Young single adults prepare for Utah Area conference
About this episode
The episode discusses the preparation for the Utah Area conference for young single adults, featuring insights from the co-chairs.
For the fourth consecutive year, the Church's Utah Area will host young single adults for a multiday conference. Friday and Saturday, Aug. 14-15, attendees will learn from general Church leaders, participate in service projects and build friendships with others. On this episode of the Church News podcast, 2026 Utah YSA Conference co-chairs Zach Sutton and Shelby Hurst talk with Church News editor Jon Ryan Jensen about their preparation to host thousands from around the world at the Church's largest annual gathering of young single adults. "The YSA conference has a very special spirit about it," Sutton says in the podcast. "I'm just so grateful that we can be able to help to organize that kind of thing. ... When we go to this YSA conference, what better place for [Heavenly Father] to direct paths?"
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Host: Jon Ryan Jensen
Guests: Zach Sutton, Shelby Hurst
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Organizations: Church
Places: Utah
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