2015: Tools and Resources for Leaders of Those Who Experience SSA

Church Leader

Session Description: As a church leader have ever felt burdened by your responsibility to advise, guide, and support ward members who experience same-sex attraction or gender dysphoria? You may not have realized it, but there are many tools and resources at your...

2015: Panel – Creating a Loving and Welcoming Atmosphere in a Ward

Church Leader

Session Description: Sometimes the ward family is the only family that members have. How can you create a loving environment for members in your ward who experience same-sex attraction or gender dysphoria? As Christ said, “I say unto you, be one; and if ye are not one...

2015: Leading with Love and Dispelling Shame

Church Leader

Session Description: It’s very common for men and women who experience same-sex attraction or gender dysphoria to feel shame for who they are as a person. In that situation, shame is one of the greatest enemies that your ward member confronts. How can you dispel that...

2021: From Brothers to Leaders: Turning a Struggle into a Blessing

Church Leader

Session Description: Have you ever heard the saying ‘good things (blessings) come to those who wait’? This was the case with brothers, Bruce and Brent Ebmeyer. Brent came out as gay to his wife and family in 2005. Rivers of tears were shed and it created many deep...

2014: Teaching and Ministering to SSA Youth in Our Wards and Stakes: Creating a Safe and Open Dialogue

Church Leader

Session Description: The world is not afraid to talk about homosexuality, and many of our youth are only hearing what the world has to say. Join with other ecclesiastical and auxiliary leaders in this facilitated discussion to learn how to create an open and...

2014: Creating a Welcoming Environment for All – Q&A

Church Leader

Session Description: We have been given this apostolic challenge from Elder Quentin L. Cook: “As a church, nobody should be more loving and compassionate. Let us be at the forefront in terms of expressing love, compassion and outreach.” This session will provide an...

2014: Introduction to North Star and Voices of Hope Project

Church Leader

Session Description: This session will empower Church leaders and other concerned members of the church to better serve various populations and needs within their congregations/stakes by understanding the benefits and limitations of North Star, Voices of Hope and...

2021: Ministering to Our LGBTQ/SSA Youth

Church Leader, General

Session Description: President Jean B. Bingham taught, “No matter what age, when we consider how to minister most effectively, we ask, ‘What does she (he, they) need?’.” In order to minister to our LGBTQ+ youth so they feel loved and safe at home and in the Church, we...

2023: Called to Serve With Authenticity

Church Leader

Session Description: Having shared his experiences and insights as an openly gay missionary on both the Questions From the Closet and Listen, Learn, & Love podcasts, Shane shares how his leaders, companions, and local church members were essential in his reaching...

2024: You Matter, Saturday Morning Keynote

Church Leader, General, Stories, Stories: Church Leaders

Session Description: Kurt reminds us that our individual stories matter and need to be shared. So many of us carry heavy stories—stories of pain, sadness, and lonliness. When our personal stories are witnessed, these struggles can begin to heal. However, Jesus accepts...