Ordinance Preparation is an online system to assist members and priesthood leaders as they complete the administrative and spiritual tasks related to receiving temple ordinances.

This new tool guides priesthood leaders and members through the process of verifying membership and ordinance records. Priesthood leaders use this tool when issuing temple recommends to members to receive their own endowment or sealing, or to be sealed to deceased family members. This replaces the paper recommends from recommend book 2.

In the past, temple workers have handled administrative tasks relating to temple ordinances. The Ordinance Preparation online system allows bishops, branch presidents, stake presidents, and mission presidents to complete and track these tasks in Leader and Clerk Resources (LCR). This simplifies the administrative process and allows priesthood leaders to be more involved in verifying personal information and gathering necessary documents.

Members should only schedule a temple appointment for a living ordinance after they have started Ordinance Preparation with their priesthood leader.

The Ordinance Preparation system allows priesthood leaders to complete the following tasks:

• Create a new ordinance preparation task, verify the member’s information, and record answers to qualification questions.
• Add members who will participate in a sealing ordinance to the ordinance preparation task.
• Request any needed approvals or policy exceptions from the First Presidency.
• Verify necessary paperwork, such as marriage certificates and adoption papers.
• Record the dates when temple recommend interviews are completed.
• Assist members in scheduling temple appointments.

The Ordinance Preparation system is also visible to Church members so they can quickly access and help complete the tasks related to their preparation for living temple ordinances. It also provides resources to help members learn more about living temple ordinances.

By simplifying the process of ordinance preparation, Church members and their priesthood leaders can focus less on administrative tasks and more on the purpose of temple ordinances—to draw closer to Jesus Christ and be eternally united as families.

Learn more:

• Ordinance Preparation overview video.
• “Ordinance Preparation System” section of the Help Center in Leader and Clerk Resources.