Circles

So, maybe I'm missing the feature/option but, for my kids who are deacons, teachers, and priests, can I not join those circles? If I can't, then my boys (I don't have any girls) who don't have phones will miss out on notifications since I'm not in the quorum circles and (while I can see what is posted if I go look for it ... which is nice) because I won't get notifications they won't either.
Is there a way to be added / invite parents to the quorum circles for those 8-18 yr-old youths who don't have a smart phone?

Also, separate but related, my newly-minted 18 yr-old (priest) is listed in "my household" but is not listed in "my children's circles" which seems wonky.

Additional thing I just noticed thanks to my wife just signing up, there is no Relief Society circles???

warrior12345 wrote:Additional thing I just noticed thanks to my wife just signing up, there is no Relief Society circles???

Nope. No elders quorum circle either. I think they should be added and that it would be an excellent idea to provide feedback to that effect.

We would love to see Circles for EQ & RF and Ward as well that would be so wonderful!! Who has access to make this happen ? Bishop ?

I'm the Elders Quorum President and I can't create a Circle? That would be considered an MVP feature.

In my opinion, the app is not yet ready for public release when it only supports Aaronic Priesthood (e.g., Bishopric) functions, but I'm looking forward to the full release of the app!

I hope the church will let us know when it's finally ready.

I recommend reviewing this church article, particularly the last section titled "A Developing Platform": https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/chu ... g=eng&_r=1, you will see that it is targeted first for use by children and youth, but more functionality and content/features may be added for all members to use and enjoy. The official way to request functionality in the app is by using feedback from within the app itself. There is no guarantee that comments made here on this user-to-user mutual help forum will make it to the developers or (more importantly) those who set their priorities.

Send feedback and make the suggestions. The app was developed to support the new Children and Youth program. Only the developers will be able to add other circles and they will only do it with instruction from those who asked them to develop the app, i.e., their priesthood leaders.

To have circles for RS and EQ would be a marvelous addition in my opinion. It would solve almost all of the physical communication challenges we have at present. I have sent feedback to that effect.

I expect that as soon as the app is stable now that it has been released to the youth of the Church worldwide, this may well be one of the first adjustments they make. But they will have to make it, and our Church leaders will need to assign them to do it.

lovingfam wrote:So, maybe I'm missing the feature/option but, for my kids who are deacons, teachers, and priests, can I not join those circles? If I can't, then my boys (I don't have any girls) who don't have phones will miss out on notifications since I'm not in the quorum circles and (while I can see what is posted if I go look for it ... which is nice) because I won't get notifications they won't either.
Is there a way to be added / invite parents to the quorum circles for those 8-18 yr-old youths who don't have a smart phone?

I'll second the need for the option to allow parents to receive notifications for their kids' circles. Our ward leaders have used group texting apps such as GroupMe to communicate but it does require maintaining contact lists. As a youth leader I would love to use Circles to make calendaring invites but if parents aren't made aware through notifications I'll end up using other means to get the word out. Circles is close but still lacking in my opinion.

The option for creating custom groups would also be helpful. We have our 8-11 yr old primary boys split into two groups, 8-9 yrs and 10-11 yrs.

As a member of the stake RS presidency, may I join a ward’s RS circle?

uniquedezigner wrote:As a member of the stake RS presidency, may I join a ward’s RS circle?

Probably not, except for your own ward RS circle. You might wish to send feedback through the app if you feel this would be of benefit.

Can any one please point me to where it tells me how circles are created.
Some seem to have appeared automatically, but we do not have circles for each primary class in our ward. Our primary president wants to know how to set them up.

A Primary child would need to have a Member Account and a mobile device to run the Gospel Living app.

sharpep wrote:Can any one please point me to where it tells me how circles are created.

Right now, that information isn't available. They just appear automatically.

I'm not sure what the situation is with Primary. Legal compliance with COPPA may play a role in if/what circles are available.

But for starters, I'd see if the class presidents have joined the app. I have a theory that circles do not appear until the appropriate leaders sign on to supervise the interaction.

What is the desktop browser link to Circles?

I can't figure out how to use Circles on the computer.

davidtav wrote:What is the desktop browser link to Circles?

I can't figure out how to use Circles on the computer.

Right now it's Android and iOS only. No Windows/Mac or web access.

At the very minimum, Leaders need to have access to create and manage circles. (Parents are 'leaders' in their homes) Please - we have so many Ward members relying on GroupMe and it seems like Living is close, but the Circles element is keeping many of our leaders from wanting the push, or even use the app.

elpearce wrote:At the very minimum, Leaders need to have access to create and manage circles

Please note the feature to create or edit circles is not yet available.

Quick Feedback on Cirlcles:

It would be great to be able to reply directly to a persons comment in circles and have it embeded below their comment. It would also be great to be able to give a few additional reactions to people's comments. Maybe have a 'Like', 'Love', 'Curious', 'Care', etc type reactions.

sorensonlinc wrote:Quick Feedback on Cirlcles:

It would be great to be able to reply directly to a persons comment in circles and have it embeded below their comment. It would also be great to be able to give a few additional reactions to people's comments. Maybe have a 'Like', 'Love', 'Curious', 'Care', etc type reactions.

Feature requests are best submitted from within the app (go to your Profile within the APP and select "Send Feedback"). There is no guarantee that anything posted here will find its way to those who direct the programmer's priorities.

Did this ever get resolved? Most of the Deacons do not have phones and parents need to be added to the Deacons Circle group. Having them all in the adults area is not as good. Can I just add all parents to the Deacons group? Any other ideas? We were using GroupMe but want to use Circles. Also, not having a PC browser option for this is a downer.