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General Conference speaker · April 2000 to April 2007

Elder Earl C. Tingey

Of the Presidency of the Seventy

Elder Earl C. Tingey gave 5 General Conference talks from April 2000 to April 2007. The main topics of these talks are Ministering and Service, Obedience and Commandments and Youth. The verse cited most often is Mark 12:42. Weak Things has 5 sketch notes of these talks.

All speakers 5 sketch notes ↓

5talks since 2000

7kwords · about 53 minutes

11.4footnotes per talk (all speakers: 12.3)

64different verses cited

0later talks by others cite these talks

01 · The timeline

Every conference, April 2000 to April 2026

Each dot is a conference where Elder Tingey spoke. Hover for the talk; click to open its sketch note.

Callings listed with these talks: Of the Presidency of the Seventy

02 · Topic fingerprint

What these talks are about

The main topic of each talk, shown as petals. Longer petals mean more talks. Gold petals are topics this speaker chooses at least 1.5 times as often as the average speaker.

Ministering and Service1 talk4.5× average
Obedience and Commandments1 talk6.7× average
Youth1 talk6.6× average
Jesus Christ and His Atonement1 talk1.9× average
Prophets and Church Leadership1 talk6.7× average

Key phrases from these talks

The Widows of Zionthe Lord loves widowspaying a full tithingprove the Lord herewiththings as they really arerace for lifethe great plan of happinessIs there any happiness in death

03 · The measuring stick

How these talks compare with every talk since 2000

The bar is this speaker. The line marks the average across all 1,909 talks.

04 · The scripture shelf

Which scriptures these talks use

Share of all verse citations by volume of scripture, compared with every speaker. Counted once per talk from footnotes and links in the text.

Verses cited most

The number is how many of these talks cite the verse. Verses with their own page link to every conference talk that cites them.

Books cited most

Luke

Alma

Doctrine and Covenants

1 Kings

Mark

Acts

05 · Signature phrases

Words that sound like Elder Tingey

Phrases that appear in these talks far more often than in other speakers' talks. Bigger type means a bigger difference. The number is how many of these talks use the phrase.

widow’s mite²people cast money²certain poor widow²bear my humble²rich cast²prove ourselves worthy²disciples and saith²want did cast²own mother²great salt lake²

06 · Who these talks quote

The voices in the footnotes

Leaders named in the footnotes, outside authors named in the text or footnotes, and the conference speakers whose talks are cited. Each counts talks, not mentions.

Church leaders quoted

Gordon B. Hinckley

Joseph Smith

Brigham Young

Conference speakers cited

Gordon B. Hinckley

Outside authors

07 · Who quotes them

How later talks build on these talks

Footnotes in later talks do not yet link to these talks. Newer talks often take a few conferences to be cited.

Speakers who cite these talks most

None yet.

08 · Kindred voices

Speakers whose talks cover similar ground

Matched by the mix of main and secondary topics. 100 would be an identical mix.

Elder Gary E. Stevenson74 topic match President Thomas S. Monson70 topic match President Dallin H. Oaks63 topic match Elder Jeffrey R. Holland63 topic match

The sketch notes

5 talks, one page each

Hand-drawn sketch notes from Weak Things. Each page links to the full talk on ChurchofJesusChrist.org.

Sketch note of Prophets—Pioneer and Modern Day by Earl C. Tingey

Prophets—Pioneer and Modern DayApril 2007

Sketch note of The Great Plan of Happiness by Earl C. Tingey

The Great Plan of HappinessApril 2006

Sketch note of For the Strength of Youth by Earl C. Tingey

For the Strength of YouthApril 2004

Sketch note of The Law of Tithing by Earl C. Tingey

The Law of TithingApril 2002

Sketch note of The Widows of Zion by Earl C. Tingey

The Widows of ZionApril 2000

For teachers and families: each sketch note has a printable PDF. Browse all Conference Sketch Notes →

Every talk

All 5 talks, newest first

Titles open the Weak Things sketch note. "Read" opens the official talk on ChurchofJesusChrist.org, the source for every number on this page.

Talk	Conference	Main topic	Words	Footnotes	Source
Prophets—Pioneer and Modern Day	Apr 2007	Prophets and Church Leadership	1304	10	Read ↗
The Great Plan of Happiness	Apr 2006	Jesus Christ and His Atonement	1473	18	Read ↗
For the Strength of Youth	Apr 2004	Youth	1489	9	Read ↗
The Law of Tithing	Apr 2002	Obedience and Commandments	1660	8	Read ↗
The Widows of Zion	Apr 2000	Ministering and Service	1312	12	Read ↗

Sources and method

Where these numbers come from

Talk text, footnotes and callings come from the official General Conference pages on ChurchofJesusChrist.org. Every talk above links to its source.
Coverage is April 2000 through April 2026: 1,909 talks by 370 speakers. Sustainings, audit and statistical reports, and videos are left out. October 2026 joins once its text is posted.
Verse counts use scripture links in footnotes and talk text, counted once per talk. "Cited by" counts later talks whose footnotes link to one of these talks.
Main topics are estimates assigned by a language model from each talk's opening and closing. Signature phrases compare how many of these talks use a phrase with how many other talks do.
Leaders quoted are found by name in footnotes. Outside authors are found by name in the text and footnotes. Sketch notes are Weak Things study aids, not official Church materials.