Introduction

Whenever a senior service missionary's end of service approaches, the Online Program Administrator should do the following:

• Interview the missionary to determine if they are going to extend their missionary service or complete it on their end-of-service date.
• If the missionary would like to extend, request the extension through the Service Missionary Management System (SMMS) to seek the stake president's approval.
• If a missionary does not want to extend their service, express gratitude for what they have done and let the service come to an end at the date on their SMMS profile. There is nothing further for you to do in the system.

*NOTE* Service Mission Coordinators (SMCs) are available to support you. If you have questions or need help with the SMMS or anything related to a missionary’s service, feel free to reach out to your SMC.

Tracking Release Dates

It is a recommend practice to keep track of your missionaries' end dates. It is suggested that you do at least once a term. You can keep track of these dates 1) on your own tracking spreadsheet, 2) using the SMMS and looking at all the missionaries in your operation, or 3) reviewing the Instructor Listing report in the Area Pathway Religion Course Assignment worksheet.

On the Dashboard of the (SMMS), there is a table that will help you keep track of upcoming release dates, too. It tells you which missionaries in your operation are being released in the next four months, two months, and 1 month.

How do I extend a missionary's service date?

Log into the SMMS.	https://service missionary.churchofjesuschrist.org
Click on "Missionaries."
Search for the last name of the missionary in question. Click on their name.
Once in their profile, select their assignment.
At the bottom of the assignment information, you will see three buttons; Edit Assignment, Request Assignment Date Modification, and End Assignment. Select the Request Assignment Date Modification button if after talking with the missionary they would like to extend their missionary service.
Input the suggested Day, Month, and Year for their new end date. Once you have the suggested end date input, click "Next."
A prompt will then notify you that in order for the change to be made, the missionary's stake president must first approve it. Select "Confirm" to send a change request to the stake president.