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update membership records not in our ward

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russell208
New Member
#1
A member in our ward wants to update his inactive son's records with the current address so that he can benefit from the care of local church leaders.

After searching the forum and FAQ, it appears as though we only can 'move-in' his records into our ward then immediately 'move-out' records to the current address out of our ward boundary.

Any other short cuts or procedures?
thanks,
rmrichesjr
Community Moderators
#2
Depending on details, another option might be to look up the unit leader of the son's current ward/branch and/or the unit leader of the ward/branch where the son now lives, transfer the information, and let the other unit(s) make the changes.
russellhltn
Community Administrator
#3
You might want to use the "special request" function in LCR to pass along the information.
Have you searched the Help Center? Try doing a Google search and adding "site:churchofjesuschrist.org/help" to the search criteria.

So we can better help you, please edit your Profile to include your general location.
rmrichesjr
Community Moderators
#4
russellhltn wrote: Sun Oct 31, 2021 8:29 pm You might want to use the "special request" function in LCR to pass along the information.
Where is that in LCR? I'm an assistant ward clerk, membership, but I don't see it. It is available only to bishops or their counselors?
russellhltn
Community Administrator
#5
I thought it was in LCR, but this post indicates it's only in MLS.
Have you searched the Help Center? Try doing a Google search and adding "site:churchofjesuschrist.org/help" to the search criteria.

So we can better help you, please edit your Profile to include your general location.
scgallafent
Church Employee
#6
Since the member has the address, one option would be to look up the correct ward in the meetinghouse locator (https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/maps/meetinghouses/), which will give him the bishop's contact information. He can call the bishop to give him the information needed for the bishop to move the records into the ward and can also talk with the bishop about his son's circumstances and what the bishop might do to support him. That's probably going to be a lot more valuable than just pushing a record into the ward and leaving it for the ward to figure out what to do.
russell208
New Member
#7
scgallafent wrote: Mon Nov 01, 2021 10:26 am Since the member has the address, one option would be to look up the correct ward in the meetinghouse locator (https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/maps/meetinghouses/), which will give him the bishop's contact information. He can call the bishop to give him the information needed for the bishop to move the records into the ward and can also talk with the bishop about his son's circumstances and what the bishop might do to support him. That's probably going to be a lot more valuable than just pushing a record into the ward and leaving it for the ward to figure out what to do.
This is perfect.
thank you all!