- The Church of Jesus Christ announced a new Sunday meeting schedule starting Sept. 6.
- The schedule includes 25-minute Sunday School and quorum meetings with 60-minute sacrament meetings.
- The changes aim to enhance gospel learning and spiritual support for members globally.
SALT LAKE CITY — The First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on Monday evening announced future adjustments to the Sunday second-hour meeting schedule.
Beginning Sept. 6, the alternating weekly schedule for second-hour classes will be replaced with a schedule that includes shortened Sunday School and quorum or class meetings.
Church leaders said in a news release that the changes are intended "to support members in their efforts to be lifelong disciples of Jesus Christ. The adjustments will strengthen gospel learning in homes and congregations throughout the world."
The new schedule will be:
- Sunday School, Relief Society, Elders quorum, Young Women and Aaronic Priesthood quorum meetings will be held each week.
- Sacrament meeting will continue to be 60 minutes, followed by brief transition periods.
- Sunday School and quorum and class meetings will each be 25 minutes.
- Primary will continue every Sunday and will be 55 minutes while adults and youth attend their respective classes.
- Where local circumstances necessitate, units may begin with Primary and quorum and class meetings and conclude with sacrament meeting.
In January 2019, the church implemented a two-hour Sunday schedule to provide individuals and families with increased opportunities for home-centered gospel study.
"Members across the world have embraced these changes with faith and enthusiasm. Additional adjustments will be introduced to further enhance learning, fellowship and worship," church leaders said in a statement.
"Gathering weekly in every class helps deepen gospel learning by connecting it more closely to personal and family study," said President Paul V. Johnson, Sunday School general president. "It also enhances the spiritual support that members get. Though the schedule looks different, the amount of time spent learning together remains the same."
Church leaders said the adjustments will strengthen gospel learning in homes and congregations throughout the world.
