Institute

Cali Institute, the building, will be closed 1 Sept.  The institute program is alive and well.  Cali doesn't qualify for a building.  Instead of an institute building we have institute in the stakes.  
For years each ward has had a least one seminary class.  Institute is operating with a similar concept except that the young adults who want to go to a different ward for institute with their freinds can do so.  Or if work schedules dictate when they can attend they can choose one that fits their schedule.  Seminary students can not attend outside of their ward.

The Institute program was already using some of the chapels around town to hold classes.  Now there will be at least one class in each chapel.   There are 15 chapels in the 3 stakes. We started last week in our chapel.  We are hosting Mission Preparation.  Some chapels have two classes; Mission Prep and Old Testament.  The institute director will have an office in one of the ward houses. We started with 3 students but are planning on 4 today.   The teachers of our class are learning the most about teaching institute and using our class time wisely.  One of our focus' is to encourage the youth to read the scriptures daily.  That is the only thing we keep track of besides attendance.

I am curious to see how overall attendance changes.  Last semester they had 32 enrolled in Mission Prep.;  30 in the institute building and 2 in a ward house.  We will meet each month with the institute director and at that meeting we will find out if the chage has effected attendance.