Gospel Living App EOL

[kmilleca]

When I launched the Gospel Living app this morning, I was surprised to see a message stating, “As part of the Church’s refinements to the Children and Youth program, the Gospel Living app is being discontinued.”

The youth (and adults) in our ward have been using the Circles feature to communicate with other groups (circles) in the ward. This may be a silly question, but if Gospel Living is being discontinued, shouldn’t we start looking for a replacement for Circles?

I’m not thrilled at the prospect of going back to GroupMe. If I recall correctly, GroupMe now requires users to download the app in order to receive messages. There’s also the matter of managing groups and group membership, which Circles handled for me.

Any advice from the wise ones on this board?

[russellhltn]

My advice is to wait. It sounds like the app is being phased out. But the full plan is not available at this time.

[bakercito]

I'm glad others are sharing concerns about Circles being discontinued (or at least that's how I'm taking the announcement). It's not feasible to expect ward leadership and members to rely on 3rd party apps for communication when we already have Circles. It needs to be a standalone app or part of Tools. Our ward has come to rely on, and consistently use Circles for ward communication. It eliminates the administrative burden and limited access of 3rd party apps given the constant move in/move out of members and shuffling of callings. Please do not get rid of Circles!

[rmrichesjr]

... Please do not get rid of Circles!

Nobody here has any influence on those decisions. Using the Feedback link or button is the best way to get input to the decision makers. The post immediately before yours advises that the full plan is not yet announced.

[kmilleca]

This sounds pretty final to me. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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[rmrichesjr]

This post in a different thread appears to indicate Circles will continue to be supported:

viewtopic.php?p=265266#p265266

Questions regarding details on how, where, in what form, and with what changes may remain open.