primary presidency meeting agenda template

Primary opening exercises and sharing time are conducted during half of the time, and class instruction is conducted during the other half. Primary is held during the same time as priesthood, Relief Society, Young Women, and Sunday School meetings. Sunday School meets after priesthood meeting. When Relief Society, Young Women, Primary, and Sunday School are organized in a branch, Relief Society and Young Women meet separately on Sunday during the same time as priesthood meeting. When space is not available for separate opening exercises in small branches, the men, women, and children meet together for combined opening exercises conducted by the branch president.Īs the branch grows, young women (ages 12 through 18) may meet with the Relief Society while children (ages 3 through 11) meet under the direction of a sister appointed by the branch president. Instruction by the Relief Society president or separation to classes In small branches with too few sisters and children to organize and meet as separate auxiliaries, the Relief Society president conducts the opening exercises. (See the Priesthood and Auxiliary Leaders’ Guidebook.) Sunday Meeting for Women, Young Women, and Children However, when the number of young men is sufficient, and enough adult leadership and meeting rooms are available, the deacons, teachers, and priests meet in their separate quorums. When meeting rooms and numbers of members are limited, Aaronic Priesthood young men may meet with the Melchizedek Priesthood brethren. Separation to quorums for business and instructionįollowing the opening exercises, all adult men (19 and older) meet in the elders quorum meeting, presided over by the elders quorum president.Īll young men (12 through 18) meet in the Aaronic Priesthood quorum meeting, which is presided over by the branch president. A member of the branch presidency conducts opening exercises. Priesthood meeting is held before or after sacrament meeting. The sacrament is blessed and passed during each sacrament meeting (see “Ordinances and Blessings” in this guidebook). Members are invited to come in an attitude of fasting and prayer after abstaining from food and drink for two meals if their health permits.Īfter the sacrament is blessed and passed, the member of the branch presidency conducting the fast and testimony meeting bears his testimony of Jesus Christ and the gospel and invites other members to bear their testimonies for the remainder of the meeting. Once each month, usually on the first Sunday, sacrament meeting is also a fast and testimony meeting. Speakers on gospel subjects based on the scriptures and the teachings of latter-day apostles and prophetsīetween speakers, a congregational or branch choir number, usually a hymn from the hymnbook (optional) Sacrament hymn and administration of the sacrament A member of the branch presidency conducts the meeting and endeavors to see that it starts on time. The branch president presides at sacrament meeting, during which worthy brethren who hold the appropriate priesthood bless and pass the sacrament. Family Home EveningĮach family holds a family home evening in their own home at least once each week (see the Family Guidebook). Information for Priesthood and Auxiliary Leaders on Curriculum shows options for Sunday meeting schedules.

Mutual, where young men of Aaronic Priesthood age and Young Women of the same age meet separately or together on a weekday evening or Saturday for youth activities and instruction under the direction and supervision of the branch presidency Where the number of members is sufficient and where leaders and meeting places are available, a branch can discontinue the Sunday meeting for women, young women, and children and can hold the following meetings in addition to those listed in the preceding paragraph: Sunday meeting for women, young women, and children Branches where the branch president is the only one who holds the Melchizedek Priesthood or who is a priest in the Aaronic Priesthood hold sacrament meeting and a Sunday gospel instruction meeting for members.īranches that have an organized elders quorum hold the following meetings in addition to those mentioned in the preceding paragraph:

Primary presidency meeting agenda template