facebook-cover-ldsconf-april-2016The First Presidency invites people around the world to participate in messages of inspiration and guidance at the LDS general conference this weekend and next

Saturday, March 26
6:00 p.m. General Women’s Session

Saturday, April 2
10:00 a.m. Saturday Morning Session
2:00 p.m. Saturday Afternoon Session
6:00 p.m. General Priesthood Session

Sunday, April 3
10:00 a.m. Sunday Morning Session
2:00 p.m. Sunday Afternoon Session

Here are 8 ways that you can participate in LDS general conference:

ldsconf-meetinghouse#1: In Person

  • Attend the live satellite or Internet broadcast in your meetinghouse. Check with your leaders to determine when and where it will be shown. For broadcast times and options, see the satellite broadcast details. To find a meetinghouse anywhere in the world, visit maps.lds.org.
  • Attend the live event in the Conference Center in Salt Lake City. See ticket information.

#2: Internet

LDS.org
Live video in 26 languages. Some languages will appear on the home page of LDS.org and others will appear on the language pages.
Mormon-Channel-icon MormonChannel.org
Live video in the following 11 languages: Cantonese, English (including closed captioned), French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Mandarin, Portuguese (including closed captioned), Russian, and Spanish (including closed captioned).
BYUtv.org and BYUtv International
Live video and audio in English
Mormon Channel
Live video in the following 11 languages: Cantonese, English (including closed captioned), French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Mandarin, Portuguese (including closed captioned), Russian, and Spanish (including closed captioned).

Closed captions are available at LDS.org in English, Spanish, and Portuguese by choosing the CC button on the LDS Media Player (Flash). Also available in English on Apple iOS devices by going to the video settings on the device and turning on closed captions.

ldsconf-mobile#3. Mobile App

Mormon Channel mobile app
Video and audio in English, Spanish, and Portuguese.

#4: Television

BYU-tv
Video and audio in English
BYU-tv International
Video and audio in Spanish and Portuguese
Mormon Channel on Roku
Video in the following 11 languages: Cantonese, English (including closed captioned), French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Mandarin, Portuguese (including closed captioned), Russian, and Spanish (including closed captioned). (Search for general conference under the “Spiritual” category.) Available in the United States, the United Kingdom, Ireland, and Canada.
Local TV Check local program listings for availability in your area or visit bonneville.info or KSL.com.

#5: Radio

Audio is available through various radio stations, including Mormon Channel HD Radio, KSL Radio, BYU Radio (online and SiriusXM), and Internet radio stations  throughout the world. For listings, visit bonneville.info.

#6: Social Media

Quotes will be posted live. Picture quotes will be added to the LDS.org Media Library shortly after each talk. Video highlights will be posted later on Church social media channels and on LDS.org.

#7: Archives

  • Video cached streams of the full sessions will be available right after each session ends. Divisions into individual talk and music segments in many languages will begin appearing after 8 hours and will be completed within 24 hrs of the broadcast on conference.lds.org, podcasts, iTunes, and YouTube.
  • Video and audio will be available on LDS.org in over 80 languages and on the Mormon Channel in iTunes (in many languages) within 8 hrs of the broadcast.
  • Video highlights for many of the speakers will be posted within a few hours of each session in the Media Library on LDS.org.
  • English text will be available at conference.lds.org and in the Gospel Library mobile app a few days after conference. Text in other languages will be posted in the following weeks.
  • Read more detailed information about when general conference addresses will be available in video, audio, and text formats.

#8: Physical Copies

You can read and study general conference afterward using the following:

  • Find all conference talks in printed copies of the May issue of the Ensign and Liahona magazines. The May issues of the New Era and the Friend also contain conference messages and features. You can subscribe to get an extra conference issue of the Ensign and Liahona.
  • Physical DVDs and audio CDs, which you can pre-order now at store.lds.org and they will be shipped as soon as they are available. (You can also subscribe to have the DVDs or CDs sent to you automatically every conference.)

For more information, see The Complete Guide to Attending General Conference.


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