Member Use of Meetinghouse - Personal and Family

Member Use of Meetinghouses—Personal and Family

Members may request to use a meetinghouse within their stake for personal or family activities. To seek approval, they contact a member of the bishopric of a ward that meets in that meetinghouse (or someone he designates). The following conditions apply:

• The use must comply with the basic principles and requirements in 35.5.1.

• The use must be supervised in person by a responsible adult member of a ward that meets in the meetinghouse.

• The use must not interfere with scheduled Church activities.

• Users have full responsibility for any damage to the facilities or any injury or liability in connection with such use.

• Users must clean up and fully restore the facilities to pre-use condition.

• Users must comply with directions and requests from local leaders, including requests by leaders to monitor the use.

• Church leaders may ask any individual or group to stop using the property if they are not complying with guidelines.

• For approved activities, ward and stake leaders should make arrangements for meetinghouse access. Keys to the building should be given only to designated ward or stake members.