Are your Primary Kids good to go to YW and YM?

  Primary children turning 12 in the year 2025 will enter Young Women and Young Men's Organizations on the first Sunday in January of 2025.  They should have been trained by the parents, however, the counselors can meet with Consultants so they can advise the parents on any new things which will make it easier for a young person to adapt.  The most important thing is that each youth should have their own login and password to their own tree.

1Children generally advance from Primary into Young Women or the deacons quorum in January of the year they turn 12. They may receive a Certificate of Advancement.   These at this link are for "advancement", but here is an option.  After the parents train on these things, they could possibly have the Bishop or Primary President present this to him or her.

PRIMARY GENEALOGIST CERTIFICATE.docx

e certificates may be generated in Leader and Clerk Resources.

In recognition of increasing skill based knowledge in: 

1. Making sure I have my own login and password,
2. Learning the meaning of genealogy terms,
3. Learning to document,
4. uploading a memory to Family Search, 
5.  Spending time with Grandma and writing down her story,
6. Baking cookies with Grandpa or Grandma and listening to their stories,  
7. Learning how to “Source” my data,
8. learning how to scan a picture, l
9. earning about Find a Grave,
10. reserving a name,
11. printing an ordinance card out. 

Track their progress

In some  Wards, an 11-year-old may not be ready to leave Primary. The bishop, parents, and child counsel together about the timing.

Children may not complete Primary before January of the year they turn 12. Nor may young men be ordained deacons before that time.

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Temple and Priesthood Preparation Meeting

Parents have the primary responsibility to teach their children about the temple and the priesthood. To support them, the Primary presidency plans a Temple and Priesthood Preparation meeting each year. The bishopric gives direction. The meeting is for children in the Valiant 10 class. Parents are invited. This meeting has the following purposes:

• Help children understand priesthood purposes, responsibilities, and blessings.

• Help children participate in temple and family history work and prepare to make and keep sacred covenants.

• Help boys prepare to receive the Aaronic Priesthood.

• Help children prepare to receive a temple recommend.

The meeting may be held during Primary on Sunday, at another time on Sunday, or at a different time. A member of the bishopric conducts. At least one member of the Primary presidency attends.

 If a unit has few children, the meeting may be held under the direction of the stake presidency. Some or all of the wards in the stake meet together.

For more information, see Temple and Priesthood Preparation on ChurchofJesusChrist.org.

For Wards who wish to help the Parents to get their kids ready to acclimate to Young Men's and Young Womens, we put together a slide deck called Primarily Primary - with ideas of things that would keep them from making large errors in the data base without much training.

https://1drv.ms/b/s!AjS2RGb0p-4P9z9l11VzqEVD5thG?e=3Zgeju

LEADERSHIP INSTRUCTION FOR 2024

https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/family-history?lang=eng

Summary of recent changes to the Handbook for Temple and Family History

Chapter 25: Temple and Family History Work in the Ward and Stake

• 25.0. Introduction (reorganized section and added a sentence to emphasize uniting families for eternity)

Church members have the privilege and responsibility to help unite their families for eternity.

• 25.1. Member and Leader

•  Participation in Temple and Family History Work (bulleted list moved to 25.2)

25.1.1. Individual Responsibility for Temple Worship (revised title; added paragraph about scheduling appointments with the temple)

• 25.1.2. Ward and Stake Temple Trips (added paragraph about scheduling appointments with the temple)

Each Church unit is assigned to a temple district. Organized ward or stake visits to temples outside the assigned temple district are not encouraged.

All ward and stake temple trips should be scheduled with the temple. See temples.ChurchofJesusChrist.org for each temple’s contact information.

25.2. Organizing Temple and Family History Work in the Ward (incorporated list items from 25.1, 25.2.1, and 25.2.2 to consolidate information about ward leaders’ responsibilities)

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1. Ward leaders have the following responsibilities for temple and family history work in the ward:
2. Help individual members prepare to make covenants with God by receiving temple ordinances (see 27.1).
3. Encourage members to worship in the house of the Lord as often as their circumstances allow.
4. Encourage individuals and families to learn the doctrine and blessings of temple and family history work.
5. Ensure that the doctrine and blessings of temple and family history work are taught regularly during Church meetings. This work unites families for eternity.
6. Encourage members to learn about their ancestors and perform temple ordinances on their behalf.
7. Support parents in helping their children participate in temple and family history work.
8. Encourage all youth and adult members, including new members, to have a current temple recommend.

See chapter 26 for information about temple recommends.

• 25.2.1. Bishopric (revised bulleted list)

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• 25.2.2. Elders Quorum and Relief Society Presidencies (moved some list items to 25.2)

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• 25.2.4. Ward Temple and Family History Consultants (reordered list items; added references to 25.4.1 and 25.4.2)

This part has not changed, but we have been getting responses from other Stake Consultants saying that Temple and Family History Leaders are not assigning Consultants to go to the Stake Center to receive more training from Stake Consultants.  Here is the verbiage and it is needed for your Wards to grow in knowledge.

•  Where applicable, assign ward temple and family history consultants to serve in the FamilySearch center (see 25.3.6).

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1. Serve in a local FamilySearch center when assigned (see 25.3.6).Consultants teach others in simple ways how to participate in temple and family history work. They have the following responsibilities:
2. Help members prepare to receive temple ordinances and make temple covenants.
3. Help members experience the blessings of discovering their ancestors and performing temple ordinances on their behalf. 
4. These experiences are especially important for those learning the gospel, new and returning members, and those preparing to receive a recommend for proxy baptisms and confirmations.
5. Participate in temple and family history coordination meetings (se

25.2.6. Ward Temple and Family History Plan (revised bulleted lists and clarified that wards should not establish quotas or reporting systems)

Ward Temple and Family History Plan

Each ward should have a simple temple and family history plan. This plan helps ward members, including children and youth, prepare to worship in the house of the Lord and participate in family history work as often as their circumstances allow.

1. The elders quorum and Relief Society presidents help the ward council develop the plan. The ward temple and family history leader also helps. In developing the plan, they:
2. Prayerfully consider members’ needs and the available resources.
3. Identify actions to take during the year.
4. Determine how to implement the plan and make assignments accordingly.
5. Examples of what the plan might include are listed below:
6. Help specific members prepare to receive temple ordinances.
7. Help members build their family trees on FamilySearch.org or with the FamilySearch Family Tree app (see 25.4.1).
8. Help members use the Ordinances Ready feature on FamilySearch.org or the FamilySearch Family Tree app to take the name of an ancestor to the temple.
9. Involve new and returning members, youth, and children in temple and family history work.

1. The ward temple and family history plan should not establish quotas or reporting systems for temple worship (see 25.1.1).
2. The bishop reviews and approves the plan. Members of the ward council take the lead in implementing it. They report on progress in ward council meetings. They also update the plan as needed.

• 25.2.7. Ward Temple and Family History Coordination Meetings (revised bulleted lists)

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1. Brief informal ward temple and family history coordination meetings are held regularly. The ward temple and family history leader conducts these meetings.
2. Others who are invited include:
3. Assigned members of the Relief Society and elders quorum presidencies.
4. An assistant in the priests quorum (or the teachers or deacons quorum president if there are no priests in the ward).
5. A presidency member of the oldest Young Women class.
6. Temple and family history consultants.
7. All who attend, including the youth, counsel together as equal participants. The purpose of these meetings is to:
8. Coordinate efforts to implement the ward temple and family history plan (see 25.2.6).
9. Plan how to help specific ward members prepare to receive temple ordinances.
10. Plan how to help specific ward members with their temple and family history work.
11. These meetings may be held in person or remotely. Coordination can also happen in other ways, including phone calls, texts, and emails.
12. 25.3.1. Stake Presidency (reordered and revised bulleted list)

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• 25.3.3. High Councilors (added “FamilySearch center coordinators” and replaced “efforts in indexing” with “family history volunteer efforts”)

High Councilors

1. The stake presidency may assign high councilors to instruct and support the following people in their responsibilities for temple and family history work:

1. Elders quorum presidencies

2. Ward temple and family history leaders

3. Stake temple and family history consultants

4. FamilySearch center coordinators

5. One or more high councilors may be assigned to lead these efforts. However, all high councilors have these responsibilities for the wards and quorums to which they are assigned.
6. High councilors may help ward temple and family history leaders instruct ward temple and family history consultants. High councilors may be assisted by stake temple and family history consultants.
7. The stake presidency may assign a high councilor to coordinate the stake’s family history volunteer efforts (see 25.4.3). He or another high councilor may be assigned to oversee the work in FamilySearch centers (see 25.3.6).

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• 25.3.5. Stake Temple and Family History Consultants (replaced “stake indexing efforts” with “volunteer” efforts)

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• 25.3.6. FamilySearch Centers (added information about FamilySearch center coordinators and FamilySearch centers near temples)

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• 25.3.7. FamilySearch Center Coordinator (new section)

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• 25.3.8. Area Temple and Family History Advisers (added “FamilySearch Center Coordinators”; reordered list items to emphasize helping members prepare to go the temple)

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• 25.4.1. FamilySearch.org, Ordinances Ready, and FamilySearch Apps (new section number shown; title revised; section moved up from 25.4.2 to emphasize the preferred FamilySearch resources; section revised)

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• 25.4.2. My Family: Stories That Bring Us Together (moved from 25.4.1 to 25.4.2; minor revisions)

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• 25.4.3. Family History Volunteer Activities (title and section revised to include activities in addition to indexing)

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• 25.5.2. Requirements for Temple Workers (title and section revised because temple volunteers are no longer called; all who work in the temple are temple workers)

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• 25.5.3. Requirements for Temple Volunteers (section deleted)

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• 25.5.3. Calling and Setting Apart Temple Workers (new section number shown; title revised)

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• 25.5.5. Assigning Volunteers (section deleted)