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Elder Lynn A. Mickelsen to address BYU devotional

Elder Lynn A. Mickelsen, a member of the First Quorum of the Seventy of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, will speak at 11:05 a.m. Tuesday, June 28, in the de Jong Concert Hall, Harris Fine Arts Center at Brigham Young University for campus devotional.

Live broadcasts of the devotional will be available on KBYU-TV (channel 11 in most areas), BYU-Television, KBYU-FM (89.1), BYU-Radio satellite networks and byubroadcasting.org as well as on campus in the Joseph Smith Building auditorium and the Varsity Theater in the Wilkinson Student Center.

Before Elder Mickelsen's current calling as a General Authority he served in the church as president of the Colombia Cali Mission, as a regional representative, as a stake president, and as a bishop.

Elder Mickelsen is an alumnus of BYU, where he received his undergraduate degree. He was an independent farmer and potato shipper and has served on a hospital board and in many farm associations in Idaho.

Writer: James McCoy

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