Dinner AppointmentsBook a dinner by text or phone call, no app needed
For members who don’t use apps, and the leaders who want to include them.
In short: text or call your ward’s line and say what you’d like, such as “put us down for Thursday.” An assistant books it on the same calendar the app uses, tells the missionaries and sends you a reminder.
How it works
Each ward has a phone line for Dinner Appointments; your ward mission leader shares the number. Text it or call it and talk normally. The assistant can:
- tell you which nights are open for the Elders or the Sisters,
- book a dinner, move it, or cancel it,
- tell you which dinners you have coming up,
- remind you before the dinner.
Everything lands on the same calendar the app uses, so nobody double-books and the missionaries hear about it the same way.
Signing up without the app
New members can join by text too: the ward line asks a few questions (your name, your address for home dinners, and a photo) and you’re in. You’ll need your ward’s code the first time, which your ward mission leader can give you.
In your language
The text and phone assistant replies in the member’s language, including Spanish, Portuguese, French, Tagalog, Chinese, Korean and Japanese, and remembers the choice for the automatic texts too.
For leaders
This is how you include the households who are most likely to be missed: older members, families without data plans, anyone who’d rather just text. Put the ward line next to the ward code wherever you share it.
Questions
Can I book a missionary dinner without a smartphone?
Yes. Text or call your ward's Dinner Appointments line and the assistant books, moves or cancels the dinner on the same calendar the app uses.
What can I say when I text?
Talk normally, for example 'Are any nights open next week for the Sisters?' or 'Put us down for Thursday at 6.' The assistant asks for anything it needs.
Does it work in Spanish?
Yes. The text and phone assistant replies in the member's language, including Spanish, and remembers the choice.
Where do I get the number?
Your ward mission leader shares your ward's line along with the ward code.