Empowering High Councilors and Making Our Stake PEC Meetings More Effective

19 March 2018

After 1) reviewing the Brethren’s admonition to “reduce and simplify” and 2) referencing Handbook 2, 15.3 and 18.3.6, the Stake Presidency has made the following changes effective March 15, 2018 to the Stake Priesthood Executive Committee (PEC) with the desire to help all of us become more effective in our priesthood leadership responsibilities.

Objectives for regular Stake PEC meetings (in order of priority):

1. Reduce and simplify, as we have been trained by the Brethren (new 1 hour meeting)
2. Train High Councilors (HC) to take initiative in their assignments and how to become more effective and accountable (new monthly stewardship interviews)
3. Seek PEC counsel on stake direction and business (15-30 min for stake business)
4. Fulfill responsibility of Stake Disciplinary Councils (scheduled for 9:00 am PEC Sundays)
5. Guide and prepare HC to speak to the congregations in our stake (gospel discussion)
6. Educate on direction from Brethren and seek counsel on how to implement in our stake (training in Stake Council following quarterly Coordinating Council Meetings)

Plans to achieve these objectives:

• Continue to hold PEC meetings on the 1st and 3rd Sundays
• Eliminate MP and AP committees
• Rearrange assignments so High Councilors may have both Melchizedek priesthood quorum and stake auxiliary advisory responsibilities (see attached chart)
• Align stewardship reporting as follows:
• 1 HC assigned to President Lewis
• 6 HC assigned to President Hansen
• 5 HC assigned to President Christiansen
• In place of committee meetings after each PEC meeting, members of the Stake Presidency will conduct brief stewardship interviews (SI) with two to three High Councilors from 8:00 to 8:45 am
• Limit PEC meetings to one hour beginning at 6:55 am and using the following format:

6:55 - 7:15 AM - Opening devotional, including hymn, prayer and 15-minute training by
   Stake Presidency on “Teaching in the Savior’s Way”

7:15 - 7:45 AM - Discuss and sustain leader recommendations, including assignments
   to extend calls, sustain and set apart those approved

7:45 - 8:00 AM - Review stake calendar, business and/or missionary report(s)

8:00 - 8:45 AM - Stewardship interviews