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LDS Youth Resources -- submit link
A place to "hang" with good kids who love the Church, who are excited about the gospel, who want to be the best people they can be.
- The Mormon Channel The Mormon Channel is your daily dose of inspiration LDS style made especially for the Palm Pilot and AvantGo.
- Music To Heal The Soul A collection of LDS popular music and hymns in Midi format. Includes lyrics.
- Affinity LDS Chat Visual & interactive. Go swimming, dance, play games,
have pizza; Monthly socials; Youth Den with music &
munchies; lots more. Make your own avatar. Java enabled
browser OK.
- LDS Palmtop Computing
: news.hplx.net is a news server dedicated to the 200LX
palmtop. One of the newsgroups on news.hplx.net is
hp200.mormon, dedicated to LDS-related use of the
200LX. Themes include scriptures and books on the
palmtop, doing genealogy on the palmtop, ward clerks
keeping the records on-hand at all times, etc. This
is similar to a mailing list but less intrusive, since
you retrieve messages when you like. If you own a
200LX or would like to find out more about this great
little device that is even better than a Palm Pilot
for gospel-related usefulness, please join!
- Missionary Girlfriends Website Website dedicated to creating a community for
missionary girlfriends to turn to for advice, ideas,
and emotional support.
- JB@Trinidad and SOL's Y-Chat Pics We used to chat a lot with YSA from BYU Y-chat... often they did not have a place to display their pic... so they sent it to us... and here they are... *smile* We do not go back to Y-chat much again, but they were all there... *smile*
- Misisonary Girlfriends Mailing List
- Affinity LDS Chat Graphical & interactive. Go swimming, dance, play laser tag, have pizza; Monthly socials; Youth Den with music & munchies; lots more. Java enabled browser OK.
- #LDSYouth. A heavily used chat area for LDS teens. http://www.inetworld.net/kaos/ldsyouth.html
- #mormonteens. This is the #MormonTeens Web site for #MormonTeens chatters, visitors, and nonmembers. The chat room has activities such as Cyber-Dances, Food Fights, and Church-related discussions. Meet people from all over the world, or in your own town. Meet cyber-couples, return missionaries, and future missionaries. There's even a Cyber-Prom. http://www.geocities.com/EnchantedForest/Dell/3610/Tmp5.htm
- #mormonteens IRC teen chat channel. #mormonteens is a teen chat channel for kewl teens. Come on in and enjoy clean chat! http://www.geocities.com/heartland/hills/6850
- EFY Memories. EFY Memories is a collection of pictures and descriptions from participants in Especially For Youth. Accepts submissions. Register to receive e-mail updates. http://users.vnet.net/rabbanah
- For the Strength of Youth. Text of the pamphlet on standards.
- How to Write a Sacrament Meeting Talk. An inspirational essay-serious in tone-about speaking at sacrament meeting covering four basic principles. Also tacked on is a humorous piece: Recipe for Cooking Up a Sacrament Meeting. http://www.dayton.net/~dalleyj/bvrcrkward/talk1.htm
- LDS Youth Homepage. Youth-oriented page with thought of day, Seminary scripture mastery scriptures, discussions, and more. http://www.inconnect.com/~bytheway
- Peter D. Coyl Homepage. Peter's a high school student who's built a fine page with information of interest to other youth. http://www.geocities.com/heartland/plains/2999
- The LDS Youth Leaders Page. A collection of ideas for combined youth activities, Young Men's activities, Young Women's activities, Scouts, service, Eagle projects. Leaders and parents forums accept input from guests. Comments tend to be short. http://www.ldsyouth.com/leaders
- The LDS Youth Page. Large collection of youth-oriented topics. Dating, pictures, links, books, missionary stories. The guest book is active. http://www.LDSyouth.com
- What We Do for Fun. A short list of activities. Not regularly updated. http://members.tripod.com/~1Molly/Fun.html
Dating and Courtship --
Dating: Youth Oriented -- submit link
The how-tos and the where-fores of teenage dating for Latter-day Saints.
Dating: Single Adults -- submit link
It wasn't so many years ago that writing thing was the way all permanent relationships began. Now we're back 'round the circle.
- ClubLDS Where LDS singles come to meet
- LDS Singles Stuff at Affinity Visual, interactive environment makes a fun, unique
online meeting place. (Free singles listing too.) Go
out for "pizza", play games, monthly dances, and more;
Rooms for spiritual edification too. Make your own avatar.
Java enabled browser OK.
- LDS Singles Stuff at Affinity Graphical, interactive environment makes a fun, unique online meeting place. (Free singles listing too.) Go out for "pizza", play games like pong, monthly dances, and more; Rooms for spiritual edification too. Java enabled browser OK.
- April Fools: A Look at LDS Cyber-Love. A cautionary tale, with advice for single adults meeting others over the Internet. An article from Teresa Holladay's Around the Punchbowl page. http://members.aol.com/itstessie/sngl/qa970401.htm
- Dating and Courtship. A collection of articles on dating. Includes For the Strength of Youth, Dating and Courtship, Dating Nonmembers, Teaching Adolescents: From Twelve to Eighteen Years, Mature Intimacy: Courtship and Marriage, and President Benson's Teachings About Dating. A Mormons.Org site. http://www.mormons.org/daily/dating
- Get Together. The Canadian edition of the other sites found here. Multilingual, infrequently updated. http://www.goldplanet.com/index1.htm
- LDS Friends Worldwide. Nearly 9,000 members at last count, evenly distributed between brothers and sisters. Very well liked. http://www.ldsfriends.com
- LDS Singles Connection. The dating service is5.99 a month. This is a true computerized matching system. Claims more than 5,700 members. For the curious-and for your amusement-the site does post true success stories from clients. Regularly updated, and fun to read. http://www.singles.lds.net
- LDS Singles Online. Basically the same as the LDS Singles Connection except there are only 2,000+ members. One advantage is that they offer cheaper rates for a longer-term commitment. http://www.lds-singles.com
- Of Souls, Symbols, and Sacraments. Elder Jeffrey R. Holland, then President of Brigham Young University, discusses why sexual relations are so sacred. http://199.227.118.92/daily/sexuality/Holland_SSS.htm
- Teachings About Marriage. LDS beliefs about marriage. Articles include Eternal Marriage, Covenant Marriage, John and Mary, Beginning Life Together, Plural Marriage, Social and Behavioral Perspective of Marriage, Divorce, and Celibacy. A Mormons.Org page. http://www.mormons.org/basic/family/marriage
- Teachings About Sexuality. This page offers links to the LDS perspective on such topics as Procreation, Abortion, Adultery, Birth Control. Mostly quotes from the Encyclopedia of Mormonism. http://www.mormons.org/daily/sexuality
- The Single Mingle. Made up primarily of five sections: The Mingle (browse the home pages of many Latter Day Singles), the Barter Board (an online classified Ad Board especially for singles), the Chatter Box (an LDS singles forum), the Funny Bone (a daily dose of humor and inspiration), Singles Travel (a discount travel center for LDS singles). There's a lot of material to read. Participation requires registration, and a maintenance fee of1.50 a month. http://www.ysite.com/singles
MANY ARE CALLED
See next sections for resources for Scouting, music, activities committees, and the ward newsletter
- Callings. A talk given at a 1995 Ward Conference by Lisle Brown. Explains the meaning of callings. http://webpages.marshall.edu/~brown/callings.htm
- Church Callings. How much shall I ask? How much shall I accept? Allen Leigh attempts to strike a balance between meeting the demands of callings and being reasonable. In other words, if you kill yourself today, you ain't gonna be much good tomorrow. So relax, pace yourself, and do what you can without compromising your own ability to prosper. http://www.xmission.com/~pengar/allen/callings.html
The Scout Committee -- submit link
For all of you hard-working scoutmasters, here's some help.
- Scouts-LDS
- Planning an Eagle Project An example, in narrative form, of a scout and his Scoutmaster as they plan an Eagle project. A true experience with fictitious names.
- Camping in a Hammock Advantages of camping in a hammock instead of a tent, and a how-to-do-it of hammocking.
- Brad's Book. Excerpts from the book on Scouting written by Brad W. Constantine. Chapter 10: Does Scouting Work Better Inside or Outside the Church? http://pages.prodigy.com/PHJF79A/scouts.htm
- Explorer Post 612. News and photos about recent, and not-so-recent, events. Take a peek at the scouting life. Hasn't been updated in awhile though. http://www.coolcontent.com/ExplorerScouts
- Exploring Training in the LDS Church. Slide-show presentation. Of interest to new Explorer leaders, or potential Explorers who might want to steal a glimpse of what lies ahead. http://pages.prodigy.com/PHJF79A/index.htm
- Grant's Scouting Resources. Primarily for folks interested in scouting in Australia, but Grant's Scouting Songs and Skit Links should have universal appeal. Regularly updated. http://student.curtin.edu.au/~poneilgdo/scouts/index.html
- Mike Pearce's LDS Scouters Resource Page. Includes links to scoutmaster minutes and other inspirational messages, leadership helps and ideas, games, stories and poems, songs, spiritual material, and additional scout links. Generally considered one of the best Scouting resources on the entire Net. http://www2.dtc.net/~mpearce/scouts/scouts.htm
- NJ Region Scouts. Mailing list for LDS Scout leaders in Northern New Jersey. To subscribe, send an e-mail request to rbiddulph@attmail.com.
- Scout Links. Sorted alphabetically, by nationality, newsgroups, new sites, and the ability to request that sites be included among the links. Over 500 scout-related sites. http://www.daimi.aau.dk/~arne/ScoutLinks
- Scouting in Utah. A bit parochial, but it does feature good links to other Scout resources. http://www.uvol.com/scouts/homepage.html
- Scouting. Strictly links. http://www.zarahemla.com/scouting.html
- Scouts-LDS Scouting Resources Home Page. Mostly under construction, but the owner says it "will contain Scouting resources that are specific to troops sponsored by local units of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints." For now you'll have to settle for links to the Scouts-LDS FTP Archive and Scouts-LDS Mailing List. http://198.240.118.1/scouts-lds
- SCOUTS-LDS. A low-volume list dealing with the scouting program in the church. Share ideas for activities, describe ways of dealing with the youth, or ask advice on handling your calling. To subscribe, send a request to scouts-lds-request@tagus.com with the message subscribe scouts-lds. Visit the Web site for additional information. http://www.tagus.com
- The Telegraph. A Sea Scouting newsletter published by Bill James, a Latter-day Saint in New Jersey. http://www.jersey.net/~wrjames
- Youth Advancement and Activity Software for LDS Stakes, Wards & Families. Advancement and Activity Software for Cub Scouting, Boy Scouting, Varsity Scouting, Explorers, Sea Explorers, and the YW advancement programs of the LDS church. A commercial site. http://home.utah-inter.net/sbf/sb01001.htm
- Wadsworth Ohio Branch Boy Scouts of America Troop 400. A potential source of pride for Troop 400. A good resource if you're looking for ideas for your own Web pages. Otherwise there's not much here outside of local interest. http://junior.apk.net/~jmf/scouts
The Music Chairman -- submit link
Helps for ward music folk.
- LDS Hymns MIDI Site - Listen to hymns on the web! MIDI files of hte hymns in the LDS Hymn Book. These are piano accompaniments including an introduction and all verses. For use in Family Home Evening, practice, or just to enjoy the hymns on your computer.
- LDS Music Webring A webring created for sites about LDS music
- Moms House A site with midi music, inspirational stories, links and more.
- Hatch Music Music composed by Senator Orrin Hatch.
- LDS Music A Web site operated by LDSPOP list owner Mark Hansen.
- LDSPOP
: List owner Mark Hansen writes: "This list is for the appreciation of and discussion of the pop culture of
the members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints ("LDS" or
"Mormon"). Topics: LDS pop music, current novels, videos, musicals, and
culture in general. The list is not for academic debate of theological
issues. We just want to visit
about the things we like to read, watch, and listen to."
- Portland Regional Music Workshop Melanie Cooper writes: "I host the information for the Portland Regional Music Workshop. It has all
the information for upcoming LDS musical events in the area."
- Christian Classics Ethereal Library Wheaton College's collection of words to the Protestant Episcopal Hymnal
of 1916, John Wesley's "Collection of Hymns, for the Use of the People
Called Methodists," other collections and 200 sound files.
- Eastern Catholic Liturgical Music Hymns and other
music from the Byzantine, Ukrainian, Armenian, Maronite and other Eastern
rites.
- Traditional Catholic MIDI files A collection of traditional hymns from the Catholic faith.
- Cyber Hymnal The free site has more than 1,600 Christian hymns and gospel songs from many
denominations. It includes lyrics, background information, photos, links,
MIDI sound files and scores for downloading.
- MUSIC
: An e-mail list for the discussion of all aspects of music from an LDS perspective. Subscribe with an email note to majordomo@ldscn.com.
- LDS Music Web Ring A ring of several websites related to LDS Music
- Brent Hugh's LDS Music Page Brother Hugh writes: "The page has LDS-related music by pianist-composer Brent Hugh and hisfriends.Among our interesting projects are a CD setting all this year's SeminaryScripture Mastery verses to music and a variety of sheet music that can beused for different occasions.We try to make at least a good proportion of our music available online atno charge. There are, for instance, RealAudio tracks from our CD and sacredsheet music that can be freely downloaded. Includes links to LDS Seminary Scripture Mastery Songs, and LDS Sheet Music."
- Music List Ann & Bob Amadori write: "This website contains LDS choral, duet, solo and instrumental sheet music(written by Sally DeFord) that you may download and print at home. Theseare free. Download, print and copy as many selections as you wish. Easyinstructions appear at the top of the Music List page."
- MomMusic Mary Brownell's page of great music.
- AMA report card Discussion of the role of violence in the media (including music)in real life violence.
- Elder Gene Cook Talk given by Elder Gene Cook at Ricks College in 1988 about a visit with Mick Jagger on an airplane.
- Elder Richard Scott. Discussion of how good music is important for spiritual development
- Music A site with very few links
- Children's Songbook. The Children's Songbook MIDI page. Sound files of some of the Primary songs. New selections are being added. http://www.uleth.ca/~anderson/csb.htmlx
- LDS Hymns. Good selection of hymns in MIDI format, from Doran Anderson. http://www.uleth.ca/~anderson/midi.htmlx
- The Danish Tabernacle Choir Society. A musical association with the object of diffusing knowledge of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. This is a history tour. Very informative. Roll up, roll up for this history tour. But purchase the CDs listed if you plan on hearing music. http://www.mtc.dk
- Music. Very few links. music.html
- Music to Heal the Soul. Sheryl Bagwell's uplifting collection of hymns and other music. Requires a sound card. http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/sbagwell/music.htm
- Russ Josephson's Salt Lake Mormon Tabernacle Choir Page. More on history, discography, and information on videos and tours. http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/7158/mtchoir.htm
The Activities Committee -- submit link
"May the road rise up to meet you, may the wind be at your back, and may you never have to serve on an activities committee" (an old Lamanite prayer).
Ward Newsletter/Communications -- submit link
use these high-tech resources to do a better job on your low-tech paper newsletter.
- Dave Jennings LDS web pages. LDS related clipart, animated gifs, and art gallery.
- Highland Graphics-Clipart. Over 150 images; specializing in religious and holiday themes. Commercial. http://www.itsnet.com/~highland
- Jim Radford's LDS Art Gallery. A large collection of LDS-related artwork and images. Tons of stuff. http://www.npl.com/~jradford/lds/artgallery.html
- LDS Graphics. Temple pictures. All of 'em. http://www.npl.com/~jradford/lds/artgallery.html
- Mike Pearce's LDS Graphics. Pictures of Jesus, prophets, general authorities, temples, artwork, scriptures (categorized by book), scouting, historical pictures, much more. http://www2.dtc.net/~mpearce/graphics.htm
- New Church Logo Announced. Text explaining/announcing the new logo. It is not a graphics download area. The logo does not even really exist on this page to be captured; it's superimposed over a picture of Jesus Christ. http://members.aol.com/cumorahhil/newlogo.htm
- The Life of Christ. Beautiful collection of artwork from the life of the Savior. Arranged in categories: The pre-mortal Christ, Annunciation, Nativity, Adoration of the Shepherds, Adoration of the Magi, the Holy Family, Youth, Ministry, Children, Parables, Healing, Apostles, Miracles, Mary, Gethsemane, Crucifixion, Ministry in the Spirit World, Resurrection, Appearance in the Americas, Restoration, The Last Judgment. Stunning. http://members.aol.com/itstessie/christ
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