Ward Missionary Plan Taylor and her Compainion presented

RHYL WARD FAMILY MISSION PLAN

ESTABLISHING

A GOSPEL SHARING HOME

“Now is the moment in the timetable of the Lord to carry the gospel farther than it has ever been carried before... Many a person in this world is crying, knowingly and unknowingly, 'Come over... and help us. ' He might be your neighbour. She might be your friend. He might be a relative. She might be someone you met only yesterday. But we have what they need. Let us take new courage from our studies and pray, as did Peter, 'And now, Lord...grant unto thy servants, that with all boldness they may speak thy word' (Acts 4:29).”

Spencer W. Kimball

DATE:_______

Seven Lessons on Sharing the Gospel:

1.            We simply can’t predict who will or won’t be interested in the gospel, and building a friendship is not a prerequisite to inviting people to learn about the gospel.

2.            Despite their inexperience, we can trust the missionaries to teach the gospel well, because whom the Lord calls, He qualifies.

3.            Inviting others to help us with our work in the Church helps them feel needed and helps them feel the Spirit.

4.            Once we realized that we succeed as member missionaries when we invite people to learn and accept the truth, much of the fear that kept us from sharing the gospel vanished.

5.            Because we have so much to do in our busy lives, we need deadlines. Write down a date.

6.            When we are busy serving in the Church, we can expect God to bless us with miracles when we go and do the things He commands. God’s role is a constant, not a variable.

7.            Having the missionaries regularly help us as a family teach the gospel to new and old friends through the power of the Holy Ghost has profoundly affected the faith of our five children and brought the Spirit of God into our home.

Formula for Experiencing the Vision:

1.            Seek inspiration through prayer for a date

2.            Account missionary experiences every week in Family Home Evening

3.            Testify as often as possible

4.            Daily prayer

5.            Frequent fasting

6.            Creating opportunities for gospel conversation

7.            Invite the missionaries to your home to teach your family

Each family will create their own plan according to their personal revelation and family needs. Set aside a family home evening to create and type up the plan and turn it into the Bishop via email or at church.

“There is neither man nor woman in this church who is not on a mission. That mission will last as long as they live.”

-Brigham Young

Ideas for your Family Mission Plan:

Everyday acts:

1.            Pray together that the Lord will prepare the hearts of specific people to hear the gospel.

2.            Study the scriptures as a family.

3.            Be aware of opportunities to reach out to others. Be neighbourly and reach out in love to all people.

4.            Invite non members to Family Home Evening.

5.            Invite to ward activities, fire sides, and open houses.

6.            Encourage youth to befriend other youth and invite them to activities.

7.            Hand out a mormon.org card, pass-along card, Family Proclamation, or other Church pamphlets.

8.            Have the missionaries in your home to teach your family.

9.            Bear testimony as much as possible to family or friends.

10.         Study Preach my Gospel as a family.

           

**These are only ideas. There are plenty of other ways to share the gospel that exceed this list. We encourage you to seek inspiration and do what is best for your family. The Lord knows what you can do!

President Hinckley said,

“It will be a great day when our people not only pray for the missionaries throughout the world, but ask the Lord to help them to assist the missionaries who are labouring in their own ward.”

Faith building:

1.            Pray that you will be sensitive to those whom the Lord is preparing and will have the courage to invite them.

2.            Share your testimony and Church experiences with your friends.

3.            Tell your friends about uplifting and spiritual sacrament or auxiliary meetings

4.            Ask friends and neighbours to serve alongside members in such things as providing community service, providing meals to those in needs, teaching mini classes in Relief Society enrichment meetings, helping with ward activities, helping people move, working in scouting, helping with family history and welfare projects, home and visiting teaching.

5.            Invite non-members, relatives, and neighbours to baptisms, confirmations, and priesthood ordinations.

6.            Create a mormon.org profile and share that with your friends and explain the “I'm a Mormon” campaign.

7.            Invite non-members to sacrament meeting.

8.            Write your testimony in a Book of Mormon and give it away.

9.            Visit people who are experiencing changes in their life such as births, deaths, or marriages and share your testimony of the Plan of Salvation.

10.         Invite your friends to have the missionary lessons in your home.