Index

1. Aaronic Priesthood, definition and offices of

 

1. definition and purposes of 8 50–51

 

2. bishop 51–53 159

 

3. deacon 50

 

4. priest 50–51

 

5. teacher 50

 

6. quorums of 51

 

2. Aaronic Priesthood, general

 

1. adapting to local needs 60 134–35

 

2. ages of ordination to offices 50 133 175

 

3. callings, chart of 161–62 165

 

4. convert brethren, when they receive 24–25

 

5. disabilities, young men with 53 61 187

 

6. Duty to God program 52 55 57–58

 

7. fast offerings, gathering 54

 

8. full-time missions, preparing quorum members for 55

 

9. home teaching, responsibilities for 42–44

 

10. leaders support parents 51 55

 

11. Melchizedek Priesthood, when young men receive 24–25 56

 

12. preparing boys to receive 55

 

13. Priesthood Preview 55 92–93

 

14. sacrament responsibilities 139 173–74

 

3. Aaronic Priesthood activities

 

1. bishopric youth discussions 58 84 106

 

2. funding for 59

 

3. Mutual 58 83–84

 

4. nonmembers' participation in 61

 

5. Scouting, overview of 59

 

6. standards events 59

 

7. youth under 14, participation in 60–61 108–9

 

4. Aaronic Priesthood leaders

 

1. bishopric 51–53 159 175

 

2. high councilor 60 120–21

 

3. quorum advisers 53–54

 

4. quorum advisers, assistant 54

 

5. quorum presidencies and assistants to bishop 53 55

 

6. quorum presidencies and assistants to bishop, guidelines for calling 52–53

 

7. quorum secretaries 53

 

8. sports coaches 54

 

9. stake Aaronic Priesthood–Young Women committee 60 145 152

 

10. stake presidency 60

 

11. stake Young Men presidency 121

 

12. stake Young Men secretary 122

 

13. ward Young Men presidency 53–54

 

14. ward Young Men secretary 54

 

5. Aaronic Priesthood meetings

 

1. adapting to local needs 60 134–35

 

2. bishopric youth committee meeting 56 142 150

 

3. quorum meetings 46–47 57 141 149

 

4. quorum presidency meeting 56

 

5. stake Aaronic Priesthood–Young Women committee meeting 60 145 152

 

6. ward Young Men presidency meeting 56–57

 

6. Abortion, Church policies on 195

 

7. Abuse

 

1. at Church activities 109

 

2. Church's position on 195

 

8. Accidents

 

1. at Church activities, reporting 109–10

 

2. insurance for, in Church activities 107

 

9. Activation of less-active members

 

1. importance of 26

 

2. callings for 135

 

3. feelings about the gospel 26

 

4. Gospel Principles class for 27

 

5. home teachers for 44

 

6. preparing to lead and teach 13

 

7. temple preparation seminars for 28–29 45

 

10. Activation, leaders' responsibilities for

 

1. bishopric 26

 

2. full-time missionaries 27

 

3. high councilors 27

 

4. home teachers 27

 

5. Relief Society committee 66

 

6. stake auxiliary presidencies 27

 

7. stake presidency 27

 

8. visiting teachers 27

 

9. ward council 18 27

 

10. ward missionaries 23–24 27

 

11. in ward mission plan 23–24

 

12. young single adult service committee 126

 

11. Activities, Church

 

1. purposes of 102

 

2. abuse at 109

 

3. accidents at 109–10

 

4. adapting to local needs 60 86 134–35

 

5. adult supervision at 106

 

6. cultural arts 103 106

 

7. curfew laws 106

 

8. dances and music 106

 

9. Deity portrayed in 94 109

 

10. devotionals as part of 107

 

11. dress standards for 102–3

 

12. equipment and supplies for 104

 

13. families, should strengthen 4–5 51 102

 

14. family circumstances and planning of 133–34

 

15. funding, guidelines for 103–4

 

16. fund-raising, guidelines for 59 85 104 107

 

17. insurance for 107

 

18. Monday nights, not held on 5 68 103 107–8

 

19. music for dances 106

 

20. New Year's Eve activities 107–8

 

21. nonmembers' participation in 61 65 86

 

22. overnight 108 111 193

 

23. parental permission for 108 111

 

24. participation, encouraging 102

 

25. planning, who is responsible 102

 

26. prayers at 109

 

27. renting non-Church facilities 109

 

28. safety precautions at 109–10 135

 

29. scheduling 103 107–8

 

30. service 103

 

31. for single adults 104–5 124

 

32. sports 54 103 110

 

33. standards for 102–3

 

34. on Sunday 109

 

35. taxable activities 111 191–92

 

36. temple visits 111

 

37. travel in 111

 

38. unapproved activities 111

 

39. Word of Wisdom at 103

 

40. for young single adults 104–5 126–28 134–35

 

41. youth under 14, participation of 60–61 86 108–9

 

12. Activities, stake, multistake, and area

 

1. guidelines for 104–5

 

2. renting non-Church facilities for 109

 

3. for single adults 124

 

4. sports activities 110

 

5. for young single adults 104–5 127 134–35

 

6. for youth 135

 

13. Activities committee, stake 105 145

 

14. Activities directors, stake 105

 

15. Activities specialists, stake 105 122

 

16. Activity days 90 92

 

17. Activity Insurance Program, Church 107 110

 

18. Activity specialists, Young Women

 

1. stake 86

 

2. ward 80

 

19. Adaptation of Church programs

 

1. guidelines for 132–35

 

2. home teaching 44 134

 

3. music, ward 115

 

4. priesthood meetings, Sunday 46–47 60 134

 

5. Primary 93 135

 

6. Relief Society 72–73

 

7. stake programs 122

 

8. Sunday School 99

 

9. visiting teaching 70 134

 

10. Young Men 60 134–35

 

11. Young Women 86 134–35

 

20. Additional Relief Society meetings, guidelines for 68–69 149

 

21. Administering to the sick, guidelines for 174–75

 

22. Adoption

 

1. biological parents, contact with 180

 

2. encouraged for single expectant parents 196–97

 

3. legal requirements for 180

 

23. Advisers

 

1. Aaronic Priesthood quorum 53–54

 

2. young single adult 66 126

 

3. Young Women 80

 

24. Agendas, leaders' use in meetings 14 138

 

25. Agent bishop's responsibilities

 

1. baptismal font, use of 171

 

2. classes for members with disabilities 187

 

3. library in multiward building 98

 

4. meetinghouse facilities, scheduling 103

 

5. tuning of pianos and organs 118

 

26. AIDS or HIV, Church policies on 193–94

 

27. Anointing, administering to the sick 174–75

 

28. Aprons, temple, making 191

 

29. Area activities

 

30. Area Seventies

 

31. Artificial insemination, Church policies on 195

 

32. Artwork in meetinghouses 192

 

33. Ashes, dedication of place where, are kept 176

 

34. Assistant Aaronic Priesthood quorum advisers 54

 

35. Assistants to president of priests quorum 51–53

 

36. Assistant ward mission leader 22

 

37. Audiovisual materials or visual aids

 

1. copyright guidelines for 183

 

2. use in Church settings 146 180

 

38. Auditions, not held for choirs 116

 

39. Autographs of General Authorities 180

 

40. Autopsies 193

 

41. Auxiliaries, purposes of 64 76 88 96

 

42. Auxiliary leadership meetings, stake 145–46 152

 

43. Auxiliary presidencies, stake 26–27 121 145–46

 

 

 

1. Baptism

 

1. general instructions for priesthood ordinances 168–69

 

2. guidelines for baptism and confirmation 170–73

 

3. age for 133 170

 

4. clothing for 171

 

5. for converts 23 170–73

 

6. father participating when not temple worthy 169

 

7. fonts, use of 171

 

8. instructions for performing 172

 

9. interviews for 23 88 170 172

 

10. investigators, invite to services 23

 

11. members of record, children who are 88 140 170

 

12. sacrament meeting, introducing new members and children in 140

 

13. services, instructions for 23 170–72

 

14. services, scheduling of 23 107 170–71

 

15. witnesses for 171

 

2. Beehives

 

1. definition of 77

 

2. Personal Progress, introducing Beehives to 82–83

 

3. Bible, which edition to use 132 180

 

4. Birth control 195

 

5. Bishop, calling and ordaining of 158–59 162

 

6. Bishopric, responsibilities of

 

1. Aaronic Priesthood quorums 51–53 159 175

 

2. activation 26

 

3. agent bishop 98 103 118 171 187

 

4. baptism and confirmation 23 88 170 172

 

5. common judge 159

 

6. convert retention 24–25

 

7. funerals 146–48

 

8. meetinghouse library 96

 

9. Melchizedek Priesthood quorums 41

 

10. member missionary work 22–23

 

11. music 114–16

 

12. patriarchal blessings 177

 

13. Personal Progress 78 83

 

14. Primary 88 90

 

15. prospective elders 25

 

16. Relief Society 65

 

17. single adults 124

 

18. Sunday School 96–97

 

19. teaching the gospel 30

 

20. temple and family history work 28

 

21. welfare 35

 

22. young single adults 125

 

23. Young Women 78–79 83

 

7. Bishopric meeting, guidelines for 16 141–42 149

 

8. Bishopric youth committee

 

1. guidelines for 56 80–81 142 150

 

2. plans bishopric youth discussions 58

 

3. plans combined activities 58 83–84

 

4. plans ward youth conference 105–6

 

9. Bishopric youth discussions 58 84 106

 

10. Bishoprics, stake presidency's meeting with 145 151

 

11. Bishops' storehouse 35

 

12. Bishops' welfare council meeting, stake 152

 

13. Blessings, priesthood

 

14. Block schedule for Sunday meetings 153–54

 

15. Book of Mormon, not rewritten in modern English 181

 

16. Branch

 

1. callings 164 165–66

 

2. conference, guidelines for 133 141 149

 

17. Burial, guidelines for 148

 

 

 

1. Callings, general guidelines

 

1. general guidelines for whom to call 156–57

 

2. approvals, who gives 156 159–66

 

3. confidentiality with proposed callings 156

 

4. for converts 13 24 156

 

5. dissenting votes 157

 

6. extending 157 159–66

 

7. family circumstances, leaders consider 18 133–34 156

 

8. for less-active members 135

 

9. for nonmembers 156

 

10. poor and needy, provide opportunities to care for 35

 

11. recommendations, who may give 156 159–66

 

12. releasing members from 158

 

13. setting apart officers and teachers 158

 

14. sustaining 157 159–66

 

2. Callings, guidelines for specific types of

 

1. Aaronic Priesthood 161–62 165

 

2. bishops 158–59 162

 

3. branch 164 165–66

 

4. elders quorum 157 161 165

 

5. high priests group 157 161

 

6. Melchizedek Priesthood 161

 

7. military service member group 166

 

8. mission 164–66

 

9. stake 156 159–61

 

10. ward 157 161–64

 

3. Camp

 

1. day camp 92 94 104

 

2. fund-raising activities for 104

 

3. Scout 59 60–61 104

 

4. Young Women 84–85 104

 

4. Canceling sacrament meeting 132–33 192

 

5. Candles in meetinghouses 192

 

6. Centers for young adults 127–28

 

7. Chapel, music appropriate in 118

 

8. Chastity 4 193 195–96

 

9. Children, parents' responsibility for 2 4–5 9–10

 

10. Children's

 

1. class for additional Relief Society meetings 69

 

2. sacrament meeting presentation 92 140

 

11. Choirs

 

1. director and accompanist, ward 114–16

 

2. obtaining music for 118

 

3. planning stake choir music 117

 

4. planning ward choir music 115–16

 

5. stake and multistake choirs 117

 

6. training for choir directors 117

 

7. ward choir 116

 

12. Church

 

1. family is basic unit of 9 14

 

2. purposes of 9

 

13. Church activities

 

14. Church Activity Insurance Program 107

 

15. Church curriculum

 

16. Church magazines

 

1. copyright guidelines for 182

 

2. executive secretaries help with 181

 

3. members should read 181

 

4. subscription efforts for 181

 

17. Church meetinghouses

 

18. Church name and logotype 181

 

19. Church welfare

 

20. Class presidencies

 

21. Class presidents, Sunday School 97

 

22. Clothing for baptism 171

 

23. Combined activities, Mutual 58 83–84

 

24. Common judge, bishop 159

 

25. Compassionate service

 

1. coordinator 66

 

2. Relief Society meeting topic 69

 

3. Relief Society's responsibility for 71

 

26. Computers

 

1. confidentiality of information 182

 

2. copyright laws for software 183

 

3. use of, in Church units 181

 

27. Conferring priesthood and ordaining to office

 

1. general instructions for priesthood ordinances 168–69

 

2. general instructions for conferring priesthood and ordaining to office 175–76

 

3. Aaronic Priesthood, bishop oversees 175

 

4. Melchizedek Priesthood, stake president oversees 175

 

5. father participating when not temple worthy 169

 

6. instructions for performing 175–76

 

7. ordination record and certificate 176

 

28. Confidentiality

 

1. computer information 182

 

2. e-mail and Internet 134

 

3. home teaching 44

 

4. proposed callings and releases 156

 

5. visiting teaching 70

 

6. ward council 16 18 38

 

7. welfare needs 38

 

29. Confirmation and gift of the Holy Ghost

 

1. general instructions for priesthood ordinances 168–69

 

2. general instructions for confirmation 170–73

 

3. for converts 23 170–73

 

4. father participating when not temple worthy 169

 

5. instructions for 172

 

6. interviews for 23 88 170 172

 

7. sacrament meeting, introducing new members and children in 140

 

30. Consecrating oil 174

 

31. Converts

 

1. baptism and confirmation of 23 170–73

 

2. callings and service opportunities for new 13 24 156

 

3. convert baptisms, definition of 170

 

4. Gospel Principles class, new members attend 26

 

5. home teachers assigned to 25 43–44

 

6. new members' needs 24

 

7. preparing to lead and teach 13

 

8. priesthood, brethren should receive 24–25

 

9. sacrament meeting, introducing in 140

 

10. visiting teachers assigned to 25 69–70

 

11. ward members strengthen 23–25

 

32. Convert retention, leaders' responsibilities

 

1. bishopric 24–25

 

2. full-time missionaries 25

 

3. high councilors 26

 

4. home teachers 25 43–44

 

5. priesthood and auxiliary leaders 25

 

6. stake auxiliary presidencies 26

 

7. stake presidency 26

 

8. visiting teachers 25 69–70

 

9. ward council 18 25

 

10. ward missionaries 25

 

33. Coordinating council meetings

 

1. emergency plans 37

 

2. multistake activities 104–5

 

3. travel in Church activities 111

 

34. Copyrighted materials, guidelines for using

 

1. audiovisual materials 183

 

2. Church magazines, pictures in 182

 

3. computer software 183

 

4. music 182–83

 

5. theatrical productions 183

 

35. Councils, purposes of 10 12 16

 

36. Covenants, definition of 9

 

37. Cremation 148 176 193

 

38. Cultural arts activities 103 106

 

39. Curfew laws for Church activities 106

 

40. Curriculum, Church

 

1. Church materials, use of 30–31 133 183

 

2. for families' use at home 183

 

3. for members with disabilities 188

 

4. new teachers, giving materials to 30

 

5. for priesthood meetings 46–47

 

6. for Relief Society 67–68

 

7. for Sunday School 97–98

 

1. Dances

 

1. guidelines for 106

 

2. in commercial buildings 108

 

3. youth plan and carry out 60 86 145

 

4. youth under 14, participation in 60–61 86 108–9

 

2. Dating businesses 183

 

3. Day camp 92 94 104

 

4. Deacons quorum

 

1. overview of deacons' responsibilities 50

 

2. fast offerings, gathering 54

 

3. sacrament, passing 173–74

 

4. Sunday quorum meetings 46–47 57 141 149

 

5. Deacons quorum presidency

 

1. calling and sustaining of 52–53

 

2. duties of 53

 

3. full-time missions, preparing young men for 55

 

4. leadership meetings of 56

 

5. Scouting responsibilities of 59

 

6. Deaf members, interpretation for

 

1. of Church meetings 188

 

2. of ordinances and blessings 188

 

7. Death

 

1. autopsies 193

 

2. burial guidelines 148

 

3. on Church property 109–10

 

4. cremation 148 176 193

 

5. dedicating graves 169 176

 

6. euthanasia 193

 

7. temple clothing for deceased members 47 73 148

 

8. Decorations in meetinghouses 192

 

9. Dedicating graves 169 176

 

10. Dedicating homes 176–77

 

11. Deity, portrayals in Church activities 94 109

 

12. Delegation, principles of 13

 

13. Devotionals in Church activities 107

 

14. Directories, stake and ward 183 189

 

15. Disabilities, members with

 

1. general guidelines for 186–88

 

2. interpreters for 188

 

3. priesthood ordinances and blessings for 169 186–88

 

4. in priesthood quorums 47 53 61

 

5. Primary children 94 187

 

6. in Relief Society 73

 

7. resources for 188

 

8. special classes, programs, or units for 187

 

9. Sunday School classes for 98 187

 

10. ward council assists 36

 

11. young men 53 61 187

 

12. young women 80 82 86 187

 

16. Disciplinary councils

 

1. interpreters for deaf during 188

 

2. leaders do not deviate from instructions 133

 

17. Dissenting votes during sustaining 157

 

18. Divorce and single adult activities 124 126

 

19. Dress standards

 

1. for Church activities 102–3

 

2. for priesthood holders passing the sacrament 173

 

3. for sisters 73

 

20. Duty to God program 52 55 57–58

 

1. Education, self-reliance in 34

 

2. Elder

 

1. definition and responsibilities of 40

 

2. ordaining 175–76

 

3. sustaining 143

 

4. when young men are ordained 24–25 56

 

3. Elders quorum

 

1. stake presidency's responsibilities for 40–41 175

 

2. bishopric's responsibilities for 41 175

 

3. callings, chart of 157 161 165

 

4. converts, responsibilities for 25

 

5. death, serving at time of 47 147

 

6. disabilities, members with 47

 

7. high priests, when members meet with 134

 

8. home teaching 42–44

 

9. instructors 30–31 42

 

10. presidency, calling and sustaining of 40–41

 

11. presidency, leadership meetings of 45–46

 

12. presidency, overview of duties 41–42

 

13. priesthood meetings 46–47 141 149

 

14. prospective elders 25 42 45

 

15. secretary 42

 

16. welfare work 36–37 44

 

4. E-mail, use to reduce travel 134

 

5. Emergencies

 

1. accidents and injuries 109–10

 

2. canceling meetings during 132–33 192

 

3. meetinghouse use during 192

 

4. stake plan for 37 145

 

5. ward plan for 36

 

6. Emigration of members 183–84

 

7. Employment

 

1. and Church callings 156

 

2. consistent with gospel 186

 

3. self-reliance in 34

 

4. specialist 37

 

8. Endowment

 

1. purpose of 27

 

2. temple preparation seminars for 28–29 45

 

9. Equipment for activities, funds for 104

 

10. Eternal life

 

11. Euthanasia 193

 

12. Exaltation

 

1. Church prepares families for 4–5 9

 

2. ordinances necessary for 9 27 168

 

3. purpose of God's plan 2

 

4. sealing of husband and wife necessary for 3

 

13. Excommunication, no Church callings after 156

 

14. Executive secretary

 

1. Church magazines 181

 

2. ward council responsibilities 16–19

 

15. Exercise programs, guidelines for 103 111

 

16. Extending Church callings 157 159–66

 

1. Faith in God program 89 92

 

2. Families

 

1. Aaronic Priesthood and Young Women support 51 55 78

 

2. basic unit of Church 9 14

 

3. Church activities strengthen 4–5 51 102

 

4. Church callings, leaders consider circumstances of 18 133–34 156

 

5. Church curriculum materials in 183

 

6. dedicating homes 176–77

 

7. in God's plan 2–5

 

8. home teachers' responsibilities for 43

 

9. leaders help members without strong 5

 

10. music in 117–18

 

11. parents' responsibilities for 2 4–5 9–10

 

12. premortal family of God 2

 

13. single members, eternal promises to 4

 

14. welfare, members turn to 34

 

3. Family history centers 29–30

 

4. Family history consultant

 

1. family history course, may teach 29

 

2. responsibilities of 28

 

5. Family history course 29

 

6. Family history work

 

7. Family home evening

 

1. importance of 5

 

2. Monday nights reserved for 5 103 107–8

 

3. for single adults 124

 

4. for young single adults 127–28

 

8. Family-needs visits 36 70–71

 

9. Family reunions, sacrament services not held at 140

 

10. FamilySearch indexing 29

 

11. Famous people, temple ordinances for 28

 

12. Fast, law of 184

 

13. Fast and testimony meetings

 

1. guidelines for 140–41 149

 

2. children bearing testimonies in 94 141

 

3. naming and blessing children in 139 141

 

14. Fast offerings

 

1. gathering 54

 

2. guidelines for contributing 35

 

15. Fathers

 

1. participation in ordinances when not temple worthy 169

 

2. responsibilities for children 2 4–5 9–10

 

16. Father's blessings and other blessings of comfort and counsel 176

 

17. Fellowshipping

 

18. Fifth Sunday priesthood and Relief Society meetings 46–47 68

 

19. Firearms in meetinghouses 192

 

20. Fires in meetinghouses 192

 

21. First Sunday priesthood and Relief Society meetings 46 67

 

22. Fitness activities 103 111

 

23. Flags in meetinghouses 192

 

24. Fonts, baptismal

 

1. no artwork near 192

 

2. use for baptisms 171

 

25. Fourth Sunday priesthood and Relief Society meetings 46 68

 

26. Friends of Scouting 107

 

27. Full-time missionaries

 

1. activation, responsibilities for 27

 

2. baptisms, responsibilities for 23 88 170 172

 

3. at centers for young adults 127

 

4. companions with members 23

 

5. convert retention, assist with 25

 

6. home teaching, assist with 25 44

 

7. missionary coordination meeting 18 22–23 150

 

8. missionary preparation class 55

 

9. sacrament meeting talks of 139–40

 

10. visiting teaching, assist with 25 70

 

11. ward council, meet with 17 22

 

12. young men, preparing to serve as 55

 

28. Fund-raising activities

 

1. guidelines for 107

 

2. for annual camps 59 85 104

 

29. Funerals

 

1. general guidelines for 146–48

 

2. bishop, responsibilities of 146–48

 

3. cremation and 193

 

4. financial policies for 148

 

5. home teachers, responsibilities of 47 147

 

6. legal requirements for 147

 

7. music at 148

 

8. for nonmembers 148

 

9. practices of other religions 147

 

10. quorum or group leaders, responsibilities of 47 147

 

11. Relief Society, responsibilities of 71 73 147

 

12. services, guidelines for 147–48

 

13. for suicides 197

 

14. viewings 147

 

1. Gambling and lotteries 184

 

2. Garments

 

3. General Authorities

 

1. autographs and photographs of 180

 

2. at stake conference 142–43 151

 

3. talks, recording of 189

 

4. unofficial statements made by 190

 

4. General priesthood meeting

 

5. General Relief Society meeting, stake meeting held with 72

 

6. Gift of the Holy Ghost

 

7. Gospel Principles class 26–27

 

8. Gospel teaching and learning

 

9. Graves, dedicating 169 176

 

10. Guest speakers at Church meetings 184

 

1. Handbooks, use of v–vi 14

 

2. Handicaps

 

3. Health, members become self-reliant in 34

 

4. Health and medical policies

 

1. autopsies 193

 

2. cremation 193

 

3. ethically questionable practices 194

 

4. euthanasia 193

 

5. HIV infection and AIDS 193–94

 

6. hypnosis 194

 

7. organ donations and transplants 194

 

8. prolonging life 194

 

9. self-awareness groups 194

 

10. stillborn children 194

 

11. Word of Wisdom 194–95

 

5. Hearing-impaired members 188

 

6. High council meeting

 

7. High councilors, responsibilities

 

1. overview of responsibilities 120–21

 

2. Aaronic Priesthood 60 120–21

 

3. activation 27

 

4. baptismal services 170–71

 

5. convert retention 26

 

6. e-mail and Internet if travel is costly 134

 

7. Melchizedek Priesthood 41

 

8. missionary work 24 144

 

9. sacrament meetings, do not preside 138 174

 

10. sacrament meeting talks 121 140

 

11. single adults 124

 

12. stake activities committee 105 145

 

13. stake music adviser 116–17

 

14. stake Primary presidency 93 145

 

15. stake Sunday School presidency 99 145

 

16. stake Young Men presidency 60 145

 

17. stake Young Women presidency 85 145

 

18. temple and family history work 29

 

19. young single adults 125

 

8. High priest

 

1. definition and responsibilities of 40

 

2. ordaining 175–76

 

3. sustaining 143

 

9. High priests group

 

1. stake presidency's responsibilities for 40–41 175

 

2. bishopric's responsibilities for 41 175

 

3. callings, chart of 157 161

 

4. converts, responsibilities for 25

 

5. death, serving at time of 47 147

 

6. disabilities, members with 47

 

7. elders, when members meet with 134

 

8. home teaching 42–44

 

9. instructors 30–31 42

 

10. leadership, calling and sustaining of 40–41 161

 

11. leadership, meetings of 45–46

 

12. leadership, overview of duties 41–42

 

13. priesthood meetings 46–47 141 149

 

14. prospective elders 25 42 45

 

15. secretary 42

 

16. temple and family history work 22 28 41

 

17. welfare work 36–37 44

 

10. High priests quorum, definition of 40

 

11. High priests quorum meeting, stake 47 144 151

 

12. HIV or AIDS, Church policies on 193–94

 

13. Holy Ghost, gift of

 

14. Home evening groups

 

15. Home storage, members become self-reliant in 34

 

16. Home teachers

 

1. guidelines for 42–44

 

2. Aaronic Priesthood, preparing boys to receive 55

 

3. activation, responsibilities for 27

 

4. adapting home teaching to local needs 44 134

 

5. confidentiality 44

 

6. converts, responsibilities for 25 43–44

 

7. death, serving at time of 47 147

 

8. full-time missionaries assist 25 44

 

9. for less-active members 44

 

10. for members without Melchizedek Priesthood in home 10

 

11. prospective elders, responsibilities for 45

 

12. quorum and group leaders' responsibilities for 42–44

 

13. reporting 44

 

14. welfare, responsibilities for 37

 

15. in young single adult ward 44 128

 

17. Homes, dedicating 176–77

 

18. Homosexual behavior

 

1. Church policies concerning 195–96

 

2. same-gender marriages 196

 

19. Hymnbooks, purchasing 118

 

20. Hymns

 

1. adaptations when no one can play piano 115

 

2. choirs, use in 116

 

3. choosing appropriate 115–16

 

4. classroom, use in 116

 

5. copyright laws for 182

 

6. home, use in 117–18

 

7. sacrament meeting, use in 116

 

21. Hypnosis 194

 

1. Inactive members

 

2. Income taxes 184

 

3. Indexing, FamilySearch 29

 

4. Institutes

 

1. centers for young adults at 127–28

 

2. disabilities, for members with 187

 

3. young single adults attend 127

 

5. Instructors, quorum 30–31 42

 

6. Instruments, musical, use in Church services 114–15

 

7. Insurance for Church activities 107

 

8. Internet

 

1. in-person contact, should not replace 184

 

2. members' use of, in Church callings 185

 

3. official Church resources on 184–85

 

4. personal use of 185

 

5. stake and ward Web sites 184–85

 

6. use to reduce travel 134

 

9. Interviews

 

1. for baptism and confirmation, by bishops and missionaries 23 88 170 172

 

2. of bishops, by stake presidents 24 26–27 125

 

3. for callings, by authorized leaders 157

 

4. for patriarchal blessings, by bishopric 177

 

5. of quorum and group members, by quorum and group leaders 42

 

6. of young men, by bishopric 52

 

7. of young single adults, by bishopric 125

 

8. of young women, by bishopric 77–78 83

 

10. Investigators

 

11. In vitro fertilization, Church policies on 196

 

1. Jobs

 

1. Keyboards 118

 

2. Keys, priesthood

 

3. Kitchens in meetinghouses 193

 

1. Laurels, definition of 77

 

2. Laws of the land, obeying 185

 

3. Leadership in the Church

 

1. leadership purposes 14

 

2. preparing young men for 60

 

3. preparing young single adults for 13

 

4. preparing young women for 85

 

5. principles of leadership 12–14

 

6. Savior's way of leading 12

 

4. Learning and teaching the gospel

 

5. Less-active members

 

6. Librarian, ward 98

 

7. Literacy 71

 

8. Logotype, Church 181

 

9. Lord's storehouse 35

 

10. Lotteries and gambling 184

 

1. Magazines

 

2. Mail, items without postage in mailboxes 189

 

3. Marriage

 

1. central to God's plan 3

 

2. raising children in righteousness 4–5

 

3. single members, eternal promises to 4

 

4. Medical policies

 

5. Meetinghouses, Church

 

1. accidents in 109–10

 

2. agent bishop for 98 103 118 171 187

 

3. artwork in 192

 

4. candles in 192

 

5. deacons' responsibilities for 50

 

6. decorations in 192

 

7. emergency use of 192

 

8. firearms in 192

 

9. fires in 192

 

10. flags in 192

 

11. funerals, use for 147–48

 

12. kitchens in 193

 

13. overnight activities 108 193

 

14. parking lots, use of 193

 

15. photographs and video recordings in 193

 

16. political purposes, use for 106 191–92

 

17. purposes of 191

 

18. sacrament meeting held away from 140

 

19. safety in 109–10 192

 

20. scheduling activities in 103

 

21. security of 192

 

22. serving areas of 193

 

23. signs on 181

 

24. storage in 193

 

25. tax-exempt status of 111 191–92

 

26. unapproved uses of 191–92

 

27. voter registration, use for 192

 

28. weddings, use for 118

 

6. Meetinghouse library

 

1. guidelines for 98

 

2. bishopric 96

 

3. music in 118

 

4. stake presidency 98

 

5. stake Sunday School presidency 99

 

6. ward librarian and assistant librarians 98

 

7. ward Sunday School presidency 96–98

 

7. Meetings, general principles

 

1. agendas for 14 138

 

2. canceling during emergencies 132–33 192

 

3. planning and conducting 138

 

4. prayers at 146

 

5. scheduling on Sunday 138

 

6. visual aids and audiovisual materials at 146 180

 

8. Meetings, stake

 

1. overview 142

 

2. stake Aaronic Priesthood–Young Women committee meeting 145 152

 

3. stake auxiliary leadership meetings 145–46 152

 

4. stake bishops' welfare council meeting 152

 

5. stake conference 142–43 151

 

6. stake council meeting 145 151

 

7. stake general priesthood meeting 143 151

 

8. stake high priests quorum meeting 47 144 151

 

9. stake presidency meeting 144 151

 

10. stake presidency's meeting with bishoprics 145 151

 

11. stake priesthood executive committee meeting 144 151

 

12. stake priesthood leadership meeting 46 57 143–44 151

 

13. stake single adult committee meeting 124 152

 

14. stake young single adult committee meeting 125 152

 

9. Meetings, ward

 

1. overview 138

 

2. bishopric meeting 16 141–42 149

 

3. bishopric youth committee meeting 56 80–81 142 150

 

4. fast and testimony meeting 140–41 149

 

5. missionary coordination meeting 18 22–23 150

 

6. priesthood meeting 46–47 57 141 149

 

7. sacrament meeting 132–33 138–40 149

 

8. Sunday meeting schedule 138 153–54

 

9. ward conference 133 141 149

 

10. ward council meeting 17–19 150

 

11. ward priesthood executive committee meeting 16 150

 

12. ward young single adult committee meeting 126 150

 

10. Melchizedek Priesthood, general

 

1. definition and purposes of 8 40

 

2. elders 40

 

3. high priests 40

 

4. quorums of elders and high priests 40

 

5. adapting to local needs 46–47 134

 

6. callings, chart of 161

 

7. fathers strive to magnify 9–10

 

8. prospective elders, responsibility for 44–45

 

9. special needs, helping brethren with 47

 

10. when brethren receive 24–25 56

 

11. Melchizedek Priesthood leaders

 

12. Melchizedek Priesthood meetings

 

1. elders quorum presidency meeting 45–46

 

2. high priests group leadership meeting 45–46

 

3. priesthood meetings 46–47 141 149

 

4. stake high priests quorum meeting 47 144 151

 

5. stake priesthood leadership meeting 46 57 143–44 151

 

13. Member missionary work

 

1. overview of 22–24

 

2. investigators invited to baptismal services 23

 

3. members work with full-time missionaries 23

 

4. missionary coordination meeting 18 22–23 150

 

5. ward mission plan 18 22–27

 

14. Member missionary work, leaders' responsibilities for

 

1. bishopric 22–23

 

2. full-time missionaries 23

 

3. high councilor 24 144

 

4. mission president 23–24

 

5. stake presidency 24

 

6. ward council 17–18 22–24

 

7. ward missionaries 23–25 27

 

8. ward mission leader 22–27 170–71

 

15. Membership records

 

1. after baptism 172–73

 

2. introducing members 140

 

3. in young single adult wards and stakes 128–29

 

16. Members of record, baptism of 88 140 170

 

17. Men, serving in Primary 94

 

18. Mia Maids, definition of 77

 

19. Military service member group callings 166

 

20. Mission callings 164–66

 

21. Mission leader, ward 22–27 170–71

 

22. Mission plan, ward 18 22–27

 

23. Mission president, responsibilities of

 

1. investigators, teaching 23

 

2. keys for baptizing and confirming converts 23 172

 

3. non-Christian faiths, relationships with 188–89

 

4. stake presidency, meets with 24

 

24. Missionaries

 

25. Missionary coordination meeting 18 22–23 150

 

26. Missionary preparation class 55

 

27. Monday nights, no Church activities on 5 68 103 107–8

 

28. Multistake, stake, and area activities

 

29. Music

 

1. purposes of 114–15 117–18

 

2. adapting to local conditions 115

 

3. appropriate music, choosing 115–16

 

4. chapel, music appropriate for 118

 

5. choirs, stake and multistake 117

 

6. choirs, ward 116

 

7. in classrooms 116

 

8. congregational singing 115

 

9. copyright laws for 182–83

 

10. in homes 117–18

 

11. hymnbooks, purchasing 118

 

12. keyboards, use of 118

 

13. meetinghouse library, music in 118

 

14. online music resources 118

 

15. organs, use of 115 117–18 192

 

16. pianos, use of 115 117–18 192

 

17. prelude and postlude music 115

 

18. special musical selections 116

 

19. training in music skills 117

 

30. Music, events and meetings

 

1. dances 106

 

2. funerals 148

 

3. sacrament meetings 115–16 139 173–74

 

4. stake conferences 117

 

5. weddings 118

 

31. Music adviser

 

1. stake 116

 

2. ward 114

 

32. Music chairman

 

1. stake 116–17

 

2. ward 114–15 117

 

33. Music director

 

1. priesthood 114

 

2. Primary 89 91

 

3. Primary, stake 93

 

4. Relief Society 66–67

 

5. ward 114–15

 

6. Young Women 80

 

34. Music leaders, Relief Society 66–67

 

35. Music leaders, responsibilities of

 

1. stake presidency 116

 

2. stake music adviser 116

 

3. stake music chairman 116–17

 

4. stake music specialists 117

 

5. bishopric 114–16

 

6. ward choir director and accompanist 114–16

 

7. ward music adviser 114

 

8. ward music chairman 114–15 117

 

9. ward music director 114–15

 

10. ward organist or pianist 114

 

36. Musical instruments, use in Church services 114–15

 

37. Mutual

 

1. guidelines for 58 83–84

 

2. combined activities 58 83–84

 

3. disabilities, for members with 187

 

4. opening exercises 58 83

 

5. Personal Progress activities 82

 

6. quorum and class activities 58 83–84

 

7. Scouting activities 59

 

8. theme 58 83

 

9. for young men 58

 

10. for young women 83–84

 

11. youth under 14, participation of 60–61 86 108–9

 

1. Naming and blessing children

 

1. general instructions for priesthood ordinances 168–69

 

2. general instructions for naming and blessing children 169–70

 

3. blessing record and certificate for 169–70

 

4. in fast and testimony meeting 139 141

 

5. father participating when not temple worthy 169

 

6. record for baby born out of wedlock 170

 

2. New Beginnings 84

 

3. New Year's Eve, activities on 107–8

 

4. Nonmembers

 

1. Church callings for 156

 

2. funerals for 148

 

3. non-Christian faiths, relationships with 188–89

 

4. in Personal Progress 86

 

5. in Relief Society 65

 

6. and sacrament 173

 

7. in Scouting 61

 

8. in single adult activities 124

 

9. in Sunday meetings 138 143

 

10. in young single adult activities 126

 

11. in youth activities 61 86

 

5. Nursery, Primary 89–91

 

1. Oil, consecrating 174

 

2. Opening exercises

 

1. Mutual 58 83

 

2. priesthood meetings 46–47 57 141 153

 

3. Relief Society 67 153

 

4. Relief Society and Young Women combine once a month 71

 

5. Young Women 82 153

 

3. Ordaining to an office

 

4. Ordinance, gospel, definition of 9

 

5. Ordinances and blessings

 

1. general instructions for 168–69

 

2. disabilities, for persons with 169 186–88

 

3. minimum ages for receiving ordinances may not be altered 133

 

4. temple ordinances and covenants not discussed specifically in Church meetings 133

 

5. who can participate in 168–69

 

6. Organ donations and transplants 194

 

7. Organist, ward 114 156

 

8. Organs

 

1. for practice 117 192

 

2. purchasing of 118

 

3. tuning and repair of 118

 

4. use in Church services 115 118

 

9. Orienting new teachers 30

 

10. Out-of-wedlock pregnancies

 

11. Out-of-wedlock, baby born, blessing record for 170

 

12. Overnight activities 108 111 193

 

1. Parents

 

1. children, responsibility for 2 4–5 9–10

 

2. leaders support 51 55 78

 

3. permission for Church activities 108 111

 

2. Parking lots of meetinghouses 193

 

3. Part-member families, leaders strengthen 5

 

4. Patriarchal blessings, guidelines for 177

 

5. Perpetual Education Fund

 

1. specialists for 37

 

2. in stake council 145

 

3. in ward council 18

 

6. Personal Progress

 

1. bishop's responsibilities 78 83

 

2. certificates and awards 82

 

3. definition and goals 82

 

4. Mutual, activities at 82

 

5. in New Beginnings 84

 

6. nonmembers participate in 86

 

7. in Young Women in Excellence 84

 

8. Young Women leaders' responsibilities 82–83

 

9. Young Women leaders work on 79

 

7. Photographs in meetinghouses 193

 

8. Pianist

 

1. priesthood 114

 

2. Primary 89

 

3. Relief Society 66–67

 

4. ward 114

 

5. Young Women 80

 

9. Pianos

 

1. adaptations when no one can play 115

 

2. for practice 117 192

 

3. purchasing of 118

 

4. tuning and repair of 118

 

5. use in Church services 115 118

 

10. Plan of salvation 2–3

 

11. Political and civic activities

 

1. Church facilities for 106 191–92

 

2. Church's involvement in 189

 

12. Pornography, Church policies on 196

 

13. Postlude and prelude music 115

 

14. Prayers

 

1. at Church activities 109

 

2. in Church meetings, guidelines for 146

 

3. sacrament 174

 

15. Prelude and postlude music 115

 

16. Presidency meetings

 

17. Presiding authority at Church meetings 138 174

 

18. Presiding councils, purposes of 10 12 16

 

19. Priesthood, definition of 8–9

 

20. Priesthood blessings

 

21. Priesthood executive committee, ward

 

22. Priesthood executive committee, stake

 

23. Priesthood keys

 

1. definition of 8–9 40 50

 

2. when to confer 158 175

 

24. Priesthood leadership meeting, stake

 

25. Priesthood meetings

 

1. adapting to local needs 60 134

 

2. guidelines for 46–47 57 141 149

 

26. Priesthood music director and pianist 114

 

27. Priesthood Preview 55 92–93

 

28. Priests quorum

 

1. overview of priests' responsibilities 50–51

 

2. bishop is president of 51–52 159

 

3. home teaching responsibilities of 43–44

 

4. Melchizedek Priesthood, when priests receive 24–25 56

 

5. Sunday quorum meetings 46–47 57 141 149

 

29. Priests quorum presidency

 

1. calling and sustaining of 52–53

 

2. duties of 53

 

3. full-time missions, preparing young men for 55

 

4. leadership meetings of 56

 

5. Scouting responsibilities of 59

 

30. Primary

 

1. Aaronic Priesthood, prepares boys to receive 55

 

2. activity days 90 92

 

3. adapting to local needs 93 135

 

4. children's sacrament meeting presentation 92 140

 

5. classes, guidelines for 91–92

 

6. Deity, portrayals in 94 109

 

7. disabilities, children with 94 187

 

8. Faith in God program 89 92

 

9. finances for 94

 

10. men serving in 94

 

11. music in 89 91

 

12. nursery 89–91

 

13. purposes of 88

 

14. reverence in 89 94

 

15. Scouting in 90 92–94

 

16. sharing time 89 91

 

17. testimony bearing in 94 141

 

18. theme of 88

 

31. Primary, stake leaders and meetings

 

1. high councilor 93 145

 

2. stake presidency 93 120

 

3. stake Primary music leader 93

 

4. stake Primary presidency 26–27 93 121 145–46

 

5. stake Primary secretary 122

 

6. stake Primary leadership meeting 90 145–46 152

 

32. Primary, ward leaders

 

1. activity days leaders 90

 

2. bishopric 88 90

 

3. nursery leaders 89–90

 

4. Primary music leader 89 91

 

5. Primary pianist 89

 

6. Primary presidency 88–89

 

7. Primary secretary 89

 

8. Primary teachers 89–90

 

9. Scout leaders 90

 

33. Primary, ward meetings

 

1. meeting with counselor in bishopric 90

 

2. Priesthood Preview 55 92–93

 

3. Primary presidency meeting 89–90

 

4. Sunday Primary meetings 90–92 149

 

34. Privacy of members, protecting 189

 

35. Prolonging life 194

 

36. Prospective elders

 

1. definition of 44–45

 

2. bishopric's responsibility for 25

 

3. preparing for Melchizedek Priesthood 45

 

4. priesthood meetings, attendance at 138 141

 

5. quorum and group leaders' responsibility for 25 42 45

 

37. Public affairs specialists 122

 

1. Quorum

 

1. Aaronic Priesthood, definition of 51

 

2. Melchizedek Priesthood, definition of 40

 

2. Quorum advisers, Aaronic Priesthood 53–54

 

3. Quorum advisers, assistant, Aaronic Priesthood 54

 

4. Quorum and group meetings 46–47 57 141 149

 

5. Quorum presidencies

 

6. Quotas, none for temple work 27–28

 

1. Recordings of music, use in Church services 115

 

2. Records and reports, leaders ensure accuracy of 133

 

3. Releasing from Church callings, guidelines for 158

 

4. Relief Society

 

1. adapting to local needs 72–73

 

2. compassionate service 71

 

3. converts, assisting female 25

 

4. disabilities, members with 73

 

5. dress standards for sisters 73

 

6. funerals, help with 71 73 147

 

7. history 64

 

8. literacy efforts 71

 

9. membership 64 86

 

10. motto and seal 64

 

11. nonmembers in 65

 

12. opening exercises combined with Young Women 71

 

13. purpose 64

 

14. sisters serving in other auxiliaries 64

 

15. transition from Young Women to 64 71–72 77

 

16. unwed mothers in 86

 

17. welfare work of 36–37 70–71

 

18. young single adult sisters, responsibility for 71–72 125–26

 

19. young single adult sisters, separate class for 72

 

5. Relief Society, stake leaders and meetings

 

1. stake presidency 72 120

 

2. stake Relief Society presidency 26–27 72 121 145–46

 

3. stake Relief Society secretary 122

 

4. general Relief Society meeting, stake meeting with 72

 

5. stake Relief Society leadership meeting 67 145–46 152

 

6. Relief Society, ward leaders

 

1. advisers to young single adult sisters 66

 

2. bishopric 65

 

3. compassionate service coordinator 66

 

4. Relief Society meeting coordinator and committee 66

 

5. Relief Society music leaders 66–67

 

6. Relief Society pianists 66–67

 

7. Relief Society presidency 65 71–72

 

8. Relief Society secretary 65–66

 

9. Relief Society teachers 66

 

10. visiting teaching coordinator 66

 

11. visiting teaching supervisors 66

 

7. Relief Society, ward meetings

 

1. additional Relief Society meetings 68–69 149

 

2. children's class for additional Relief Society meetings 69

 

3. Relief Society presidency meeting 67

 

4. Sunday Relief Society meetings 67–68 149

 

8. Research studies, Church 190

 

9. Retention

 

10. Reverence

 

1. leaders encourage 13–14 139

 

2. in Primary 89 94

 

3. in sacrament meeting 13–14 139–40 173

 

1. Sacrament

 

1. general instructions for priesthood ordinances 168–69

 

2. Aaronic Priesthood holders' responsibilities 173–74

 

3. blessing and passing 139 173–74

 

4. dress for priesthood holders 173

 

5. hymn 173–74

 

6. nonmembers' partaking of 173

 

7. preparing 173

 

2. Sacrament meeting

 

1. general guidelines 132–33 138–40 149

 

2. canceling in extreme situations 132–33 192

 

3. children's sacrament meeting presentation 92 140

 

4. converts confirmed in 23 172

 

5. high councilors speaking in 121 140

 

6. members unable to attend 140

 

7. missionaries speaking in 139–40

 

8. music for 115–16 139 173–74

 

9. new members, introducing 140

 

10. not held outside unit boundaries 106 140

 

11. planning and conducting 139

 

12. prayers in 146

 

13. presides, which priesthood leader 138 174

 

14. purposes of 138

 

15. reverence in 13–14 139–40 173

 

16. in Sunday meeting schedule 153–54

 

17. talks in 139–40

 

18. in unusual situations 140

 

19. visual aids or audiovisual materials in 146 180

 

20. young men and women, recognizing in 52 78

 

21. youth speaking in 139

 

3. Sacrament prayer

 

1. errors in offering 174

 

2. guidelines for 174

 

4. Safety at Church activities 109–10 135

 

5. Sales agents 190

 

6. Same-gender marriages 196

 

7. Satellite

 

1. broadcast at stake conference 142

 

2. and video equipment, use of Church 190

 

8. Scout camp 59 60–61 104

 

9. Scouting

 

1. overview of 59

 

2. bishopric oversees 52 59 88

 

3. Friends of Scouting 107

 

4. in Mutual 59

 

5. nonmembers' participation in 61

 

6. in Primary 90 92–94

 

7. in quorum presidency meetings 56

 

8. stake presidency oversees 60

 

9. ward Young Men presidency's responsibilities 54 59

 

10. Scriptures, authorized versions of 132 180–81

 

11. Sealing the anointing 174–75

 

12. Second and third Sunday priesthood and Relief Society meetings 46 67–68

 

13. Secretary

 

1. Aaronic Priesthood quorums 53

 

2. elders quorums and high priests groups 42

 

3. Primary 89

 

4. Relief Society 65–66

 

5. Sunday School 97

 

6. Young Men 54

 

7. Young Women 79–80

 

8. Young Women classes 80

 

14. Security 109–10 135

 

15. Self-awareness groups 194

 

16. Self-reliance

 

1. definition and importance of 34–35

 

2. Church activities teach 102

 

3. family-needs visits and 70–71

 

4. high priests groups, elders quorums, and Relief Society leaders' responsibilities for 36 70

 

5. Relief Society classes teach 69

 

17. Service

 

18. Service member groups, military, callings of 166

 

19. Serving areas in meetinghouses 193

 

20. Setting apart

 

1. bishops 158–59

 

2. officers and teachers 158

 

21. Sex education 196

 

22. Sharing time, Primary 89–93

 

23. Sick, administering to 174–75

 

24. Signs on meetinghouses 181

 

25. Single adult committee, stake 124 152

 

26. Single adults (ages 31 and older)

 

1. guidelines for leaders of 124

 

2. activities for 104–5 124

 

3. high councilor's responsibilities for 124

 

4. home evening groups for 124

 

5. multistake activities for 124

 

6. nonmembers participate in 124

 

7. overnight activities for 108

 

8. stake presidency's responsibilities for 124

 

9. stake single adult committee 124 152

 

27. Single expectant parents

 

1. general guidelines for 196–97

 

2. adoption of children encouraged 196–97

 

3. membership record for baby born out of wedlock 170

 

4. single parents in conventional wards 129

 

5. unwed mothers in Relief Society or Young Women 86

 

28. Single members

 

29. Special needs

 

30. Sperm donation 197

 

31. Sports

 

1. guidelines for 110

 

2. activities 103

 

3. coaches, Young Men sports teams 54

 

4. uniforms 104 110

 

32. Stake, multistake, and area activities

 

33. Stake Aaronic Priesthood–Young Women committee

 

1. members and purpose of 60 85–86 145 152

 

2. youth conference, planning of 105–6

 

34. Stake activities, Young Men and Young Women 86 145

 

35. Stake activities committee 105 145

 

36. Stake and multistake choirs 117

 

37. Stake auxiliary leadership meetings 145–46 152

 

38. Stake auxiliary presidencies 26–27 121 145–46

 

39. Stake bishops' welfare council meeting 152

 

40. Stake callings 156 159–61

 

41. Stake conference

 

1. guidelines for 142–43 151

 

2. music at 117

 

3. satellite broadcast at 142

 

4. when held 133

 

42. Stake council

 

1. overview of responsibilities 12 145 151

 

2. members of 121 145

 

3. welfare responsibilities 37 145

 

43. Stake general priesthood meeting 143 151

 

44. Stake high priests quorum meeting 47 144 151

 

45. Stake music

 

1. adviser 116

 

2. chairman 116–17

 

3. specialists 117

 

46. Stake presidency, responsibilities of

 

1. Aaronic Priesthood quorums 60

 

2. activation 27

 

3. convert retention 26

 

4. meetinghouse library 98

 

5. Melchizedek Priesthood quorums 40–41 175

 

6. member missionary work 24

 

7. music 116

 

8. Primary 93 120

 

9. Relief Society 72 120

 

10. single adults 124

 

11. Sunday School 98 120

 

12. teaching the gospel 31

 

13. temple and family history work 29

 

14. welfare 37

 

15. Young Men 60 120

 

16. young single adults 125

 

17. Young Women 85 120

 

47. Stake presidency meeting 144 151

 

48. Stake presidency's interviews of bishops 24 26–27 125

 

49. Stake presidency's meeting with bishoprics 145 151

 

50. Stake priesthood executive committee

 

1. high councilors serve on 121

 

2. Meetings, guidelines for 144 151

 

51. Stake priesthood leadership meeting 46 57 143–44 151

 

52. Stake Primary

 

53. Stake Relief Society

 

54. Stake single adult committee 124 152

 

55. Stake specialists 122

 

56. Stake Sunday School

 

57. Stake welfare specialists 37

 

58. Stake Young Men

 

59. Stake young single adult committee 125 152

 

60. Stake Young Women

 

61. Standards

 

1. teaching to young men 57

 

2. teaching to young women 81–82

 

62. Standards events 59 84

 

63. Standard works, authorized versions of 132 180–81

 

64. Sterilization, surgical 197

 

65. Stillborn children 194

 

66. Suicide 197

 

67. Sunday

 

1. activities on 109

 

2. scheduling meetings on 138

 

68. Sunday meeting schedule

 

1. general guidelines 138 153–54

 

2. altered only in extreme situations 132–33 192

 

3. for units with different languages 154

 

69. Sunday School

 

1. purposes of 96

 

2. adapting to local needs 99

 

3. classes and curriculum 97–98 149

 

4. disabilities, classes for members with 98 187

 

5. family history course 29

 

6. gospel learning and teaching 30–31 96–98

 

7. Gospel Principles class 26–27

 

8. meetinghouse library 96–98

 

9. Teaching the Gospel course 31

 

10. young single adults, classes for 98 127

 

11. youth, classes for 98

 

70. Sunday School, stake leaders and meetings

 

1. high councilor 99 145

 

2. stake presidency 98 120

 

3. stake Sunday School presidency 26–27 99 121 145–46

 

4. stake Sunday School secretary 122

 

5. stake Sunday School leadership meeting 97 145–46 152

 

71. Sunday School, ward leaders and meetings

 

1. bishopric 96–97

 

2. Sunday School class presidents 97

 

3. Sunday School presidency 30–31 96–98

 

4. Sunday School secretary 97

 

5. Sunday School teachers 97

 

6. meeting with counselor in bishopric 97

 

7. Sunday School presidency meeting 97

 

72. Surrogate motherhood 197

 

73. Sustaining and releasing

 

1. guidelines for 157–58 159–66

 

2. in sacrament meeting 139

 

74. Symposia, members' participation in 190–91

 

1. Talks, in sacrament meeting 139–40

 

2. Taxes

 

1. and Church activities 111 191–92

 

2. income 184

 

3. tax-exempt status 111 191–92

 

3. Teachers, gospel

 

1. priesthood and auxiliary leaders' responsibilities for 30–31 96–98

 

2. Primary 89–90

 

3. quorum 30–31 42

 

4. Relief Society 66

 

5. Sunday School 97

 

6. teaching the gospel, basic principles 31

 

4. Teachers quorum

 

1. overview of teachers' responsibilities 50

 

2. home teaching responsibilities of 43–44

 

3. secretary, duties of 53

 

4. Sunday quorum meetings 46–47 57 141 149

 

5. Teachers quorum presidency

 

1. calling and sustaining of 52–53

 

2. duties of 53

 

3. full-time missions, preparing young men for 55

 

4. leadership meetings of 56

 

5. Scouting responsibilities of 59

 

6. Teaching the gospel

 

1. hymns, use in 116

 

2. purposes of 30

 

3. teaching principles for teachers and leaders 31

 

4. ward council, discussed in 18 30

 

7. Teaching the gospel, leaders' responsibilities for

 

1. overview of Church leaders' responsibility 12

 

2. bishopric 30

 

3. priesthood and auxiliary leaders 30

 

4. stake presidency 31

 

5. Sunday School presidency, stake 99

 

6. Sunday School presidency, ward 30–31 96–97

 

7. ward council 18 30

 

8. Teaching the Gospel course 31

 

9. Temple and family history work

 

1. overview of members' responsibilities 27–28

 

2. family history centers 29–30

 

3. family history course 29

 

4. FamilySearch indexing 29

 

5. no quotas or reporting systems for 27–28

 

6. no temple ordinances for unrelated persons without approval 28

 

7. online family history resources 29

 

8. temple preparation seminars 28–29 45

 

10. Temple and family history work, leaders' responsibilities

 

1. bishopric 28

 

2. family history consultants 28–29

 

3. high councilors 29

 

4. high priests group leader 22 28 41

 

5. stake presidency 29

 

6. ward council 18 28–29

 

11. Temple clothing and garments

 

1. burial in 47 73 148

 

2. disposing of 191

 

3. dress for sisters when attending temples 73

 

4. obtaining and wearing 191

 

5. temple aprons, making 191

 

12. Temple ordinances

 

1. for famous people 28

 

2. leaders encourage members to receive 27–28

 

3. not discussed specifically in meetings 133

 

13. Temple preparation seminar 28–29 45

 

14. Temple recommends

 

1. endowed members should have 27

 

2. interview questions not to be altered 132

 

3. in young single adult stakes 129

 

15. Temple visits, organizing 111

 

16. Testimonies

 

1. in fast and testimony meeting 94 141

 

2. in Primary 94 141

 

17. Theatrical productions, copyright laws for 183

 

18. Theme

 

1. Mutual 58 83

 

2. Primary 88

 

3. Young Women 76

 

19. Transition

 

1. to Church membership 24–26

 

2. from Young Women to Relief Society 64 71–72 77

 

20. Travel

 

1. adaptations for difficulty of 134

 

2. in Church activities 111

 

21. Tuning, pianos and organs 118

 

1. Uniformity and adaptation

 

2. Uniforms for sports 104 110

 

3. Unmarried members

 

1. guidelines for leaders of 124

 

2. dating businesses for 183

 

3. eternal promises to 4

 

4. leaders strengthen 5

 

5. sisters included in quorum or group activities 42

 

4. Unwed mothers

 

1. Values, Young Women 76–77

 

2. Vasectomy 197

 

3. Video and satellite equipment, use of Church 142 190

 

4. Video recordings, not made in meetinghouses 193

 

5. Viewings, guidelines for 147

 

6. Visiting teachers

 

1. guidelines for 69–70

 

2. activation, responsibilities for 27

 

3. adapting visiting teaching to local needs 70 134

 

4. confidentiality 70

 

5. converts, responsibilities for 25 69–70

 

6. full-time sister missionaries and 25 70

 

7. for sisters serving in other auxiliaries 64

 

8. for sisters without Melchizedek Priesthood in home 10

 

9. visiting teaching coordinator 66

 

10. visiting teaching supervisors 66

 

11. welfare, responsibilities for 37

 

12. for young single adult sisters 71–72

 

7. Visual aids or audiovisual materials, use in sacrament meeting 146 180

 

8. Voter registration in meetinghouses 192

 

1. Ward callings 157 161–64

 

2. Ward clerk, ward council responsibilities 16–19

 

3. Ward conference 133 141 149

 

4. Ward council, responsibilities of

 

1. overview of responsibilities 12 16–19 22

 

2. meetings of, guidelines for 17–19 150

 

3. members of and purposes 16 22 150

 

4. activation 18 27

 

5. activities 17 102

 

6. confidentiality 16 18 38

 

7. convert retention 18 25

 

8. disabilities, members with 36

 

9. literacy 71

 

10. member missionary work 17–18 22–24

 

11. Perpetual Education Fund 18

 

12. teaching the gospel 18 30

 

13. temple and family history work 18 28–29

 

14. welfare 18 35–36

 

15. work of salvation in the ward 22

 

5. Ward meetings

 

6. Ward mission leader 22–27 170–71

 

7. Ward mission leader, assistant 22

 

8. Ward mission plan 18 22–27

 

9. Ward missionaries

 

1. responsibilities 23

 

2. activation, responsibilities for 23–24 27

 

3. convert retention, responsibilities for 25

 

10. Ward music

 

1. adviser 114

 

2. chairman 114–15 117

 

3. director 114–15

 

4. organist or pianist 114

 

11. Ward priesthood executive committee

 

1. definition of 16

 

2. meetings, guidelines for 16 150

 

3. welfare responsibilities of 36

 

12. Weddings, music for 118

 

13. Welfare

 

1. overview of 34–38

 

2. assistance to poor and needy 35–37

 

3. confidentiality of welfare needs 38

 

4. families, members receive help from 34

 

5. family-needs visits 36 70–71

 

6. Lord's storehouse 35

 

7. members' responsibilities for 35

 

8. purposes of 34–35

 

9. self-reliance 34–35

 

14. Welfare, leaders' responsibilities

 

1. bishopric 35

 

2. elders quorum presidency 36–37 44

 

3. employment specialist 37

 

4. high priests group leaders 36–37 44

 

5. home teachers 37

 

6. Relief Society 36–37 70–71

 

7. stake council 37 145

 

8. stake president 37

 

9. visiting teachers 37

 

10. ward council 18 35–36

 

11. ward priesthood executive committee 36

 

12. welfare specialists, stake 37

 

13. welfare specialists, ward 37

 

15. Web sites, stake and ward 184–85

 

16. Witnesses, of a baptism 171

 

17. Word of Wisdom

 

1. guidelines for 194–95

 

2. at Church activities 103

 

3. obedience to 34

 

1. Young adults

 

2. Young Men

 

1. adapting to local needs 60 134–35

 

2. disabilities, members with 53 61 187

 

3. interviews of, by bishopric 52

 

4. leadership skills, teaching to 60

 

5. Mutual 58

 

6. preparing for full-time missions 55

 

7. Scout leaders, presidency serves as 54 59

 

8. stake activities for 145

 

3. Young Men, stake leaders and meetings

 

1. high councilor 60 146

 

2. stake Aaronic Priesthood–Young Women committee 60 145 152

 

3. stake presidency 60 120

 

4. stake Young Men presidency 26–27 121 146

 

5. stake Young Men secretary 122

 

6. stake priesthood leadership meeting 46 57 143–44 151

 

4. Young Men, ward leaders

 

1. assistant Aaronic Priesthood quorum advisers 54

 

2. sports coaches 54

 

3. Young Men presidency 53–54 59

 

4. Young Men secretary 54

 

5. Young Men, ward meetings

 

1. bishopric youth committee meeting 56 142 150

 

2. Young Men presidency meeting 56–57

 

6. Young single adults (ages 18 to 30)

 

1. activities, ward and stake 104–5 126–28

 

2. activities, multistake and area 104–5 127 134

 

3. adapting to local needs 134–35

 

4. centers for 127–28

 

5. home evening groups for 127–28

 

6. home teachers for 44 128

 

7. institute classes for 127

 

8. interviews of, by bishopric 125

 

9. leadership skills, teaching 13

 

10. membership records for 128–29

 

11. nonmember participation in 126

 

12. Relief Society, separate class for sisters 72

 

13. Sunday School classes for 98 127

 

14. visiting teachers for 71–72

 

15. young single parents and 129

 

7. Young single adults, leaders' responsibilities

 

1. general guidelines for 124–25

 

2. advisers to young single adult sisters 66

 

3. bishopric 125

 

4. elders quorum counselor 125–26

 

5. high councilor 125

 

6. Relief Society counselor 125–26

 

7. Relief Society presidency 71–72

 

8. stake presidency 125

 

9. young single adult advisers 126

 

10. young single adult leaders 126

 

8. Young single adult advisers 126

 

9. Young single adult committee

 

1. stake 125 152

 

2. ward 126 150

 

10. Young single adult wards and stakes 128–29

 

11. Young Womanhood Recognition 78 83

 

12. Young Women

 

1. 18-year-old young women 64 71–72 77

 

2. adapting to local needs 86 134–35

 

3. Beehives 77

 

4. disabilities, young women with 80 82 86 187

 

5. interviews of, by bishopric 77–78 83

 

6. Laurels 77

 

7. leaders support parents 78

 

8. leadership skills, teaching 85

 

9. Mia Maids 77

 

10. motto and logo 76

 

11. nonmembers' participation in 86

 

12. opening exercises 71 82 153

 

13. purpose 76

 

14. Sunday classes 77 82 149

 

15. theme 76

 

16. transition to Relief Society 64 71–72 77

 

17. unwed mothers in 86

 

18. values 76–77

 

19. young women pregnant out of wedlock 86

 

13. Young Women, activities and events

 

1. bishopric youth discussions 84 106

 

2. funding for 85

 

3. Mutual 83–84

 

4. New Beginnings 84

 

5. stake activities 86 145

 

6. standards events 84

 

7. Young Women camp 84–85 104

 

8. Young Women in Excellence 84

 

9. youth under 14, participation of 86 108–9

 

14. Young Women, class presidencies

 

1. calling and sustaining 78–79

 

2. duties of 80 82–84

 

3. presidency meetings 81

 

4. secretaries 80

 

15. Young Women, stake leaders and meetings

 

1. high councilor 85 145

 

2. stake Aaronic Priesthood–Young Women committee 85–86 145 152

 

3. stake presidency 85 120

 

4. stake Young Women activity specialists 86

 

5. stake Young Women presidency 26–27 121 145–46

 

6. stake Young Women secretary 122

 

7. stake Young Women leadership meeting 81 145–46 152

 

16. Young Women, ward leaders

 

1. bishopric 78–79 83

 

2. Young Women activity specialists 80

 

3. Young Women advisers 80

 

4. Young Women music director 80

 

5. Young Women pianist 80

 

6. Young Women presidency 79

 

7. Young Women secretary 79–80

 

17. Young Women, ward meetings

 

1. bishopric youth committee meeting 80–81 142 150

 

2. class presidency meetings 81

 

3. meeting with bishopric counselor 81

 

4. Sunday classes 82

 

5. Young Women presidency meeting 81

 

18. Young Women camp 84–85 104

 

19. Young Women in Excellence 84

 

20. Youth conferences

 

1. ward and stake 105–6

 

2. youth under 14, participation of 60–61 86, 108–9

 

21. Youth

 

1. interviews by bishopric 52 78

 

2. leaders' purposes for 14

 

3. speaking in sacrament meeting 139