Especially for Youth

Especially for Youth

Especially For Youth (often abbreviated as EFY) is a week long youth-oriented seminar focused on fellowship and teaching the principles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Attendance is open to all youth aged 14 to 18. Sessions, which are primarily held in the United States, follow a common curriculum created by the Church. Sessions take place during the summer months in order to coincide with the summer break practiced by many American schools. The program is led by Latter-day Saint young adults who serve as counselors in exchange for a stipend. Speakers are selected from the Church's Institute and Seminary programs. All sessions are organized and managed out of the EFY headquarters in Provo, Utah.

EFY states that its mission is to help participants "come unto Christ". [ [http://ce.byu.edu/yp/efy-programs/efy/what-is-efy.cfm What is EFY?] , Especially for Youth. Retrieved March 19 2008]

History of EFY

According to EFY's Participant Journal the program was created by Ronald C. Hills, in 1976. when 172 youth and 15 counselors met for the first session of the summer program. Jeffrey R. Holland, now of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, was one of the banquet speakers at the founding session. The next year, attendance had risen to 863 youth. Currently, EFY's summer program includes sessions which are held at various locations throughout the United States and Canada. As of 2005, the total number of participants who have attended EFY over the years is 409,484. [2005 Participant Journal pages 72 - 73]

In 2006, EFY expanded outside of North America for the first time, with sessions in England and Germany and Scandinavia. [2006 Participant Journal pages iv - v]

In 2007 EFY held a session at Exeter University in the United Kingdom.

EFY Themes

2008 - Steady and Sure
2007 - Power in Purity
2006 - The Greatest Gift
2005 - A More Excellent Way
2004 - Stand in the Light
2003 - Look and Live
2002 - We Believe
2001 - Remember the Promise
2000 - Forward with Faith
1999 - A Season for Courage
1998 - Joy in the Journey
1997 - Treasure the Truth
1996 - Live the Legacy
1995 - Return with Honor
1994 - Serving with Strength
1993 - Sharing the Light in the Wilderness
1992 - A Time to be of One Heart
1991 - Walk with Me
1990 - Learning for Myself
1989 - Forever my Friend
1988 - Win the Race
1987 - Sailin' Home
1986 - Lovin' Life
1985 - Let your Light Shine
1984 - Discovering New Horizons
1983 - Ascending Together
1982 - The Time Has Come

References

External links

* [http://ce.byu.edu/yp/efy-programs/efy/ Especially for Youth] : official website


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Нужен реферат?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Especially for Youth — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Especially For Youth (normalmente abreviado como EFY) es una semana que está orientada a la juventud en época de seminario, y que se centra en la enseñanza de los principios de la Iglesia de Jesucristo de los Santos… …   Wikipedia Español

  • Youth Portal — Articleissues notable = November 2007 unreferenced = November 2007 rewrite = November 2007Youth Portals are participatory spaces that young people can connect with each other and gain information.Examples of Youth portals(www.youthportal.in)Youth …   Wikipedia

  • For the Strength of Youth — Infobox Book name = For the Strength of Youth title orig = translator = image caption = author = The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints illustrator = cover artist = country = language = series = subject = genre = publisher = Intellectual …   Wikipedia

  • YOUTH ALIYAH — (Heb. עֲלִיַּת יְלָדִים וָנֹעַר, Aliyyat Yeladim va No ar; Children and Youth Aliyah ), a branch of the Zionist   movement founded for the purpose of rescuing Jewish children and young people from hardship, persecution, or deprivation and giving… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • Youth Dynamics — is a non profit Christian youth organization, founded in 1970, actively involved in dealing head on with today s tough issues in a manner culturally relevant to youth. Youth Dynamics mission is to invite and challenge youth to a lifelong journey… …   Wikipedia

  • youth hostel — noun inexpensive supervised lodging (especially for youths on bicycling trips) • Syn: ↑hostel, ↑student lodging • Hypernyms: ↑housing, ↑lodging, ↑living accommodations * * * noun, pl ⋯ tels [count] : ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • Youth Olympic Games — Not to be confused with Junior olympics. YOG redirects here. For other uses, see YOG (disambiguation). Youth Olympic Games …   Wikipedia

  • Youth vote — The youth vote is a political term used primarily in the United States to describe 18 to 25 year olds and their voting habits.The term Youth Vote goes back to the 1930s, when low income rural and urban young people in the United States were first …   Wikipedia

  • Youth subculture — A youth subculture is a youth based subculture with distinct styles, behaviours and interests. According to subculture theorists such as Dick Hebdige, members of a subculture often signal their membership by making distinctive and symbolic… …   Wikipedia

  • Youth Service America — Youth Service America, or YSA, is a resource center that partners with thousands of organizations committed to increasing the quality and quantity of volunteer opportunities for young people, ages 5 25, to serve locally, nationally, and globally …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
… Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”