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General Conference speaker · October 2021 to April 2026

President Susan H. Porter

Primary General President

President Susan H. Porter gave 4 General Conference talks from October 2021 to April 2026. The main topics of these talks are Jesus Christ and His Atonement, Charity and Love and Prayer and Personal Revelation. The verse cited most often is 1 Nephi 11:17. Footnotes in 1 later talk by other speakers cite these talks. Weak Things has 4 sketch notes of these talks.

All speakers 4 sketch notes ↓

4talks since 2000

4kwords · about 42 minutes

16.0footnotes per talk (all speakers: 12.3)

83different verses cited

1later talks by others cite these talks

01 · The timeline

Every conference, April 2000 to October 2026

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

Callings listed with these talks: First Counselor in the Primary General PresidencyPrimary General President

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.

Jesus Christ and His Atonement2 talks4.8× average
Charity and Love1 talk8.1× average
Prayer and Personal Revelation1 talk7.8× average

Key phrases from these talks

most joyous to the soulfirst great truthliving waterbeloved daughter of GodPray to knowPray to growHere am I, send meStay close to Him

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 1,946 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

Matthew

John

Alma

Doctrine and Covenants

1 Nephi

Isaiah

05 · Signature phrases

Words that sound like President Porter

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.

small amount²love for heavenly²own free²sacred moment²meaning and purpose²receive strength²heavenly father loves³primary children²god our heavenly²make mistakes²

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

Joseph Smith

Conference speakers cited

Outside authors

No outside authors on the Bookshelf list are named in these talks.

07 · Who quotes them

How later talks build on these talks

Sketch note of God’s Love: The Most Joyous to the Soul

Most-cited talkGod’s Love: The Most Joyous to the SoulOctober 2021 · cited by 1 later talk

Speakers who cite these talks most

Brik V. Eyre

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 Jeffrey R. Holland82 topic match Elder Patrick Kearon80 topic match Sister Amy A. Wright80 topic match Elder Dale G. Renlund79 topic match

The sketch notes

4 talks, one page each

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

Sketch note of “Here Am I, Send Me” by Susan H. Porter

“Here Am I, Send Me”April 2026

Sketch note of Pray, He Is There by Susan H. Porter

Pray, He Is ThereApril 2024

Sketch note of Lessons at the Well by Susan H. Porter

Lessons at the WellApril 2022

Sketch note of God's Love: The Most Joyous to the Soul by Susan H. Porter

God's Love: The Most Joyous to the SoulOctober 2021

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

Every talk

All 4 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
“Here Am I, Send Me”	Apr 2026	Jesus Christ and His Atonement	1014	16	0	Read ↗
Pray, He Is There	Apr 2024	Prayer and Personal Revelation	1231	15	0	Read ↗
Lessons at the Well	Apr 2022	Jesus Christ and His Atonement	1313	19	0	Read ↗
God’s Love: The Most Joyous to the Soul	Oct 2021	Charity and Love	1250	14	1	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 October 2026: 1,946 talks by 381 speakers. Sustainings, audit and statistical reports, and videos are left out.
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.