by Leading Saints | May 23, 2023 | Articles, Bishops, Elders Quorum, Ministering, Primary Presidencies, Relief Society, Youth Leadership |
Ryan Snarr grew up in Layton, UT. He is a life-long church meeting doodler. He fulfilled a calling as a full-time missionary in the Lima Perú South, and later was called to serve as a musical missionary in the then Mormon Tabernacle Choir (now Tabernacle Choir on...
by Leading Saints | May 16, 2023 | Articles, Bishops, Elders Quorum, Full-Time Missionaries, Ministering, Primary Presidencies, Relief Society, Stake Leadership, Ward Council, Youth Leadership |
Tommie Farrell currently serves as 1st Counselor in the Abilene Texas Stake. He has served as ward mission leader, elders quorum president, and bishop. Favorite callings of his past have been primary teacher, temple ordinance worker in the Lubbock Texas Temple, and as...
by Leading Saints | May 9, 2023 | Articles, Ministering |
Rachel Leavitt is a nurse, health coach, educator, wife, and mother. She is a mother to seven amazing children of God and married to a husband who is able to provide a wonderful push to her pull, while navigating spaces of faith and doubt together. She currently...
by Leading Saints | May 2, 2023 | Articles, Bishops, Elders Quorum, Ministering, Relief Society |
Jill Armijo is a physical therapist assistant, health coach, author, editor, and ghostwriter. She lives in Ogden, Utah, with her husband, Joe, a Navy veteran, and her terrier mutt, Meggie. They raised three boys and have the best daughter-in-law, one on the way, and...
by Leading Saints | Apr 11, 2023 | Articles, Ministering |
Dack Van Orden was born and raised in Idaho Falls, ID. He currently lives in the Houston Texas area where he and his wife are the parents of three daughters and one bonus daughter. He has served in a variety of callings within the Church, most of which have been in...
by Leading Saints | Mar 14, 2023 | Articles, Bishops, Elders Quorum, Ministering, Primary Presidencies, Relief Society, Stake Leadership, Youth Leadership |
Dack Van Orden was born and raised in Idaho Falls, ID. He currently lives in the Houston Texas area where he and his wife are the parents of three daughters and one bonus daughter. He has served in a variety of callings within the Church, most of which have been in...
by Leading Saints | Mar 7, 2023 | Articles, Ministering |
Caren McLane has a Bachelor’s and Master’s Degree in Community Health Education from BYU. She met her husband, Todd, her freshman year while at BYU. They are the parents of 5 children and live on a 4-acre “hobby farm” with chickens, cows, and dogs. She volunteers at...
by Beth Young | Feb 28, 2023 | Articles, Bishops, Elders Quorum, Ministering, Primary Presidencies, Relief Society, Stake Leadership, Ward Council, Ward Mission Leader, Youth Leadership |
I recently heard a speaker talk about how bison and cows respond differently to a storm. Bison actually run into a storm. Yet their cow cousins turn and run from a storm. Think about the impact of their direction and possibly their emotions. As a cow runs from the...
by Leading Saints | Feb 14, 2023 | Articles, Bishops, Elders Quorum, Ministering, Relief Society, Ward Council |
Adam Ellsworth is currently loving his service as a Teachers Quorum Advisor in Alpine, Utah. He and his wife, Maricel, are enjoying the challenges that come with raising three boys, ages 14, 11, and 11. Professionally, Adam has been practicing law as a patent attorney...
by Leading Saints | Feb 8, 2023 | Articles, Bishops, Elders Quorum, Ministering, Relief Society |
A stake president who has many bishops with a high welfare demand asked for insights on ways to approach welfare in the Lord’s way. Now that the elders quorum and Relief Society president carry a major portion of these efforts, it’s important to have insights to...