Ward Desk
Plan speakers and Christ-centered topics weeks ahead. Fill in the program, conduct from your phone, keep track of every member request, and run the building cleaning schedule. Your whole bishopric works from the same page, so nothing waits on a text thread or one person's spreadsheet.
Free for every ward or branch that signs up now, and it stays free for your ward. No member records stored. Not an official product of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Sound familiar?
You were called to minister, not to keep track of spreadsheets and texts. But someone still has to.
Did anyone ask a youth speaker for this week?
It's Saturday night and three people are scrolling the same text thread. Ward Desk shows every Sunday's speakers and where each one stands: asked, accepted or topic sent.
When did Brother Tyler last speak?
The speaking history lives on one counselor's laptop. Ward Desk keeps it in one place, so the whole bishopric can see who has spoken and when as you counsel together.
Can you think of a topic?
Topics get picked in a hurry, and some talks never get to the Savior. Ward Desk has 298 Christ-centered topics, each with scriptures and a way back to Christ.
Wait, which hymn are we singing?
Whoever is conducting puts the program together from sticky notes at 9:55. Ward Desk fills in the program from your calendar and gives you the words to read.
Bishop, could I get a few minutes this week?
Hallway requests are easy to forget by the time you reach the car. Ward Desk gives members one QR code, and every request goes into a queue.
Who's conducting next week?
The rotation lives in someone's head. Ward Desk rotates who conducts each month or each Sunday and fills it in.
Who's cleaning the building this Saturday?
The sign-up sheet in the foyer is half empty again. Ward Desk builds cleaning teams from your households and gives every Saturday a team and a team leader.
Does anyone on that team have a key?
A family shows up at 8:00 and the doors are locked. Ward Desk marks which households hold a key, from a key list the Ward Clerk keeps.
Is it our turn or the other ward's?
Nobody remembers which ward has the building this quarter. Ward Desk keeps the rotation with the other wards in your meetinghouse.
Four tools, one shared desk
A program that fills itself in, and a conducting script you can read from your phone or print.
See the program 2Plan speakers weeks ahead from an approved list, then send a Christ-centered assignment by text, email or QR code.
See speaking tools 3One QR code for interviews, Tithing Declaration, the clerk and suggestions, with each request sorted to the right queue.
See requests 4Cleaning teams, a key list, a team leader page and a shared rotation with the other wards in your building.
See building cleaningSundays
The Sundays page is the first thing every member of the bishopric sees. This Sunday, the next Sunday with speakers and the weeks after that, all on one screen.
Plan ahead
Plan ahead puts a month, 8 weeks or a quarter in one grid. Every speaking spot is a box. Drag a name into an open spot and it's scheduled.
Speaker list
The speaker list shows every approved speaker, when they last spoke and when they're scheduled next. As you prayerfully consider who to invite, the history is right there: who spoke recently, who is already scheduled, and who might be ready.
Bring your history with you
Most bishoprics already have a list of who spoke, when, and on what. Any member of the bishopric can bring it into Ward Desk in a few minutes, and the whole bishopric sees your past assignments right away.
Ask next
Inspiration about who should speak often comes during the week: a returned missionary, a family that just moved in, a youth who bore a strong testimony. Write it down on Ask next before you forget, then counsel together about it as a bishopric.
Speaking Topics and Assignments
We want every talk to center on Jesus Christ or come back to Him before it ends. Every topic in Ward Desk is written that way. You choose the topic, and Ward Desk writes up the assignment for you.
Search by word or scripture, or filter by gospel principle, part of the doctrine of Christ, holiday or special Sunday, adults, youth or children, and the Come, Follow Me 2027 reading.
Every topic has three scripture sets, with each verse quoted and linked to Gospel Library: 1,009 scripture links to 773 different passages across the Old Testament, New Testament, Book of Mormon, Doctrine and Covenants and Pearl of Great Price. Every topic also links two related general conference talks: 430 links to 317 different talks given from April 2012 to October 2026.
Filter for a youth speaker on the Sunday before Easter, or search for "Gethsemane" or "Alma 7". Topics marked for children are simple enough for a Primary child giving a short talk.
Pick one of three talk directions or let the speaker choose. Pick a scripture set or include all three. Keep the two related general conference talks or turn them off for this speaker.
Text it, email it, copy the link or print a card with a QR code. The speaker opens a clean page with everything they need, and you never have to retype it.
A talk means more when it comes from the speaker's own experience. Every topic offers three directions, and you decide how much to choose for them.
Open a topic to see three talk directions and three scripture sets, each with the verse quoted.
Add the name, Sunday and minutes, then save it to the calendar and send it.
The speaker doesn't need an account. They open the link or scan the QR code and see a simple page made for them.
Print it, post it, share it
Hand a speaker a card when you ask them in the hallway. Post one sign so the whole ward knows how to reach the bishopric. Every QR code opens the right page on any phone camera, with no app and no account.
Print a card for each assignment, or all of a Sunday's cards at once, two to a page. Each card has the topic, the Sunday, the minutes, the same 5 steps, the scriptures and a closing line for their testimony. One QR code opens the speaker's full assignment page. Two more open the related general conference talks.
One QR code for interviews, Tithing Declaration, the ward clerk and suggestions. Print it, or share the link wherever your ward already looks:
Sacrament Meeting Program and Conducting Assistant
Most of the program is already known: who conducts this month, who leads the music, which speakers accepted and how long they'll speak. Ward Desk fills all of that in, so you only add what's new this week.
Fill in (top) and Conduct (bottom), both on a phone.
Member Requests and Bishopric Queues
Print one QR sign for the bishop's office door or the foyer, or share the link in your ward's group chat. Members can reach the bishopric any time, without an account and without catching you in the hallway.
The bishopric's queue: interviews, clerk requests and suggestions, each with its own tab.
Building Cleaning Schedule
Build cleaning teams from your ward's households, give each Saturday a team and a team leader, and take turns with the other wards in your building. Members scan one QR code to see their Saturday.
The ward's QR page (left) and a team leader's page (right).
This turn: every Saturday, its team and leader, and whether it's done.
Teams: add households from the General list or a spreadsheet, and mark leaders.
Built to follow the General Handbook
Ward Desk keeps the planning a bishopric already does on paper and in text threads: who is speaking, on what, and who asked for a visit. It does not store member records or confidential Church information. Here is how it lines up with the Handbook.
"The bishopric plans and conducts sacrament meeting. They ensure that the focus of the meeting is on the sacrament and building faith in Jesus Christ."General Handbook 29.2.1.1, Planning Sacrament Meeting
Ward Desk: the program follows the order of the meeting listed in the Handbook, keeps the sacrament at the center, and its timing check helps keep the meeting to one hour.
"The bishopric extends invitations to speak well in advance of the meeting. Speakers bear testimony of Jesus Christ and teach His gospel using the scriptures."General Handbook 29.2.1.4, Selecting Speakers
Ward Desk: Plan ahead makes it easy to ask weeks early, and every topic is Christ-centered and built on scriptures, and the speaker's steps end with "Teach and bear testimony of our Savior."
"Ward and stake business, such as the following: Sustaining and releasing officers and teachers (see 30.3 and 30.6)."General Handbook 29.2.1.1, Planning Sacrament Meeting
Ward Desk: releases and sustainings always have their own lines on the program, even if you keep callings in LCR and turn Callings off in Ward Desk. Every part you can turn off says what still needs to happen, what to enter and what not to enter, with a link to the Handbook section.
"Ward and stake leaders should not store or share confidential Church information outside of Church-provided applications, systems, or internet services."General Handbook 38.8.32, Privacy of Members
Ward Desk: it is designed not to hold that kind of information. The Handbook's examples are membership status, temporal needs and other personal information that is not publicly available, and Ward Desk has no place for any of them.
"Leaders ensure that information that is gathered from members is: limited to what the Church requires, used only for approved Church purposes, given only to those who are authorized to use it."General Handbook 33.8, Confidentiality of Records
Ward Desk: each bishopric's team is invite-only, requests for the Bishop are seen only by the Bishop and the executive secretary, nothing is used for advertising, and finished requests delete themselves.
"Reassure the member that your conversation will be confidential."General Handbook 31, Interviews and Other Meetings with Members
Ward Desk: it only records that a member asked to meet. Members don't say why, and nothing from the conversation is ever entered.
"The use of LCR data and membership information in third-party software is prohibited."Church Technology Standards 4.8.3
Ward Desk: it never connects to Leader and Clerk Resources and never asks for LCR reports. You type the names, or bring in your own speaking list.
"Local leaders and members, including youth, have a responsibility to help keep each building clean and in good condition. The cleaning schedule should not be a burden on the members."General Handbook 35.4.1, Cleaning and Maintaining Meetinghouses
Ward Desk: teams are small and spread across the turn, families don't have to come all at once, and teams can choose another time, such as Friday evening.
Ward Desk is not an official product of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Leaders should follow the General Handbook and the direction of their stake president.
Private by design
Each bishopric has its own private team. Only people the team admin invites can see it.
Ward Desk holds no Church records or member data. It keeps only the first and last names you type for speaking assignments.
The Ward Desk app, speaker pages and request page load no analytics or advertising pixels. Your data is never sold.
Speaker names and programs are deleted after 3 years. Finished requests are deleted after 90 days.
Stake trek or youth conference coming up?
Stakes usually order the shirts for trek, youth conference and camps. If your stake is planning one, copy this note and send it to whoever is organizing it.
Join now, free for good
Every ward and branch that signs up now keeps Ward Desk free for good, through every bishopric that follows. Wards that join later will pay a small yearly fee. It works on any phone, tablet or computer, and you can add it to your Home Screen like an app.
Use a free Weak Things account. Sign in with a code sent to your email, or with Google.
Enter your ward name and send invite links to your counselors, executive secretary and clerks.
Add the names you already have, or import your speaking spreadsheet, then plan your next Sunday.
For your ward, yes, if you sign up now. Every ward or branch that starts using Ward Desk before paid plans begin keeps it free, even after a new bishopric is called. Wards that join after that will pay a small yearly fee. We'll post the date on this page well before that changes.
No. Ward Desk is a tool made to help bishoprics. It is not an official publication of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Follow the General Handbook and your stake's direction.
No. Ward Desk doesn't connect to Church systems and doesn't store any member records. It's a shared planning space for the things that usually live in text threads and spreadsheets: speakers, topics, the program and member requests.
Never. When you send an assignment or reply to a request, Ward Desk opens your own Messages or email app with the words ready, and you press send.
Only the people your team admin invites. Requests for the Bishop are seen only by the Bishop and the executive secretary, and the Bishop decides who sees everything else.
Tap Suggestions in Ward Desk. It goes to the people who build Ward Desk, not to your ward, and you choose whether we may write back.
Yes. One ward sets up the building and adds the other wards. Each ward builds its own teams, and the wards share only ward names and dates. A ward that isn't on Ward Desk can follow the rotation with a read-only link.
Nothing. There's no paid version and no trial period.
Yes. The pages you opened last are kept on your phone for 14 days, so the program and conducting view still open in a chapel with no signal.
Plan the speakers, send Christ-centered topics, conduct with confidence, answer every member request and keep the building clean, all from one place.
Screens show a demo ward with names from the Book of Mormon and Church history.
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