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May 7, 2026

2026 Youth Theme Website, Logo, Music Album Released

2026 Youth Theme “Walk with Me” logo showing Christ leading a youth toward the rising sun, symbolizing faith, guidance, and spiritual growth.
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The following was originally published on the Church Newsroom. To visit their website, CLICK HERE.

Resources for the 2026 youth theme, including the logo and music album “Walk with Me,” are now available on the 2026 youth theme website of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

The music album and other resources support the 2026 youth theme, “Walk with Me,” from the scripture Moses 6:34, which reads in part, “And thou shalt abide in me, and I in you; therefore walk with me.”

The website is available in Chinese Traditional, English, French, Italian, German, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish.

Each year, a youth theme is chosen to encourage, inspire and unite the rising generation around the world who are striving to follow Jesus Christ. The theme is typically a motto or a phrase based on a scriptural passage.

The Church creates songs, artwork such as posters, banners and stickers, and other materials to help youth and their leaders to incorporate the year’s theme in their activities, conferences and church meetings.

In the past few years, songs from the youth theme albums have been streamed hundreds of millions of times in dozens of languages and in more than 200 countries.

The full album of 13 new songs launched on Tuesday, October 28, and is available on the Church’s 2026 youth theme websiteGospel Library, Strive to Be YouTube channel, Spotify and Apple Music in English. Language versions of the album will be added to these platforms as they become available. The songs are:

  1. Walk with Me
  2. Stand Strong
  3. All For Me
  4. Moving the Mountains
  5. Your Presence
  6. Daughter of God
  7. His Kingdom
  8. More of You
  9. I’ll Hold On
  10. What Is This Joy
  11. Follow
  12. Made by God
  13. Eyes On You

The 2026 youth theme video will be released at a later time.

Additional resources will be available in the January issue of the “For the Strength of Youth” magazine. Youth will also have an opportunity in January 18, 2026, to hear more about the 2026 theme from Church leaders in a worldwide discussion.

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2026 Youth Theme: “Walk with Me”

Jesus Christ walking with children — 2026 Youth Theme “Walk with Me” (Moses 6:34), guiding youth in discipleship, scripture study, and faith in Him.
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The Church has announced that the youth theme for 2026 is “Walk with Me” (see Moses 6:34).

Corresponding resources (including the theme song, additional music, sheet music, and downloadable artwork) will begin publishing at youth.ChurchofJesusChrist.org in some languages on October 28, 2025. Additional languages will become available after October 28.

Additional resources will be available in the January 2026 issue of the For the Strength of Youth magazine.

Parents and youth leaders are encouraged to teach principles from the theme at home and at church throughout the year. In addition, youth can use the theme as a topic for sacrament meeting talks. The theme can also provide a focus for youth activities, including camps, youth conferences, and devotionals. The theme will be emphasized during For the Strength of Youth (FSY) conferences worldwide.

Each year’s youth theme comes from the book of scripture studied with that year’s Come, Follow Me—For Home and Church curriculum. In 2026, it will focus on study of the Old Testament.

Here is a list of the scriptures that have been used as themes over the years:

2026

“Walk with Me” (Moses 6:34).

2025

“Look unto Christ” (Doctrine and Covenants 6:36)

2024

“I am a disciple of Jesus Christ.” (3 Nephi 5:13)

2023

“I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.” (Philippians 4:13)

2022

Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.” (Proverbs 3:5–6)

2021

“Wherefore, be not weary in well-doing, for ye are laying the foundation of a great work. And out of small things proceedeth that which is great. Behold, the Lord requireth the heart and a willing mind” (Doctrine and Covenants 64:33–34).

2020

“And it came to pass that I, Nephi, said unto my father: I will go and do the things which the Lord hath commanded, for I know that the Lord giveth no commandments unto the children of men, save he shall prepare a way for them that they may accomplish the thing which he commandeth them” (1 Nephi 3:7; emphasis added).

2019

“If ye love me, keep my commandments.” (John 14:15)

2018

“Learn of me, and listen to my words; walk in the meekness of my Spirit, and you shall have peace in me.” (Doctrine and Covenants 19:23)

2017

“If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him. But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed” (James 1:5–6, emphasis added)

2016

“Wherefore, ye must press forward with a steadfastness in Christ, having a perfect brightness of hope, and a love of God and of all men. Wherefore, if ye shall press forward, feasting upon the word of Christ, and endure to the end, behold, thus saith the Father: Ye shall have eternal life.” (2 Nephi 31:20, emphasis added)

2015

“O ye that embark in the service of God, see that ye serve him with all your heart, might, mind and strength, that ye may stand blameless before God at the last day” (D&C 4:2).

2014

“Yea, come unto Christ, and be perfected in him, and deny yourselves of all ungodliness; and if ye shall deny yourselves of all ungodliness, then is his grace sufficient for you, that by his grace ye may be perfect in Christ; and if by the grace of God ye are perfect in Christ, ye can in nowise deny the power of God” (Moroni 10:32).

2013

“Wherefore, stand ye in holy places, and be not moved, until the day of the Lord come; for behold, it cometh quickly, saith the Lord” (D&C 87:8).

2012

“Arise and shine forth, that thy light may be a standard for the nations” (D&C 115:5).

2011

“We believe in being honest, true, chaste, benevolent, virtuous, and in doing good to all men; indeed, we may say that we follow the admonition of Paul—We believe all things, we hope all things, we have endured many things, and hope to be able to endure all things. If there is anything virtuous, lovely, or of good report or praiseworthy, we seek after these things” (Articles of Faith 1:13).

2010

“Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest” (Joshua 1:9).

2009

“Be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity” (1 Timothy 4:12).

2008

“Be Steadfast and Immovable” (Mosiah 5:15)

2007

“Let Virtue Garnish Thy Thoughts” (D&C 121:45)

2006

“Arise and Shine Forth” (D&C 115:5) Repeated in 2012

2005

“A Great and a Marvelous Work” (1 Nephi 14:7)

2004

“Search, Pray, Believe” (D&C 90:24)

2003

“Be Steadfast in Christ” (2 Nephi 31:20) Repeated in 2016

2002 (first year for a global theme)

“Stand Ye in Holy Places” (D&C 87:8) Repeated in 2013

What impresses you as common threads through these scriptures?

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