Schedule
8:30-9:30AM
Art Exhibit
Registration and a chance to view the art exhibit with artwork by USNE women on the theme of covenant women following Jesus and spreading their influence for good
Morning Focus: How can I improve my discipleship of Jesus Christ?
9:30 AM
OPENING
Welcome, opening song: “I’m Trying to Be like Jesus” (no. 78, Children’s Songbook), invocation
9:40 AM
Musical Number
Musical Number - Melanie Dean Hoffman, composer/conductor
"A Disciple of Jesus Christ"
9:45 AM
KEYNOTE SPEAKER: SISTER TRACY BROWNING
Who were the ‘certain women' in Jesus' life and how can an understanding of these women shape my discipleship as a Latter-day Saint certain woman?
10:15-11AM
Moderated Plenary Panel
1) What does it look like to be a woman Saint of the latter days in this area? and (2) What specific things can I do to strengthen my testimony of Jesus and how can this impact my daily life?
Moderator: Jane Clayson Johnson
Panelists: Jenny Reeder
Leslie Lords Robbins
Meagan Kohler
11:20AM-12:05PM
Breakout discussions with local panelists
Breakout Groups:
- Single women
- Mothers of young children/Primary workers
- Mothers of teens and YSAs/YW workers
- Modern matriarchs
12:05-1pm
Lunch Break
Afternoon Focus: How can I spread my influence for good in my home, my ward/branch, MY WORKPLACE, and my community?
1-1:45PM
breakout discussions with local panelists
Breakout groups to discuss spreading my influence:
- In my home and with my family
- In my ward/branch, in my church calling and in ministering
- In my community
- In my workplace
2:10-2:55PM
MODERATED PLENARY PANEL
(1) How can I "speak with the power and authority of God" and how do I access that power? and (2) How can I "reflect righteousness and articulateness in my life" in distinct and different ways that matter?
Moderator: Susan Faust
Panelists: Amy Antonelli
Jasmin Rappley
Kisha Sogunro
2:55-3pm
Musical number
Musical number - Melanie Dean Hoffman, composer/conductor
"Onward, Ever Onward"
Words inspired by Claudia Bushman's "Sisters of the Latter Days"
3:00-3:20PM
KEYNOTE SPEAKER: SISTER elissa gifford
How can a woman like me help prepare myself, my family, my ward, and my community for the Second Coming of Jesus Christ?
3:20-3:30 PM
CLOSING
Closing song: “This Little Light of Mine” (no. 1028, Hymns - For Home and Church) and benediction