After learning he wasn’t chosen to sing in the conference children’s choir, Bo happened to run into Elder Stevenson at a football game.
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Whatever age your grandchildren are, or whatever your relationship with them is like right now, these six tips will help deepen your connection.
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Try these powerful ideas to nurture more feelings of love and unity within your family.
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Three powerful words make up the theme youth will learn about next year.
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Our efforts as parents to connect with our kids can help them grow to understand God’s love.
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We can prepare our youth for a life of faith by framing a testimony not as an object to be obtained but as a phoenix—reborn again and again.
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Here are a few simple ways to help kids feel engaged and involved in our local meetings.
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Kobin's summer was off to a boring start as he recovered from brain surgery. But music, and the help of a generous neighbor, turned it all around.
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The updated ‘For the Strength of Youth’ manual provides an encouragingly clear guide for parents to follow, reminding me of how my mom taught me.
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The world is full of beautiful opportunities to share light and love—and we can help youth remember that.
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When we teach children about the Holy Ghost, do we sometimes skip this simple, but important step?
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I spoke with other seminary teachers, and we identified six pressing questions we each get asked regularly. Here is our advice on answering them.
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The next time you are teaching, whether at home or at church, take a moment to ponder this simple but inspiring question.
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Already, Church members and leaders are finding joy in the new hymnbook. Here are a few reasons why.
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Nurture your kids’ growing testimony with these ideas for a memorable temple open house experience.
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Whenever kids are involved, you know there are sure to be a few laughs, and Sundays at church are no exception.
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This analogy powerfully shows why parents need to do more than protect their children from pornography; they need to prepare them to withstand it.
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This eye-opening definition of discipleship shared by Elder Stevenson, President Freeman, and President Lund has helped alleviate the pressure for me to be perfect.
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Young children stopped running around to watch youth take to the stage at a ward Christmas party. Their performance is one you truly don’t want to miss.
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The 2024 youth theme comes from 3 Nephi. Learn more:
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There will be three young adult devotionals, two youth events, and two “Friend to Friend for Children” events next year. Find out when:
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Apostle Paul reminds us to “not neglect the gift that is in thee.” If you’ve been called and set apart for work in the kingdom, even at a young age, you have the power of God behind you.
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Here are five tips that I believe can help both you and your child get off to a good start with seminary and make the most of the opportunity to come closer to Christ.
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“I felt compassion for Christina knowing she had wondered if something was wrong with her. I also felt so much gratitude for an FSY teacher who helped her see herself more clearly.”
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In a time when it’s impossible prevent children from ever seeing pornography, parents should instead work to build pornography resistance in their children.
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Not many 17-year-olds can shred on a drum set the way Sofia Detjen does. Between her musical prowess and faith in God, this Harvard-Berklee–bound teenager’s tempo is hard to beat.
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As part of the Church’s plan to support the youth theme and events throughout the year, a unique new experience will be coming this fall.
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We saw plenty of changes in 2022! A new “For the Strength of Youth” pamphlet, new Primary and Relief Society General Presidencies, and an entire African nation dedicated for missionary work to name a few!
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Registration for FSY begins January 24, 2023.
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Sarah Jane Wright believes childhood should be a more whimsical place—so she creates art for kids that captures the wonder of laughter, friendship, and faith.
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Saturday's broadcast for Primary children featured a song that might be more familiar to other Christian faiths.
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“We get an opportunity to recognize that children can be a part of the Church by being disciples of Jesus Christ in their family life and as they look around and serve others.”
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The Church’s youth theme website for 2023 now includes the new music album, posters, art, and videos.
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The new guide for youth “focuses on the foundation [of] values, principles, and doctrine instead of every specific behavior.”
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The Young Women and Young Men General Presidencies have announced that the 2023 Youth Theme comes from Philippians 4:13.
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“How do you teach the concept of consent to your children? That ‘no’ means ‘no,’ that our bodies are sacred and private, and that a child’s comfort and discomfort are important?”
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Read the Church’s response to a recent Associated Press article about the Church’s abuse help line.
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A worldwide Church broadcast for children, their parents, and Primary leaders will be available beginning on Saturday, July 30, at 10 a.m. mountain standard time.
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My 10-year-old pitches a different excuse every week to convince us it’s impossible for him to go to church. And while I want him to be there, the resistance is draining.
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After two years of postponements, the exciting new Church-hosted youth conferences are back in full swing this summer!
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Eager to see the class unfold, I positioned my achy self at the top of the steps, out of flu-sharing range but where I could secretly watch what was going on.
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The first youth Face to Face event of the year will air on Wednesday, March 9, 2022.
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I was amazed at the efforts to truly tailor this event to children. Here are a few things that impressed me as a mother about the most recent Friend to Friend.
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Several Primary-aged children held cameras, makeup brushes, and producers' clipboards behind the scenes of the worldwide event.
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The Primary general presidency worked with language specialists and native-speaking children to record their parts of the event in Spanish and Portuguese.
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With the push for at-home gospel learning, more and more gospel resources are being released for our little ones.
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Fifteen-year-old McKay Nelson started a project centered on the Book of Mormon that ultimately gathered participants from Bulgaria to New Zealand.
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President Camille N. Johnson of the Primary General Presidency shared Thursday on Facebook that the Church has launched a new YouTube channel specifically designed for children.
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FSY conferences have been on hold since 2020 due to the pandemic but are back on for next year. Here’s why the conference is so important for youth.
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In the last installment of a four-part series from Church News on the essential role of councils in the Church, Young Women General President Bonnie H. Cordon shared some insight into the development of the Children and Youth program.
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There is certainly a lot to teach a child during their most formative years in the home. Here are ten simple, but important, gospel lessons to help parents along their way.
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