News Release

September 2023 Friend to Friend Broadcast

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Get ready for the next Friend to Friend episode! Join the hosts and the Primary General Presidency to learn about being a child of the covenant.

There will be music, a visit from Louie the Toucan, and a fun craft! This 20-minute episode is fun, engaging content made just for kids and can be used at home or in Primary to help you teach children about the gospel of Jesus Christ.

“We are so excited for the children of the Church to learn in fun and engaging ways what they can do to live the covenants they make with Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ when they are baptized and confirmed,” Primary General President Susan H. Porter said. “Children will learn they can receive strength to meet their own challenges and the ability to share the light of the gospel of Jesus Christ with others. Be sure to watch for the music video that will put a smile on everyone’s face.”

Beginning Saturday, September 2, 2023, at 10 a.m., watch the episode on ChurchofJesusChrist.org.

All episodes of Friend to Friend are available after the broadcast on YouTube channels and Gospel Library.

This episode will be available in Gospel Library in Albanian, ASL, Cantonese, Czech, Danish, Descriptive audio, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Mandarin, Norwegian, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, and Ukrainian.

Craft Information

During the broadcast, children will learn to make their own puppets out of any materials they have available. This craft is patterned after the craft puppets featured in the March 2023 Friend to Friend: We are God’s Children.

Potential supplies for a craft activity include:

  • Rocks, sticks, pine cones, leaves, shells
  • Macaroni or other pasta, beans, cereal
  • Sponges, scraps of cloth, yarn, string, colored paper, buttons
  • Cotton balls, toothpicks, wire
  • Glue, tape, markers, pencils, straw

Language Versions

Spanish . Portuguese . French . Italian . German . Russian . Korean . Japanese . Chinese

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