Young Women General President Bonnie H. Cordon on the lessons learned while serving Latter-day Saint children, youth
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🗓️ 11 July 2023
⏱️ 46 minutes
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Weeks before Young Women General President Bonnie H. Cordon completes her calling as a general officer of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, she joins the Church News podcast to share the joy of service, recent inspired changes to Church organization and the peace that comes by turning to the Savior Jesus Christ. Since being sustained as a member of the Primary General Presidency in 2016 and then as Young Women General President in 2018, she has served through significant trials and beautiful blessings, including responding to the COVID-19 pandemic, the implementation of the Children and Youth program and the creation of a new Young Women theme and “For the Strength of Youth” standards guide.
The Church News Podcast is a weekly podcast that invites listeners to make a journey of connection with members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints across the globe. Host Sarah Jane Weaver, reporter and editor for The Church News for a quarter-century, shares a unique view of the stories, events, and most important people who form this international faith. With each episode, listeners are asked to embark on a journey to learn from one another and ponder, “What do I know now?” because of the experience. Produced by KellieAnn Halvorsen.
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| 0:00.0 | I love looking at a ward youth council. |
| 0:11.5 | I love sitting there with the bishop and hearing those youth counsel together, the power |
| 0:17.2 | that they come with these ideas, they're fresh. |
| 0:19.6 | I'm like, I would never have thought of that. So you can see that they come with these ideas. They're fresh. I'm like, I would never have thought of that. |
| 0:22.8 | So you can see that they have been uniquely prepared before coming here. |
| 0:27.8 | I also love their energy to be part of a cause. |
| 0:33.0 | And when they realize their cause is the cause of Christ. They truly are lifting. |
| 0:38.6 | So the power of these youth, their capacity to change the world is great. |
| 0:45.5 | And as we give them spaces and places for them to know the Savior, |
| 0:50.6 | and they're seeing that in a world of chaos, there is a peace in Christ. |
| 1:00.6 | I'm Sarah Jane Weaver, editor of the church news. |
| 1:03.5 | Welcome to the church news podcast. |
| 1:05.7 | We are taking you on a journey of connection as we discuss news and events of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. |
| 1:18.9 | On March 31st, 2018, members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints |
| 1:24.5 | sustained President Bonnie H. Corden as young woman general president. |
| 1:29.1 | She joins this episode of the Church News podcast to talk about her time serving the youth of the |
| 1:34.0 | church, which included a worldwide pandemic, new age group progressions, changes to what youth can do |
| 1:40.3 | in the temple involving young women in ministering, FSI camps, the rollout of children |
| 1:46.4 | in youth, and so much more. |
| 1:49.0 | Thank you so much for joining the podcast. |
| 1:51.7 | It is such a delight. |
| 1:53.0 | What a remarkable season to be able to serve. |
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