When the Youth Planned Stake Conference | A How I Lead Interview

In this podcast, Kurt sits down with four members of the Little
Valley Stake in St. George, Utah, to talk about what happened when
the stake president asked the youth (and their leaders) to plan
stake conference. Guests include stake high councilor and Young Men
leader Steve Chase, stake youth council member and high school
sophomore Lucy Hansen, stake Young Women president Ashlie Bundy,
and Brad Simister, second counselor in the stake presidency.
Highlights 01:45 Introductions to the speakers. 03:20 Planning for
stake conference. They felt that the stake youth committee should
plan and prepare stake conference. 05:15 Lucy, from the youth
council, describes how they went about planning everything. 05:45
Ashlie talks about the difficulties they encountered at first and
her role as a leader to help the youth open up. 08:45 President
Simister goes into how they structured the meetings. Overall, the
stake president would just ask for updates but let everyone do
their thing. 10:30 Lucy gives advice to other youth councils that
might want to do the same thing. 11:15 The stake presidency planned
the leadership meeting and youth were in charge of the adult
session and general meeting. The youth committee was asked, “What
do you want your parents to know?” That was the focus of the
planning sessions and conference. 12:30 The benefit of having the
youth help plan the conference was that they felt a part of it. It
wasn’t just another adult meeting. 13:50 The youth chose the
topics. They chose and wanted to hear about anxiety, mental health,
how adults can connect with youth, and the second coming. 16:20 How
they got the youth to open up, get engaged, and share ideas. 17:30
The leaders really stepped back and let the youth lead. 20:00 The
stake president and other leaders were able to teach the youth how
to create and get the agenda approved and speakers approved. 22:15
Lucy gives her perspective on how the stake conference went and how
planning it changed her experience. 24:15 The youth felt special
and valued by being included in the planning process. 26:10
Overall, the experience was positive for the youth and adult
leaders. 26:50 There was more effort to include and work with the
youth but there is power in it. It will help the youth with their
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