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How do i create a new circle like APYW or youth committee? How do I add people or a calling to a circle?

xxjt123xx wrote:How do i create a new circle like APYW or youth committee?

That feature is not yet available.

xxjt123xx wrote:How do I add people or a calling to a circle?

To edit members you must be an administrator. Currently each circle has default administrators only. If you are an administrator there should be an group icon in the upper right corner of the circle title line. Click that icon and then click the pencil in the blue circle icon in the lower right corner.

What if I am admin but do not have the option add to the circle?

What if I am admin.. it shows me in the list but I still do not have the options that you described?

michaeljharrell wrote:What if I am admin but do not have the option add to the circle?

michaeljharrell wrote:What if I am admin.. it shows me in the list but I still do not have the options that you described?

If you are an administrator and members can be added or removed from the list there should be an edit icon (pencil in a blue circle) in the lower right corner of your screen. Tap that and a new page will be displayed with the options Remove, Add Calling, and Add Person. If there is no edit icon then the circle does not allow editing members of that circle. One example is the My Household circle.

Our ward just split and I need to re do all of our circles. However, there are member that are no longer in our ward that are assigned to certain circles. I am the Bishop and I cannot edit any of the circles...

A ward split can take a week or two to process - especially if a new ward is created. If it split just yesterday, I'd wait and let the computers catch up. It can take up to 24 hours after a calling is recorded to get the rights that comes with those callings.

As a Stake Technologist, do I have a circle? If not, can we request one exist for this calling globally at the stake level?

We have had several people who have moved from the Ward (2 months ago) and still show in the circle. Others have graduated High School and are attending Elders Quorum and still show in our Priest Quorum Circle. Can this be edited

nchadbar wrote: Thu Sep 01, 2022 7:48 am We have had several people who have moved from the Ward (2 months ago) and still show in the circle. Others have graduated High School and are attending Elders Quorum and still show in our Priest Quorum Circle. Can this be edited

If you look in Member Tools, do the changes appear there?

The changes do not show in tools. That's only place I look at it as well.

nchadbar wrote: Thu Sep 01, 2022 12:25 pm The changes do not show in tools. That's only place I look at it as well.

That suggests the changes haven't been made to the records. Work with the clerk to resolve how it shows in Member Tools.

@jdlessley, your answers to these posts seem to address adding people to a circle, which I cannot get to work, by the way. But don't address adding a new circle. I would like to add a circle for ward young men leadership and a circle for ward youth leadership, but cannot add a circle. Back to adding people to a circle, I am the bishop. I am the administrator. But when I try to add a person to a circle (for example, adding my Priest Quorum Specialist to the Priest Quorum group), I can add the calling but when I try to add a person, I can select the person from the ward list, but after selecting that member, the Add button in the top right is not responsive and I can not add the person.

blakecurry wrote: Tue Nov 01, 2022 5:03 pm I would like to add a circle for ward young men leadership and a circle for ward youth leadership, but cannot add a circle.

I don't believe that feature has been implemented yet. I have not seen anyone mentioning it being implemented and I have not seen any method in the app to accomplish that. Only the default circles appear to be usable.

blakecurry wrote: Tue Nov 01, 2022 5:03 pmBack to adding people to a circle, I am the bishop. I am the administrator. But when I try to add a person to a circle (for example, adding my Priest Quorum Specialist to the Priest Quorum group), I can add the calling but when I try to add a person, I can select the person from the ward list, but after selecting that member, the Add button in the top right is not responsive and I can not add the person.

When I add a person by name or by calling there is a few minutes delay after tapping the checkmark before the person or the person with the calling appears on the list. Sometimes I get a message at the bottom of the screen that it is going to take a few minutes. There are times when I get no message and it appears nothing is happening; but patience prevails after a few minutes and the list gets updated. I have only tried adding people or callings with my phone on WiFi. I have no idea how long it would take if I was using my data plan.

Can I add a new circle for Stake Youth Council ? Giving this feature to create circles would make the gospel living app the app of choice to our youth as it is intended when can something like this be available?

The last that anyone heard, the ability to create new circles is not available. No information about if/when the ability to create circles will be added.

I want a circle for just my wife and I. I cant remove m3mbers of my household to create it.
Who creates a new circle for only the people I invite? My bishop?

gknielsen wrote: Sun May 07, 2023 10:12 pm I want a circle for just my wife and I. I cant remove m3mbers of my household to create it.
Who creates a new circle for only the people I invite? My bishop?

Custom circles are still not yet available.

Hello :

I support the he idea of adding the ability for leaders or a member of the bishopric to create custom circles for their units to use.

This will allow organization leaders to create groups such as "youth leaders" or "service committee" or other groups with specific members participating in that group.

This will also allow organizations to drop all external applications such as whatsapp Facebook messenger and discord which have these features and keep participants safe from abuse form outside parties.

We've had a situation where a 3rd party threatened a youth on FB with sharing doctored inappropriate pictures to their FB church friends. Having control over who accesses the platform such as circles will help eliminate these situations.

Thanks


Herb Cruz
Mission, BC, Canada

yongsa wrote: Mon May 29, 2023 9:28 am I support the he idea of adding the ability for leaders or a member of the bishopric to create custom circles for their units to use.

The forum is mostly user-to-user discussion and support. We can discuss it here but those who make the decisions most likely don't see what is being discussed here. The official channels involve either sending feedback through the in-app Send Feedback feature or to have the feedback sent up through leadership channels (bishop to stake president to area coordinating council and so on).

Just adding my voice in as well that it would be helpful if we could add local circles so that we could add things like the T&FH Committee or the Missionary Committee to the Unit Circles option.

just adding my voice in as well...

As previously mentioned, adding your voice here is unlikely to reach anyone connected to the decision-making process, as this Forum is primarily user-to-user discussion and self help. To add your voice and get it into the Church's system, please use the Feedback functionality available at the bottom of most Church webpages, or use the in-app "Send Feedback" available inside Gospel Living.

Hello developers, You are doing a great job with this application. Wards operate with many councils. There are no circles for Ward Temple and Family History Council and Ward Missionary Council. There are also circles needed for Sunday school teachers, RS teachers, EQ teachers, YM advisors, YW advisors. Please add these circles or give bishopric admin rights to create circles. Thanks Bishop Peter Jeffrey

pjeffrey wrote: Sun Feb 11, 2024 6:23 pm Hello developers, You are doing a great job with this application. Wards operate with many councils. There are no circles for Ward Temple and Family History Council and Ward Missionary Council. There are also circles needed for Sunday school teachers, RS teachers, EQ teachers, YM advisors, YW advisors. Please add these circles or give bishopric admin rights to create circles. Thanks Bishop Peter Jeffrey

Please see the post previous to yours. We are not the developers nor will posting here get the information to them. Please use feedback to do that. We are users of church systems, not church employees.

I have used the feedback within the application and do not get any response. How do I know anything is being done?

pjeffrey wrote: Sun Feb 11, 2024 7:46 pm I have used the feedback within the application and do not get any response. How do I know anything is being done?

You won't. They usually don't respond. That's not to say it's not being considered.

pjeffrey wrote: Sun Feb 11, 2024 7:46 pm I have used the feedback within the application and do not get any response.

That is the norm. We have been told by both the support people at the Global Services Department (GSD) and Church employees involved with the Tech Forum that the feedback system for mobile apps get the feedback to those responsible for reviewing feedback messages and making development decisions. Due to the limited staff to process the feedback messages and the number of messages received it is not practical to respond to each feedback message. If a response is warranted to get further information then a response is provided.

pjeffrey wrote: Sun Feb 11, 2024 7:46 pmHow do I know anything is being done?

Unfortunately you don't. Development efforts and timeline schedules are seldom released to the general membership. In the past when a development effort was announced and a timeline given and things changed or what was promised did not happen the blow-back was overwhelming. After the release of the Gospel Living app there was an announcement of two yet to be delivered features on the Church News website. One was the ability to create circles. The other was the intended development of adding access to nonmembers to the app. Neither have happened, nor is there any further information about those features' status.

Does the Living App now have the capability to add circles now? Like a family history circle?

mtonks wrote: Sun Apr 12, 2026 7:24 pm Does the Living App now have the capability to add circles now? Like a family history circle?

That feature has not been added yet. Whether there are plans to do so is unknown.