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Download from the App Store
Gospel Sparks is available free on the App Store for iPhone and iPad.
- On your iPhone or iPad, open the Gospel Sparks App Store listing.
- Tap Get and confirm the download with your Apple Account if asked.
- Open Gospel Sparks and choose I teach a class, Our family or Just me.
Gospel Sparks needs iOS or iPadOS 26 or later. Keep App Store updates on to get new lessons and improvements.
Getting started as a teacher
- On This Week, tap the class badge at the top right to pick your class: Nursery, Sunbeam, CTR 4–6, Valiant 7–8, Valiant 9–10, or Youth 12–13, 14–15 or 16–18. These are the Church’s official class names; Primary classes go by a child’s age on December 31 of last year.
- Read the big idea and the lesson plan. Steps come with short “Say:” lines you can read aloud, and the plan fits 25 minutes, with bonus steps if you have extra time.
- Under What did you bring?, tick the supplies you have. Tap I brought nothing and the lesson switches to steps that need no supplies.
- In class, tap Teach it. Teach Mode shows the lesson on the screen for the class, one step at a time. Swipe or use the arrows to move on.
- Add first names in My Class for helper jobs, fair teams, the name spinner and story parts.
Where are the games?
Open the Games tab. The lesson games (Forehead Guess, Scripture Showdown, Mystery Picture, Draw & Guess and Hot Potato) use this week’s lesson; tap Change to use a different week. Tug of War, Freeze Dance, the classroom helpers and the wiggle, calm-down and attention cards are there too.
What’s a fast-Sunday lesson?
In 2027, Primary classes have a monthly fast-Sunday lesson. On those weeks, This Week shows it at the top. Most wards teach it instead of the regular weekly lesson.
It says more lessons are on the way
New weeks arrive in app updates. Every lesson that’s ready is in the Lessons tab, and the games work with any of them.
Getting started as a family
- Open Settings on the Family side and add your kids’ ages. Names are optional.
- Each day on This Week, open that day’s spark and follow along. Sparks take five to ten minutes.
- Tap We did it! at the end to earn a sticker for the family’s sticker book.
Tips inside each spark adjust to the ages you added, from little ones to teens, and grown-ups always get something too. Stories, verses and games come from each child’s own Primary or youth class lesson, so home matches Sunday.
How iCloud sync works
Gospel Sparks keeps two kinds of things in step, in two different ways.
- Your own things sync across your own devices: your class and class name, class list, helper jobs, supply ticks, after-class notes, your daily study and journal, and your settings. They use Apple’s iCloud key-value storage in your own Apple Account and are never shared with anyone.
- Family things sync with your whole family: kids’ ages and names, the family name, the family Name Spinner list, and which sparks and stickers are done. On the Family side, open Settings › Family sync and tap Invite your family to send an iCloud invite (by Messages or email). When your spouse or an older child accepts, their phone or iPad shows the same family progress, so if Mom finishes today’s spark on her phone, Dad’s phone and the family iPad show it too. If two people finish different days at the same time, both count.
- Where it goes: your own iCloud (Apple’s CloudKit for family things). It never goes to us, and we can’t see it.
- Leaving or stopping: in Settings › Family sync, tap Leave this family (or Stop sharing if you started it). Everything stays on your device.
- Turning it off: the Sync with iCloud switch is in Teacher Kit › Settings & links, in Settings on the Family side, and in Settings on the Me side. When it’s off, everything stays on that device only.
- Requirements: each device must be signed in to iCloud. Changes usually show up within seconds to a minute.
Troubleshooting
The Noise Meter doesn’t move
It needs the microphone. Go to the Settings app › Gospel Sparks and turn on Microphone. Sound is only measured on your device to show how loud the room is. It’s never recorded, saved or sent anywhere.
Forehead Guess doesn’t notice my tilt
Hold the device flat against your forehead with the screen facing the class, and start each tilt from there. Tip it down when you get the word and up to pass. You can also tap the on-screen buttons.
I don’t hear any sounds
Check the Sound effects switch (Teacher Kit on the Teacher side, Settings on the Family side), then your device’s volume and the Ring/Silent switch.
My other device isn’t syncing
Make sure Sync with iCloud is on in the app on both devices, and that both are signed in to iCloud with the same Apple Account. Opening the app on each device gives iCloud a nudge.
A scripture link opens a web page
References open in Gospel Library. If the Gospel Library app isn’t installed, they open on churchofjesuschrist.org in your browser instead.
I found a mistake in a lesson
Thank you! Please email us the lesson name and what looks wrong. We check scripture and quotes carefully and want to fix anything we missed.
Contact
Email team@strategyloom.com. Gospel Sparks is made by Strategy Loom LLC. Read our privacy policy.
For questions about Church policy, callings or the official Come, Follow Me materials, please ask your ward leaders or visit churchofjesuschrist.org. Gospel Sparks is an independent app.