Evergreen meet Sept. 21, 22

The 17th annual Evergreen conference for homosexual members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, as well as their families, friends and ecclesiastical leaders, will be Sept. 21 and 22 at the Joseph Smith Memorial Building, 15 E. South Temple.

More than two dozen topics will be discussed, including depression, intimacy, finding trust in relationships and overcoming unwanted same-sex attraction. The keynote address will be given by Rich Wyler, a graduate of Brigham Young University and founder and executive director of People Can Change, and by Kristen Johnson, director of OneByOne, a ministry of the Presbyterian Church USA.

Sessions also will be offered for family members and friends, as well as for Spanish-speaking participants, according to a press release.

Elder Douglas L. Callister of the LDS Church's Second Quorum of the Seventy will present an address on Saturday morning, followed by a two-hour educational workshop that is open and free to ecclesiastical leaders. Those meetings will provide information on spiritually based resources available to church leaders to use in counseling their members.

LDS musician Michael McLean also will present a fireside.

Founded in 1989, Evergreen was organized as an "information, education and resource organization for men and women working to overcome same-gender attraction while maintaining and sustaining the doctrines and standards of the LDS Church."

For information, call 801-363-3837 or 800-391-1000. A detailed schedule of conference events and a registration form are available online atwww.evergreeninternational.org.