Young Women general presidency celebrates new names for Young Women groups
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🗓️ 24 April 2026
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Summary
The First Presidency announced new names for Young Women age groups on Monday, April 20, and young women around the world reacted quickly to the news.
As those young women learn about and begin to embrace the new names of Builders of Faith, Messengers of Hope, and Gatherers of Light, the Young Women general presidency of the Church rejoices with them.
In this episode of the Church News podcast, special guest host Sarah Jane Weaver, Church News executive editor, speaks with Young Women General President Emily Belle Freeman and her counselors, Sister Tamara W. Runia and Sister Andrea Muñoz Spannaus.
Together, they discuss the doctrinal meaning behind each of the three names and the celebrations they hope will take place across the globe. They also explain the divine identity that these new names can help young women feel as they learn about Heavenly Father’s plan of salvation and Jesus Christ and His Atonement.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Church News Podcast. |
| 0:03.2 | I'm Church News editor Ryan Jensen. |
| 0:05.6 | This special episode of the Church News podcast is hosted by Desiret News editor Sarah Jane Weaver, |
| 0:11.3 | as she speaks with the Young Women General Presidency of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. |
| 0:17.3 | This has been a very exciting week, and we're here for a special edition of the Church News podcast with the Young Woman General Presidency. |
| 0:25.3 | Today we're excited to welcome President Emily Bell Freeman and her counselors, |
| 0:30.1 | Sister Tamara W. Rune and Sister Andrea Munoz Spinauss. |
| 0:34.2 | And we're here because the young women have new age group designations. We are so |
| 0:41.9 | excited about this. So let's just start and have you tell us what they are. Okay, so the young |
| 0:48.0 | women will now be named for the 12 and 13 year olds builders of faith for the 14 and 15 year olds |
| 0:56.5 | messengers of hope and for 16 years and older gatherers of light well i think as far as things |
| 1:06.5 | that will impact young women and their spiritual identity. This is so important and so exciting. |
| 1:13.8 | Now, I want to read what the first presidency said |
| 1:15.8 | about this announcement. |
| 1:17.7 | They wrote that the name should help young women |
| 1:19.8 | understand their divine place in God's work |
| 1:22.3 | to represent their spiritual dignity |
| 1:24.5 | as his beloved daughters |
| 1:26.2 | and to highlight their progression. And so as we start, |
| 1:31.4 | let's just play off of that. How do these names play into the spiritual identity of young women |
| 1:38.5 | across the globe? Oh, that is so fun. And I love, this is one of my favorite parts of that |
| 1:43.1 | statement, where those three things that they talked about, where they talked about their place, number one, what is their place |
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