Conference blooms from humble beginning
When the first CES-type conference in 1977, the event has attracted about 9,000 more people and now includes representatives from 132 countries.
Potential teachers run gauntlet of competition
Each year about 400 BYU students take the necessary first steps to teaching seminary. Eventually this number will be whittled down to 15 who will teach their own class for a year.
Instituter packs 'em in every Tuesday
Jared Halverson, a very popular institute teacher for the BYU 1st Stake, attracts about 400 people to his spiritually unique weekly class.
CES churns out two updated manuals
Besides a new Eternal Marriage manual released in spring, the Church Educational System will release a revised Book of Mormon manual with about 100 additional pages.
Release-time seminary grapples with transition
Although some areas in the world such as the Tacoma South Stake have enough students to support release-time seminary rather than early morning seminary, the procedures to accomplish such a thing are very difficult.
Seminary a factor in admission
Although taking seminary is not required for hopeful BYU students, the lack of seminary experience by young Latter-day Saints may be a hinderance.
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