Rallying the Ward Around Sacrament Meeting | A How I Lead Interview with Ryan Webb

Ryan Webb grew up in Tremonton, Utah, and has been married to his wife, KaDawn, for 22 years. They have six children. He has taught within Seminaries and Institutes in Orem, Utah, Colorado Springs, Colorado, and Raleigh, North Carolina. He also spent 10 months as the Raleigh Temple Recorder. Ryan has served as a Young Men president, elders quorum president, stake high councilor, bishopric counselor, and currently serves as bishop of his ward. Links There is already a discussion started about this podcast. Share your thoughts. Transcript coming soon Get 14-day access to the Core Leader Library Highlights Ryan discusses his approach to enhancing sacrament meetings by involving the ward council and focusing on creating a worshipful and edifying experience. He shares various creative ideas implemented in sacrament meetings, such as having musical numbers every week, incorporating different languages, and allowing members to share their testimonies on specific topics such as “Why I Believe”—all with the purpose of to strengthening the ward members’ connections to Jesus Christ. 00:03:26 – Ryan Webb’s path in Church education 00:06:24 – Description of Ryan Webb’s ward 00:07:23 – Ryan Webb’s initial approach as a bishop 00:08:34 – Focus on improving sacrament meetings 00:10:27 – Implementing changes in sacrament meetings 00:15:32 – Musical numbers in sacrament meetings 00:17:50 – Unique sacrament meeting ideas 00:19:11 – Involving ward council in sacrament meeting planning 00:23:09 – Language meeting in sacrament 00:25:07 – All music service in sacrament 00:27:01 – Youth-led sacrament meeting 00:28:27 – “Why I Believe” testimony meeting 00:35:33 – Mother’s Day sacrament meeting 00:36:28 – Establishing a cadence for sacrament meetings 00:37:18 – Involving elders quorum and Relief Society in sacrament meeting planning 00:40:13 – Challenges and lessons learned in fast and testimony meetings 00:42:12 – Impact of leadership on personal discipleship The Leading Saints Podcast is one of the top independent Latter-day Saints podcasts as part of nonprofit Leading Saints’ mission to help Latter-day Saints be better prepared to lead. Learn more and listen to any of the past episodes for free at LeadingSaints.org. Past guests include Emily Belle Freeman, David Butler, Hank Smith, John Bytheway, Reyna and Elena Aburto, Liz Wiseman, Stephen M. R. Covey, Julie Beck, Brad Wilcox, Jody Moore, Tony Overbay, John H. Groberg, Elaine Dalton, Tad R. Callister, Lynn G. Robbins, J. Devn Cornish, Bonnie Oscarson, Dennis B. Neuenschwander, Anthony Sweat, John Hilton III, Barbara Morgan Gardner, Blair Hodges, Whitney Johnson, Ryan Gottfredson, Greg McKeown, Ganel-Lyn Condie, Michael Goodman, Wendy Ulrich, Richard Ostler, Kirby Heyborne, and many more in over 700 episodes. Discover podcasts, articles, virtual conferences, and live events related to callings such as the bishopric, Relief Society, elders quorum, Primary, youth leadership, stake leadership, ward mission, ward council, young adults, ministering, and teaching.