Updated December 27, 2018
The annual theme may be used to enrich LDS Mutual opening exercises, as a topic for sacrament meeting talks by youth, or to provide focus for youth activities, including camps, youth conferences, and devotionals. Leaders are encouraged to emphasize any of the principles taught in this verse to help meet the needs of the youth they serve.
I thought it would be interesting to review the scriptures used as themes over the past few years:
2019
“If ye love me, keep my commandments.” (John 14:15)
2018
“Learn of me, and listen to my words; walk in the meekness of my Spirit, and you shall have peace in me.” (Doctrine and Covenants 19:23)
2017
“If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him. But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed” (James 1:5–6, emphasis added)
2016
“Wherefore, ye must press forward with a steadfastness in Christ, having a perfect brightness of hope, and a love of God and of all men. Wherefore, if ye shall press forward, feasting upon the word of Christ, and endure to the end, behold, thus saith the Father: Ye shall have eternal life.” (2 Nephi 31:20, emphasis added)
2015
“O ye that embark in the service of God, see that ye serve him with all your heart, might, mind and strength, that ye may stand blameless before God at the last day” (D&C 4:2).
2014
“Yea, come unto Christ, and be perfected in him, and deny yourselves of all ungodliness; and if ye shall deny yourselves of all ungodliness, then is his grace sufficient for you, that by his grace ye may be perfect in Christ; and if by the grace of God ye are perfect in Christ, ye can in nowise deny the power of God” (Moroni 10:32).
2013
“Wherefore, stand ye in holy places, and be not moved, until the day of the Lord come; for behold, it cometh quickly, saith the Lord” (D&C 87:8).
2012
“Arise and shine forth, that thy light may be a standard for the nations” (D&C 115:5).
2011
“We believe in being honest, true, chaste, benevolent, virtuous, and in doing good to all men; indeed, we may say that we follow the admonition of Paul—We believe all things, we hope all things, we have endured many things, and hope to be able to endure all things. If there is anything virtuous, lovely, or of good report or praiseworthy, we seek after these things” (Articles of Faith 1:13).
2010
“Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest” (Joshua 1:9).
2009
“Be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity” (1 Timothy 4:12).
What impresses you as common threads through these scriptures?
Any Idea of when they will put the new Mutual theme on the website for youth? Right now all they have is the materials and things for the 2014 Mutual Theme.
Chad,
The 2015 Mutual theme resources are now on http://youth.lds.org.
Larry
Is there an annual theme for the church in general or only for mutual and primary. If so, what is the theme for 2015?
Judy,
There is not an annual theme for the church in general.
The 2015 theme for mutual is D&C 4:2: “O ye that embark in the service of God, see that ye serve him with all your heart, might, mind and strength, that ye may stand blameless before God at the last day.”
The 2015 Sharing Time theme for Primary is “I Know My Savior Lives.”
Larry
Is there a way to find older themes than these?
We are doing a step back in time for our young women and I would love to use these themes as well as go back even further.
Thank you
Andrea
Hi,
Is there a way to get even older themes ? We are doing a step back in time for Young Women and I would love to go back as far as possible for the youth themes.
Any help would be appreciated !
Thank you ,
Andrea
Thanks for this list. It’s nice to see them all in one place. The rest:
2008: “Be Steadfast and Immovable” (Mosiah 5:15)
2007: “Let Virtue Garnish Thy Thoughts” (D&C 121:45)
2006: “Arise and Shine Forth” (D&C 115:5)*
2005: “A Great and a Marvelous Work” (1 Nephi 14:7)
2004: “Search, Pray, Believe” (D&C 90:24)
2003: “Be Steadfast in Christ” (2 Nephi 31:20)*
2002: “Stand Ye in Holy Places” (D&C 87:8)* – first year for a global theme
*repeated again later