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General Conference speaker · April 2011 to October 2014
Sister Jean A. Stevens
First Counselor in the Primary General Presidency
Sister Jean A. Stevens gave 3 General Conference talks from April 2011 to October 2014. The main topics of these talks are Parenting and Children, Faith and Covenants and Ordinances. The verse cited most often is Matthew 18:4. Weak Things has 3 sketch notes of these talks.
01 · The timeline
Every conference, April 2000 to April 2026
Each dot is a conference where Sister Stevens spoke. Hover for the talk; click to open its sketch note.
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.
- Parenting and Children1 talk11.4× average
- Faith1 talk6.0× average
- Covenants and Ordinances1 talk14.5× average
Key phrases from these talks
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
- Matthew 18:4 1
- 3 Nephi 17:22 1
- Matthew 18:3 1
- 3 Nephi 17:21 1
- Mosiah 3:19 1
- 3 Nephi 17:23 1
- 1 Nephi 1:20 1
- Isaiah 41:10 1
- Moses 1:39 1
- Doctrine and Covenants 109:22 1
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
05 · Signature phrases
Words that sound like Sister Stevens
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.
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
Conference speakers cited
These talks do not link to earlier conference talks in their footnotes.
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.
The sketch notes
3 talks, one page each
Hand-drawn sketch notes from Weak Things. Each page links to the full talk on ChurchofJesusChrist.org.
Covenant Daughters of GodOctober 2014
“Fear Not; I Am with Thee”April 2014
Become as a Little ChildApril 2011
For teachers and families: each sketch note has a printable PDF. Browse all Conference Sketch Notes →
Every talk
All 3 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 | Cited by | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Covenant Daughters of God | Oct 2014 | Covenants and Ordinances | 1739 | 5 | 0 | Read ↗ |
| “Fear Not; I Am with Thee” | Apr 2014 | Faith | 1613 | 5 | 0 | Read ↗ |
| Become as a Little Child | Apr 2011 | Parenting and Children | 1586 | 0 | 0 | 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.