Expectations of High Priest Group Leaders and Elders Quorum Presidencies

15 May 2016                                   

TO: All Melchizedek Priesthood Leaders

RE: Expectations of High Priest Group Leaders and Elders Quorum Presidencies

Dear Brethren,

We thank you for your service as the Melchizedek Priesthood leaders in our stake.

As members of the Stake Priesthood Executive Committee (Stake Presidency and High Council), members of a High Priest Group Leadership or Elders Quorum Presidency, we are tasked by the Lord to help everyone in our stake to become “true followers of…Jesus Christ.” (Moroni 7:48)

To fulfill this injunction, we ask that all Melchizedek Priesthood leaders give emphasis to the following three duties outlined in Handbook 2:

·   MINISTER TO OTHERS: (3.2.3) We ask you to make weekly visits, at the time of your choosing, “to minister to individuals and families…(especially to) new members, less-active members, and those who may be lonely or in need of comfort.” We ask your assigned High Councilor to participate with you in these weekly visits.

·   PRESIDENCY MEETINGS: (7.7.2) We ask you to conduct regular (weekly) presidency meetings. We ask your assigned High Councilor to attend the meeting as a resource for you. Please review the six recommended agenda items listed in this same section (7.7.2).

·   GROUP-QUORUM INSTRUCTION: (7.8.1) We ask that group and quorum instruction be improved by (1) calling instructors, if not already in place; and (2) ensuring all instructors, including the group leadership and quorum presidency members, are trained monthly as outlined in “In the Savior’s Way” and under the direction of the ward council.

Brethren, we are grateful for all that you do to encourage, teach and bless the members of your ward. We feel strongly that as we give emphasis to the three areas above, our effectiveness as priesthood leaders will be magnified and even more lives will be blessed.

The Stake Presidency