Special Magazine on Missionary Preparation
I’m sure you were as thrilled as I was about the announcement in LDS General Conference about the lowered age for missionaries (men can now serve at age 18 and women at age 19). Did you know that there is a special issue of the New Era magazine that is focused...New LDS Youth Curriculum for 2013
The Church is providing new resources for Sunday lessons for Young Men, Young Women, and youth Sunday School classes beginning in January 2013. These new resources, titled Come, Follow Me: Learning Resources for Youth, are designed to change the way teachers teach and...
Updates to Duty to God, Personal Progress, LDS Music Websites
Yesterday, I watched a webcast from LDSTech that demonstrated recent updates to the Personal Progress website (PersonalProgress.lds.org), the Duty to God website (DutyToGod.lds.org), and the Music website (music.lds.org). Read a summary of the changes to these...
Gathering Experiences from Youth: For the Strength of Youth Standards
The New Era and Liahona magazines have begun a series of articles that highlight the standards outlined in the newly updated version of For the Strength of Youth. Each month, a different standard from the booklet will be featured in an article by a member of the Young...
Personal Progress Integrated with Notes and Journal
Entries that young women record in the Personal Progress website (PersonalProgress.lds.org) are now integrated with Notes and Journal (formerly called “My Study Notebook”) on LDS.org. Young women use Personal Progress to complete and track value experiences as part of...
Do you really know what your children view online?
The Deseret News has published a great article “Do you really know what your children view online?” Here are some key points from the article: 32% of teens said they had deliberately accessed pornography and only 12% of parents are aware of it. 48% of...
Sexting is Prevalent
28% of American teenagers “sexted” nude photos (sent nude photos of themselves electronically), according to a new survey. About half have been asked to do so, while one third has asked someone else to do so. The 28% of teens who did sext were also nearly...
Personal Progress Website Allows Leaders to Update Progress
The Young women Personal Progress website (PersonalProgress.lds.org) now allows ward leaders to update value experiences for young women through the Leader Summary section of the site. If young women have opted to use the site, leaders can mark updates for value...Video: Dare to Stand Alone
A new Mormon Message for Youth titled Dare to Stand Alone has been released. In this video, President Thomas S. Monson shares an experience he had in the Navy in which he had to stand alone and reminds us that “we are never alone when we stand with our Father in...
Duty to God Website in Portuguese & Spanish
The Duty to God website (DutyToGod.lds.org) is now available in Portuguese and Spanish. Through this website, young men can create and save Duty to God plans, record journal entries, and watch videos. It also provides instructions to quorum presidencies, leaders, and...
LDS General Conference Messages for Youth
The youth website (youth.lds.org) has selected messages for youth from the April 2012 general conference and has published highlights from those messages that would apply to the youth of the Church. These messages include short video clips from talks given during...Young Women Video: Arise to the Mountains
A new video, Arise to the Mountain, was shown during Saturday’s General Young Women Meeting. The video invites women to be worthy to make and keep sacred covenants and receive the ordinances of the temple. Download an mp3 of the song. Download sheet music for...
LDS Young Women Meeting
Today was the General Young Women Meeting of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Live During the meeting, you could watch live in 32 languages on LDS.org. English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and American Sign Language had HD enabled; the other 27...
LDS Youth Site Offers Free Uplifting Music
The music section of youth.lds.org is expanding its offerings of free, downloadable music with songs by more contemporary artists from past Especially for Youth (EFY) media. Over the next several months, 30 newer songs will be released at the rate of one per week. The...Follow on social media