Boyd K. Packer president of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, spoke in the broadcast which was carried over television and the Internet to local meetinghouses.
Seminary is a four-year curriculum of study that includes the holy scriptures and Church history for youth ages 14 to 18. It started very small in Utah in 1912 and now has an annual enrollment of more than 375,000 youth in 143 countries with 38,000 volunteer and full-time teachers.
“We invest much in our youth,” said President Packer. “We know of your worth and potential.”
A product of the seminary program himself, President Packer decided to become a seminary teacher while serving as a pilot in the U.S. Air Force during World War II.