October 2026 General Conference › Themes › Ministering
Seeing and ministering to the one
God's promise to succor is described as fulfilled mainly through ordinary people who first notice the individual, so ministry starts with seeing.
A lens for pondering what was said, found through careful coding. Not an official summary; read the talks themselves for the full message. How it works“it is usually through another person that he meets our needs”
What this theme is about
In every helping story the sequence is notice, then act: the frightened missionary at the airport, the janitor whose name was known, the child who unbuttoned a sleeve. President Eyring and President Chibota quoted the same line from President Kimball in the same session; the text cannot show whether that was planned.
Direct invitations in this theme
Talks that carried this theme
Ordered by how many passages in each talk were coded to this theme.
The evidence
Coded passages from the talks, quoted word for word from the official texts.
“Often this happens when God places someone in our path and we have eyes to see them. I call these ‘divine appointments.’”
“To Jesus, these people were not interrupting His mission. They were His mission.”
“Often, helping others feel seen as children of God begins with something as simple as learning their name.”
“Very few students know my name. Your daughter sees me.”
“a true disciple of Jesus Christ is quick to help and slow to judge”
“He did not hold her hostage to her history.”
“we were grateful ‘to mourn with those that mourn … and comfort those that stand in need of comfort.’”
“Love is being there with arms outstretched and a cheerful countenance.”
“God does notice us, and he watches over us. But it is usually through another person that he meets our needs.”
“Service is the very fiber of which an exalted life in the celestial kingdom is made”