Tagged with "YSA"
Utah Institute lending a hand to Christmas Hands
MR says: If you live near Ogden, the YSA are looking for help with this project. The Weber State University Ogden LDS Institute is looking for a hand this Christmas to serve a dozen needy families. Christmas Hands, in its second year, is a service project that directly serves families throughout the...
2013 CES devotional speakers and schedule announced
The Church has announced the speakers for the 2013 CES devotionals series. President Dieter F. Uchtdorf, Second Counselor in the First Presidency, will be the first speaker of the devotionals. Throughout the year, Apostles and Church leaders will address young adults ages 18 to 30, married and...
LDS general conference inspires YSA in Peru
General conference is an important event for Latter-day Saints around the world. Such is the case for members living in the desert city of Piura, in northwestern Peru. The town is known for its prime location near some of Peru’s most famous northern beaches, such as Mancora and Colan. The city...
Mormon singles, LDS singles wards rise as members delay marriage
MR says: This is a really well-written piece on the growing numbers of LDS singles - their struggles, the reasons why they're still single, what they're doing to find marriage - love it. In this sleepy suburb just south of Salt Lake City, hundreds of men and women recently descended upon one of the hottest,...
Tim Tebow, Mormons living the abstinent lifestyle in New York
MR says: According to this article, Mormon singles have the easiest time in NYC finding others that share their values. Trinity Laurel moved to Manhattan at 21 to pursue a modeling career. Raised in a Christian home, Laurel was a virgin when she reached the city, and says she has “remained pure” while...
Michelle King: Young single adults and the 'decade of decisions,' on 'Mormon Times TV'
The past six years my husband and I were privileged to work with hundreds of young single adults in our stake and region of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and with our missionaries in Georgia. The years between the ages of 18 and 30 are a complex phase of life. My husband, Steve,...
The dilemma faced by Mormon singles
For some reason, we frequently get invited to speak at singles conferences and firesides. Our message is always about concerning ourselves with what we can do and what we have control over rather than fretting about things that are less within our control or that we wish would happen in a different...
Y grad aims to build a social network for LDS singles
MR says: The site allows people in the network to not only look for other singels, but to plan and host social events, find housemates or landlords, form groups around shared interests, get recommendations for dating activities in the city where they live, and more. It's hardly a new idea to use the Internet...
Elder Marlin K. Jensen addresses young adults at CES fireside
Nearly 200 years after Joseph Smith’s First Vision occurred in the Sacred Grove in upstate New York, individuals can still look to the patterns and structure of that holy place as a teacher of important life lessons, Elder Marlin K. Jensen said during a Church Educational System Devotional on May...
I Choose to Be Pure
MR says: Young adults from six different faiths share why they choose to be sexually pure.
Latter-day Saint mid-singles experience
The LDS Church recently restructured its “singles” wards, effectively shutting them off to unmarried people who are 31 years old or above. In many ways, this move formalized even more than previously the “limbo” of sorts that unmarried but still quite young Mormons find themselves in with...
Young Love
My dear, sweet, intensely committed-to-the-gospel daughter has been home from her mission for four months now. When she first got home, she decided attending the local single’s branch wasn’t for her. She was much more comfortable attending our family ward, where she spent Sunday meetings...
YSA stake will be formed April 15 in Virginia
A new young single adult stake of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will be formed on April 15 to serve members of the Buena Vista Virginia and Roanoke Virginia stakes, including students attending Southern Virginia University. Although some student stakes exist around the country,...
'There is life after Yale,' apostle says
Elder Jeffrey R. Holland and his wife, Sister Patricia Holland, returned to New Haven, Conn., where they lived for more than two years while he pursued a Ph.D. at Yale University. During that time he served in the presidency of the Hartford Connecticut Stake and she served as Relief Society...
Elder M. Russell Ballard introduces new University of Utah president David W. Pershing to LDS students
The new president of the University of Utah was formally introduced to LDS students Sunday evening by a member of the church's governing Quorum of the Twelve apostles. Elder M. Russell Ballard of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was the featured speaker at a devotional of the...
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