Keeping Kids Safe on Facebook
The Facebook page Help Your Teens Play it Safe offers a few tips parents can use to keep their kids safe on Facebook. Facebook lets you control the audience of your posts. Therefore, encourage your kids to review their privacy settings and to make sure they consider...
New Era Conference Issue
The November issue of the New Era magazine is now online (as well as the Ensign, Liahona, and Friend). Youth will really enjoy the summaries of conference talks as well as images that they can share with their friends. See some examples below. There is also a reading...
Fight the New Drug: Fighting Pornography
Pornography is addicting. It affects behavior. It harms relationships. And it even rewires the brain. That’s the message from the group Fight the New Drug (FightTheNewDrug.org). “Pornography used to be a matter of opinion. Some felt it was natural, normal, and...
LDSface2face with Lindsey Stirling Nov. 25
Lindsey Stirling will be the next featured guest in the LDS Face-to-Face series on November 25, 2014, at 6:30 p.m. MST. You can watch the event on Facebook, the Youth Activities page, and on the Mormon Channel. The first #LDSface2face event was with David Archuleta in...
Activities Can Strengthen and Rescue Youth
The article “Strengthening Youth through Uplifting Activities” in the September Ensign explains the importance of well-planned activities and points out resources to help you plan them. Successful activities provide youth with a wholesome setting to learn...
Healing Teenagers of Pornography
Nearly all of today’s teenagers will come in contact with pornography by the time they turn 18. Unfortunately, the question seems to be no longer if our children will be exposed to pornography but when—and how they will cope. Indeed, we can expect many of our youth to...
Seminary Class Responds to Challenge to Flood Earth with Gospel
On August 19th, Elder David A. Bednar gave an amazing speech at Education Week challenging us to use social media to share gospel messages and sweep the earth as with a flood. The next morning, an early-morning seminary class in the Peoria Arizona North Stake accepted...LDS Mutual Theme for 2015
The Mutual theme for 2015 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 theme may be used in Mutual opening exercises, as a...
Smartphone Wallpaper Images
The New Era magazine this month provides several inspirational images you can use as the background wallpaper for your phone, tablet, computer, or music player to help you: Make time for good things, like service and family history. Be wise in how much time you spend...
Home-Centered Approach for Teaching the Gospel
I would love to hear your ideas about a home-centered approach for teaching the gospel, with Church programs playing a support role. We are taught that “the home is the basis of a righteous life and no other instrumentality can take its place.” That means that parents...
Video: LDS Youth in New York City Follow Jesus Christ
In the video “Strengthened in the Lord,” LDS Youth in New York City share how following the Savior has strengthened their lives. How has following Christ strengthened you?
Research Shows Religious Teens Are More Successful in Life
Recent studies show that while most religious youth are devoted to their faith, they are uneducated in their doctrine. They believe their doctrine, but they have an impoverished ability to talk about their faith, possibly because they are rarely encouraged to...
LDS Youth Temple Challenge
Elder Neil L. Andersen has challenged LDS youth to take their own names to the temple. “I want to challenge each of you to set a personal goal to help prepare as many names for the temple as baptisms you perform in the temple.” Go to the Youth Temple...
Annual Auxiliary Training: Learning and Teaching in the Home and the Church
Annual training for stake and ward auxiliary leaders is now available online at annualtraining.lds.org. Improving Learning and Teaching in the Home and the Church The training material is focused on principles that guide learning and teaching in the Savior’s way....Follow on social media