Luckily our stake sent us a heads up about the requirement to meet together to watch the video.drepouille wrote:Back on 4 Dec 2019 when I became aware of this new training video, I sent the link to my bishopric, and asked them each to watch the video. Yesterday, we received an email from our stake auditor, quoting a new question on the end-of-year audit. The question asks if the bishopric, ward clerk, and assistant clerk for finances "met together" to watch this video during the audit period.
This is the first I have heard of any requirement that we view this video together. Since the assistant clerk never meets with the bishopric, that seems like a strange requirement.
Our stake president was assigned by the area seventy last fall to see that this video was shown to everyone in the stake who handles finances, and to report back to the area seventy within 30 days that the assignment had been completed.chriswoodut wrote:I wonder why this information isn't sent directly to the ward clerks rather than routing through the stake, or at least send it simultaneously to both.
I thought it was on point for bishops, counselors, and clerks. We did discuss and made sure we were following the procedures it talked about. I appreciated the clarity around the discussion of fast offering use, use of government assistance, responsibility of family for support, etc.BrianEdwards wrote:We had our local audit yesterday, and received an email 3 days prior from our auditor, with the request to meet and watch it together before the audit. So a somewhat-similar situation where local leaders were made aware of this requirement last-minute. We squeezed it in (fulfilling the letter of the law), but had other pressing issues so couldn't discuss it (missing the intent, perhaps). Perhaps other Stakes are more pro-active in giving a heads-up.
My actual question regarding the video is that it sure seemed like it was intended for a Stake President & Bishop's Council. So wondering if anyone on this thread had this type of meeting, or is everyone's experience simply watching it at the unit level?
I saw it done at a bishopric training meeting held by the stake. Since it is to be viewed every six months, and since there are a limited number of training meetings (1 to 4) during the year, I expect that the wards and branches will be on their own for future viewings.BrianEdwards wrote:My actual question regarding the video is that it sure seemed like it was intended for a Stake President & Bishop's Council. So wondering if anyone on this thread had this type of meeting, or is everyone's experience simply watching it at the unit level?
We were just audited and our auditor said yes, the bishopric must watch it together every audit period.drepouille wrote:But will the bishopric be required to watch this same video "together" during every audit period?
If you are trying to use the forum like a search engine, it doesn't work that way.larryharrod wrote:Sacred funds video
I am not in a position where I would have received official communication, so I do not know. However, over the years I can think of quite a number of financial requirements that I first learned about at the audit originally incorporating the question.daveywest wrote:Does anyone have citation to an official communication or other letter detailing the requirement?
For us, it came through the stake and not directly to our ward.daveywest wrote:Thanks for the help all. We were caught off guard with the new audit question pertaining to this video. Does anyone have citation to an official communication or other letter detailing the requirement? It's troubling that we have an audit question about a new policy that is not documented anywhere.
Just to complete this question, yes the above referenced link does indeed have a Spanish version available.SEC96 wrote:Does anyone know if this video is available to watch in Spanish? I'm a clerk in a Spanish-speaking branch. The video is not available from the Finance, Help, Financial Training Videos as it it on the English site. I also searched the name of the video in Spanish but didn't find anything. Thank you.
General Handbook, 34.5, addresses viewing the video. It states: "Bishoprics and clerks review the video 'Sacred Funds, Sacred Responsibilities' at least once a year." In the video there are several pauses where the topic just presented can be discussed. This implies having a group together to have that discussion. The question in the audit asks if the bishopric and clerks viewed the video together in the past twelve months. Our stake recommends being physically together when practicable but permits streaming meetings.KRLehnardt wrote: Sun Sep 08, 2024 1:45 pm I've looked in the handbook but haven't found anything that states the requirement of needing to meet together in person to watch the video. Does anyone know of such a reference in the handbook or somewhere?
This is not a new question. It has been on the audit form since at least the mid-year 2020 audit. "Did the bishopric, the ward clerk, and the assistant ward clerk assigned to finances meet together to view the trainingchriswoodut wrote: Sun Feb 23, 2020 9:02 pmFor us, it came through the stake and not directly to our ward.daveywest wrote:Thanks for the help all. We were caught off guard with the new audit question pertaining to this video. Does anyone have citation to an official communication or other letter detailing the requirement? It's troubling that we have an audit question about a new policy that is not documented anywhere.
I asked our auditor today if we had to watch this same video every 6 months and he was not sure. The question is very specific to this video. In the past, the question was just general about receiving some sort of training during the 6 months. Now it uses the name of the video in the question. Whether that question will be around next time or not, seems to be the question we're all wondering.