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Elder Patrick Kearon of the Seventy to present Feb. 14 devotional at BYU

February 08, 2012

Elder Patrick Kearon, a member of the First Quorum of the Seventy of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, will speak Tuesday, Feb. 14 at 11:05 a.m. in the Marriott Center for a Brigham Young University campus devotional.

It will be broadcast live on KBYU-TV (Channel 11), BYU-Television, KBYU-FM (89.1), BYU-Radio and byubroadcasting.org, as well as on campus in the Joseph Smith Building auditorium and the Varsity Theater in the Wilkinson Student Center. For rebroadcast at reprint information, visit byub.org/devotionals or speeches.byu.edu.

Elder Kearon was sustained on April 3, 2010. He is currently serving as Assistant Executive Director of the Priesthood Department and the Media Services Department. Elder Kearon was born in Carlisle, Cumberland, England and joined the church on Christmas Eve in 1987. He is married to Jennifer Carole Hulme and they have had four children, one of whom is deceased.

Elder Kearon gained his education in the Middle East and United Kingdom and has worked in various industries around the world including health care, food, automotive and transport.

Writer: Charles Krebs

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Photo by Church Public Affairs

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