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Transcripts

Transcripts of selected talks from previous BYU Women"s Conferences are available by clicking on the links below. Additional talks may be available in the annual book published by Deseret Book.

Transcripts not found here or in the book are not available. DVDs and CDs are also not available.

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2011 BYU Women’s Conference Transcripts

Julie B. Beck Opening Session
Lolly S. and Russell T. Osguthorpe "I Did Frankly Forgive Them"
Virginia Pearce "Prayer: A Small and Simple Thing"
President Cecil O. Samuelson "Our Goals and Our Weaknesses"
Susan K. Bednar "By Small and Simple Thing"
Ann M. Dibb "The Legacy of a Woman of God"
Barbara Thompson "Ideals Are Stars to Steer By; They are Not a Stick to Beat Ourselves With"
Bridgette Blackwelder Server "Visiting Teaching: Making a Difference by Small and Simple Means"
Elaine Dalton "Charity Never Faileth"
Elaine L. Jack, Bonnie D. Parkin, Mary Ellen Smooth, Barbara Winder, Sharon Eubank "We Are Going to Do Something Extraordinary"
Elder David A. Bednar "By Small and Simple Things Are Great Things Brought to Pass"
John S. Tanner "In Praise of Eve’s Faithful Daughters: The Legacy of Relief Society through the Life of a Great Grandmother"
Kathy Clayton "The Best Measure of True Greatness is How Christlike We Are"
Mary Ellen Edmunds "Visiting Teaching: Making a Difference by Small and Simple Means Beyond Statistics"
Mary N. Cook "Becoming Women of God"
Rosemary W. Wixom, Jean A. Stevens, Cheryl A. Esplin "The Plan of Salvation: One of Heavenrsquo;s Best Gifts to Mankind;"
Silvia H. Allred "Things Which Matter Most Must Never Be at the Mercy of Things Which Matter Least"
Susan W. Tanner "Legacy of Relief Society"

2010 BYU Women’s Conference Transcripts

Julie B. Beck Opening Session
Elaine S. Dalton Arise and Shine Forth: A Return to Virtue
Renata Forste Coming Together and Sustaining Each Other in Righteous Choices
Ann M. Dibb Building Our Fences of Protection
Mary N. Cook Our Body is a Temple: Representation, Respect, and Reverence

2009 BYU Women’s Conference Transcripts

Mary Ellen Edmunds Letting Go of the World: It is Time to “Sell the Summer Cottage in Babylon”
Sandra Rogers In the Strength of the Lord
President Cecil O. and Sharon G. Samuelson “With all the Feeling of a Tender Parent”: Parenting Lessons from the Book of Mormon
Julie B. Beck Nourishing and Protecting the Family
Elaine S. Dalton Look to the Temple
Barbara Thompson “Stand in awe... and be still” or in other words—Spiritual Receptiveness
Camille Fronk Olson Spiritual Strength in Challenging Times: Lord, Increase Our Faith

2008 BYU Women’s Conference Transcripts

Young Women General Presidency For the Strength of Youth: A Resource for Parents and Leaders
Barbara Thompson Lay Hold upon Every Good Gift
Silvia H. Allred Principles of Self-Reliance
Elizabeth Ricks Discover, Develop and Honor Your Gifts
President Thomas S. Monson Joy in the Journey
Sheri Dew Awake, Arise, and Come Unto Christ
Jeffrey N. Clayton Turning the MTC into a Review, Not a Revelation
Lolly S.and Russell T. Osguthorpe A Partnership of Equals: “Neither is the Man without the Woman, Neither the Woman without the Man”
Ana Maria Coburn Sacred Relationships and Self-Reliance

2007 BYU Women’s Conference Transcripts

Silvia Allred They Had Been Taught by Their Mothers
Brian K. Evans He Does Not Take Counsel from His Fears
Helen S. K. Goo Of All Our Needs, I Think the Greatest Is an Increase in Faith
Elder Jeffrey R. Holland and Patricia T. Holland What Time Is This?
Cheryl C. Lant He Does Not Take Counsel from His Fears
Wendy Watson Nelson For Such a Time as This
Elder Cecil O. Samuelson How Do We Increase Our Faith?
Barbara Thompson The Errand of Angels Is Given to Women
Brad Wilcox and Wendee Wilcox Faith, an Anchor for the Soul

2006 BYU Women’s Conference Transcripts

Kim B. Clark Heart to Heart: Engaging the Scriptures in the Service of the Lord
Cheryl C. Lant Families Anchored in the Scriptures
Barbara Day Lockhart Gift of Worth: Acts of Worthiness
President Boyd K. Packer Children of God
Virginia H. Pearce The Grand Truths of Eternity
Carolyn J. Rasmus The Enabling Power of the Atonement: Bask in His Life-Giving Light
President Cecil O. Samuelson What Does the Atonement Mean to You?
Susan W. Tanner Loaves and Lessons from Grandma
Richard N. Williams Loving and Caring for Each Other

2005 BYU Women’s Conference Transcripts

Panel Discussion Parkin, Oaks, Bednar, and Groberg Testimonies of the Restoration
Julie B. Beck In the World but Not of the World
Harold C. Brown "Thou Art an Elect Lady"
Elder John K. Carmack The First Vision: The Firm Foundation for Our Faith
Carolyn Colton "I Knew It, and I Knew That God Knew It"
Elder F. Burton Howard "This Is My Beloved Son"
Anne C. Pingree Thou Art an Elect Lady
Sandra Rogers A Light Shall Break Forth
President Cecil O. Samuelson "I Knew It, and I Knew That God Knew It"
Susan W. Tanner When the Light Had Departed. . .I Went Home
Betsy VanDenBerghe "When the Light Had Departed. . .I Went Home"
Elder Dieter F. Uchtdorf "Bright as the Sun, This Heavenly Ray Lights Ev'ry Land Today"
Harriet Uchtdorf "Bright as the Sun, This Heavenly Ray Lights Ev'ry Land Today"
Mary Anne Wood The First Vision: The Firm Foundation for Our Faith

2004 BYU Women’s Conference Transcripts

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The following talks are available from the 2004 BYU Women’s Conference:

Camille Fronk “In the World Ye Shall Have Tribulations: But Be of Good Cheer; I Have Overcome the World”
Elaine Dalton “Arise and Shine Forth”
Gayle Clegg “Joy Cometh in the Morning”
Mary Ellen Edmunds “If Thou Art Merry, Praise the Lord”
Ardeth G. Kapp “Pray Not for Light Burdens but for Strong Backs”
Elaine Marshall “In This Life I Shall Have Joy”
Nora Nyland “Serve the Lord with Gladness”
Donna Packer “Her Calling—Her Blessing”
President Cecil O. Samuelson “Joy in the Divine Roles of Men and Women”
Verla A. Sorensen "Oh Sweet The Joy This Sentence Gives, I Know That My Redeemer Lives." (Hymn 136)
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2003 BYU Women’s Conference Transcripts

Elder M. Russell Ballard Raising the Greatest Generation of Missionaries
Bishop H. David Burton “Welfare Principles in the Home”
Claudia Dansie Pay Thy Debt...Release Thyself from Bondage
Mary Ellen Edmunds The Deadly Sin of Pride
Elder David B. Haight Carried by Our Covenants
Mary Hales An Outward Expression of an Inward Commitment
Nora K. Nyland The Meek Shall Inherit the Earth
Anne C. Pingree Preparing the Greatest Generation of Missionaries: A Mission for Every Woman
Bonnie D. Parkin Welfare, the Crowning Principle of a Christian Life
President Cecil O. Samuelson United Heart and Hand
Kristin South “An Effectual Struggle”: Relief from Financial Bondage
Susan Tanner “The Lord Has Beheld Our Sacrifice, Come after Us”

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2002 BYU Women’s Conference Transcripts

Elder Ben B. Banks Jesus Christ, the Rock upon Which We Must Build
Merrill J. Bateman and Marilyn S. Bateman The Rock: A Sure Foundation
Kathleen H. Hughes Serving and Supporting One Another
Denise Posse-Blanco Lindberg Judging Righteous Judgment
Elaine Marshall According to the Own Due Time of the Lord
Elder Neal A. Maxwell The Precious Promise
Coleen K. Menlove Patience—in the Process of Time
Jolene Merica The Wise Woman Who Built Her House upon the Rock
Margaret D. Nadauld The Family—How Firm a Foundation
Bonnie D. Parkin Transforming Transitions
Anne C. Pingree Who Is She?
Kathy D. Pullins “Choose You This Day”
Sydney S. Reynolds “Be Ye Therefore Perfect”
Janet S. Scharman His Most Precious and Enduring Creation
Carol B. Thomas “Be Ye Therefore Perfect”

2001 BYU Women’s Conference Transcripts

Barbara B. Ballard “Trust in the Lord with All Thine Heart”
Elder M. Russell Ballard “Here Am I, Send Me”
Merrill J. Bateman Bearing Record of Christ
Gayle M. Clegg “Train Up a Child in the Way He Should Go”
Sheri L. Dew Knowing Who You Are—and Who You Have Always Been
General Presidents As Sisters in Zion, We'll All Work Together
Gwen B. Goaslind It Is Thy House, a Place of Thy Holiness
Elder Bruce C. and Marie K. Hafen The Touch of Human Kindness: Women and the Moral Center of Gravity
Elaine L. Jack It Is Thy House, a Place of Holiness
Virginia U. Jensen Do Well Those Things Which God Ordained
Janet S. Scharman Chosen to Witness for His Name
Heidi S. Swinton The Hungry Fires of Courage
Jeffrey C. Swinton “Go Ye Out to Meet Him”
President Thomas S. Monson Closing Remarks
Bonnie D. Parkin Bearing Record: Nothing Compares to It

2000 BYU Women’s Conference Transcripts

Sally H. Barlow Yea, by the Unspeakable Power of the Holy Ghost
Kathleen H. Barnes Learning to Be Articulate As Well As Righteous
Merrill J. Bateman Truth and Righteousness Will Sweep the Earth
Sheri L. Dew As Women of God, Shall We Not Go Forward in So Great a Cause?
Camille Fronk “Give Me This Water That I Thirst Not:” The Woman at the Well
Carol Hillam “Yea, They Had Been Taught by Their Mothers”
Ardeth G. Kapp “Press Forward with a Steadfastness in Christ”: Stand for Truth and Righteousness”
Virginia U. Jensen “Be Thou an Example of the Believers”
Sharon G. Larsen Using Our Agency to Arise as Women of God
Jolene Merica For They That Are Wise
Carole Mikita When I Became a Woman, I Put Away Childish Things
Maren Mouritsen and Carolyn Rasmus “By Mine Own Voice or by the Voice of My Servants”
Margaret D. and Stephen Nadauld “That Our Children May Know”
Virginia Pearce “I Will Manifest to My People in Mercy in This House”
Mary Ellen W. Smoot “Arise and Shine Forth, That Thy Light May Be a Standard for the Nations”
Heidi S. Swinton Stand by My Servant Joseph
Wendy L. Watson Solving Our Marriage and Family Problems Through Celestial Therapy
S. Michael Wilcox “That All Their Outgoings from This House May Be in the Name of the Lord”

1999 BYU Women’s Conference Transcripts

Sheri Dew Famous Last Words
Camille Fronk The Cost of True Discipleship
Patricia T. Holland God’s Covenant of Peace
Virginia U. Jensen Families—It’s about Time
Ardeth Greene Kapp “Encircled in the Arms of His Love”
Truman G. Madsen The Savior, the Sacrament, and Self-Worth
Mary Ellen Smoot You and Your Essential Role Today

Los siguientes discursos han sido traducidos en español para los hispanohablantes:

Sheri Dew Famosas Últimas Palabras
Virginia U. Jensen Las Familias Necesitan Nuestro Tiempo
Ardeth Greene Kapp “Estrechadas entre los Brazos de Su Amor”
Mary Ellen Smoot Tu Papel Esencial en Estos Tiempos

1998 BYU Women’s Conference Transcripts

Sheri L. Dew This Is a Test. It Is Only a Test
Kathleen B. Jensen Anchors in the Sea of Family Life
Marlin K. Jensen Gospel Doctrines—Anchors to Our Souls
Virginia U. Jensen “I Can Do All Things Through Christ”
Ardeth Greene Kapp Women Leaders and Priesthood Authority
Virginia H. Pearce “May Christ Lift Thee Up”
Kathy D. Pullins Meditating and Mediating: Finding and Offering the Savior’s Peace
Mary Ellen Smoot The Possible Dream

1997 BYU Women’s Conference Transcripts

Marilyn S. Bateman Becoming a Disciple of Christ
Merrill J. Bateman Becoming a Disciple of Christ
Mary Ellen Edmunds It’s About Time
Ann Madsen “Jesus, the Very Thought of Thee”
Mary Ellen W. Smoot The Beacons of His Light
Wendy L. Watson Search Diligently in the Light of Christ