The new Sunday schedule,
in plain English
Who meets first, how long each class runs, and what every organization is supposed to teach. Two minutes, no video.
The whole thing in four sentences
- Everything meets every week now — the alternating Sundays are gone.
- Sunday School goes first, right after sacrament meeting — youth in their own classes, adults in theirs.
- Then everyone splits: Relief Society, elders quorum, Young Women and Aaronic Priesthood all meet at the same time.
- Each of those classes is 25 minutes, so you teach one to three principles — not the whole chapter.
The block, minute by minute
Still two hours. Both columns run at the same time.
Adults and youth
- Sacrament meetingup to 60 min
Everyone together
- 5 min transition
- Sunday School25 min
Youth and adults, each in their own classes
- 5 min transition
- Quorums and classes25 min
Relief Society · Elders quorum · Young Women · Aaronic Priesthood
Primary55 minutes
- Sacrament meetingup to 60 min
Children sit with their families
- 5 min transition
- Opening and singing time25 min
Prayer, scripture, and singing time
- 5 min transition
- Primary classes25 min
Come, Follow Me lesson
Some units meet in the reverse order, finishing with sacrament meeting. The lengths stay the same.
What each class teaches
The curriculum changed for the youth. Everyone else kept theirs.
Sunday School
First class, every weekStudies: Come, Follow Me—For Home and Church
Scripture discussion that supports what members are already studying at home. Youth and adults attend at the same time but in their own classes — the youth Sunday School classes did not go away.
Relief Society
Second class, every weekStudies: The most recent general conference
The presidency selects a message and the class counsels together about living it. There is no separate counseling segment any more — applying the message is the lesson.
Elders quorum
Second class, every weekStudies: The most recent general conference
Same pattern as Relief Society. Presidencies are asked to seek the Spirit in choosing which message the quorum needs.
Young Women and Aaronic Priesthood
Second class, every weekStudies: For the Strength of Youth: A Guide for Making Choices
One chapter a month, with the For the Strength of Youth magazine supporting each theme. Taught by an adult leader, a youth, or a youth assisted by an adult leader.
Primary
55 minutes, running alongside both classesStudies: Come, Follow Me—For Home and Church
Singing time and opening exercises for 25 minutes, a five-minute transition, then 25 minutes of class.
One chapter a month, four different Sundays
The youth start a new chapter of For the Strength of Youth each fast Sunday. The Sundays within the month are not interchangeable.
One eternal truth
The anchor for the whole month. The leader picks one eternal truth from the chapter, a scripture to match, and a personal spiritual experience with it — a conversation, not instruction — then testifies of that truth.
Principles and doctrines
The principles and doctrines from that month's chapter outline. The discussion questions are printed in that month's For the Strength of Youth magazine.
Covenant identity
Identity, purpose, and place in God's plan. Young Women recite the first line of the theme and read the monthly statement, then study a scriptural woman; Aaronic Priesthood quorums study a scriptural man.
When the month is short: if there are not four teaching Sundays — a general conference month, say — combine the second and third Sunday lessons. Do not lose the fast Sunday lesson or the last Sunday lesson; those two are the ones leaders have been asked to protect.
How Pulpit AI builds it: pick the chapter and the Sunday, and we follow this shape for you — written for a youth presenter, since instruction comes from a youth, or a youth assisted by an adult leader.
Teaching in 25 minutes
The hardest part of the change is not the schedule — it is the length.
The guidance is explicit: a 25-minute class has time to discuss only one to three of the most relevant and important principles. Covering everything is no longer the goal.
Roughly 3 minutes
Opening — a question, story, or hymn
Two blocks of ~8 minutes
One principle each, discussion-led
About 5 minutes
Application and invitation
More asking than telling
Plan 3–4 real discussion questions
This is the shape Pulpit AI generates by default for a 25-minute class.
What actually changed
The bits people keep asking about
Teacher council is monthly now
It meets during one of the 25-minute class times. Sunday School teachers attend while quorums and classes meet, and quorum, Relief Society and Young Women teachers attend while Sunday School meets.
Fifth Sundays
Through the end of 2026, keep teaching the Appendix B lessons in Come, Follow Me. New materials take over in January 2027.
Some wards meet in the opposite order
Where local circumstances require it, a unit may start with Primary and the quorum and class meetings and finish with sacrament meeting. The lengths do not change.
Opening exercises are gone
In Young Women and the Aaronic Priesthood quorums there is no separate opening exercise block. An opening prayer and scripture happen within the first five minutes of class. Reciting the Young Women theme moves to weekly activities, camps and conferences.
Which conference talk?
Any message from the most recent general conference may be discussed, with preference given to messages from the First Presidency and the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles.
Now go prepare Sunday
Pick your calling and Pulpit AI already knows the length, the curriculum, and the shape your class expects.
Start a lessonSources
- Changes to the Sunday Class Meeting Schedule — First Presidency letter, 30 March 2026
- Changes to the Sunday Class Meeting Schedule — churchofjesuschrist.org
- Changes to the Sunday Meeting Schedule — Church Newsroom
- What to know about the Sunday second hour changes — Church News
- Sunday youth lesson structure beginning in September — Church News
- How youth class and quorum meetings will be structured in 25 minutes — Church News
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