Preparing for and Conducting Meetings
What are some essential things to have an effective meeting?
What is, prayer, be there and participate, bring good ideas, seek the spirit.
What does it mean to counsel as a Presidency?
What is hearing different ideas, praying together, listening to each other, making decisions together.
How can we help all feel invited and welcome to join us?
what is, make personal invitations, send out polite reminders, include everyone in the activities.
Mosiah 2:17 says that when we are in the service of our fellow beings, we are only in the service of our God. Why is serving others so important?
What is, that's what Jesus would do, to bring people peace and feel loved, to follow our Savior's example.
What are some ways that you can minister to your class or quorum today?
What is, send a text message to a friend, tell someone in the group how much you appreciate them, make others feel loved and included.
How can we invite the Holy Ghost into our meetings?
What is, prayer, scriptures, following the Savior, being ministering minded.
How can counseling help us make better decisions?
What can we do to help those in need?
What is, acts of service, ministering, having charity, listening to their needs and praying for them.
Why is planning service so important?
What is, planning makes service more effective and fun, planning is an act of service itself, not all acts of service should be spontaneous.
How can we make Ministering and Service easier and more fun?
What is, listen to the specific needs of the group, do each act of ministering out of love, Pray for a positive attitude when things seem hard.
D&C 88:119 says to organize yourselves and prepare every needful thing. How can we stay organized as presidencies?
What is: Keep records, follow-up on assignments, make and keep commitments, do your part.
What can we do to make everyone feel comfortable participating in a counsel or meeting?
What is, listen to all ideas, being kind and willing to hear new ideas and praying together.
How can we help each other better live the Gospel of Jesus Christ?
How can planning service and activities being us closer to the savior?
What is, service of others is a service to God. Good activities point us to better things. It can help us look for things that get us out of the normal schedule and into a better one.
Who needs a Christlike minister?
Who is, everyone! Life is hard and having loving and caring friends is a great way to make it easier!