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An early morning start for seminary students in Chicago
Mormon Life says: Early morning seminary students should get an extra special diploma. Just my opinion.
After arising at 4:50 each school-day morning, 16-year-old Sonia Brown leaves home at 5:25 to make her way by Chicago Transit Authority bus and train through the streets of the third-largest city in...
How youth can defend themselves and their beliefs
A teacher in a high school a few months ago began her instruction one day by asking students who supported a political issue to stand on one side of the room, while those who opposed it were instructed to stand on the other side. After students had formed their sides, the teacher took her stance...
I’m Not Perfect. Can I Still Go to Heaven?–An Interview with Anthony Sweat
Anthony Sweat is a full-time religious educator, currently teaching seminary at West High in Salt Lake City, and a regular speaker at Especially For Youth and Education Week conferences. He is the co-author of the bestselling book WHY? Powerful Answers and Practical Reasons for Living LDS...
Church announces new youth website
Uniting Latter-day Saint youth around the world by giving them a sense of the gospel rolling forward is an aim behind a new youth-oriented Internet site the Church has just launched, according to Lee Gibbons, director of the Church's Web site, lds.org. The new site, www.youth.lds.org , is...
Church Launches youth.lds.org
Youth.lds.org is a new Web site designed especially for youth (ages 12-18) of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The site provides a unique place on the Web where youth can uplift and strengthen one another and receive messages from the prophet and other Church leaders. The initial...
Succeeding in a Y/M-Scout calling
Hey gang, now and then we get the chance to actually help one another in the online world. A participant in the BCC community has recently been called to serve as Young Men’s president in his ward and he is feeling a little overwhelmed by it all. He requested assistance and advice, and this is...
Oh, I’ll tell you WHY!
I know that a lot of mom’s have special “formulas” for buying Christmas presents for their kids, but I can’t actually stick to anything like that. But one thing that I always have in the back of my head is from my friend Jenny who sticks to the “something to wear, something to read, and something...
Strength of Youth (Young Men)
I am a youth Sunday School Teacher for children ages 13 and 14. I love teaching Sunday School, it is by far my favorite calling in the church. And 13-year-olds are my favorite age to teach, so I’m in “calling heaven” right now. In a recent class, I asked each member of my class if there was a...
Understanding the psyche of the cool boys
I have one of those cushy, enviable callings that requires a minimal amount of preparation, no meetings, and no midweek activities; just a big bag of candy and an hour on Sunday mornings. I teach the 16-18-year-old Sunday School class. We meet in the high council room in the basement of our stake...
Strength of youth vital to ward's health
In a recent nursery lesson on loving the scriptures, I held a leather-bound copy of the Bible and Book of Mormon in the middle of our gathered little ones. Before I could say anything, two girls exclaimed simultaneously, "Rylie reads scriptures," and "Jackson reads scriptures." For these...
The awesomest youth object lesson ever
Want to really knock the socks off of your youth with a fun and very different object lesson? Then try out miracle berries. Miracle berries (or miracle fruit) are a small berry from Africa which contains a protein that temporarily blocks the sour receptors on a person’s tongue. Suddenly, lemons...
Early-morning seminary students are modern-day heroes
It's that time of the year again when families are getting back to the routine of life. After a fun-filled and carefree summer, it's time to regroup and reprioritize our lives. There are school supplies that need to be purchased, new teachers to meet, and friends to reconnect with. In our family,...
The Best Three Hours of the Week: Getting the Most from Your Sunday Meetings
John G. Bytheway taught a class for youth titled "The Best Three Hours of the Week: Getting the Most from Your Sunday Meetings" Aug. 19 during BYU Education Week. Brother Bytheway, an author and part-time instructor of Religious Education at BYU, counseled the youth that the best way to enhance...
High school student chooses between seminary and surfing
Enthusiasm for surfing seems to go hand-in-hand with living in Laguna Beach, Calif. Sean Kimball started at age five when his father, Stan, gave him a surfboard and "pushed me into the waves," Sean said during a telephone interview with the Church News. The 18-year-old priest in the Laguna...
Deacon passes sacrament despite having no arms
Alex Brotherson came into this world with no arms and only a single finger protruding out of his right shoulder. To the casual observer, Alex doesn't miss the arms he never had. The youngest of three brothers, at 12 years old he participates in many of the activities endemic to boys his age by...
