Ensign College Devotionals

An address given by Emily Reynolds, delivered on March 25, 2025, at the Ensign College. Emily Reynolds was raised in Boston, Massachusetts and Provo, Utah.  She earned bachelor's and master's degrees in psychology at Brigham Young University, where she was then adjunct faculty. Sister Reynolds is now the Assistant Director of the Wheatley Institute at Brigham Young University. with primary...

An address given by Massimo De Feo, delivered on March 18, 2025, at the Conference Center Theater. Elder Massimo De Feo was sustained as a General Authority Seventy of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on April 2, 2016. At the time of his call, he had been serving as a member of the Third Quorum of the Seventy in the Europe Area. He is currently serving in the North America Southeast...

Elder Marcus B. Nash was sustained as a General Authority Seventy of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on April 1, 2006.He has served as President of the South America West and South America Northwest Areas and as assistant in the North America Northeast and North America Southeast Areas. He has also served as an Assistant Executive Director in the Church History and Correlation Depa...

Elder David F. Evans was sustained as a General Authority Seventy of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on April 2, 2005. He was released from this assignment and granted Emeritus Status at the October 2021 general conference. In 1976, Elder Evans received a bachelor of science degree from the University of Utah in community health education. In 1979 he received his juris doctor from...

After serving in the Utah Salt Lake City Mission from 1975 to 1977, Elder Gibbon married his high school sweetheart, Cathy Caldow, and they spent a short time in Provo, Utah, attending Brigham Young University, before returning to Canada, where Elder Gibbon operated a business for about 12 years. In 1991, the Gibbons returned to BYU with their four children and earned bachelor’s degrees in educati...

An address given by Taylor Randall, delivered on February 18, 2025, a the Conference Center Theater. President Randall was born in Berkeley, California, and raised in Salt Lake City. He did his undergraduate at the University of Utah and his graduate work at the University of Pennsylvania. President Randall joined the U in 1998 as a professor of accounting and led the nationally ranked David Eccle...

An address given by Julie Franklin, delivered on February 11, 2025, a the Conference Center Theater. Julie L. Franklin grew up in western Massachusetts. She attended Brigham Young University where she earned a Bachelor’s degree in International Relations and later received an MBA, also from BYU.Julie has been the Student Life Vice President at Brigham Young University for five years. She served as...

An address given by Brother Kevin Hallstrom, delivered February 4 , 2025, a the Conference Center Theater. Kevin Hallstrom was raised on the east shore of beautiful Oahu, Hawaii. He attended Brigham Young University in Provo, where he received a Bachelor of Social Studies Teaching. Around that time, he also served a mission in New Caledonia and learned French. After teaching geography in West Jord...

An address given by Matt Driggs, delivered January 28, 2025, at the Conference Center Theater. Matthew Driggs grew up in Syracuse, Utah. He attended Weber State University where he earned a Bachelor’s degree in Spanish/Health Promotion. He continued his education by receiving a Master’s degree in Professional Communication and a Certificate of Proficiency in Programming Essentials at Weber State U...

An address given by Elder Ulisses Soares, delivered January 21, 2025, at Ensign College. Elder Ulisses Soares was sustained as a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on March 31, 2018.

An address given by Brother Joseph Kerry, delivered January 14, 2025, a the Conference Center Theater. Joseph Kerry was born in Seoul, South Korea. Prior to moving to Utah, he lived in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Texas. He received his Bachelor’s degree from Brigham Young University in Political Science and served as a missionary in the Munich Germany Mission. Following his graduation from BYU,...

An address given by President Kusch, delivered January 7, 2025, at Ensign College. President Bruce C. Kusch became the 13th president of Ensign College on April 17, 2017. He previously served as the Chief Academic Officer from March 2016 until assuming his current role. President Kusch began his Church Educational System service in August 2002, joining the Business Management Faculty at Brigham Yo...

An address given by Sister Alynda Kusch, delivered January 7, 2025, at Ensign College. Sister Alynda Kusch was born in Southern California and spent her time as a child and youth in Santa Ana, Lancaster, Whittier and San Diego. Following high school, she attended BYU and met President Kusch in an institute chorus. They married in the Los Angeles Temple and are the parents of four children and have...

An address given by Darren Butterfield, delivered December 10, 2024, at Ensign College. Darren Butterfield was born in Bountiful, Utah 9 minutes after his identical twin brother, David. He grew up in West Jordan, Utah with 4 brothers and a sister. After serving a Spanish-speaking mission in Ventura, California, he attended BYU-Provo, where he taught Spanish at the Missionary Training Center for 3...

Moroni Juarez was born and raised in the state of Washington, in the Yakima Valley. After graduating high school, he served as a missionary in the Mexico, Mexico City West mission. Following his mission, he attended Brigham Young University Idaho, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in health psychology. During his time at BYU-I, he met and married his sweetheart, Bailey. Brother Juarez has been w...

Elder Yoon Hwan Choi was sustained as a General Authority Seventy of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on April 4, 2009. At the time of his call, he had been serving as a member of the Eighth Quorum of the Seventy in the Asia North Area. From 2009 to 2011, he served as a member of the Asia North Area Presidency. From 2011 to 2013, he served as an Assistant Executive Director in the T...

Brian K. Ashton was appointed by the Board of Education of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints as the second president of BYU-Pathway Worldwide in 2021. He had served as the organization’s first vice president of field operations since 2018.President Ashton holds a bachelor of arts degree from Brigham Young University and a master of business administration from the Harvard Business Sc...

Paul S. Edwards was born in Utah and grew up in New Jersey and Colorado. He served a mission in Southern France. After studying history at BYU, he earned his law degree and a doctorate in jurisprudence and social policy from the University of California, Berkeley. Within higher education, Brother Edwards has taught courses in law and politics at numerous universities including U.C. Berkeley, BYU,...

Elder Claudio R. M. Costa was sustained as a General Authority Seventy of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on April 2, 1994. He was released October 5, 2019. He has served in the Presidency of the Seventy and as President of the South America North, Brazil North, and Brazil Areas. Elder Costa has also served in the presidencies of the Brazil and South America South Areas, and as Pre...

Sean Christopher Murdock was born in Oakland, California and raised in Utah and Washington. Brother Murdock and his wife Angela are the parents of eight children. They have been married for twenty-three years and were married in the Portland, Oregon temple. After meeting and getting married, his wife encouraged him to return to college after what was a rough academic semester at BYU Provo. Brother...

Jennifer Harrison is an accounting professional with a background in industry, consulting, and academia. She holds a bachelor’s degree in accounting and a Master of Accountancy (MAcc) with an emphasis in Information Systems from Brigham Young University. Jennifer began her career as an auditor with PricewaterhouseCoopers in Los Angeles, later transitioning to consulting and industry roles. Her aca...

Gayle Jordan Randall was born at Hill Air Force Base and grew up in Lake Point, Utah. She attended Brigham Young University, earning a bachelor’s degree in Child Development and Family Relations. She completed additional studies at BYU toward an Elementary Teaching certificate, interning at Draper Elementary. She served senior missions with her husband, Scott, in the Philippines, Kenya, Sierra Leo...

Brent D. Fillmore was born in Payson, Utah. Brother Fillmore earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Political Science from the University of Utah with an emphasis in International Relations. He earned a Master of Education degree from Utah State University in Secondary Education with an emphasis in the Supervision of Teaching. Brother Fillmore has worked in Church education since 1992 as a seminar...

President Bruce C. Kusch became the 13th president of Ensign College on April 17, 2017. He previously served as the Chief Academic Officer from March 2016 until assuming his current role. President Kusch began his Church Educational System service in August 2002, joining the Business Management Faculty at Brigham Young University-Idaho. While there, he also served as the Associate Academic Vice Pr...

Micah Hunter was born on December 31, 1976, in Lakeside, Arizona. He is the oldest child of three. After graduating from high school, Brother Hunter was called to serve in the Australia Perth Mission. After his mission, Brother Hunter attended Northland Pioneer College where he received an A.S. in General Studies that allowed him to shortcut all non-degree courses at Northen Arizona University. He...