HT district supervisor

I'm trying to make changes in the HT organization and can't see how to change a District Supervisor.
When I go into HT>Companionships I see where you can bring up the current District Supervisors and I see the the drop down arrow adjacent to the current supervisor however it only allows me to select one of the CURRENT supervisors and does not allow me to enter a new individual to fill that role?...how do you change supervisors?

The drop down should show those in the presidency and those with the HT district supervisor calling, so if you don't see the person listed you may need to add them in the calling first.

I'm trying to install a District Supervisor in the High Priest Group who's Priesthood is Elder.
Is this not allowed? He is attached to the HP Group. Apparently the system won't allow?

kirtkennedy wrote:I'm trying to install a District Supervisor in the High Priest Group who's Priesthood is Elder.
Is this not allowed? He is attached to the HP Group. Apparently the system won't allow?

The system does not allow an elder to be assigned as a home teaching district supervisor in the high priests group.

scgallafent wrote:The system does not allow an elder to be assigned as a home teaching district supervisor in the high priests group.

Any chance of running this by the Priesthood Committee? It seems like if this is a desired restriction, it should be in the Handbook. It's sad to call someone to a position and only when they go to record it do they find they can't.

russellhltn wrote:

scgallafent wrote:The system does not allow an elder to be assigned as a home teaching district supervisor in the high priests group.

Any chance of running this by the Priesthood Committee? It seems like if this is a desired restriction, it should be in the Handbook. It's sad to call someone to a position and only when they go to record it do they find they can't.

Actually, as I read the Handbook, I don't see any justification for having anyone function as a Home Teaching District Supervisor except for an actual member of the Elders Quorum Presidency or the High Priests Group Leadership. So the restriction you are asking about is already in the Handbook.

Note that Handbook 2, Section 7.4.4 simply says: "Quorum and group leaders receive monthly home teaching reports from each companionship." There is no mention of anyone else being authorized to receive monthly HT reports.

That's different from Handbook 2, Section 9.5.4, which says regarding Visiting Teaching: "The Relief Society presidency or those who are called to assist them receive monthly reports from visiting teachers" (emphasis added).

That does raise the question as to why MLS and LCR allow non-leaders to be put in the HT District Supervisor calling, but that would be a different topic.

aebrown wrote:That does raise the question as to why MLS and LCR allow non-leaders to be put in the HT District Supervisor calling, but that would be a different topic.

Valid point, and one that probably should be resolved first.

But if the calling is in the system, and there is a restriction on who can hold it, it would be nice if that was outlined in the Handbook. Even if it's just broad wording stating all callings in the HP must be held by a HP, unless stated otherwise.

russellhltn wrote:

scgallafent wrote:The system does not allow an elder to be assigned as a home teaching district supervisor in the high priests group.

Any chance of running this by the Priesthood Committee? It seems like if this is a desired restriction, it should be in the Handbook. It's sad to call someone to a position and only when they go to record it do they find they can't.

I know there has been some review going on, but don't know if this specific item is being addressed. Feedback (either through the LCR feedback form or through a question from your stake president to his area authority seventy) would be the best way to approach this.

Not only does this affect HT District Supervisors, it also affects instructors. We have 2 different instructors in our HP Group that are not ordained HP's and LCR won't allow them to be put in that calling. They've served there for some time now. Do we release them?

kirtkennedy wrote:Not only does this affect HT District Supervisors, it also affects instructors. We have 2 different instructors in our HP Group that are not ordained HP's and LCR won't allow them to be put in that calling. They've served there for some time now. Do we release them?

Handbook 2: 7.3.4: "Likewise, the high priests group leader or one of his assistants calls and sets apart one or more high priests to serve as high priests group instructors."

The alternative is to ordain them to HP.

Let me try and explain the problem I have regarding this issue and Home Teaching as High Priest Group Leader in my Ward. I thought I would have access to all the Home Teaching Information as in MLS. In my Ward we have 12 Home Teaching Companionships consisting of High Priest and High Priest or Elder and Elder or High Priest and Elder or Elder and Teacher. In MLS the 12 companionships were divided into 4 districts each District containing 3 Companionships. District 1 High Priest District 2 EQP District 3 EQP Counc and District 4 EQP Counc. In MLS I could see all the Home Teaching Information in all the Districts but in LCR The only Home Teaching information that I can see are the 3 companionships in my District. I can't see anything from the other 3 Districts even the High Priests in those Districts. I can't even add Home Teaching that I have done myself. I was looking forward to when I could add the Home Teaching Information at home instead of using MLS at the Chapel but with this problem in not being able to add or even see the full Home Teaching information it seems using LCR is a step backwards. Am I the only person who has this problem? Is there a way of sorting it out? At Church today I spoke to the Ward Clerk in my Ward and he tried several things but we could not overcome this problem. Please help

Hi joinesgs. Welcome to the forum. From your post, I'm making some assumptions:

• You are using the LCR 3.0 beta
• Your calling is a HT district supervisor for High Priests
• You don't have another calling, such as HP group leadership
• Your priesthood is High Priest
• You are not in your own HT district

If any of those assumptions are incorrect, please correct them so people here can better help you.

I don't have access to LCR 3.0 yet, but from what I've gathered from posts, you would only see people in your district if you're a district leader. When I've been an HT district leader, I've always been in my own district, but it appears that you are not. That's why you can't enter your own HT info.

MLS had a poor sense of security. With the move to on-line, the security model is revamped.

I'm not sure why you'd need to see HT information outside of your district unless your calling doesn't accurately reflect your assignment.

From what joinesgs stated in the OP he is the High Priest Group Leader.

joinesgs wrote:Let me try and explain the problem I have regarding this issue and Home Teaching as High Priest Group Leader in my Ward.

As such he should be able by virtue of his calling to see all home teaching for the High Priest Group. It appears to me there is a bug that for some reason is treating his access as though he should only have access to a single home teaching district. The High Priest Group Leader should have access to all aspects of home teaching record keeping. Otherwise, how is he to create and edit home teaching districts and home teaching assignments.

joinesgs wrote:I thought I would have access to all the Home Teaching Information as in MLS.

If things are working as it should you would have access to all the home teaching information for the High Priest Group.

I'm not clear on how organizing districts work – are some districts organized and designated as under the elders quorum, and others under the high priests? If so, maybe the district he is assigned to is under the jurisdiction of the elders quorum so he doesn't have access.

sbradshaw wrote:I'm not clear on how organizing districts work – are some districts organized and designated as under the elders quorum, and others under the high priests? If so, maybe the district he is assigned to is under the jurisdiction of the elders quorum so he doesn't have access.

I think that's the problem. Families are assigned to quorums by the bishop. I believe districts are created in/by the quorums. He probably doesn't have access to the districts in/assigned the EQ.

I am HP group leader but our ward has combined Elders and High Priests as companionships. The problem is that I cannot view the companionship lists created by the Elders but I can see their reporting. LDs.org will not allow duplication of companionships under different log-ins so how are we both going to edit the companionships and keep the reporting acurate?

iangclark wrote:I am HP group leader but our ward has combined Elders and High Priests as companionships. The problem is that I cannot view the companionship lists created by the Elders but I can see their reporting. LDs.org will not allow duplication of companionships under different log-ins so how are we both going to edit the companionships and keep the reporting acurate?

The elders quorum president will edit the companionships he created and you will edit yours. As the system is presently set up, you will not be able to edit each other's companionships.

jonesrk wrote:The drop down should show those in the presidency and those with the HT district supervisor calling, so if you don't see the person listed you may need to add them in the calling first.

Hello are you saying that the District Super Visor is a callng that need to be called and sustained? is there an article that talks about District Supervisor at the lds.org?

nelsondoverte wrote:

jonesrk wrote:The drop down should show those in the presidency and those with the HT district supervisor calling, so if you don't see the person listed you may need to add them in the calling first.

Hello are you saying that the District Super Visor is a callng that need to be called and sustained? is there an article that talks about District Supervisor at the lds.org?

No. The instruction to "add them in the calling" simply means that you assign that calling to them in LCR. The vast majority of HT district supervisors are members of the HP group leadership or EQ presidency, and they would never be called and sustained separately as HT district supervisors.