Florida Orlando Mission 2010-2013: INTERIM MISSION PRESIDENTS' SEMINAR

Saturday, May 12, 2012

INTERIM MISSION PRESIDENTS' SEMINAR

Sister and Elder Giddens

The Interim Mission Presidents' Seminar was held at the Atlanta Marriott Airport Hotel and began with dinner on Thursday evening. Elder Giddens of the Seventy presided at this opening session.

Elders Allen, Gibbons, and González

The seminar began on Friday morning. Elder Walter F. González of the Presidency of the Seventy presided. We also received instruction from Elder Larry W. Gibbons and Elder Steve B. Allen of the Seventy.

Seventeen missions are in the NASE area so we were able to visit with the other mission presidents and wives. Some of the Area Seventies were also in attendance. We were taught how to use the Book of Mormon in our missionary work and how to respond to questions about the upcoming presidential election and how to use mormon.org.

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FLORIDA ORLANDO MISSION HISTORY

Florida has a deep Mormon heritage, going back as far as 1843. Traveling elders were occasionally sent into Florida until the Florida conference was officially organized November 1, 1895, which conference was within the Southern States Mission. In 1937, the first chapel in central Florida was built in Orlando. In 1950, the church established what is now officially called Deseret Cattle and Citrus Ranch in Osceola County, southeast of Orlando. Today the Church owns 316,000 acres covering three counties, making it the largest cattle ranch in Florida. Orlando was the second Florida stake, and was organized on February 23, 1958.

On November 1, 1960 the Florida Mission was created out of the Southern States Mission. This was the fist mission for the State of Florida. The original Florida mission was divided into the Florida South Mission July 1, 1971, then later into the Ft. Lauderdale Mission (June 1974); the Tampa Mission being created in 1976, and the Jacksonville Mission in July of 1987.

The Florida Orlando Mission is now graced to have within its boundaries the Church Ranch and the first temple of the church in Florida, the Orlando Temple.