However the new trend in the church is to have Mixed Midsingles/Family Ward instead where all 30-something Singles in the stake, all attend the same existing family ward together. It’s like magnet ward for Midsingles where there’s people for all ages who live in their ward boundary and then all Midsingles in the stake regardless where they live also attend that ward. This really helps the single parents since both the parent and the children can transfer their records over the magnet ward (since it’s a regular family ward with all the auxilaries like Primary, YM, YW, etc), unlike a traditional Midsingles Ward where only non-custodial parents or singles with no children can only attend. Typically in such magnet wards, no recommendation is needed.

For a listing of such wards, check out the LDS Midsingles of the World facebook group.