Forged In Faith

Tag: LDS youth leadership ideas

  • The Secret to Youth Testimony Meetings That Don’t Crash and Burn

    “Any Youth Want to Bear Their Testimony?” Crickets.A couple of awkward glances.Then maybe one brave young woman breaks the silence…And the rest is either a flood of tears—or a total standstill. We’ve all seen youth testimony meetings go flat. Not because teens don’t believe.But because we sometimes drop them in deep water… without teaching them…

  • Why Youth Need to Fail Sometimes—And What Happens When You Let Them

    You Hand Over the Lesson… and It Bombs The youth speaker freezes.The object lesson falls flat.The activity they planned gets confusing—and then collapses into chaos. And every adult instinct inside you screams: “I should’ve stepped in. I should’ve rescued them.” But maybe… you shouldn’t have. Because failure—real, messy, slightly awkward failure—is one of the most…

  • Small Assignments, Big Impact: How to Help Quiet Youth Feel Seen

    The Ones Who Don’t Raise Their Hands You know them.The ones who sit back—not because they don’t care, but because they’re watching.Quiet. Still. Half-invisible.The ones who never volunteer to give a talk, who avoid eye contact when you ask for a prayer, who somehow vanish when the chairs need stacking. And yet—these are the very…