Departing Young Men General President Steven J. Lund and Sister Kalleen Lund on patterns of sacrifice and service
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🗓️ 15 July 2025
⏱️ 48 minutes
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The partnership of Young Men General President Steven J. Lund and his wife, Sister Kalleen Lund, has been an international one. Having met first in Frankfurt, Germany, while President Lund was enlisted in the U.S. Army after serving a mission, they reunited later as students at BYU in Provo, Utah, and married in the Salt Lake Temple in 1980. They have four children and several grandchildren, have served as mission leaders in the Georgia Atlanta Mission and have built a life of both religious and community service. They join Church News editor Ryan Jensen on this episode of the Church News podcast to discuss how patterns of service and sacrifice have blessed their lives as they serve their Church, community and family.
The Church News Podcast is a weekly podcast that invites listeners to make a journey of connection with members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints across the globe. Hosts Jon Ryan Jensen, editor of the Church News, and Church News reporter Mary Richards share unique views of the stories, events, and people who form this international faith. With each episode, listeners are asked to embark on a journey to learn from one another and ponder, “What do I know now?” because of the experience. Produced by KellieAnn Halvorsen.
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| 0:00.0 | The capacity that these young people show, if you just open the door of service or possibility |
| 0:14.0 | or leadership an inch, they're ready to stand and deliver. |
| 0:19.0 | These aren't the future leaders of the church. They're leading right now. |
| 0:22.6 | It's been fascinating for us to see President Nelson's prophetic vision |
| 0:28.6 | finding place in the real world. |
| 0:31.6 | When he called us to serve, he talked about this being a special generation |
| 0:36.6 | that has come with special gifts and with a calling. |
| 0:40.3 | And as we go around the world, that's what we're seeing everywhere. |
| 0:43.3 | These young people are energized and they are gifted. |
| 0:47.3 | They bring levels of devotion that are so unusual. |
| 0:52.3 | That instinct, that willingness towards service is something that really characterizes |
| 0:57.7 | a lifelong discipleship that we hope characterizes the restoration. |
| 1:05.7 | This is John Ryan Jensen, editor of the Church News. Welcome to the Church News podcast. |
| 1:11.9 | Today we're taking you on a journey of connection as we discuss news and events of the |
| 1:15.7 | Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. |
| 1:23.6 | President Stephen J. Lund was sustained remotely as the Young Men General President of the |
| 1:27.4 | Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on April 4th, 2020. President Stephen J. Lund was sustained remotely as the Young Men General President of the Church |
| 1:27.7 | of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on April 4th, 2020. As a military veteran, international |
| 1:33.1 | businessmen, and former mission president, he had been uniquely prepared to take on the challenge |
| 1:37.5 | of the role, even amid challenging times. While President Lund has joined us on the Church News |
| 1:42.0 | podcast several times as a church leader, we now get to know him in a different and more personal capacity, as a husband, father, family, |
| 1:48.8 | and businessman. |
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