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The 2025 youth theme is “Look unto Christ” from the scripture Doctrine and Covenants 6:36, which reads, “Look unto me in every thought; doubt not, fear not.”2024 by Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved.Throughout 2025, Latter-day Saint youth ages 11 to 18 years will be encouraged to “look unto Christ.”
The Young Women and Young Men General Presidencies of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, who oversee the Church’s programs for youth, announced Tuesday, September 17, that the 2025 youth theme is “Look unto Christ” from the scripture Doctrine and Covenants 6:36, which reads, “Look unto me in every thought; doubt not, fear not.”
Parents and youth leaders are encouraged to teach principles from the theme at home and at church throughout the year. The theme can be used as a topic for Sunday meeting talks given by youth and can provide focus for youth activities, including camps, youth conferences and devotionals. The theme will be emphasized during For the Strength of Youth (FSY) conferences and worldwide youth devotionals.
Resources for teaching the 2025 theme, including a logo, music theme album, video and downloadable artwork will be available Sunday, October 27, on Youth.ChurchofJesusChrist.org. Additional resources will be available in the January issue of the “For the Strength of Youth” magazine.
Young Women General President Emily Belle Freeman said the theme scripture for this year is meant to empower the youth — particularly in times of doubt or fear.
“What is the answer for moments like these? Look unto Christ,” President Freeman said. “Why is that the answer? ‘Behold the wounds which pierced my side, and also the prints of the nails in my hands and feet,’ He reminds us (Doctrine and Covenants 6:36-37). He has overcome the world, including every doubt and fear. If we look to Him, He will help us overcome ours.”
“It is our hope that the youth of the Church will find peace by looking to Christ to know and keep His commandments,” said Young Men General President Steven J. Lund.
He said he learned from a motorcycle policeman friend the secret to keeping those huge machines upright on the highway is to “look where you want to go, and the motorcycle will go where you are looking.”
Similarly, to “look unto Christ means that we look to Him in the way we might look to a compass or landmark or road sign,” President Lund said. “Looking means little if we choose not to follow directions. We are truly looking to Him only when we are willing to follow His commandments.”
President Freeman said they hope youth will spend the whole year looking to Christ — “in school hallways, on the sidelines of their sporting events, on their first day of a new job, as they read their scriptures, spend time with friends and in their quiet moments of reflection.
“He will be your strength,” she said. “Look unto Him.”
Each year’s youth theme comes from the book of scripture studied with that year’s “Come, Follow Me” for Individuals and Family curriculum for deepening conversion to Jesus Christ. In 2025, “Come, Follow Me” will focus on study of the Doctrine and Covenants.
The 2024 youth theme is “I am a disciple of Jesus Christ,” from 3 Nephi 5:13.