Starting in September, the Sunday class meeting schedule will look different, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced March 30. For the first time since the 2019 adjustment to a two-hour block, youth and adult members will attend both Sunday School and quorum or class meetings on Sundays.
This means that instead of alternating 50-minute classes each Sunday, adult members will instead meet every week for 25 minutes in Relief Society or elders quorum and for 25 minutes in Sunday School.
Sunday School General President Paul V. Johnson said while the class format is different, the amount of time is the same—25 minutes to cover one week’s worth of Come, Follow Me instead of 50 minutes to cover two weeks’ worth.
“This is a time for us to focus and learn together. … It really is everybody blessing each other,” he said.
President Johnson and his second counselor, Brother Gabriel W. Reid, recently spoke with Church News about the upcoming Sunday schedule changes, offering practical advice and addressing common concerns they’ve heard from members in the weeks since the announcement.
President Johnson said the changes will help with “the consistency of the continued discussion and learning in Sunday School,” as it’s easier to remember a lesson from a week earlier rather than from two weeks earlier. Additionally, having teacher council meetings monthly—an increase from quarterly meetings—will also improve continuity between classes, he said.
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