Online Access to "Community Service Guidebook" and the "JustServe Supplement"

Our Stake is rolling out "Justserve.org" committees, and we are scrambling for resources. I can see a "Just Serve Handbook" (https://store.lds.org/webapp/wcs/stores ... 5616981721) at store.lds.org, and I understand there are both a "Community Service Guidebook" and a "Community Service Guidebook: JustServe Supplement" on the lds app.

But usually, manuals like this are somewhere on lds.org to view, even if it's just as a .pdf. Are these online somewhere that they can be viewed, or downloaded?

Or are they only accessible if we buy them from the store or have device with the lds app installed?

I tried searching for them on lds.org. The odd part is the search engine seemed to anticipate my request, but the results were disappointing.

russellhltn wrote:I tried searching for them on lds.org. The odd part is the search engine seemed to anticipate my request, but the results were disappointing.

This is my most frequent complaint about the search function on lds.org!

Consider using the Feedback link near the bottom of the justserve.org page, to request that these materials be made available for online viewing and download.

landbeck wrote:Or are they only accessible if we buy them from the store or have device with the lds app installed?

They are accessible if you have a calling that requires it. Please see your high councilor over JustServe or a member of your stake presidency who is heading up the charge. With their permission, your stake clerk should be able to set up access for you.

lajackson wrote:They are accessible if you have a calling that requires it.

That's interesting. I see both in Gospel Library, but can't find it on lds.org. That might suggest that the rights to view are inconsistent.

russellhltn wrote:

lajackson wrote:They are accessible if you have a calling that requires it.

That's interesting. I see both in Gospel Library, but can't find it on lds.org. That might suggest that the rights to view are inconsistent.

Then perhaps the original question stands: Where are they hiding at LDS.org. They are new to Gospel Library (I will have to enter a WiFi site to download them), but they usually hit LDS.org first.

lajackson wrote:

landbeck wrote:Or are they only accessible if we buy them from the store or have device with the lds app installed?

They are accessible if you have a calling that requires it.

Once they are given access by their calling, *where* do they go to access it? Usually, I can find a url that links to the page for a document, but if it is limited by calling, it requires a login.

I cannot find a url to the document.

landbeck wrote:Once they are given access by their calling, *where* do they go to access it?

When I previously had access to JustServe, I believe I had to sign into the JustServe site before I was able to see anything. I think there was a section for leaders that priesthood leader information.

Both of the handbooks are in the Public Affairs Network portion of LDS.org

cmankowski wrote:Both of the handbooks are in the Public Affairs Network portion of LDS.org

The publicaffairs.lds.org page contains the following paragraph:

If you serve on a public affairs council or as a priesthood adviser to a public affairs council, please log in here with your LDS Account.

Presumably, someone serving in such a capacity, would gain access to these handbooks after logging in.

I'm having the same issue in Oklahoma. Trying to find Community Service Guidebook and Just Serve Supplement on LDS.org in order to share at a state-wide Just Serve training seminar tomorrow. I've spent several weeks trying to track down the location of these manuals on LDS.org...like previous posts, they are available on Gospel Library for all to see (both iOS and Android stores have it on their app).

I have logged into LDS.org with my Public Affairs permissions and these guidebooks are not on LDS.org.

Can we please remedy this, overseer of tech.lds.org?

Ryan

ryanmckinley wrote:Can we please remedy this, overseer of tech.lds.org?

LDSTech is just a community support forum, so no one here can remedy this (and there are no overseers, either ).

You could try using the Feedback link on LDS.org to make your suggestion, or perhaps your stake president could consult with your area seventy or some area public affairs directors.

ryanmckinley wrote:I'm having the same issue in Oklahoma. Trying to find Community Service Guidebook and Just Serve Supplement on LDS.org in order to share at a state-wide Just Serve training seminar tomorrow. I've spent several weeks trying to track down the location of these manuals on LDS.org...like previous posts, they are available on Gospel Library for all to see (both iOS and Android stores have it on their app).

I have logged into LDS.org with my Public Affairs permissions and these guidebooks are not on LDS.org.

Can we please remedy this, overseer of tech.lds.org?

Ryan

Did you try going to this page I mentioned in the post immediately preceding your post?

Yes, but that hadn't worked. It is just a intro page. After some hustling, the region specialist finally confirmed that it is only available on LDS.org thru credentialed PA workers on the site. And it is buried, at that. But the treasure map, as I have found, is as follows:
LDS.org
Login
Serve and Teach
Callings/All Callings
Public Affairs
Topics (Far Left)
Just Serve
Community Service Guidebook (Jan 2017) & Comm Service Supplement (Dec 2016)

A general search on the LDS.org site will not lead to this, and that is a big part of the problem.

ryanmckinley wrote:But the treasure map, as I have found, is as follows:
LDS.org
Login
Serve and Teach
Callings/All Callings
Public Affairs

At least for me, those steps takes me to publicaffairs.lds.org mentioned upthread. That may shorted the treasure map.

But without the right calling, you won't see the next step.

One wonders about the search software and help menu. I don't know coding, but can it be that hard? I'll help if that will do any good !

Did you ever find your pdf version? I had found it when I was called a couple of months ago and can send you the link if you would like

Sally from BC Canada

This is a couple of years after the original post, but you can find the manuals online here (no sign-in required):
https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/stu ... e?lang=eng