Honor the mission. Build the new life.

Find your people. Home from a mission, new in town, or just ready for more friends: there's a crew for you.

Next Area helps returned missionaries and young adults build a new life, with friends who understand.

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Coming first to Provo/Orem, Salt Lake, Logan, and Rexburg.

A crew of young adults walking together on a mountain trail toward the sunrise

Home is your next area

On a mission, you get transferred to a new area. Coming home is the biggest transfer of all: your companion, your schedule and your sense of purpose change all at once. Your mission friends live in other states, your ward can feel like strangers, and school, work and big decisions arrive together.

Next Area gives you friends who understand. Real friends, real faith, real life. Every mission is honored the same, including missions that ended early. Friends first: socials are separate, and only if you want them.

What Next Area does

  • 01

    A crew of your own, free

    6 to 8 young adults near you, about your age, men and women balanced. You meet every week. Your crew is always free.

  • 02

    Friday Nights

    Small groups of about 8 at public places, with a host who makes the introductions. Grab a seat for about $10; food and activities are paid at the place.

  • 03

    Socials, only if you want them

    Opt-in socials, and bring-a-friend nights with a friend from your crew. Everyone verifies their ID. You hear that someone wants to hang out again only when it’s mutual.

  • 04

    Your mission, connected

    A Mission Card to share, mission alumni nearby, old companions, mission groups, reunions and a homecoming board.

  • 05

    Ready for Sunday

    Talk through Come, Follow Me with your crew during the week, then a fun Saturday Quiz so you have something to share in class.

  • 06

    Goals that stick

    Your own private goals for faith, school, work and fitness, with an accountability partner who checks in weekly.

Land. Build. Launch.

  1. Weeks 0–6

    Land

    “I miss it. I’m a little lost.” Your crew and your mission network catch you.

  2. Months 2–6

    Build

    “I’m figuring it out.” Goals, weekend plans and a weekly reset do the heavy lifting.

  3. Months 6–12

    Launch

    “I’ve got this.” Career, your own faith rhythm, and helping someone newly home.

Safety first: everyone in a crew verifies their ID, nights out and first meetups are at public places, and addresses are shared only on the day, with people who are going.

Get Next Area

Free to belong: your crew and crew chat, goals, Come, Follow Me and the Saturday Quiz. Your first month of Plus is on us: a free night out every month, early booking and more. Then $7.99 a month, $29.99 for 6 months, or $49 a year.

Opening soon on the App Store and Google Play

Coming first to Provo/Orem, Salt Lake, Logan, and Rexburg.

A mother and father hugging their son at the airport the day he comes home

For parents and family

Give your missionary a Homecoming Year: 12 months of Next Area Plus and 3 nights out, delivered as a printable “call letter” with a gift code. Or give any young adult a year of Plus for $59. You’ll never see their activity. It’s theirs.

Gifts open when the app does.