north Star archive
2026: President’s Address
Session Description: Forthcoming Watch on YouTube Presenters Jennifer Curtis
2026: Leading to Redemption
Session Description: In this breakout session, Kurt Francom invites participants to explore how a redemptive approach to leadership can transform the culture of our wards, quorums, and Relief Societies into spaces where every individual feels seen, valued, and...
2026: Bearers of the Sacred Memory: Healing the Soldier’s Heart (Keynote Friday Afternoon))
Session Description: Twenty years ago, North Star began, humbly, in a living room. During that time, many people instrumental to its growth have come and gone—some by distance, some by changed life circumstances, some by death, and some by choices that took them away...
2017: Making and Keeping Healthy Relationships With Other Relationships
Session Description: As an SSA/Gay woman do you sometimes struggle to make and keep healthy relationships with other women? This can be a challenge to many, but meaningful friendships are vital to our well-being and thus worth fighting for. Join us as we share...
2017: Becoming a “Joy Master”
Session Description: Even the best of marriages have their ups and downs. When you’re not feeling good about yourself, or when your marriage feels like it’s under attack, what can you do to shift to a place of joy? Join us and learn how to claim the joy that is yours,...
2017: Supporting My Transgender Family Member
Session Description: Finding out that a loved one experiences gender dysphoria can leave family members wondering how to provide love and support in helpful ways. Join us as children and siblings of transgender members share their experiences. Their insights might be...
2017: Lift Where You Stand: Create Community Wherever You Are
Session Description: Having a local support network with others who understand your journey is vital. This can be challenging whether you live in Provo or in Peoria. Hear from people who have found ways to do just that and are having success lifting where they stand....
2017: Loving and Supporting My SSA Child
Session Description: When a child discloses that they experience same-sex attraction, this is a significant revelation. How can we, as loved ones, provide the encouragement, love and support they need to thrive? Hear from parents of SSA children and learn what has...
2017: Making and Sustaining Healthy Male Connections
Session Description: Through prophets and apostles, we have been given guidance about sexual relations and fidelity. What does that mean for SSA/gay people? Does that mean we have to go through life alone? Without love? The answer is an astounding “NO!” In this...
2017: Finding Gold in Our Wounds: Seeking Wholeness in Christ
Session Description: All of us carry wounds of various sorts. With these wounds can come pain and heartache, and it can oftentimes feel easier to avoid facing our wounds all together. However, if we choose to partner with Christ in facing our wounds and go deep into...