Videos re Seniors as Missionaries

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Videos Related to Seniors Serving As Missionaries

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For Missionary Candidates

Elder Rasband's Call for more Senior Missionaries
Elder Rasband's 13-minute General Conference talk on seniors serving as missionaries. [General Conference, 9/30/2023] 1080p version
Narrated Slide Show: Missionary Work for Seniors
Presentation about both away-from-home and live-at home missionary service.
Joy of A Full-Time Mission
Video about missionaries serving in the Phillipines
Search for Full-Time Mission Opportunities
How to search on the Senior Missionary Website for full-time service opportunities that might be selected as preferences.
Applying for A Mission Recommendation
This 7-minute video demonstrates how to submit your online application for a recommendation to be a Senior Service Missionary.
Joy of Senior Service Missionaries. Video in which several service missionaries share their testimonies about the different types of work that they are doing.

Priesthood Approvals

Bishop's Approval in MRS
9½-minute tutorial video for Bishops on approving Senior Service Missionaries in MRS.
Stake President's Approval in MRS and SMMS
13-minute video tutorial for Stake Presidents on approving Senior Service Missionary applications in MRS and SMMS. [The SMMS portion begins at 9:40.]

SMMS

Stake President Delegation in SMMS. 2½‑minute how-to-delegate video for Stake Presidents.
Create Assignment. Video demonstrating creation of new Senior Service Missionary assignment in SMMS. [~5 mins. Instructions for virtual assignments starts at 2:54.]
How “Sticky Filters” Work. Video demonstrating how search filters in SMMS remain effective even after leaving a page.
Using the Global Limiter. Video demonstrating how to limit what is seen on multiple pages in SMMS.

SMMS (Continued)

Operation's SMMS Configuration. Video demonstrating how an Operation Manager can set up SMMS by creating authorized users, designating the General Contact, and delegating authority. Click here for a time index for that video.
Assignment Changes by Operation Manager. Video demonstrating how an Operation Manager may modify the end date of a Senior Service Missionary's assignment or cancelt the assignment altogether.
Exporting SMMS Opportunities List to Excel. For a video tutorial of how to download opportunities from SMMS and create an Excel table that can be easily sorted and/or filtered, use one of these links: Using Excel online | Using Excel desktop

MISCELLANEOUS

Senior Missionaries Quarterly Report
How to navigate and extract information from the quarterly report for Coordinating Councils and Stakes.
Chrome cache-clearing extension. How to install an extension in Chrome (and other chromium-based browsers) to making clearing the browser cache much easier.

PAC Tool

Participating Stake
How to designate participating stakes for an operation.
Schedule of Non-VSA Dates
How to set up the dates on which no VSA wills be scheduled.
PAC Tool Data Entry for Temple VSAs
How to enter the data for VSAs, including shifts, days of the week, and the work schedules.
Finalizing Temple VSAs in the PAC Tool
How to finalize the VSAs for a Temple in the PAC Tool and generate specific schedules for the stakes.
Creating A Temple VSA Schedule for Each Stake
How to create a separate VSA schedule for each stake. (Version for 2026 VSAs.)

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