{"id":1949062,"date":"2025-08-08T10:03:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-08T10:03:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=1949062"},"modified":"2025-08-08T10:03:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-08T10:03:10","slug":"how-lds-youth-are-celebrating-faith-in-jesus-christ-through-music","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/how-lds-youth-are-celebrating-faith-in-jesus-christ-through-music\/","title":{"rendered":"How LDS Youth Are Celebrating Faith in Jesus Christ Through Music"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<figure class=\"youtube-placement align-left\">\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Festival 2025: A Youth Concert USA | Christian Music\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/t3kvdv8Z0i8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>From various stages to watch parties around the world, Latter-day Saint youth and friends are participating this year\u00a0in \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org\/event\/festival-2025-a-youth-concert\">Festival: A Youth Concert<\/a>\u201d \u2014\u00a0spiritual and unifying celebrations of faith in Jesus Christ expressed through worship music.<\/p>\n<p>The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has encouraged areas worldwide to provide youth with an opportunity to gather to watch and sing along to featured songs from recent <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLe0BvbTylcNNblMMH_YqVES6X5QVKREel\">Strive to Be<\/a> albums and singles.<\/p>\n<p>A difference this year from 2024 was the offering of one of three options for adult and youth leaders involved in planning local events to select:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Use one of the pre-recorded concerts filmed in the US, Mexico, and Brazil (available online beginning Thursday, August 7, in <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.churchofjesuschrist.org\/media\/collection\/2025-youth-music-festival?lang=eng\">English<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.churchofjesuschrist.org\/media\/video\/xjkdr5j7fizzp2scft1mcllp4mqtppk8v863dcvn?lang=eng&amp;alang=eng&amp;collectionId=301e5082f54f4ae6aa7aaf753309fd3d\">Spanish<\/a> or <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.churchofjesuschrist.org\/media\/collection\/2025-youth-music-festival?lang=eng\">Portuguese<\/a>).<\/li>\n<li>Put on their own concert using local singers to perform the same songs.<\/li>\n<li>Create their own music event.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3>Pre-recorded Concerts<\/h3>\n<p>The English \u201cFestival: A Youth Concert\u201d was filmed at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah,\u00a0on June 11, 2025, in front of\u00a0almost 2,000 youth gathered on Cougar Field.\u00a0Featured Strive to Be artists included\u00a0Liahona Olayan,\u00a0Benjamin Taylor,\u00a0James Thorup,\u00a0Reina Ley,\u00a0Sister Ellie Barry,\u00a0Ashley Hess, Pearce Morris,\u00a0JRay Kuhn,\u00a0Connor Austin,\u00a0Rylee Paige,\u00a0Jay Phung,\u00a0Hanna Eyre and\u00a0Patch Crowe<\/p>\n<p>This is not about performance,\u201d said Taylor during the concert. \u201cThis is about our Savior, Jesus Christ. We are His followers, right? We are His disciples. We choose to look to Him in every thought. So tonight, we celebrate our faith in Him. We celebrate our gratitude, we celebrate our praise. He is the reason why we\u2019re all here.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"carousel-contain\" data-render-view=\"carousel\" data-carousel-type=\"carousel\">\n<div class=\"carousel-mm\">\n<table class=\"carousel-caption\">\n<tr>\n\t\t\t    <!-- \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\n<td data-keep=\"('mongolia') = \/request-info\/site-code\/text()\"><span class=\"car-total\">2<\/span><span>-<\/span><span class=\"car-curr-num\">1<\/span><\/td>\n\n --><\/p>\n<td><span class=\"caption-mm\">Temple Square is always beautiful in the springtime. Gardeners work to prepare the ground for General Conference.<\/span> <span class=\"caption-copyright\">\u00a9 2012 Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved.<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span class=\"car-curr-num\">1<\/span> \/ <span class=\"car-total\">2<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"download-photo\">Download Photos<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p>The Portuguese concert, filmed April 19 in S\u00e3o Paulo, Brazil, features Strive to Be artists <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thechurchnews.com\/living-faith\/2024\/06\/30\/festival-youth-concert-brazilian-singer-autism-faith-testimony-through-music\/\">Jo\u00e3o Daniel<\/a>, Beatriz Marmelo, Nicole Luz, Gabrielly Louren\u00e7o, Patch Crowe, Vin\u00edcius Arevallo and Nicholas Shigekiyo.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"carousel-contain\" data-render-view=\"carousel\" data-carousel-type=\"carousel\">\n<div class=\"carousel-mm\">\n<table class=\"carousel-caption\">\n<tr>\n\t\t\t    <!-- \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\n<td data-keep=\"('mongolia') = \/request-info\/site-code\/text()\"><span class=\"car-total\">2<\/span><span>-<\/span><span class=\"car-curr-num\">1<\/span><\/td>\n\n --><\/p>\n<td><span class=\"caption-mm\">Temple Square is always beautiful in the springtime. Gardeners work to prepare the ground for General Conference.<\/span> <span class=\"caption-copyright\">\u00a9 2012 Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved.<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span class=\"car-curr-num\">1<\/span> \/ <span class=\"car-total\">2<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"download-photo\">Download Photos<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p>The Spanish concert was filmed June 14 in Mexico City, Mexico, and features Strive to Be artists Naxhieli Mellin Mart\u00ednez Cruz, Christian Amanda Najera Inzunza, Jacob Abinadi Peralta Dominguez, Claudia Judith Mej\u00eda Garc\u00eda, Sarai Marlem Barrera Gardu\u00f1o, Katia Noemi Parra Sol\u00eds, Sandra Arenas Salazar, Sister Ellie Barry, Eylani Melendez Flores, Rodrigo Misael Ort\u00edz Chac\u00f3n, Ian Shezuaf Ramales Mejia, Alejandra Areli Enciso Gonz\u00e1lez and Eidyan Gabriel Medina Jaramillo.<\/p>\n<div class=\"carousel-contain\" data-render-view=\"carousel\" data-carousel-type=\"carousel\">\n<div class=\"carousel-mm\">\n<table class=\"carousel-caption\">\n<tr>\n\t\t\t    <!-- \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\n<td data-keep=\"('mongolia') = \/request-info\/site-code\/text()\"><span class=\"car-total\">2<\/span><span>-<\/span><span class=\"car-curr-num\">1<\/span><\/td>\n\n --><\/p>\n<td><span class=\"caption-mm\">Temple Square is always beautiful in the springtime. Gardeners work to prepare the ground for General Conference.<\/span> <span class=\"caption-copyright\">\u00a9 2012 Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved.<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span class=\"car-curr-num\">1<\/span> \/ <span class=\"car-total\">2<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"download-photo\">Download Photos<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<h3\/>\n<h3>Regional Concerts<\/h3>\n<p>The Church\u2019s Philippines Area chose to put on its own festival youth concert in Davao City on Saturday, August 2, which was <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/churchofjesuschristph\">streamed<\/a> on the Philippines Area\u2019s Facebook and Instagram pages and YouTube. Awareness for the concert included several social videos and posts and highway billboard signs.<\/p>\n<p>The concert, featuring artists Ysabelle Cuevas, Chanty Videla, Xia Vigor, Nevin Adam Garceniego, Daniel Costales, Noreen Nivera, Brandon Sorilla and Sariah Gayola, was viewed at <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo\/?fbid=813892830963592&amp;set=pcb.813893194296889\">watch parties<\/a> throughout the Philippines.<\/p>\n<div class=\"carousel-contain\" data-render-view=\"carousel\" data-carousel-type=\"carousel\">\n<div class=\"carousel-mm\">\n<table class=\"carousel-caption\">\n<tr>\n\t\t\t    <!-- \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\n<td data-keep=\"('mongolia') = \/request-info\/site-code\/text()\"><span class=\"car-total\">2<\/span><span>-<\/span><span class=\"car-curr-num\">1<\/span><\/td>\n\n --><\/p>\n<td><span class=\"caption-mm\">Temple Square is always beautiful in the springtime. Gardeners work to prepare the ground for General Conference.<\/span> <span class=\"caption-copyright\">\u00a9 2012 Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved.<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span class=\"car-curr-num\">1<\/span> \/ <span class=\"car-total\">2<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"download-photo\">Download Photos<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"803\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fchurchofjesuschristph%2Fposts%2Fpfbid0bpU5yv8yvFhVJoMrFoVQoQuWmpnbR1DHfZHxS292rVMhAifLzV1a1o5SSXzopWWTl&amp;show_text=true&amp;width=500\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden\" width=\"500\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"765\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fchurchofjesuschristph%2Fposts%2Fpfbid0Dm56RfRE4ynJVSknKNnS4zJ7mgpV7kxyBYWG9XM1SVJFoZZRtQQsNYAPmXAtMxhCl&amp;show_text=true&amp;width=500\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden\" width=\"500\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Music for Everyone<\/h3>\n<p>Pearce Morris, who performed in the English festival and other concerts, spoke about the purpose of the type of worship music featured in these concerts during a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thechurchnews.com\/podcast\/2025\/06\/17\/episode-245-strive-to-be-artists-on-music-strengthening-testimonies-festival-youth-concert\/\">Church News Podcast<\/a> in June.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think of worship music as music that helps us have a focus on Jesus Christ and our Heavenly Father. At the core is the message that leads us closer to Them. And I think there\u2019s different styles of music that are worship music,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Expanding worship music outside of hymns helps reach a global audience that isn\u2019t yet fully tapped into. This welcomes other Christian denominations to recognize that Latter-day Saints worship Jesus Christ, he said.<\/p>\n<p>Strive to Be music can be found on the Church\u2019s <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.churchofjesuschrist.org\/callings\/youth\/2025-youth-theme?lang=eng\">Children and Youth 2025 website<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.churchofjesuschrist.org\/study\/music\/look-unto-christ-2025-youth-album?lang=eng\">Gospel Library<\/a>, Strive to Be <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLe0BvbTylcNNblMMH_YqVES6X5QVKREel\">YouTube<\/a> channel, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/album\/4aqO4SMbl68itddmDgOnyM\">Spotify<\/a>, the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.churchofjesuschrist.org\/learn\/mobile-applications?lang=eng#lds-music\">Sacred Music app<\/a> and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.churchofjesuschrist.org\/inspiration\">Gospel Living app<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Morris told the Church News that Strive to Music isn\u2019t just for youth. \u201cThis is as much \u2026 for someone who\u2019s 74 who likes to listen to music on their walks as it is for someone that just got done with baseball practice that\u2019s 16 years old. It points people to Jesus Christ. That message is for everyone.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\">(function(d, s, id){\n            var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n            if (d.getElementById(id)) return;\n            js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.async = true;\n            js.src = \"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/\\\"en_US\\\"\/all.js#xfbml=1\";\n            fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n            }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));<\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From various stages to watch parties around the world, Latter-day Saint youth and friends are participating this year\u00a0in \u201cFestival: A Youth Concert\u201d \u2014\u00a0spiritual and unifying celebrations of faith in Jesus Christ expressed through worship music. 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