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Show Notes for Episode 21

Intro

• New sponsor
• Making amends with our [Utah] listeners

News

• Death of President Hinckley

• Thomas S. Monson named as new LDS Church president ¹

  • President Henry B. Eyring and President Deiter F. Uchtdorf named as first and second counselors, respectively. ²

• Bigfoot - The Mormon Conspiracy.

  • Synopsis of online posting on Cryptomundo.com, Posted by: Loren Coleman on February 5th, 2008

    "Look, no one wants to talk about it straightforwardedly, so let me bring this to the fore. What is the source of the thoughts that members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints are behind an effort to produce and support the proof of Bigfoot?" ³

• Mitt Romney drops out of the Presidential race - ⁴

Topic: Church Government

• How is a new President selected? ⁵

  • Fireside Address by Elder N. Eldon Tanner relating to the administration of the church ⁶

  • When was the original First Presidency organized? ⁷

    • Originally called "The Presidency of the High Priesthood" with the President later referred to as "President of the High Priesthood of the Church" or "Presiding High Priest over the High Priesthood of the Church"⁸

  • Can a church president be removed from office? ⁹

    • "Common council of the church"
• How is the President of the Quorum of the Twelve selected?
  • When is an 'acting' president designated?

• What is the Council on the Disposition of the Tithes? ¹⁰

  • Who sits on this council?
• What is the function of the Presiding Bishopric?

  • The primary duties of the Presiding Bishop and his counselors are to oversee the temporal affairs (buildings, properties, commercial corporations, etc.) of the church and to oversee the bishoprics of congregations throughout the world. ¹¹

  • The Presiding Bishopric is also the channel through which temporal matters of the Church are carried out. These temporal matters include issues that deal with tithes; fast offerings; the recording, disbursement, and management of funds; and the welfare program of the Church and its humanitarian efforts. The Presiding Bishopric is also responsible for Church buildings; for membership records; for the production of temple clothing; and for the translating, printing, binding, and distributing of materials that are used in support of proclaiming and teaching the gospel. These materials include the scriptures, curriculum materials, posters, DVDs, videos, teaching aids, and the Church magazines—all in support of the spiritual purposes of the Church. ¹²

Misc

• Microsoft buying Yahoo!? Microshoo!?

• "On the Trail of Bigfoot", airing Saturday 2/9/2008 8:00 AM - The Travel Channel (check your local listings)

• Repository for information on unclaimed property http://www.missingmoney.com/

  • Free service, locate unpaid tax refunds, property, etc.

External Links

• http://www.missingmoney.com/

References