Enhance class and quorum unity by setting up the class in a circle

20 March 2016

TO: The Stake Presidency

Brethren,

Over time, quorums and classes fall back into “old habits.”

I attended the PV EQ meeting yesterday. They now meet in the chapel with the instructor sitting on the back of a pew and the quorum members spread around over 5-6 pews.

I don’t want to make a big thing out of this. But something as little as putting a class or quorum in a full- or half-circle can make a big  difference in how lessons are taught and how students participate.

Paul, will you please instruct the MP high councilors to instruct quorum leaders, if they’re not doing it already, to create a friendlier, more fellowshipping quorum environment by holding quorum meetings in a circle or semi-circle so quorum members will see each other face-to-face and get better acquainted?

Steven, will you please instruct auxiliary to teach the same?

There are times when the rooms are too small to accomplish this so they have to place the chairs in rows. But the majority of classes are small enough to accomplish this very easily.

Please help ensure ward leaders don’t hear an “edict” from the stake presidency demanding every class be placed in a circle. Let’s teach the principle that classroom teaching and quorum/class unity can be enhanced by something as simple as setting up the classroom so students face each other.

Thanks,

Crismon