https://www.lds.org/manual/gospel-principles/chapter-24-the-sabbath-day?lang=eng

LDS Church leaders have often expressed concern about an erosion of worship on the Sabbath day. In a talk at the October 1997 general conference, President Gordon B. Hinckley said it shouldn't be regarded as one of "the lesser commandments."

"The Sabbath of the Lord is becoming the play day of the people. It is a day of golf and football on television, of buying and selling in our stores and markets. Are we moving to mainstream America as some observers believe? In this I fear we are. What a telling thing it is to see the parking lots of the markets filled on Sunday in communities that are predominantly LDS."

Former LDS President Spencer W. Kimball was quoted in the Ensign (Feb. 2000, 49) as saying Sunday was a day "to take inventory — to analyze our weaknesses, to confess our sins to our associates and our Lord" and to fast in "sackcloth and ashes." He also suggested reading good books and scriptures, pondering, resting, visiting the sick, preaching the gospel, spending time with family, courting properly, doing good, taking time to "drink at the fountain of knowledge and of instruction" and enrich "our spirit and our soul."

The Sabbath, he continued, is "a day to restore us to our spiritual stature, a day to partake of the emblems of his sacrifice and atonement, a day to contemplate the glories of the gospel and of the eternal realms, a day to climb high on the upward path toward our Heavenly Father."

Church members were admonished in the Ensign article to "engage in activities that contribute to greater spirituality" by former LDS President Ezra Taft Benson.

He also listed some things that should be avoided. The "don'ts" include: overworking and staying up late Saturday so that you are exhausted Sunday; filling the Sabbath so full of extra meetings that there is no time for prayer, meditation, family worship and counseling; doing gardening and odd jobs around the house; taking trips to canyons or resorts; visiting friends socially, joyriding, wasting time, and engaging in other amusements; playing sports and hunting; and shopping.

"Remember," President Benson counseled, "that Sunday is the Lord's day, a day to do his work."