Time For EFY
http://ce.byu.edu/yp/efy-programs/efy/index.cfm
Especially For Youth
This is the full, five-day, overnight program which begins on Monday morning and concludes early Saturday morning. Youth have the opportunity to learn and grow together while attending classes, devotionals and firesides together. Weekly highlights include Family Home Evening, dances, a musical program, a banquet, games night, service projects, a variety show, and a testimony meeting.
Registration Information
Online registration began January 14th 2009.
Contact Phone Numbers
Registration Questions: (801) 422-8925
EFY Program Information: (801) 422-3817
What is EFY?
EFY is a youth program with the objectives to encourage, assist, and guide youth participants (ages 14-18) as they strive to “come unto Christ.” EFY creates a setting where youth have the opportunity to develop spiritually, physically, intellectually and socially. EFY programs are held throughout North America every summer and are attended by more than 50,000 youth. Sessions are primarily supervised by young-adult counselors between the ages of 20-25 and who are positive role models for the youth. All sessions are directed by adult instructors.
Cost:
$415.00 EFY (excluding California, Alaska, and Special Editions)
$450.00 EFY in California and Alaska
$515.00 Special Edition EFY programs
$75.00 EFY Area Programs
Victoria Bushfire Relief Fund
LDS Newsroom – Australia
02/16/2009 02:02 PM MST
MELBOURNE, Australia – The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced today that it will donate $250,000 (AUD) to the Victorian Bushfire Relief Fund to support efforts to help communities devastated by recent wildfires in southern Australia.
“The LDS Church has closely monitored the bushfire crisis as it developed day-by-day,” said Elder David S. Baxter, the Church’s Pacific Area President. “We have been in contact with relief agencies and officials to determine how best to help those who have been affected by this tragedy, and who have lost homes, property and loved ones.”
The most senior leaders of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints — the First Presidency and Quorum of the Twelve — have been kept informed of these developments, according to Elder Baxter. “They have expressed their sympathies to all who have suffered loss, and to all of Australia.”
One way Latter-day Saints support people affected by disasters and others in need is through what Mormons call fast offerings. The first Sunday of each month members of the LDS Church are invited to go without food and drink — or fast — for a day. The money saved from buying the skipped meals is contributed to a fund that is used to help individuals and families in tough financial circumstances. The LDS Church’s donation to the Victorian Bushfire Relief Fund comes from contributions of Australian Latter-day Saints who regularly make such fast offerings.
Australian Red Cross is administering the relief fund.
As is the case in other parts of the world after natural disasters, hundreds of Mormon volunteers are gearing up to work alongside others in the clean-up effort that will begin when it is safe to do so.
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LDS Newsroom – Australia; Photo Copyright the Associated Press, 2009.
