19 October 2025
Remembering a Prophet of the Lord
Sacrament Meeting Program
Presiding: Brother Alan Riker
Conducting: Brother Patrick Mayo
Opening Hymn: #1038 - The Lord's My Shepherd
Invocation: By Invitation
Ward Business
Sacrament Hymn: 178 - O Lord of Hosts
Administration of the Sacrament
Speaker: Jayden Briscoe
Speaker: Shawn Baxter
Musical Number
Speaker: Sierra West
Closing Hymn: #1002 - When the Savior Comes Again
Benediction: By Invitation
President Dallin H. Oaks
Named as 18th Church President
President Henry B. Eyring and President D. Todd Christofferson Named as Counselors in the First Presidency
President Dallin Harris Oaks was announced as the 18th president and prophet of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on Tuesday, October 14, 2025. The announcement was made during a live broadcast from Salt Lake City, Utah. President Oaks was sustained and set apart earlier in the day.
In The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the prophet is chosen through a divinely inspired process. When the prophet passes away, the First Presidency is dissolved. The Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, led by the longest-serving Apostle, assumes leadership, confirming the new prophet through revelation and priesthood authority. Learn more about how a prophet is chosen.
President Oaks, 93, succeeds President Russell M. Nelson, who passed away September 27, 2025.
“I accept with humility the responsibility that God has placed upon me and commit my whole heart and soul to the service to which I’ve been called,” President Oaks said.
The new leader of a global faith of more than 17 million members has called President Henry B. Eyring, 92, and President D. Todd Christofferson, 80, to serve with him as First and Second Counselors in the First Presidency, the Church’s highest governing body. Jeffrey R. Holland, 84, will serve as President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles.
“I’m grateful to President Eyring and to President Christofferson for accepting their responsibilities, and I’m grateful to the Quorum of the Twelve, whom I esteem and love also as Apostles of the Lord Jesus Christ, for their commitment to follow the Lord’s will through his duly appointed servants.”
