Come, Follow Me manuals

[nelsonk6]

Is there a way to influence how many Come, Follow Me manuals are shipped to individual units? We always get way more than we need. Thanks.

Kevin

[BrianEdwards]

Is there a way to influence how many Come, Follow Me manuals are shipped to individual units? We always get way more than we need. Thanks.

That's a really great question. I'm not in a leadership role currently so I don't know what guidance the Church has provided about 2026 CFM manuals, and whether that's different from previous years. I expect the quantity is auto-calculated without any local input, but perhaps that's not the case. Let's see what others say.

So if there's going to be too many manuals arriving and it can't be changed, one thing I've previously suggested to our stake was to consider having each ward/branch pool their resources. So if a unit received more manuals than needed, perhaps there's another unit in the stake that could use them. I'd even advocate for multi-stake outreach if someone's stake has a ton of extras that they'll just end up recycling. Even for a stake with a lot of younger members who are fully digital, there's going to be neighboring stakes on the other end of the spectrum with members firmly attached to their physical media...

[sbradshaw]

Gather all of the unused manuals from your stake and neighboring stakes and drop them off at the Church Office Building to see if they get the message. Just kidding.
I'm hopeful that local leaders will be able to give better input on this in the future, based on local needs, but for now the distribution is automatic.