The multigenerational blessings of senior missionary service with Elder Weatherford T. Clayton
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🗓️ 26 October 2021
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
Senior members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints have been contributing to the missionary efforts of the Church since the earliest days of the Restoration. Today the opportunities for senior missionaries are vast, and more missionaries are needed. Still, there are a lot of misconceptions about this important volunteer work. Today we are joined by the Church Missionary Department’s Elder Weatherford T. Clayton and Arthur Johnson to discuss the need for senior missionaries in the Church and the variety of ways they can serve younger generations and the world.
To learn more about senior Church service opportunities visit SeniorMissionary.ChurchofJesusChrist.org. Members and their priesthood leaders can also contact the Missionary Department directly at 801-240-0897, or via email at [email protected].
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| 0:00.0 | I'm Sarah Jane Weaver, editor of the church news. |
| 0:12.2 | Welcome to the church news podcast. |
| 0:14.4 | 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 with leaders, members, and others on the church news team. |
| 0:24.6 | We end each church news podcast by giving our guests the last word |
| 0:28.8 | and the opportunity to answer the very important question. |
| 0:32.7 | What do you know now? |
| 0:34.5 | We hope each of you will also be able to answer the same question and say, |
| 0:38.5 | I have just been listening to the Church News podcast, and this is what I know now. |
| 0:46.6 | Senior Latter-day Saints have been contributing to the missionary efforts of the Church of Jesus |
| 0:51.2 | Christ of Latter-day Saints since the earliest days of the restoration. There are dozens of meaningful missionary opportunities for members of the church, |
| 0:59.4 | both close to home and across the world. Still, there are a lot of misconceptions about this |
| 1:04.6 | important opportunity, which is the topic of today's church news podcast. Today we are joined |
| 1:10.6 | by Elder Weatherford T. Clayton and Arthur Johnson to discuss the blessings of today's Church News podcast. Today we are joined by Elder Weatherford T. Clayton |
| 1:12.4 | and Arthur Johnson to discuss the blessings and dispel the misconceptions of senior missionary |
| 1:17.4 | service. Elder Clayton is a General Authority 70 and an assistant executive director |
| 1:22.9 | in the church's missionary department. He also has the assignment to assist with missionary |
| 1:27.4 | health services. |
| 1:28.3 | A medical doctor by profession, he served as president of the Canada-Toronto Mission before his call as a general authority. |
| 1:35.3 | Brother Johnson is a church employee who works in the missionary department as manager of senior missionary services. |
| 1:42.3 | Welcome, gentlemen, to the Church News podcast. |
| 1:45.7 | Thank you very much. |
| 1:46.8 | Well, let's just start today and talk about the need for senior missionaries in the church. |
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