Beginning the first week of September 2026, the class schedule during Church Sunday worship meetings will change. The two-hour block of meetings will continue with sacrament meeting and Primary as they are currently. However, for adults and youth, rather than alternating between Sunday School, Relief Society, priesthood, and Young Women meetings every other week, they will attend shortened versions of these meetings every week. New Sunday curriculum will also be introduced for Aaronic Priesthood quorums and Young Women classes.

Overview of the Sunday Meeting Schedule

Sacrament meeting (60 minutes), followed by a 5-minute transition to Sunday School classes and Primary.

Adults and Youth will attend a 25-minute Sunday School class, followed by a 5-minute transition to Priesthood quorums, Relief Society, and Young Women meetings.

Children will attend a 55-minute Primary.

If needed, leaders may adjust this schedule as described in General Handbook, 29.2.8.

Format of Classes

• Sunday School classes can strengthen gospel learning at home. Classes open and close with prayer, and teachers lead discussions focused on the scriptures and Come, Follow Me—For Home and Church. These conversations encourage personal and family scripture study while giving members opportunities to share insights, testimonies, and experiences that build faith in Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ. Given the reduced class period, Sunday School lessons for adults and youth must begin promptly.
• Elders quorums and Relief Societies will continue to study messages from the most recent general conference. Meetings begin and end with prayer. With the reduced class period, there will no longer be time for a specific counseling topic prior to the lesson. Presidencies should carefully select general conference messages that can be reviewed and discussed.
• Aaronic Priesthood and Young Women meetings begin and end with prayer and are conducted by a member of the quorum or class presidency. Gospel instruction is provided by an adult leader, a youth, or a youth assisted by an adult leader. Lessons will focus on truths in the updated For the Strength of Youth: A Guide for Making Choices, which is available digitally now and will be available soon in print. The updated edition contains 12 chapters, with one chapter designated for study each month. The For the Strength of Youth magazine will offer additional resources to support each monthly theme. Given the reduced class period, lessons must begin promptly. Young men, young women, and their leaders may continue to repeat the Aaronic Priesthood quorum theme and the Young Women theme at their respective meetings.

Primary meetings:

• 5 minutes: Prayer, scripture or article of faith, talk or testimony
• 20 minutes: Singing time
• 5 minutes: Transition to classes
• 25 minutes: Classes with lesson from Come, Follow Me—For Home and Church.

In wards with many children, Primary leaders may divide children into two groups. One group is in classes while the other group is in singing time. Then the two groups change places.

Until the end of 2026, lessons from Appendix B in Come, Follow Me will continue to be taught on fifth Sundays. (See General Handbook, 12.1.4.)

Beginning in January 2027, class lessons each fast Sunday will be based on new materials found in the 2027 edition of Come, Follow Me—For Home and Church.

Additional Information

Additional information about the Sunday meeting schedule may be found in the notice from the First Presidency and in the article “Changes to the Sunday Class Meeting Schedule.”

Video instruction will be provided in advance of the September 6 start date. Youth, their parents, and leaders are encouraged to watch the instruction during class time of the August 2026 fifth Sunday. Youth leaders are also encouraged to read the updated For the Strength of Youth: A Guide for Making Choices and subscribe to the For the Strength of Youth magazine.

Keys to Success

• Transitions. Keep transition times brief. Leaders, teachers, and parents can help children and youth get to class quickly. The majority of social conversations can happen before and after church rather than during transition times.
• Meetings and Classes. Meetings and classes should end on time so members can quickly transition to their next class. Sunday lessons are meant to supplement study that members are participating in at home. Meaningful, relevant gospel discussions are more important than covering all of the material in a lesson.

New Curriculum for Youth

Encourage youth, parents, and leaders to become familiar with the new Sunday youth curriculum by reading the updated For the Strength of Youth: A Guide for Making Choices and subscribing to the For the Strength of Youth magazine. One free subscription is available per household. Current and past copies of the youth magazine may also be accessed digitally on magazines.ChurchofJesusChrist.org and in the Gospel Library app.

Teacher Council Meetings

Teacher council meetings are held monthly during one of the 25-minute class times on Sunday.

• Relief Society, Young Women, and priesthood quorum teachers and leaders can meet while Sunday School is being held.
• Sunday School teachers can meet while Relief Society, Young Women, and quorum meetings are being held.
• Information about teacher council meetings for Primary teachers can be found in General Handbook, 17.4.

The ward council may organize teacher council meetings for parents to help them improve gospel teaching in the home. Like other teacher council meetings, these are held during one of the 25-minute class times on Sunday. (See General Handbook, 13.5, 17.5.)