Tag: Church Magazines

Church Magazine Videos

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During my year-long internship with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, I filmed and edited several social media videos. You can check them out below!

Turning 12: Temple Preparation

Strive to Be | Nov. 15, 2024 | Filming

Could Your Insecurities Be a Gift from Heavenly Father?

YA Weekly | Sept. 21, 2024 | Filming

Christmas LDS Influencer Craft

The Friend | Dec. 6, 2024 | Editing

Children’s Choir: Singing

The Friend | Oct. 12, 2024 | Filming

Children’s Choir: How Does Singing Make You Feel?

The Friend | Oct. 17, 2024 | Filming

Children’s Choir: The Best Advice!

The Friend | Oct. 23, 2024 | Filming

Moments of Stillness: Need a Break?

Liahona | Sept. 14, 2024 | Filming

Family Craft: Book of Mormon Bookmark

The Friend | June 7, 2024 | Filming

New Book of Mormon Stories!

The Friend | Nov. 28, 2024 | Editing

The Friend Digital Messaging Internship

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From April to December of 2024, I was the Friend Digital Messaging Intern for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Traditionally, a Church Magazine internship is four months long. Because of my experience and the needs of the office, my internship was extended for the 2024 year. I was responsible for assisting with the direction of and creating print and digital content for the global Friend magazine.

Editorial

I wrote 22 articles for the Friend and was a peer editor for all monthly content. I was also in charge of the Let’s Get Cooking and Let’s Get Moving departments, where I wrote all articles for the 2025 year, except for January 2025.

Due to the Church’s advanced publication schedule, many of my articles are not yet online. More information about my writing in this position can be made available upon request.

Friend Emails

Check out emails I’ve written for the Friend below.

Gmail – The August Friend is here!Download
Gmail – The September Friend is here!Download
Gmail – The October Friend is here!Download
See my social media assignments here

Digital

I wrote Instagram and Facebook captions for the Friend social media accounts and created the social media content calendar. I assisted with over 60 social media posts and worked closely with Church magazine social media managers, graphic designers, and animators to ensure all content was up to standard. I filmed multiple videos for Church magazine accounts, one of which received over 420k views!

Temple Preparation Reel
See video here

I conducted several A/B tests with social media captions and followed patterns of which content performed the best. I also led the “Turning 12” campaign, which prepared Latter-day Saint youth to enter the temple and join the youth programs.

Church Magazine Videos

See videos that I filmed for the Liahona, YA Weekly, and Friend Instagrams here!

YA Weekly

During my internship with the Friend, I regularly contributed to YA Weekly, writing articles every other month and frequently peer editing content. Prior to that, I was the YA Weekly editorial intern. You can view more of my work for YA Weekly here.

Church magazines at no-cost for Latter-day Saints

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This article was written for BYU-I’s news organization, Scroll.

On Tuesday, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced a no-cost print subscription for its three magazines: Liahona, For the Strength of Youth and Friend.

This offer is available in specific parts of the world, but over the next several months it will reach every part of the globe, according to the Church Newsroom. To qualify, users need a church account which allows one annual subscription per household.

“The Church wants to give greater access to the words of the prophets, and we are excited to make the printed copies of the Church magazines available at no-cost.” said Elder Dieter F. Uchtdorf of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles in a press release.

In 2021, the Church magazines underwent major changes to better serve its readers across the world. Today, all magazines are available at no-charge in the Gospel Library and are translated into 50 languages.

Members 18 years and older can manage their Church magazine subscription and can sign up for email notifications.

Liahona

The Liahona is a Church magazine that contains messages from Church leaders about difficult topics and gospel principles. It also highlights inspiring stories from members across the world.

The Liahona‘s target audience is adult members of the Church.It began printing in 1907 and has been available worldwide since 2021.

For Strength of Youth

The For Strength of Youth was created for adolescents ages 11 to 18, and shares spiritually strengthening messages and activities. The publication was originally called New Era, but, in efforts to be a global church, was rebranded in 2021. The For Strength of Youth has fewer pages than the New Era which allows it to be printed in 48 languages.

“This will be the first time that many youth … outside of English-speaking countries will be able to subscribe to a magazine with messages specifically directed to them,” stated a press release from the Church.

Friend

Formally called The Children’s Friend from 1902 until 1970, the Friend is a magazine curated by the Church for children under the age of 11. It includes scripture stories, child-friendly messages from Church leaders, coloring pages and testimonies.

On the Friend’s 50th anniversary, the magazine became global. In January of 2021, the Friend was printed into 48 different languages and sent to about 150 countries.