Resources, including mini-lessons, for training on Effective Ministering in our stake

18 April 2018

To help create a culture of ministering in the Mount Hood Stake, the following are outlines of mini-lessons to be used in classes, councils and presidency meetings. The videos can be downloaded off of the ministering.lds.org website.

Doctrine of Ministering

Why Do We Minister?

·   Luke 22:32, John 21:15-16, Handbook 2: 3.2.3

·   Video: “Why We Minister” (2:44), “A Vision of Ministering” (1:19)

·   Discuss: Why is it so important to the Lord that we become effective ministers?

Principles of Ministering

1. With Love

·   Matthew 22:37-39, John 10:11

·   Video: “A Vision of Ministering” (1:19)

·   Discuss: What does it mean to minister in a “bold, new, holier way” (see Elder Holland’s charge in the video) and how can we implement it in our ward or branch?

2. Simple and Individualized

·   Matthew 10:39, 3 Nephi 11:15, 17:21

·   Video: “Simple, Individualized and Led by the Spirit” (2:20)

·   Discuss: How can we make our ministering more simple and individualized?

3. Led by the Spirit

·   D&C 43:15-16, 49:27, 64:29

·   Video: “Effective Ministering” (start at 2:50)

·   Discuss: What can we do to be led by the Spirit in our ministering?

4. Invitation to Act

·   Alma 5:62, D&C 20:53 (“strengthen”)

·   Video: “Invitation to Act” (3:24)

·   Discuss: Just as Church leaders have given us an invitation to act, what kinds of invitations to act should we make to those we minister to?

OTHER ELEMENTS OF MINISTERING

1. Accountability

·   John 17:18, D&C 20:51

·   Videos: “Overview of Ministering Interviews” (3:53), “Ministering Interviews” (19:17)

·   Discuss: Why are we to obtain an “account” and not a “count” in ministering interviews? How will ministering interviews bless those we minister to?

2. Unity

·   John 13:34-35, Mosiah 23:18

·   Video: “One Coordinated Effort” (2:49)

·   Discuss: How does “one coordinated effort” help the bishop in his responsibilities and bless all the members of the ward or branch?

3. Involve Youth in Ministering

·   Mormon 1:15, D&C 84:106

·   Videos: “Ministering Interviews” (start at 1:50, and at 11:07); “The Faith of Youth: The Ennis Family” (3:34) see “Hastening the Work of Salvation” website on lds.org

·   Discuss: What is the purpose of youth companions in ministering and how can we help them catch the vision of their role?

4. Use Technology

·   D&C 20:53, 104:15

·   Video: “Ministering Interviews” (start at 9:03)

·   Discuss: How can we effectively use—and not ‘mis-use’--technology in our ministering?

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

·   Videos: “Ministering” (7:07), search for title on YouTube Mormon Channel; “Ministering The Lord’s Hands” (2:40), Mormon Channel; “Peter and John Heal a Man Crippled Since Birth” (3:22), Bible videos; “Ministering: Know and Love Those You Serve” (1:50), Mormon Channel; “The Savior Understands Me” (3:37), Mormon Channel.

·   Additional Scriptures: Exodus 18:20, Matthew 9:10-13, Mark 2:15-17, Luke 5:27-32, John 15:8-9-10, Galatians 5:13, Mosiah 2:17, 18:8-9, Alma 17:1-3,
3 Nephi 13:25, Moroni 6:4, D&C 18:10-16, 20:47 and 51, 42:29, 108:7

·   Publications: Handbook 2: 3.2.3; Preach My Gospel, Chapter 11: “How Do I Help People Make and Keep Commitments?”

·   Websites: comefollowme.lds.org, click on Relief Society or Elders Quorum, then click on “April 2018: Come Follow Me” and finally select Fourth-Sunday Meetings for support material to be used in 4^th Sunday class discussions on the topic for the next six months of “Ministering to Others.”