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President Thomas S. Monson to deliver BYU devotional address Nov. 14

President Thomas S. Monson of the First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will deliver a devotional address at Brigham Young University on Tuesday, Nov. 14, at 11:05 a.m. in the Marriott Center.

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

President Monson, who is first vice chairman of the BYU Board of Trustees, has served as a counselor in the First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints since Nov. 10, 1985. On March 12, 1995, he was set apart as First Counselor to President Gordon B. Hinckley.

Prior to that, on June 5, 1994, he was called as Second Counselor to President Howard W. Hunter, and on Nov. 10, 1985, as Second Counselor to President Ezra Taft Benson. He was ordained an Apostle and called to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles on Oct. 4, 1963, at the age of 36.

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