north Star archive
Keynote & Breakout Sessions
2025: My Story: Better Paths: Trusting Christ’s Vision for Our Lives
Session Description: In scripture, God offers a challenge before promising to pour out the "windows of Heaven" upon our heads: "Prove me now herewith." Throughout my life, I have experienced that...
2025: Staying on the Covenant Path When Loved Ones Choose a Different Way
Session Description: Watching loved ones step away from the Church can be painful. How do we navigate the choices of others while keeping our own feet firmly planted on the gospel path? Join us as...
2025: Love: How Your Definition Can Make or Break Your Relationship
Session Description: "Tell me how you were loved, and I'll tell you how you make love," says relationship expert Esther Perel. Our capacity to love is shaped by how we were loved, and while this may...
2025: Walk with Jesus and Never Walk Alone, Saturday Morning Keynote
Session Description: Walk with Jesus and Never Walk AloneDon’t walk through life alone. As we daily choose to walk with Jesus, you will never be totally alone. Bring your whole self to this covenant...
2025: Navigating Church Discipline with SSA and Transgender Experiences
Session Description: Navigating church discipline, particularly for individuals experiencing same-sex attraction or gender dysphoria, is a deeply personal and transformative journey. In this...
2025: Lord, I Will Follow Thee: Unity, Covenants, and Belonging in Christ
Session Description: As young single adults, the call to follow Christ feels deeply personal, especially when navigating challenges like faith, identity, and belonging—particularly questions about...
2025: Laying It All at the Savior’s Feet: Finding Peace Through Trust in Christ
Session Description: This breakout session will explore the transformative power of surrendering our burdens to Jesus Christ. It will focus on what it means to truly lay everything—our fears,...
2021: Writing Your Own Story: Principles for Thriving in a Mixed-Orientation Marriage
Session Description: Is it possible to thrive in a mixed-sexuality relationship? In a culture that questions it, Danielle and Ty Mansfield share stories and insights from their own marriage,...
2021: Sexual Self Mastery: Eliminating Unwanted Sexual Behavior
Session Description: This is a panel from an online group of SSA men practicing new successful techniques for eliminating unwanted behavior. The panel will introduce the training program and then...
2021: Ministering to Our LGBTQ/SSA Youth
Session Description: President Jean B. Bingham taught, “No matter what age, when we consider how to minister most effectively, we ask, ‘What does she (he, they) need?’.” In order to minister to our...