by Larry Richman | Feb 16, 2024
The General Handbook 13.5 instructs that the ward Sunday School Presidency may help parents improve as teachers in the home. “The ward council may organize teacher council meetings for parents to help them improve gospel teaching in the home. Like other teacher...
by Larry Richman | Dec 5, 2023
A worldwide, uniform standard has been established for creating new units or changing stake and ward boundaries. A new participation measure has been added to the boundary proposal process to assist leaders in identifying members who participate in a meaningful way...
by Larry Richman | Nov 2, 2023
Summaries and videos from selected presentations shared with general and area leaders at the October 2023 general conference leadership meeting are now available on the Gospel Library app. These materials can be accessed by stake and ward leaders. Go to Handbooks and...
by Larry Richman | Oct 13, 2023
October is National Bullying Prevention Month. This article reviews key resources provided by the Church and other organizations to help prevent bullying. Resources from the Church Teaching Children About Bullying Church Applauds Community Efforts to Fight Suicide,...
by Larry Richman | Jul 14, 2023
The Church has published a new Come, Follow Me—For Home and Church manual that replaces multiple gospel study manuals. In 2024, Latter-day Saints of all ages will study the Book of Mormon from a single manual, replacing the separate manuals that have been used in...
by Larry Richman | Feb 24, 2023
The Church Directory of Organizations and Leaders (CDOL) contains information about Church organizations and leaders (ecclesiastical and temporal) throughout the world. It includes the following: Organizational information for wards, stakes, missions, areas, and so...
by Larry Richman | Feb 2, 2023
The Member Tools app provides members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints with the ability to contact ward and stake members, access event calendars, and locate Church meetinghouses and temples. Leaders can also access additional membership information...
by Larry Richman | Jan 19, 2023
Leaders with the following Church positions may update their own personal contact information in the Church Directory of Organizations and Leaders (CDOL): Stake and district presidents, counselors, clerks, assistant clerks, executive secretaries, assistant executive...
by Larry Richman | Aug 9, 2021
Organization presidencies in wards and stakes who need to submit requests for reimbursements can now do so online or on the Member Tools app. With this process, you upload a photo of the receipt and submit the request for yourself or others. Online Organization...
by Larry Richman | Mar 8, 2021
Many members face a variety of challenges. Parents, leaders, ministering brothers and sisters, and friends have the opportunity to provide help. As you minister to the needs of others, you can help them experience joy and fulfillment. As people seek solutions to their...
by Larry Richman | Jan 12, 2021
The Church provides many resources to orient and train members who are called into leadership positions. Often, members don’t know about these resources. Below is a list of key resources that members can use immediately after they are called (before they are...
by Larry Richman | Nov 6, 2020
The final months of 2020 are the ideal time to begin preparing for the things that should happen with young women, young men, and children in January. Bishoprics, young women presidencies, and other youth leaders should plan for ordaining young men, interviewing youth...
by Larry Richman | Oct 12, 2020
From October 15 until December 31, bishops and branch presidents are asked to meet with members of the Church in a tithing settlement. This is a chance to meet with the bishop once each year, settle their tithing, and report that what they have paid in contributions...
by Larry Richman | Aug 28, 2020
The Church has updated the Life Help resources available online and in the Gospel Library. Everyone needs help sometimes. Life is like that. In fact, God planned it to be that way. Mortality presents each of us with a wide variety of experiences and some are easier to...
by Larry Richman | May 19, 2020
The Church’s Gospel Media library (formerly LDS Media Library) has been redesigned to make it easier to find, download, and share thousands of videos, images, music, audio, PDFs, and ebooks. The Gospel Media library has a simple design, which you can access...