General Guidance on Exploring Service Opportunities

Doctrine and Covenants Section 58:27-28 instructs us to be "anxiously engaged in a good cause" and do many things of our own free will, "and bring to pass much righteousness."  The passage further explains that the power is in us wherein we are agents unto ourselves, and that inasmuch as we do good we shall in nowise lose our reward (verse 28 paraphrased).

Sources for Learning More About Service Opportunities

  1. First check Holladay North Stake's "Critical Needs" for Senior Missionary Service.  These critical needs come from the Cannery at Welfare Square and from the Holladay Coordinating Council of Stakes.
  2. After checking the "Critical Needs" list, you might also pursue other opportunities for Senior Missionary Service by reviewing a catalog of opportunities provided by the church (see below for a listing of the opportunities presented).  As you browse the catalog of opportunities, the website will invite you to log in to view opportunities close to where you live.  If you would like to browse opportunities available to you without further follow up from the website, you can select "continue without signing in" when prompted to sign in, then select "serve close to home or other location," then specify "Salt Lake City" as the location.  The following types of opportunities are presented on the website:
    • Teach and Fellowship
      • Member and Leader Support
      • Military Relations
      • Visitors' Centers and Historic Sites
      • Member and Leader Support (Senior Sisters)
      • Inner City Mission
    • Interact with the Public
      • Area Public Affairs
      • Headquarters Hosting
      • Headquarters Guest Services
    • Preserve and Share Church History
      • Area Church History Advisers and Specialists
      • Church Headquarters
      • Visitors' Centers and Historic Sites
    • Help People Find Their Ancestors
      • Area Family History Support
      • FamilySearch Centers
      • FamilySearch Support
    • Preserve Family History Records
      • Records Preservation
      • Book Scanning
    • Provide Humanitarian Aid
      • Welfare and Self Reliance Services
      • Welfare and Self Reliance Services Technical Specialists
      • Salt Lake Humanitarian Center
    • Feed the Hungry
      • Bishops' Storehouses
      • Home Storage Centers
      • Canneries and Production Facilities
    • Help People Become Self-Reliant
      • Self-Reliance Services
      • Employment Services
      • Healing Through the Savior: The Addiction Recovery Program
      • BYU Pathway Worldwide
      • Development Counseling
      • Inner City Mission
    • Support Church Operations
      • Church Headquarters
      • Mission Offices
      • Area Offices
    • Serve in a Temple
      • Temple
    • Support Young Adults
      • Seminaries and Institutes
      • Stake Young Single Adult Program (SYSAP)
      • Military Relations
    • Manage and Maintain Church Properties and Facilities
      • Recreational Properties
      • Historic Sites Maintenance
      • Farmland Reserve - Construction
      • Welfare Farms and Ranches
      • Building Maintenance
    • Use Your Professional Skills
      • Health Care
      • Church Education Systems
      • Legal Support
      • Church Headquarters
  3. The church also has need for couples and single adults to serve as full time missionaries.  Refer to Section 24.2.3 of the Church Handbook to learn more about serving as a Senior Missionary.
  4. This website (seniorservice.help) provides additional resources if you are wanting to serve in the Jordan River Temple as a temple worker or engage in civic service.