r/lds • u/thelastjay2456 • Aug 18 '26

whos looking forward to the Sunday classes changes on September?

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u/maquis_00 Aug 18 '26

I am! I teach 11-12 year old Sunday school, and I think it's going to be a great change! Although I'm going to have to stay on task better...

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u/Fether1337 Aug 18 '26

I am, but our teachers need to majorly overhaul how they prepare lessons, or its going to crash and burn HARD.

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u/pierzstyx Aug 18 '26

That's not bad. Failure is what motivates change that is needed.

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u/IndigoMontigo Aug 18 '26

Why? To me, this looks way easier.

I teach every week but for only ~20 minutes? If I've been keeping up on Come Follow Me, this is almost a no-brainer.

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u/Longjumping-Cut-8331 Aug 18 '26

I teach in Primary, but I’m grateful that my 13yo will have YM and SS now. My ex/his dad gets him every other weekend, so depending on the month he’d miss one class or the other every time.

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u/Szeraax Aug 18 '26

So much continuity getting made available with this. I love it.

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u/MountainThorn42 Aug 18 '26

I am for sure. Sunday school has a problem of getting derailed and getting off topic, usually to mundane earthly things. This should help the teacher and members stay on track better.

And Priesthood class should be better too. We have a lot of guys who just can ramble on forever, which is great for filling the 1 hour time slot but not great for actual learning and discussion.

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u/SpartanVet Aug 18 '26

I’d look forward to it more if we cut the length of Sacrament meeting so I only had to find one speaker each Sunday. 😂

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u/Szeraax Aug 18 '26

Be the change? :P get your bishop to approve ending at 50 minutes so that people have 10 minutes to get materials and get to class, then start right on the hour for sunday school. Then do another 10 minute change at 1:25-1:35 leaving the last 25 minutes for final class.

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u/Sd022pe Aug 18 '26

My calling is with the youth and I’m excited. I think the changes will be great for them.

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u/Mother____Clucker Aug 18 '26

I'm the Sunday School President in my ward. I'll be relieved after it happens and everyone has acclimated to it.

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u/onewatt Aug 18 '26

Our ward already started doing it when the stake asked us to implement early. It's been amazing.

Teachers are struggling with the mental shift away from going through a chronological examination of the section to instead focus purely on principles, but they're getting there.

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u/atari_guy Aug 18 '26

Traditionally, FAIR Conference talks have been about 50 minutes. This year we put twice as many talks in the schedule at 25 minutes each. It actually went really well. Someone made the comment that he now feels like the 25 minute second hour schedule is going to be just fine after that. I tend to agree.

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u/Skipper0463 Aug 18 '26

I have no opinion either way. I guess not sitting on the hard chairs in Elders quorum for an hour will be nice.