Use Study Plans in Gospel Library App to Help with Your 2020 Gospel Study Goals

  • 6 March 2020

The Study Plans feature in the Gospel Library app helps you set up a schedule and reminders for studying scriptures, conference talks, and more.

Article Highlights

  • Use the Study Plans feature to help you set and achieve your gospel study goals.
  • Study Plans can be created for multiple pieces of content on the Gospel Library app.
  • More improvements will be made in the future.

“The study plans feature in Gospel Library was built specifically to support individuals’ and families’ goals to regularly study the gospel of Jesus Christ. As you develop regular study habits of the scriptures and words of living prophets, you will see the promised miracles in your lives.” —Rob Jex, product manager of the Gospel Library app

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In section eight of Preach My Gospel, the most repeated phrase is “set goals and make plans.”

Home screen of the study plans feature.

Whether you’re a missionary or a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, setting goals, making plans, and checking off your accomplishments can be satisfying as well as spiritually rewarding.

This year, try using the Study Plans feature in the Gospel Library App with its scheduling and reminder tools to help you set and achieve your gospel study goals.

What Is the Study Plans Feature?

The Study Plans Feature, available for both iOS and Android devices, helps Gospel Library users reach reading and studying goals for gospel content. Simply set your goals and the desired schedule and the app automatically calculates exactly how much you need to read to meet your goal by the date you select.

Some of the content that can be used with Study Plans includes (but is not limited to):

Study plan for the Book of Mormon.

You can create multiple study plans and continue studying from wherever you previously left off. If you miss a day or two, you don’t have to worry. Study Plans will automatically recalculate what you need to read to still accomplish your goal.

Why Use the Study Plans Feature?

Study plan for Come, Follow Me.

“The study plans feature in Gospel Library was built specifically to support individuals’ and families’ goals to regularly study the gospel of Jesus Christ,” said Rob Jex, product manager of the Gospel Library app. “As you develop regular study habits of the scriptures and words of living prophets, you will see the promised miracles in your lives.”

Jex said that in his experience, blessings come despite our imperfect efforts. “As a father I am trying to do this and the blessings are coming even though I’m not perfect at the daily study yet. The study plans daily reminder feature helps me in juggling all the good things with that which is essential.

Plans for future improvements to Study Plans include the ability to:

  • Sync your study plans across your mobile devices
  • Select the plan’s start and stop points within a book 
  • Select from topical study plans that focus on prophetic priorities like the Restoration, daily repentance, or ministering
  • Have audio-recording-based study plans
  • Create custom study plans that include content from any publication in the app
  • Invite someone to study your custom study plan with you and have social discussions about your common study

“We will keep developing this feature to make it even more helpful,” Jex said, encouraging users to submit ideas through the “Send Feedback” form in the Settings area of the app. “And if you know how to use this feature, please share how to use it with others.”

How to Create a Study Plan

Study plan for October 2019 General Conference.

It’s easy to create and use a study plan for each of your Gospel study and reading goals, and it's also easy to show others how to use the feature. See the instructions below for either Apple iOS or Android devices.

Instructions for Apple iOS Devices

  • Open the Gospel Library app.
  • From the Library home screen go to Study Plans.
  • If this is your first study plan, tap Create a Plan. If you have previously created a plan, tap the + (add new) button.
  • Read the three steps on the overview screen and tap Next.
  • Tap on the Scriptures collection and navigate to the Book of Mormon, or tap on Come, Follow Me, then Individuals and Families, and navigate to the 2020 For Individuals and Families manual. (Or select any item you wish to study.)
  • To set a schedule, toggle the switch and click Next. Set your preferred schedule so you can see how much you’ll need to read to finish in your time frame. Select frequency and start and end dates.
  • Toggle Add a reminder (optional) to help you stay on task. Select frequency and time of day. Tap Next.
  • Toggle whether or not you want to allow chapter splitting. Tap Next. (For the Come, Follow Me manual, this step isn’t needed as it already follows the set weekly schedule.)
  • If desired, edit the default title by tapping the pencil icon.
  • Tap Save.

Instructions for Android Devices

  • Open the Gospel Library app.
  • From the Library home screen go to Study Plans.
  • Tap the + (add new) button.
  • Read the three steps on the overview screen and tap Next.
  • Find the desired content by entering the book title into the search box (such as Book of Mormon or Come, Follow Me) and selecting it from the suggested options.
  • To set a schedule, toggle the switch and click Next. Set your preferred schedule so you can see how much you’ll need to read to finish in your time frame. Select frequency and start and end dates.
  • Toggle Add a reminder (optional) to help you stay on task. Select frequency and time of day. Tap Next.
  • If desired, edit the default title by tapping on the default title.
  • Tap Create.
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