Welcome to the Chatsworth California Stake

The official church website is at www.churchofjesuschrist.org

Temple and Family History Leadership Training Materials

Slides from October 26, 2025 stake leadership training are here

Introduction message from October 26, 2025 stake leadership training here

Links to online resources:

A message from the Stake Presidency: Give your marriage the time and effort it deserves.

President Gordon B. Hinckley, shared an important key to a great marriage: "A happy marriage is not so much a matter of romance as it is an anxious concern for the comfort and well-being of one's companion."

If you want a happy marriage, do what happily married couples do. New perspectives come with time away from the mundane. That means dating is essential.
We asked ward and stake leaders for "date night" ideas. Here are some of them:

Go out to get a scoop of ice cream.
Take a sunset walk around the block together.
Visit a museum or library together. Here's some ideas:
- The Huntington Library (https://huntington.org/ )
- Peterson Automotive Museum (https://www.petersen.org/)
- Los Angeles County Museum of Art (https://www.lacma.org/)
- Reagan Presidential Library (https://www.reaganlibrary.gov/ )
Sit together while each of you read your own book.
Go to the temple
Perform volunteer service together. Great ideas can be found on JustServe.org
Play a board game (The Benning's like Blokus)
Take dance lessons (You can find inexpensive or free ones on YouTube and other online resources)
Go to dinner and a movie.
Go shopping at the Mall (one bishop and wife have loved doing this since they were dating).
Bike ride at different venues (Balboa park is great).
Visit Santa Monica Pier or Malibu Pier (walk/shop and ice-cream/dinner)
Take a Nature hike (there are many trails around us, some even have waterfalls as a highlight)
Miniature golfing
Take a Nature hike (there are many trails around us, some even have waterfalls as a highlight)
Bowling
Play arcade games (For example, Dave and Busters in Northridge)
Go to a play (We have both excellent community playhouses, and world-class broadway shows in our city.)
Go to the Hollywood Bowl or other concert venue.

The following makes for excellent reading and listening on this important topic:

Family Search Resources

We have access to the Family Search Centers in our stake and the LA FamilySearch Center. These centers provide free access to a host of premium online services and sites. You may also receive personalized help with your efforts through the volunteers that staff these centers.

FamilySearch Center in the Chatsworth Stake:
Address: 17101 Plummer Street, Northridge
Hours: Tuesday 1:00pm - 4:00 pm
Friday 10:00 am - 1:00 pm
Sundays by appointment
Los Angeles FamilySearch Center

This link gives a vast amount of information, including library times, a link to online classes, access to free, one-on-one research help available on zoom, and a host of other resources.
Los_Angeles California FamilySearch Center

Scripture Study Tips and Tools

Official church 2024 study guide: Come, Follow Me-- For Home and Church: Book of Mormon 2024

Official church 2023 study guide: Come, Follow Me-For Individuals and Families: New Testament 2023

The following are some of the favorite study tools of the Grasteit, Benning, and Payne families.

Book of Mormon Central, Come Follow Me

Come Follow Me Insights with Taylor Halverson and Tyler Griffin

Scripture Central videos

The Come Follow Me App

The Follow Him podcast (with show notes)

Got kids? Or do you feel like a kid? Try these Come follow me videos: "Line Upon Line - for Come Follow Me" on YouTube

Sister Benning adds these Yale lectures to her study https://oyc.yale.edu/religious-studies for historical and literary viewpoints.

Looking for multiple translations of the Bible? President Benning uses The Blue Letter Bible and The NetBible

Leadership Training

Training materials for your calling -- start here
All about ministering
A video about ministering interviews
General Handbook - Elders Quorum
General Handbook - Relief Society
Leading Saints Podcasts and other resources for training church leaders (not an official church organization, but very good material can be found here)

Live Scan / Background Check Details

Why: A new law in California requires fingerprint based background checks and child abuse and neglect reporting training for volunteers that are in direct contact with or supervision of children more than 16 hours a month or 32 hours a year. The church training is found here. The following details are for the state mantated fingerprinting and background check.