by Larry Richman | Mar 28, 2019
The New Era magazine has prepared a General Conference Notebook: Your Guide to Prepare for and Learn from General Conference: April 2019. It was mailed to subscribers along with the New Era. It is also available for download so you can print more copies if you want....
by Larry Richman | Mar 22, 2019
Today, the First Presidency announced that beginning in 2020, the course of study for seminary will shift to an annual calendar and classes will study the same book of scripture used for the Come, Follow Me curriculum each year. Students will continue to attend...
by Church Newsroom | Feb 11, 2019
From the Church’s Newsroom series “2018 Year in Review”: According to the Pew Research Center, young adults worldwide are less religious by a number of measures. The same can be said, according to Barna, of the generation behind them, commonly known...
by Larry Richman | Jan 10, 2019
The Boy Scouts of America has now made Scoutbook subscriptions free to everyone. Scoutbook (scoutbook.com) is an online management tool that helps Scouts, parents, and leaders track advancements and achievements. In January 2020, The Church of Jesus Christ of...
by Larry Richman | Dec 14, 2018
Today, the First Presidency announced changes in the timeline of when children and youth complete Primary, move from one class or quorum to the next, and attend the temple for the first time—and for when young men may be ordained to priesthood offices. These changes...
by Larry Richman | Nov 13, 2018
With technology today, you can do amazing things like read years of general conference talks or send someone a passage of scripture. See how these LDS young men use text messaging to help one another. Watch this video “Texting Truths” from the Youth site...
by Church News | Oct 8, 2018
Latter-day Saint young adults can now find new content created for young adults by young adults each week in the Church’s Gospel Library app. A new section, known as YA Weekly, will be updated each week with content available in 20-plus languages. (Find it by...
by Church News | Sep 21, 2018
On May 8 of this year, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced plans for new resources for girls and boys, young women, and young men coming in 2020. Some have wondered if camps and activities would continue to be a part of the experience for...
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 | 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...