DIRECTOR'S MESSAGE
New Beginnings
Steven Frei
As North Star begins a new chapter of service and support to the LDS community, we invite you to use this time as an excuse for a new beginning in your own lives. If there are areas in your lives that need improving, begin now to work on them. If wounds need to be healed and forgiveness granted, take the initiative now to access these blessings... >>MORE
COMMUNITY VOICES
SGA— as Simple as ABC
Fred & Marilyn Matis
You, my dear friends, are among our Heavenly Father's most chosen. Don't ever forget that! You have been given incredibly great gifts and talents for a purpose. You are the artists, the athletes, the architects... You bring rhyme and reason, light and beauty, healing and kindness to the world! Where would we be without you to bless our lives?... >>MORE
OUR STORIES
He Redeemeth My Soul
Steve Wilson
As we have eliminated influences that tend to trigger feelings of sexual attraction, and have relied on the enabling grace of the Atonement, the Lord has lightened my burden and helped me to better understand and control my same-sex attractions. I know Satan knows my weakness but so does Jesus Christ,... >>MORE
WELCOME
North Star is a community for Latter-day Saints dealing with issues surrounding homosexual attraction who desire to live in harmony with the teachings of Jesus Christ and the values and doctrines of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

The purpose of North Star is to be a spiritually uplifting resource for individuals and families dealing with this complex issue. It is also to empower individuals to help educate themselves, their family, friends, and Church leaders as they strive to become integrated more fully and lovingly into the Church... You are not alone... >>MORE
Women of Worth Conference Celebrated Fifth Anniversary

Building Relationships with ourselves, our Savior, our sisters, and our spouses was the theme for North Star's Fifth Annual Women of Worth Conference. Participants left the conference with a firm knowledge that they can only take care of themselves and that they only have control over themselves, which was the intended goal of the weekend. Each wife left knowing that this is all the Lord requires her to do. During our final checkout of the conference, Amy said it best when she said, "We often look for approval from our husbands, but there is only one person's approval that matters, and that is God's approval." >>MORE

North Star's First Couples' Retreat a Success

Renewed connection with spouses, new friendships made, existing friendships strengthened. These are just a few of the outcomes of North Star's first couples' retreat.

The retreat took place aboard Carnival Cruiseline as it sailed to Cabo San Lucas. The retreat include sessions devoted to improving connection, understanding, and communication with our spouses; understanding ourselves and how we affect our marriages; and ways to improve our emotional and physical intimacy with our spouses. >>MORE

North Star Presents "Super Weekend"

Mark your calendars for the North Star "Super Weekend" over the Labor Day holiday weekend this fall.

To make it more convenient for those outside of Utah to attend more of our in-person events, we've packed our Leadership Retreat (for the Executive and Steering Committees), Fall Festival Fundraiser, and a new, annual Day of Service into ONE weekend. We look forward to this weekend of socializing and serving together! >>MORE