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John S. TannerFirst Counselor in theSunday School GeneralPresidencyDevin G. DurrantSecond Counselor in theSunday School GeneralPresidencyFrom his childhood, John Sears Tanner has found joy inlearning.That excitement has extended to his education,career, and his many opportunities to teach the gospel: firstas a missionary in the Brazil South Mission and then as abishop, stake president, high councilor, Gospel Doctrineteacher, president of the Brazil São Paulo South Mission(which concludes this summer), and now as first counselorin the Sunday School general presidency.“When [teaching] happens right, the Holy Ghost is thereand you feel the excitement of learning; you feel like you’reon sacred ground,” President Tanner says.Born in Salt Lake City, Utah, on July 27, 1950, to WilliamCoats Tanner Jr. and Athelia Sears Tanner, President Tannergrew up in South Pasadena, California, USA, as the fifth of13 children. His parents created a rich educational environmentin the home, including a strong gospel core. “Idon’t remember learning anything at church that I hadn’talready learned at home,” he says. He also developeda love for literature that was nurtured as he pursued anEnglish degree from Brigham Young University and a doctoratein English at the University of California, Berkeley.While at BYU he met Susan Winder. The two developeda strong friendship from which they later built aromantic relationship. They were married in the Salt LakeTemple in 1974. Together they have raised five children.President Tanner began his academic career as anassistant professor at Florida State University. He becamea member of the faculty at BYU in 1982; he has workedthere ever since as an assistant, associate, and full professorof English, and as department chairman and academicvice president.The most important part of gospel teaching, he says,comes from something he learned early in his career:teaching must come not from a place of fear or ambitionbut from a place of love—from charity, the pure love ofChrist. ◼When Devin G. Durrant was called as the secondcounselor in the Sunday School generalpresidency, it’s possible many Church membersflashed back to his glory days in a Brigham YoungUniversity basketball jersey.Sports, of course, have played an important role inPresident Durrant’s life. He even spent a season competingin the NBA against the top players in the United States.But he’s been much more than a star athlete: a missionaryin Madrid, Spain, a husband, a father, a grandfather, anauthor, a businessman, a faithful member, and the TexasDallas Mission president for the past two and a half years.President Durrant, born October 20, 1960, in BrighamCity, Utah, says his childhood home played a pivotal rolein preparing him for each of those life roles. His parents,George and Marilyn Durrant, were gifted teachers.“Certainly, they taught through their words—but really,the great teachings that I experienced in the home wereby watching them live their lives.”President Durrant and his wife, Julie Mink Durrant,know well the importance of strong teachers in preparingfuture missionaries.“[Future missionaries] are being well taught by theirparents in the home and by their teachers at church andin excellent seminary and institute programs.”The Sunday School program, he added, allows instructorsand students of all ages “to teach in the Savior’s way.”President and Sister Durrant were married in the SaltLake Temple on April 23, 1983, and are the parents of sixchildren and have six grandchildren.Prior to his calling as a mission president, he served asa bishop, stake presidency counselor, stake Sunday Schoolpresidency member, and institute instructor.He earned an undergraduate degree in AmericanStudies from Brigham Young University and an MBA fromthe University of Utah. He is the owner of a real estateinvestment company. ◼144
© ELSPETH YOUNG, MAY NOT BE COPIEDGrowing Light, by Elspeth YoungIn 1830, Isaac Morley let 12-year-old Mary Elizabeth Rollins borrow his brand-new copy of the Book of Mormon.As this was the only copy of the Book of Mormon in Kirtland, Ohio, at the time, newly baptized Mary Elizabethand her family took turns reading it late into the night. Early the next morning, she opened the book again andmemorized the beginning lines of 1 Nephi. The light in the painting symbolizes the lightthat flooded Mary Elizabeth as she read.
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