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Elder Richard G. Hinckley to speak at BYU devotional May 15

Elder Richard G. Hinckley, a member of the Quorum of the Seventy of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, will be the speaker at a Brigham Young University devotional Tuesday, May 15 at 11:05 a.m. in the de Jong Concert Hall, Harris Fine Arts Center.

The devotional will be broadcast live on the BYU Broadcasting channels. For rebroadcast information, visit byubroadcasting.org.

Elder Hinckley was called as a member of the Quorum of the Seventy in April 2005. His many years of Church service also include callings as a full-time missionary to central Germany, bishop, high councilor, stake president, sealer in the Salt Lake Temple and president of the Utah Salt Lake City Mission.

He worked as a management consultant at Deloitte and Touche and as an equity partner in several small businesses. Elder Hinckley also served as chairman of the board of the Greater Salt Lake Area Chapter of the American Red Cross.

Writer: Aaron Searle

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Photo by Kenny Crookston/BYU Photo

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