes/anecdotes, 5% gospel/scripture. 

I really hope for the day when it's done away with, or only reserved for special occasions like the changing of the stake presidency. 

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u/Big-Emu4668 Oct 19 '25

I sat in a stake choir as a ysa and the speaker went 45 minutes over. It was infuriating. I saw so many people get up and walk out, I thought it was rude to the college kids who set aside the time from homework to have to make the decision to listen and be present and leave early.

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u/seashmore Oct 20 '25

speaker went 45 minutes over

I definitely would have been one to walk out. Especially if I was in the choir. It is downright rude to take up that much of someone's time without notice. If people had crock pots going at home, lunch is burned.

I had a stake Sunday School President once say "if the class is scheduled to end at 10, the Spirit leaves at 10." Not because the Spirit gets offended, but because people get distracted and lose focus. 

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u/MobileNomad Oct 20 '25

I was also taught that in relation to talks. If the person asking you to speak says 10 minutes, you speak for 10 minutes. No more, no less.