Church schedule changing - 25 mins for Sunday school and auxiliaries

[Dr. Shades]

Or will it be labelled a success regardless of outcomes?

You know the answer to that question just as well as the rest of us.

[I Have Questions]

Or will it be labelled a success regardless of outcomes?

You know the answer to that question just as well as the rest of us.

I do Consider it rhetorical.

[Dwight]

I heard that abandoning scouts made the young men's program way worse. The church developed program still hasn't materialized. Young women's was abysmal before anyway, but the women did better with less. Then two hour church came and mutual attendance plummeted as the youth only saw their leaders every other week, so they felt more disconnected and didn't get the natural reminder from meeting every Sunday.

My guess is this will be such a disaster that people might even welcome extending church 20-30 minutes just so the classes aren't a complete waste of time. Really though they should just move to something like primary maybe can still be two parts, but the teenagers should just be mixed boys and girls, and age bracketed as it makes sense, and the adults for a Sunday School type thing and stop the charade of priesthood and relief society, young men's and women's. Ministering can already be a married couple going together, so home teaching and visiting teaching is already neutered.

[I Have Questions]

I heard that abandoning scouts made the young men's program way worse. The church developed program still hasn't materialized. Young women's was abysmal before anyway, but the women did better with less. Then two hour church came and mutual attendance plummeted as the youth only saw their leaders every other week, so they felt more disconnected and didn't get the natural reminder from meeting every Sunday.

My guess is this will be such a disaster that people might even welcome extending church 20-30 minutes just so the classes aren't a complete waste of time. Really though they should just move to something like primary maybe can still be two parts, but the teenagers should just be mixed boys and girls, and age bracketed as it makes sense, and the adults for a Sunday School type thing and stop the charade of priesthood and relief society, young men's and women's. Ministering can already be a married couple going together, so home teaching and visiting teaching is already neutered.

I’d guess the move is all about keeping the youth engaged. That’s where their focus has been for a long time. They know chasing inactive adults is a low return effort, so trying to brainwash the youth into staying active, serving missions, and marrying ASAP is priority number one.