Ward Calling List

My Bishop asked me if there is a compiled list of all possible callings within a ward. I have googled Ward Calling Lists, Ward Org Chart, etc.. but to no avail.

If any knows of or has such I list I would love to get a copy.

Thank you in advance,

Bret A. Higgins
Ward Clerk

bretangie wrote:My Bishop asked me if there is a compiled list of all possible callings within a ward. I have googled Ward Calling Lists, Ward Org Chart, etc.. but to no avail.

If any knows of or has such I list I would love to get a copy.

I would start with those listed in the Church Handbook of Instructions. Those are the callings the Church has determined are necessary for the ideal ward - whatever that may be. Most of those that are listed there are available in MLS by selecting 'Organizations>Reports>Callings by Organizations'. And then in each organiztion you can select 'Add Position' and then next to the 'Position' text box click the 'Select' button to bring up a list of standard callings for that organization.

While this does not give you a list of all callings in one easy to view location you can see what callings the Church finds necessary for the ideal ward.

To list all possible callings cannot be done because each local leader has the authority to determine the callings necessary within the umbrella of their stewardship and as prompted by the Holy Spirit.

Bret,

I have attached a Word doc with a list of callings in a BYU singles ward I was in 4 years ago. Each section of callings has a reference to the appropriate section from CHI Books 1 and 2. No personal information is in this document as far as I'm aware. It may be of some help. Since it was for a singles ward, it did not include High Priests', YW/YM, Primary, Scouting, etc... I echo JD's suggestions as well.

Sincerely,

Karl Greenwood
BYU 100th Ward Publicity Chair
BYU 20th Stake Directory Specialist

I just went through the organizations in MLS and extracted the standard callings listed there and put them into a single list. It is attached

EDIT: The outdated attachment has been deleted. See post #11 for a more current list.

Attached is a copy compiled some time ago in our ward

bretangie wrote:My Bishop asked me if there is a compiled list of all possible callings within a ward. I have googled Ward Calling Lists, Ward Org Chart, etc.. but to no avail.

If any knows of or has such I list I would love to get a copy.

Thank you in advance,

Bret A. Higgins
Ward Clerk

Just wanted to send out a thanks to all that replied to my request. Especially those that attached a compiled list, many hands make light work. I am indebted.

With gratitude,

Bret

As a relatively new branch president - thank you! We have some investigators in our branch, and while we want to give assignments/callings - the call needs to be suitable. So many times in small branches new converts are burned out - too much too soon. Thank you once again!

Yours in the Gospel,

Shawn A

For those reading this thread for the first time, please note that this thread is nearly ten months old as of this post. The standardized callings list in MLS has change slightly from the one that existed in November 2008. The procedure to get the callings list I described in post #2 is still valid. Only now since MLS version 3.0 there is a quicker way to get the standard callings list, or as MLS calls it, the standard positions list. Before this method is available a non-standard position must exist. For most units it is very likely that a non-standard position already exists without having to create one.

The procedure is:

1. Select Organizations > Reports/Tools > Custom Positions Review
2. Click any "Find nearest match" link for any custom position on the list
3. When the "Standard Positions List (Nearest Match)" appears click the "Show All" button in the lower left of the dialog box.
4. Select any position on the list and select Control+Shift+C on the keyboard to copy the list to the clipboard.
5. Past the list into any spreadsheet or word processing program for further manipulation. I prefer a spreadsheet for an easier manipulation of columns and position sorting.

jdlessley wrote:I just went through the organizations in MLS and extracted the standard callings listed there and put them into a single list. It is attached

This is beautiful! I have posted this on the Callings wiki page.

CzechRM wrote:This is beautiful! I have posted this on the Callings wiki page.

I just did a cursory check of that list against the standard positions list in MLS 3.0.2 and that list has changed.

Attached is an MLS 3.0.2 list of standard postitions.

You wouldn't have something like this in an excel format would you?

Thanks for the help.

gb

Anyone with access to MLS can get the list of standard callings. The method I use is to go to Organiztions > Reports//Tools > Custom Positions Review and select the "Find nearest match" link for a non-standard position. This of course requires that there be at least one person with a non-standard position. You can temporarily create one if there are none. At the next pop-up dialog click the Show All button. You will then have all the standard positions displayed. With one position selected (focus needs to be on any calling in the list), copy the list to the clipboard by pressing Shift+Ctrl+C. You can then paste the contents of the clipboard into any program, such as Excel, for manipulation.

welcome to the forum gbaugh!

gbaugh wrote:You wouldn't have something like this in an excel format would you?

jdlessley wrote:Anyone with access to MLS can get the list of standard callings...

Do a "quick and dirty" conversion: Open jdlessley's PDF file, select all the text columns with your mouse, and "copy" to the clipboard, then paste into your blank excel (openoffice) document, (or text document, etc.,) and you have his list as an excel document... with a few tweaks needed.

I've attached it here, although I think an output from your ward's MLS using jdlessley's method to excel would be more useful, and more up-to-date!

Hello everybody....first of all thank you for the list of callings. Now my question...how can I get this list if the MLS isn not yet available in our country. I was just called as the branch president a while ago and this would come in real handy.

Thanks to all,

Davor

majc_davor wrote:Hello everybody....first of all thank you for the list of callings. Now my question...how can I get this list if the MLS isn not yet available in our country. I was just called as the branch president a while ago and this would come in real handy.

First of all, welcome to the Forum! We appreciate hearing questions from around the world.

If MLS is not available in your country, then your situation is obviously different from most people here on the forum. You've seen the lists posted in this thread, and you are welcome to use those lists in any way that is helpful.

But until MLS becomes available in your country, you won't be able to assign any of these standard callings to members of your branch (unless your district presidency has some way to do so that I'm not familiar with). For most branches, I would think that the number of members is small enough that it shouldn't be hard to keep track of those with callings in some other way, such as a spreadsheet or a document.

If I have misunderstood your question, please try to rephrase it so we can give you the help you need.

majc_davor wrote:Hello everybody....first of all thank you for the list of callings. Now my question...how can I get this list if the MLS isn not yet available in our country. I was just called as the branch president a while ago and this would come in real handy.

Thanks to all,

Davor

Alan_Brown wrote: But until MLS becomes available in your country, you won't be able to assign any of these standard callings to members of your branch (unless your district presidency has some way to do so that I'm not familiar with).

With the next release of the online MLS (currently I believe the beta version is better than the new version I gave) tools you will be able to begin managing the standard positions there. That will give you the standard list for a branch and allow you to assign people to those positions.

I apologize if this is addressed elsewhere, but I get an "Access Denied" on the link you put in the post. What positions have rights? I am an Assistant Ward Clerk over Membership with a standard calling and responsibilities to manage callings. Is this beta limited to Ward Clerk and not assistants?

kgthunder wrote:I apologize if this is addressed elsewhere, but I get an "Access Denied" on the link you put in the post. What positions have rights? I am an Assistant Ward Clerk over Membership with a standard calling and responsibilities to manage callings. Is this beta limited to Ward Clerk and not assistants?

I believe that currently it is only available to the Bishop, Ward Clerk and Ward Executive Secretary at the ward level. Similar at the stake level.

Thanks so much I'm using this list in my Seminary class to show the students how many calling it takes to run just one ward.. How it is important for everyone to do their part and to do it well. K Calderwood ....Alaska

The Church has a list of possible callings that are automated in MLS. To get a print off of this list, log onto your lds.org account and if you are Bishopric/Stake Level authorized, you are able to access a list of Callings By Organization. To access this, go to lds.org -> Tools -> Leader Resources -> click Organizations -> Callings by Organization. Further, you can narrow down your search by listing Filled callings, Unfilled callings, and custom positions within your Ward. And yes, you can print these respective lists.

I would also like a copy. I am not on the computer much and would like something like this to have on my white board so I can see at a glance which callings need to be filled.

Bishop Lee Sadler

connierosewells wrote:I would also like a copy. I am not on the computer much and would like something like this to have on my white board so I can see at a glance which callings need to be filled.

Bishop Lee Sadler

I'm not sure what you are talking about when you say you would "like a copy." A copy of what? I reviewed this thread, and everything that is discussed is either attached to a post, which you can download (but be aware that some of the posts in this thread are quite old and may not be consistent with the current Handbooks and MLS), or it is simply instructions of how to gather information from MLS or lds.org. The original post requests a copy of a list of callings, but later posts explain how you can obtain an up-to-date list of callings yourself. Please review the thread, and if you still have questions, let us know specifically what you are looking for.

I am not sure where to post this so I may try several. I have been able to print out the callings list from MLS for the Bishopric and ward council to consider we found that several standard callings are currently non existant such as "family history extraction worker" and yet there is no calling listed for "family history indexing" specialist. What can we do to get the standard calling list updated? Who do we contact to get this action done?

thanks,

hadfieldgr wrote:I am not sure where to post this so I may try several.

Please follow the Code of Conduct and do not duplicate posts.

hadfieldgr wrote:I have been able to print out the callings list from MLS for the Bishopric and ward council to consider we found that several standard callings are currently non existant such as "family history extraction worker" and yet there is no calling listed for "family history indexing" specialist. What can we do to get the standard calling list updated? Who do we contact to get this action done?

The standard callings found in MLS are the same as those in the Handbook. If you find a standard position listed in the Handbook but not in MLS you can provide feedback through the MLS messaging system or as listed here.

Thank you very much for the information

I have been called a week ago and find this helpfull to us.. thank you very much