Church Web Resources

Church Web Resources
You don’t need to be a geek to use them
Do you ever
have questions like this?
  What is Brother Smith’s phone number?
  What time does that YW activity start next
Saturday?
  Who is the Elder’s Quorum President in Ukiah First
Ward?
  My daughter is moving. What ward will she be in
and what is the name and phone number of her
new Bishop?
Where do you get answers
to these questions?
  Most people call their Bishop or Ward Executive
Secretary.
  Maybe in your stake directory.
  By the end of this evening, you’ll know that those
questions can all be answered using the Church’s
web resources.
  Your wife, mom or girlfriend will be so impressed
with you.
What I’m going to show you
  Directory
  Calendar
  Lesson Schedules
  Meetinghouse Locator
  Employment Resource Services
  Gospel Library
LDS Account
  As the Church built web sites, each one had a
separate username/password function.
  Unless you used the same one each time, it was
possible to have different accounts each Church
site.
  They’re now unifying all Church web resources
using the “LDS Account” for everything.
  Most Church resources now require the LDS
Account.
Create an LDS Account
  Directly with http://ldsaccount.lds.org
  From the sign-in page.
  Requirements have changed.
  Still requires your membership number.
  Now requires birth date instead of confirmation date.
  Non-members can create LDS Account, but won’t
have the same access.
Register
More Profile Information
Email Confirmation
  You need a valid email address.
  After registering, you’ll receive a confirmation
email.
  You need to click on the link in the email to confirm
the email address is valid.
LDS.org
Tools Menu
  Many of the new resources that are
available are under the “Tools” menu.
What tools are available
depends on your calling
  The site presents you with different options depending
on your callings.
  That information comes directly from Member and
Leader Services (MLS).
  It is now even more important than ever that the calling
information in MLS be up to date, otherwise people may
not have the access they need to do their calling.
  For example, Ward Employment Specialists won’t have
access to the right portions of the Church’s new
employment web site unless their Ward Clerk has
correctly assigned them to that calling.
Calendar
Here are a couple weeks
Separate Calendars for each
organization
  Ward and Stake organization each
have their own calendars.
  You can select which ones will
display on your calendar page.
  There are various colors for the
different calendars.
Let’s look at an event
  If you click on the event,
more details are provided
such as when, where, etc.
Print your own calendar
  The calendar allows
flexible printing options
  Which calendars are
included
  Font Size
  Months included
  It will even create a PDF
calendar
Getting Help
Syncing on your computer
or phone
Benefits of Using the
Calendar
  It can be updated during the year, so it is always
current
  You can configure it to sync to your computer or
phone
  Nearly eliminates double-booking of rooms
Directory
Let’s Find the Johnstons
Found Me
What’s there?
  It includes a family address, phone number and
email address.
  It can also include phone numbers such as cell
phones and email addresses for individual family
members.
  You can add pictures.
Controlling Access
  Click on “Edit”
  Only members of your
stake can see your
information.
  You or your Ward Clerk
can control who gets to
see what portions of
your information.
It Can Even Find My House
Or Show the Rest of the
Ward
Leadership Directory
Bishopric
Hello Again Bishop
Ward Directory
Benefits of Using the
Directory
  As up to date as anything the Church as about
every member of the stake.
  As callings change, the directory gets updated by
the Ward Clerk or Ward Executive Secretary.
Lesson Schedules
  A brand new feature on LDS.org is the ability to
maintain lesson schedules online
Meetinghouse Locator
  Allows you to find the Ward and Building an
address is assigned to.
  Find out the name and phone number of the
Bishop of that Ward.
  Go to http://maps.lds.org
Meetinghouse Locator
Get the List
Get the Details
  Clicking on the Ward gets the details
Employment Resource
Services
Scriptures
Search Results
Read the Scriptures
Highlights, Notes and Tags
Study Notebook
Menu
Bible Videos
General Conference
Video, Audio and Print
Serving in the Church
Lesson Manuals
Magazines
Music
Mormon.org Profiles
  The
Mormon.org
web site has
great
resources for
people
interested in
the Church.
Create a profile
Overwhelmed Yet?
Resources
  On my web site:
  http://davidjohnston.org/churchweb
  You’ll find:
  This PowerPoint file as a PDF
  Handouts
  Contact me:
  Dave Johnston
  [email protected]
  707-228-5320
Church Web Resources
You don’t need to be a geek to use them