The thing with the trek in our area is that the trek center is only about thirty miles away and is owned by the church. The church has put a lot of money into it and it seems unlikely that ecclesiastical leaders would discourage its use. If the church wanted the stakes in our area to reduce trek expenses they could stop changing the stakes thousands of dollars to use the trek center. Why charge stakes to use church owned property. That’s sort of like having to pay to go to the temple.russellhltn wrote: ↑Sun Jan 15, 2023 9:46 pm I see this as "policy verses tradition". I know the church news always plays them up, but there's nothing in the Handbook about holding a trek.
I think there's a fair chance what will come back down is "reduce and simplify". Perhaps a shorter time period, or a closer but less historical route. It wouldn't be the first time that beloved grand traditions have been done away with.
I don’t believe this policy of taking back funds that rightly belong to the stakes is an ecclesiastical decision. I suspect it’s a decision made by church accountants looking at all the money sitting in stake and ward accounts.