Notice Date: August 10, 2017 To: General Authorities; General Auxiliary Presidencies; Area Seventies; Stake, Mission, and District Presidents; Bishops and Branch Presidents From: Seminaries and Institutes of Religion (1 801 240 3228) Subject: September 2017 Worldwide Devotional for Young Adults A worldwide devotional for young adults will be transmitted live on the Church satellite system, LDS.org, and other media on Sunday, September 10, 2017. The speaker will be Elder David A. Bednar of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. All young single adults (ages 18 30), students who will be finishing high school or the equivalent by the end of 2017, and married young adults are invited to attend. Shortly after the live event, a recording of the devotional will be archived on devotionals.lds.org. That recording may be streamed or downloaded at any time. For available languages and other details, see the enclosed broadcast schedule. Recordings in all approved languages will be available by Saturday, September 16, 2017. Please determine a viewing date and time that best serve the young adults in your area. Social media resources are available at devotionals.lds.org.
This letter is being translated and will be distributed in the following languages: Albanian, Armenian, Bulgarian, Cambodian, Chinese, Chinese (Simplified), Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Estonian, Fijian, Finnish, French, German, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Latvian, Lithuanian, Malagasy, Mongolian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Samoan, Spanish, Swedish, Tahitian, Thai, Tongan, Ukrainian, and Vietnamese. Additional broadcast languages may be listed in the attachment. Please notify units whose leaders or members speak these languages so that all who are invited may know when to attend the broadcast in their language. If leaders need this letter in languages not listed above, they may contact the Area Presidency or the member of the Presidency of the Seventy who supervises the area. Area leaders can forward requests to the Priesthood and Family Department at ext. 2-2933. 15021
Worldwide Devotional For Young Adults An Evening with Elder David A. Bednar S EP T EMBER 10, 2017 devotionals.lds.org #ldsdevo 2017 by Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved. English approval: 6/17. PD60004409
Church Broadcast Schedule Worldwide Devotional for Young Adults: An Evening with Elder David A. Bednar Sunday, September 10, 2017 Program length: 1 hour General Information Viewing Time Please determine a viewing date and time that best serve the young adults in your area. Information for the Stake Technology Specialist This broadcast may be viewed live 1 on the Church satellite system, devotionals.lds.org, and other media. All subsequent viewing must be done by streaming or downloading the broadcast from devotionals.lds.org, by making a copy of the live broadcast and viewing it at a later time, or by choosing one of the other delivery options listed in this broadcast schedule. For instructions on preparing for a satellite broadcast or calling for technical assistance, refer to Satellite Equipment Information for the Stake Technology Specialist. This document should be located near the satellite receiver. For technical information about satellite, internet, or other equipment used to receive Church broadcasts in a meetinghouse, go to mhtech.lds.org. If your language is not available on this website, the assigned administrative office can provide assistance. Note: If you read and write English, please fill out the Broadcast Postevent Survey after the broadcast has concluded (the survey is currently available only in English). To access the survey, go to mhtech.lds.org and search for broadcast survey. Closed-Captioning Closed-captioning for the hearing impaired is available on the Church satellite system in many areas. Where available, it is provided in English on closed-caption channel 1 (CC1), in Spanish on closed-caption channel 3 (CC3), and in Portuguese on closed-caption channel 4 (CC4). If closed-captioning is available in your area, please set up a television monitor for those who need this service. For technical assistance, follow the instructions in Satellite Equipment Information for the Stake Technology Specialist. Closed-captioning in English, Portuguese, and Spanish is also available on the internet for electronic devices that support it. Video Reproduction Video reproduction of this devotional is authorized for Church use only. The stake technology specialist may make a copy for each meetinghouse library. He should put the following copyright notice on the label of each video recording: Worldwide Devotional for Young Adults: An Evening with Elder David A. Bednar September 10, 2017 2017 by Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved. This devotional will also be archived on devotionals.lds.org. 1. The broadcast date, time, and languages are subject to change. See events.lds.org for updates in English. For updates in other languages, contact the assigned administrative office. 1
Broadcast Schedule: Worldwide Devotional for Young Adults Live Broadcast The live broadcast is available on the Church satellite system, devotionals.lds.org, mormonchannel.org, the Mormon Channel for Roku, 2 and the Mormon Channel app. Live broadcast MDT: Sunday, September 10, 2017, at 6:00 p.m. 3 UTC: Monday, September 11, 2017, at 0000 s available for the live broadcast on the Church satellite system and devotionals.lds.org: American Sign 4 Cambodian Cantonese Cebuano English (closed Fijian French Indonesian Japanese Korean Mandarin Mongolian Portuguese (closed Samoan Spanish (closed Live video broadcast languages for the Mormon Channel for Roku: American Sign English (closed French Portuguese (closed Tagalog Tahitian Thai Tongan Vietnamese Spanish (closed The Mormon Channel is available for the Roku streaming player. Visit mormonchannel.org or check Roku s channel store to learn more. Live video and audio-only broadcast languages for mormonchannel.org, and live video broadcast languages for the Mormon Channel app: American Sign English (closed Spanish (closed The live broadcast time is the only time that this devotional will be available in French, Portuguese, and Spanish on the Mormon Channel for Roku and the only time it will be available in Spanish on mormonchannel.org and the Mormon Channel app. Beginning with the live broadcast, the devotional may be viewed anytime on devotionals.lds.org in the languages listed above. 2. All product or company names and devices, logos, icons, graphics, or designs referenced in this document are the trademarks of their respective owners and are exhibited only in such a manner as is intended to be for the benefit of such trademark owners. The presence or absence of the names of products, services, companies, organizations, home pages, or websites in this document does not imply any sponsorship, endorsement, or nonendorsement thereof by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 3. Program start times are listed in mountain daylight time (MDT) and Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). MDT is the time in Salt Lake City, Utah, with daylight saving time (or summer time) in effect. UTC is the international time standard. 4. American Sign (ASL) is available on the Church satellite system only in the United States and Canada. ASL broadcasts focus on the signer, and the speakers from the meeting are displayed in a small window on the screen. English audio is broadcast along with ASL. If you need to start receiving ASL by satellite, please contact your facilities management group at least two weeks before the broadcast; additional equipment may be required. 2
Broadcast Schedule: Worldwide Devotional for Young Adults Archives Archives are available on devotionals.lds.org, mormonchannel.org, the Mormon Channel for Roku, and the Mormon Channel app. Video, audio-only, and text archive languages for devotionals.lds.org: Albanian American Sign Armenian Bulgarian Cambodian Cantonese Cebuano Croatian Czech Danish Dutch English (closed Estonian Fijian Finnish French German Hungarian Indonesian Italian Japanese Korean Latvian Lithuanian Malagasy Mandarin Mongolian Norwegian Polish Portuguese (closed Romanian Russian Samoan Spanish (closed Swedish Tagalog Tahitian Thai Tongan Ukrainian Vietnamese The live video broadcast files are archived on devotionals.lds.org shortly after the broadcast. Audio-only files and additional video files are added to the archives by the Saturday following the broadcast. Text files are added as they become available. Video archive languages for mormonchannel.org, the Mormon Channel for Roku, and the Mormon Channel app: American Sign English (closed Within several days of the live broadcast, the program will be added to the video series Worldwide Devotionals for Young Adults on mormonchannel.org and to the archives on the Mormon Channel for Roku and the Mormon Channel app. Other Delivery Options Television and Radio This devotional will be available live where possible on various television and radio stations throughout the world, including broadcast, cable, satellite, and internet stations and Mormon Channel HD Radio. Check local program listings for availability in your area, or visit mormonchannel.org or byubroadcasting.org for more information. Gospel Library App The Gospel Library app is available in a variety of languages and for a variety of mobile devices, including tablets and smartphones running the Apple (ios) and Android operating systems. Visit mobile.lds.org or check your device s app store to learn more. Video and audio-only recordings for most available languages will be accessible within a month of the broadcast. Text files will be added as they become available. Podcasts Podcasts are available on devotionals.lds.org. Video and audio-only languages: Check devotionals.lds.org for available languages. 3