Breakout Track
Voices of Discipleship Mini Keynotes
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Gather in Christ. Grow Together
A weekend conference for Young Single Adults (ages 18–35) centered on Jesus Christ — featuring devotionals, inspiring speakers, meaningful service, and unforgettable connection.
Track Presenters
Presenter:
Andrew Gentry
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Andrew Gentry is the current right tackle for Brigham Young University. A native of Littleton, Colorado, he was one of the nation's top high school football prospects in 2020 — a four-star recruit rated as the No. 88 overall player nationally and the No. 1 player in Colorado, he received more than 30 Power-Five scholarship offers, including Alabama, Ohio State, Oklahoma, and Notre Dame, along with many other programs.
Andrew then served a Spanish-speaking mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Orem, Utah.
After his mission, he enrolled at the University of Michigan, where he was part of the 2023 national championship team and earned Academic All-Big Ten honors while studying at the Ross School of Business. While at Michigan, he also served as the first counselor in the bishopric of his Young Single Adult ward.
In 2025, Andrew transferred to BYU to continue his football and academic career while strengthening his relationship with Christ. During the 2025 season, Andrew started every game for the Cougars at right tackle and earned Honorable Mention Big 12 Offensive Newcomer of the Year honors. Above all his accomplishments, his testimony and devotion to the Gospel of Jesus Christ, and his love for his family and others, are most important to him.
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Wherever the Lord Places You, Be All In
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Life can place us in seasons and circumstances we did not expect. How do we remain committed to Jesus Christ when our direction changes or the next step is unclear? Drawing from experiences in missionary service, education, and football, Andrew Gentry will share how choosing to be “all in” has brought direction and purpose through both challenges and opportunities. This session will invite you to consider what wholehearted discipleship looks like wherever the Lord has placed you now.
Gather in Christ. Grow Together
A weekend conference for Young Single Adults (ages 18–35) centered on Jesus Christ — featuring devotionals, inspiring speakers, meaningful service, and unforgettable connection.
Presenter:
Emily Traveller
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Emily Traveller was living the kind of life most teenagers dream of—until one moment, one accident, and one sentence from a doctor changed everything.
Emily grew up in American Fork, Utah, living life at full speed. She was an athlete, a competitor, and a friend who thrived on movement—spending her days in gymnastics and cheer, skiing in the mountains, boating in the summer, and constantly surrounded by friends.
Then, on April 22, 2022, everything changed.
While riding in a UTV with friends at the sand dunes near Delta, Utah, the vehicle rolled down an embankment. Emily survived the accident, but she woke up to a reality no one expects to face at her age—she was paralyzed and classified as a C4 quadriplegic. Doctors told her she would likely never move anything below her neck again.
Emily chose to not give up.
Through unwavering determination, deep faith, and countless hours of rehabilitation, she has regained movement in her arms and core and continues to make progress every day. She refused to step out of life—she leaned into it and attacked it head on.
Today, Emily is not defined by what she lost—but by how she chose to rise.
She is an adaptive athlete.
A national advocate for disability awareness.
And a powerful voice for resilience and gratitude.
Her impact reaches far beyond the stage. After pitching a major fashion brand on adaptive clothing design, Emily received a special invitation to New York City's Fashion Week. Her story has been featured in People magazine and Daily Mail UK.
And every single day, through her social media platforms, her message of hope, strength, and possibility reaches millions around the world.
Emily believes that God is good, that hope is real, and that none of us are meant to travel through life alone.
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From Tragedy to Purpose: Five Principles That Changed My Life
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There are five key principles that helped me transform a period of extreme suffering into a life of purpose and happiness: serving others, avoiding unhealthy comparison, focusing on what I can control, finding joy in any circumstance, and choosing love. In my class discussion, I will share personal stories that illustrate how each of these lessons shaped my perspective and helped me turn difficult experiences into opportunities for growth and fulfillment.
Gather in Christ. Grow Together
A weekend conference for Young Single Adults (ages 18–35) centered on Jesus Christ — featuring devotionals, inspiring speakers, meaningful service, and unforgettable connection.
Presenter:
Steven Jacob Haws
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J.B. Haws is a professor of Church History and Doctrine at Brigham Young University and director of BYU's Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship.
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Changed by Charity, Humility, and Consecration
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Consecration begins in ordinary choices: how we treat people, use our time, respond to correction, and offer our gifts to God. This session will explore how daily consecration can increase charity, deepen humility, and draw us closer to Jesus Christ. Through practical examples and gospel principles, you will consider how small acts of surrender and service can change your relationships, reshape your priorities, and strengthen your attachment to the Savior.
Gather in Christ. Grow Together
A weekend conference for Young Single Adults (ages 18–35) centered on Jesus Christ — featuring devotionals, inspiring speakers, meaningful service, and unforgettable connection.
Presenter:
Annie Ogden
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Annie Ogden is not actually from Ogden, Utah, nor is she related to its namesake. She grew up in Lehi. After serving a mission in Tampa, Florida, Annie graduated from BYU with the classic college wombo combo: a BA in advertising and two minors in biblical and modern Hebrew. She’s worked professionally as a comedian, writer, producer, and animal handler. This natural progression clearly led into her current work in international human rights and religious freedom. She’s just as confused as you are as to how this happened, and gives you permission to judge her life choices. She also attests that the Lord has been by her side through it all, and loves spending quality time with God. Oh, she’s also really bad at parallel parking.
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My Life Plan Went Up in Flames. So Christ Taught Me How to Make S’mores.
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Sometimes the life you carefully planned does not survive contact with reality. When Annie Ogden felt prompted to release the future she had imagined, the path that followed was neither simple nor predictable. It did, however, lead her closer to Jesus Christ. This session is for anyone whose life feels delayed, messy, or different from what they expected. Come explore how Christ can bring meaning, direction, and real joy even before every circumstance is resolved.
Gather in Christ. Grow Together
A weekend conference for Young Single Adults (ages 18–35) centered on Jesus Christ — featuring devotionals, inspiring speakers, meaningful service, and unforgettable connection.
Presenter:
Jenna Lynn Dalton
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Jenna was born and raised in California and was on her high school swim and water polo teams. She then moved to Sao Paulo, Brazil where her parents were mission leaders. Jenna spent her last two years of high school at an international school in Sao Paulo, where she was the president of a club for kids with cancer and received the Robert Neeleman Humanitarian award. After graduating, she moved to Provo where she majored in Public Relations at BYU. Jenna is fluent in Portuguese, works for the nonprofit organization Young Adults With Epilepsy, and is on BYU Alumni's Board of Directors. She is also a swim instructor and is currently working toward getting on her Medi-Cal Peer Support Specialist Certification.
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Turning Trials into Strengths
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We’re familiar with the scripture that says the Lord will never give you more than you can handle. But sometimes, that can be hard to internalize when you're in the thick of it. In this breakout session, you will learn how the innate strengths that the Lord has blessed you with can help you through your trials, and how those trials can become strengths to not only benefit your life, but the lives of those around you, as well.
Gather in Christ. Grow Together
A weekend conference for Young Single Adults (ages 18–35) centered on Jesus Christ — featuring devotionals, inspiring speakers, meaningful service, and unforgettable connection.
Presenter:
Natalie Wright
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Natalie is a cheerful, Provo born and raised girl! She is the youngest of 5 kids to her wonderful parents. Proudly known as “Aunt Nat” to her 11 nieces and nephews who she adores!
She is finishing up her degree in Family Studies at BYU. She was blessed to serve a later-in-life mission to Sacramento, CA in 2024. Natalie has humbly spoken at, and served on the committee, for BYU Women’s Conference. And is currently the Relief Society President in her amazing YSA ward.
She loves chocolate, the temple, watching movies, road trips, playing card games, being with family and friends, etc!
• Natalie has faithfully and resiliently endured a brain tumor since the age of two, and continually strives to “Let God Prevail” in her life.
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Enjoying Enduring: Reliance on & Resilience in Jesus Christ
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Enduring a long or painful trial can feel exhausting, especially when there is no simple resolution in sight. Having faced brain cancer since the age of two, Natalie Wright has learned that resilience does not mean pretending life is easy. This session will explore how relying on Jesus Christ can bring strength, meaning, and moments of joy through prolonged difficulty. Come consider how to recognize God’s love, receive the Savior’s help, and continue moving forward one faithful step at a time.
Gather in Christ. Grow Together
A weekend conference for Young Single Adults (ages 18–35) centered on Jesus Christ — featuring devotionals, inspiring speakers, meaningful service, and unforgettable connection.
Presenter:
Abi Schmidt
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Abi is from Caldwell, Kansas, grew up in a town full of family, faith, and community. She played college basketball at a small school in a different small Kansas town for a year and a half, before answering a call to serve as a full-time missionary in the Utah St. George Mission. She still finds joy in serving through different callings in the church, playing sports, being outside, doing photography, spending time with her family, and much more. Above all, she strives to nurture her relationship with the Savior each day and is beyond grateful to share His light with others.
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The Covenant Path: Where Do You Need Me?
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The covenant path is not simply a checklist. It is a continuing relationship with Jesus Christ that includes questions, recommitment, growth, and service. Drawing from her experience in a part-member family and her own developing testimony, Abi Schmidt will explore what it means to keep choosing Christ through changing seasons of faith. This session will invite you to consider where the Savior is leading you next and how your place on the covenant path can help you recognize whom He is asking you to serve.