‘My soul delighteth in the song of the heart’: Ryan Eggett, a music manager for the Church, on the power of music

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🗓️ 21 March 2023

⏱️ 41 minutes

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In the Doctrine and Covenants, the Lord declares: “For my soul delighteth in the song of the heart; yea, the song of the righteous is a prayer unto me, and it shall be answered with a blessing upon their heads” (Doctrine and Covenants 25:12). Ryan Eggett, a music manager for the Church’s Priesthood and Family Department — and the former director of the Provo Missionary Training Center choir and the choir at the Utah Valley Institute of Religion — joins this episode of the Church News podcast. He speaks about the power of music, the role of music in general conference and sacrament meetings, and the ability of music to testify of Jesus Christ.

The Church News Podcast is a weekly podcast that invites listeners to make a journey of connection with members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints across the globe. Host Sarah Jane Weaver, reporter and editor for The Church News for a quarter-century, shares a unique view of the stories, events, and most important people who form this international faith. With each episode, listeners are asked to embark on a journey to learn from one another and ponder, “What do I know now?” because of the experience. Produced by KellieAnn Halvorsen.

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0:00.0	I learned a lot about the power of music while I was serving at the MTC with those missionaries.
0:14.0	We did the rehearsal, we sang in the devotional, and tonight the Lord revealed to me that it's true.
0:24.6	You know, I honestly could tell you so many of those experiences. I have one on my phone right now, pulled up.
0:26.6	I was in church three weeks ago, and a young man in the ward who just had moved in,
0:30.6	grabbed me and said, I want to tell you.
0:32.6	I was in the MTC.
0:33.6	I was struggling with a testimony.
0:35.6	And I came to choir, and the Lord revealed
0:38.3	to me as I sang. And I've often thought, why does it happen as you sing? And I've harkened back
0:44.0	to President Boyd K. Packer, where he said, sometimes a testimony is found in the bearing of it.
0:49.9	You have to get on your feet and speak for the Lord to reveal to you. And singing is the bearing of a testimony.
0:57.3	And as these young men and young women have sung, they've had that witness.
1:07.7	I'm Sarah Jane Weaver, editor of the church news.
1:10.6	Welcome to the Church News podcast.
1:12.6	We are taking you on a journey of connection as we discuss news and events of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
1:23.6	For more than a decade, Ryan Egott led some 100,000 missionaries in his calling as the choir director for the Provo Missionary Training Center.
1:34.0	Those responsibilities coupled with his role as the director of the Utah Valley University Institute choir,
1:40.2	and both those choir's performances during general conference and at other events, have made Ryan a most recognizable face in Latter-day Saint Music.
1:49.2	Now working as a music manager with the church's priesthood and family department,
1:53.8	Ryan joins this episode of the Church News podcast to talk about the power of music,
1:58.8	of music's ability to strengthen Latter-day Saints, of music's
2:02.8	role in the upcoming General Conference, and of the tens of thousands of young adults who
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