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Elder Dieter F. Uchtdorf to present BYU Campus Education Week devotional Aug. 22

Elder Dieter F. Uchtdorf, a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, will deliver a public devotional address at 11:05 a.m. in the Marriott Center on Tuesday, Aug. 22, as part of Brigham Young University's annual Campus Education Week.

The devotional address is titled "Truth Restored."

Live broadcasts will be available on BYU Broadcasting networks, and rebroadcast information is available at byubroadcasting.org.

Elder Uchtdorf was sustained as a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of the Church of Jesus Christ on Oct. 2, 2004. He has served as a General Authority since April 1994, when he was called as a member of the Second Quorum of the Seventy. In April 1996 he was called as a member of the First Quorum of the Seventy, and he served as a member of the Presidency of the Seventy from August 2002 until he received his current calling.

For more information on BYU Education Week activities, visit educationweek.byu.edu.

Writer: Brooke Eddington

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