Closing Remarks

Center Your Worship and Service on Jesus Christ

President Oaks directs attention to the teachings of Jesus Christ and Heavenly Father’s plan for eternal increase and joy. He invokes blessings of peace and contentment on members and their families and blesses their service to the Savior in challenging times.

My dear brothers and sisters, the great messages of this conference and the Spirit of the Lord have inspired all of us to concentrate our worship, focus our learning, and unite our testimonies on the teachings of the Lord Jesus Christ and His Father’s plan for our eternal increase and joy.

As we now go forward, we invoke the blessings of the Lord on you and your families, blessings of peace and contentment.

And we bless your service of the Lord Jesus Christ in these challenging times.

• Jesus Christ and His teachings are the central focus of worship, learning, and testimony.
• Heavenly Father’s plan points toward eternal increase and joy.
• President Oaks invokes the Lord’s blessings of peace and contentment on individuals and families.
• Service to Jesus Christ remains important in challenging times.

• Recall an experience in which focusing on Jesus Christ helps you worship more meaningfully. What details can you share to illustrate that focus?
• Think of a challenge in which the gospel offers you peace or contentment. How can you describe that experience without suggesting that faith removes every difficulty?
• Identify an opportunity to serve the Savior during a demanding season. What does that experience teach you about keeping Him at the center of your life?
• Consider how Heavenly Father’s plan shapes your understanding of joy. What personal example helps make that principle clear?

Study Conference Messages and Act in Faith

President Oaks invites everyone to study and ponder published conference messages prayerfully and to act in faith on their principles. He connects this invitation with the Lord’s promise to give more to those who receive.

As the talks of this conference are published, we invite all to study and ponder them prayerfully and to act in faith on the principles they explain.

The Lord has promised, “Unto him that receiveth I will give more.”

• Conference messages invite continued study after the conference sessions.
• Prayerful pondering accompanies meaningful gospel learning.
• Acting in faith is part of receiving the principles taught in conference.
• The Lord promises more to those who receive what He gives.

• Identify a conference message that influences one of your daily choices. How can you explain the connection between the teaching and your action?
• Recall a time when prayerful study helps you notice something you initially overlook. What does that experience teach you about pondering?
• Think of a small step you take in response to a prophetic invitation. What can you share about the process of acting in faith?
• Consider an experience that helps you understand the promise, “Unto him that receiveth I will give more.” How can you describe it without overstating what the promise means?

Welcome Others to Learn About the Salt Lake Temple

President Oaks welcomes the world to participate in the Salt Lake Temple Celebration in person or virtually. He announces the public opening on April 5, 2027, and points listeners to online resources and the Dedicate video series, including a forthcoming virtual temple tour.

As we look forward, we are welcoming the world, in person or virtually, to the Salt Lake Temple Celebration.

On April 5, 2027, the temple doors will open to the public—the first such opening since 1893, 134 years ago.

More will come in the months ahead, including a virtual tour of the Salt Lake Temple.

• The invitation to the Salt Lake Temple Celebration extends to the world.
• People can participate in person or virtually.
• The announced public opening date is April 5, 2027.
• TempleSquare.org and the Temple Square app provide additional information.
• The Dedicate series premieres worldwide in multiple languages, with additional episodes and a virtual tour to follow.

• Recall a temple open house or another opportunity to learn about a temple. What impressions can you appropriately share?
• Think of a conversation in which someone asks you about temples. How can your experience help you extend a welcoming, respectful invitation?
• Consider how a virtual resource helps you or someone you know learn about the Church. What does that suggest about including people who cannot attend in person?

Follow the Covenant Path in Christ’s Restored Church

President Oaks testifies that the restored gospel of Jesus Christ is found in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He affirms that the Church teaches truth about the Lord and the covenant path, which leads toward the destiny Heavenly Father desires for His children.

This is the restored gospel of Jesus Christ in His Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Truth is to be found here—truth about the teachings of the Lord and truth about the covenant path that will lead us to our destiny, the destiny desired by our Heavenly Father.

• President Oaks bears testimony of the restored gospel of Jesus Christ.
• He identifies the Church as Jesus Christ’s Church.
• The Lord’s teachings and the covenant path provide truth and direction.
• The covenant path leads toward the destiny Heavenly Father desires for us.

• Identify a gospel truth that gives your life direction. What personal experience helps you explain its importance?
• Reflect on a covenant you make with God. How does remembering that covenant influence your present choices?
• Consider an experience that strengthens your testimony of the restored gospel. Which details are appropriate to share in sacrament meeting?
• Think about your next step on the covenant path. How can you express your commitment while encouraging listeners in their own discipleship?