New Sunday schedule to help build disciples of Jesus Christ
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🗓️ 26 May 2026
⏱️ 47 minutes
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Summary
Starting in September, members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will again participate in three meetings on Sundays. After sacrament meeting, the second-hour will include two 25-minute blocks to ensure both Sunday School and then Relief Society, elders quorum and youth classes.
These updates are meant to support members as they learn, worship and serve — both at home and at church, as they try to become more devout and lifelong disciples of Jesus Christ.
Elder David P. Homer, a General Authority Seventy and executive director of the Church’s Priesthood and Family Department, joins Church News reporter Mary Richards to explain what to know about the changes and how to prepare.
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| 0:00.0 | This may be less about me being able to demonstrate my mastery of the information. |
| 0:09.1 | It may be less about me sharing contents from my favorite podcasts. |
| 0:15.7 | There's nothing wrong with podcasts. |
| 0:17.1 | Here we are. |
| 0:17.7 | They have their place. |
| 0:19.5 | But I think this is more a deliberate effort to |
| 0:24.7 | immediately get into what the scriptures or what the conference talks are teaching us so that we |
| 0:31.7 | have the opportunity to discuss our experience with those things. |
| 0:36.7 | This is Mary Richards, reporter at the Church News. |
| 0:40.5 | Welcome to the Church News podcast. |
| 0:43.0 | Today, we are taking you on a journey of connection |
| 0:45.6 | as we discuss news and events of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. |
| 0:50.9 | Starting this September, |
| 0:52.5 | members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will have the |
| 0:55.9 | opportunity to meet every Sunday in all of their classes and meetings. So how will this work and how |
| 1:02.8 | will we prepare? Joining me on this episode of the Church News podcast is Elder David P. Homer, |
| 1:09.2 | General Authority 70, and Executive Director of the Church's |
| 1:12.7 | Priesthood and Family Department. Welcome, Elder Homer, to the Church News podcast. |
| 1:17.5 | Thank you. Happy to be here. |
| 1:19.6 | Let's talk about the logistics and timing of this change that's coming up in September. |
| 1:24.9 | Why is this happening? |
| 1:26.5 | Well, I think this starts probably |
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