by Larry Richman | Sep 18, 2018
On June 3, 2018, President Russell M. Nelson and Sister Wendy W. Nelson addressed the youth of the Church in a worldwide devotional. Their entire addresses were published as supplements to the August New Era and Ensign magazines. The talks were fabulous for youth—and...
by Larry Richman | Sep 13, 2018
The 10 original cast members of BYUtv’s Studio C — Stacey Harkey, left, Whitney Call, James Perry, Matt Meese, Stephen Meek, Jeremy Warner, Mallory Everton, Natalie Madsen, Adam Berg and Jason Gray —are launching an online family-friendly comedy network, the...
by Larry Richman | Aug 1, 2018
The LDS Mutual theme for 2019 is “If ye love me, keep my commandments” (John 14:15). The purpose of the yearly theme is to provide opportunities for youth worldwide to learn about, study, internalize, and apply the principles taught in the scripture. Youth are...
by Larry Richman | Jun 11, 2018
Last week, we reported on President Nelson’s challenges to LDS youth in the worldwide devotional. We then reported how LDS youth were responding to President Nelsons’ #7DayBreakFromTheFake challenge to take a week-long break from social media to reconnect...
by Larry Richman | Jun 4, 2018
In Sunday night’s worldwide devotional with youth, President Nelson issued five challenges to the youth of the Church. One was to take a week-long break from social media, to sacrifice their time, repent, pray, and stand out from the world. (Learn about this...
by Larry Richman | Jun 4, 2018
In Sunday night’s worldwide devotional with youth, President Nelson challenged the youth of the Church to take a week-long break from social media, sacrifice their time, repent, pray, and stand out from the world. “Would you like to be a big part of the greatest...
by Larry Richman | Mar 27, 2018
The New Era magazine has prepared a General Conference Notebook: Your Guide to Prepare for and Learn from General Conference. It was mailed to subscribers as a supplement to the April 2018 issue of the New Era. It is also available for download so you can print more...
by Larry Richman | Mar 6, 2018
President Russell M. Nelson and his wife, Sister Wendy Nelson, will speak at a worldwide devotional for youth on Sunday, June 3, 2018, at 6:00pm mountain daylight time. How to participate Youth ages 12–18 and their leaders are encouraged to gather and view the event...
by Larry Richman | Mar 2, 2018
The LDS Church has published a new Young Women Camp Guide for Young Women presidencies, camp specialists, and youth camp leaders to help them plan and administer their annual camps. Young Women camps may be adapted worldwide according to the needs and circumstances of...
by Larry Richman | Feb 13, 2018
The Church provides many resources that can help strengthen youth. Parents, leaders, teachers, grandparents, fellow ward members, and friends should be aware of these resources so we can use them in our homes and at church. Most of these resources are available in...
by Larry Richman | Feb 1, 2018
Wards and stakes should be holding an annual Temple and Priesthood Preparation meeting for 11-year-old girls and boys and their parents. This article provides ideas and resources to help plan this meeting. In December, when the First Presidency announced changes to...
by Larry Richman | Jan 18, 2018
In his April 2017 conference talk, “Gathering the Family of God,” President Henry B. Eyring observed, “The youth of the Church have responded to the spirit of Elijah in an inspiring way. Many now hold their own limited-use temple recommend and use it often. Temple...
by Larry Richman | Jan 10, 2018
Update: Due to the passing of President Thomas S. Monson, this event was rescheduled to Sunday, June 3, 2018. Youth worldwide are invited to participate in the live Face to Face event with President Russell M. Nelson, President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles,...
by Larry Richman | Dec 8, 2017
Resources to support the 2018 LDS Mutual theme are now available at youth.lds.org, including a music video, music album, poster, art for t-shirts, and other materials. This year’s theme is Doctrine and Covenants 19:23: “Learn of me, and listen to my words;...
by Larry Richman | Nov 14, 2017
In May of this year, the Church announced that it would discontinue Varsity and Venturing Scouting programs in the Church in the United States and Canada, effective January 1, 2018. Instead, Young Men activities worldwide should focus on spiritual, social, physical,...