16 September 2020
Brethren,
I’d like us to practice what we’re about to preach. I’m sorry that we didn’t have time to discuss this in our presidency meeting yesterday.
But what are your thoughts about this topic for the stake presidency?
I believe our training efforts this summer, though we appear to have stumbled in the home stretch was a good attempt on our part to act during the pandemic when some were “paralyzed” by the pandemic.
Do you have some thoughts as to what the stake presidency can do to step forward within our limitations and not “wait for spring”?
I’d appreciate an email discussion in hopes we can share in Stake Council this Sunday some ways the stake presidency hopes to act in the coming months while being acted upon.
Thx
Crismon
Hi President,
I've updated the spreadsheet with Dave Brown's and Blayne's Yates' training. They've both completed the training with their presidencies now. I will also check in with Brother Howes, as he's been meeting with TFH Leaders as well (or is getting regular meetings set up.)
Here are some items that the Stake Presidency has been working on and will continue to work on in the future:
1) A new YSA Branch is being formed that will bless many.
2) We are having Stake Conference when very few others are doing so.
3) We will be having 3 options for members when it comes to Sunday Worship.
4) We have helped displaced members through the wildfire situation.
5) We will be helping wards offer additional Self-Reliance classes, including the new Emotional Resiliency class. We will do so at the Stake level if needed as well.
6) We are setting apart missionaries and they are serving full-time missions.
7) We have ordained many to be Elders and High Priests. There have been more of these than usual in the past few months.
8) We have personally ministered to many on our own and will continue to do so.
9) We have encouraged members to be taught by full-time missionaries and do missionary work, including we have been personally taught by full-time missionaries regularly the past six months and will continue to do so.
10) We have encouraged members to do temple and family history work during this pandemic so when temples re-open, we will have amazing opportunities in the temple.
11) We have encouraged and helped families become spiritually stronger through their home-centered church services. We will continue to emphasize this.
12) We have adapted to and enrolled 55+ students for online seminary. We will continue to work with seminary teachers on this.
13) We have worked regularly with EQ Presidencies and will continue to do so as they minister to their members.
14) We will hold a training meeting in November to help encourage and uplift leaders in their callings.
15) We will continue to manage and oversee that sacred funds of the church are used properly.
16) The Stake youth committee continues to meet regularly and work toward blessing the lives of youth.
17) Emergency Preparedness will continue to be refined and improved with additional callings and planning.
18) The Stake Single Adult Committee will be part of the larger committee as we begin planning for August 2021. We are likely as a Stake going to be in charge of the New Years Eve Activity for the region, whatever that may be.
19) We have and will continue to train others, especially Bishoprics, in their duties so they can minister to the youth and their wards.
20) We will help counsel and minister to members and non-members who are living in a pandemic, and will help counsel and minister to them when it's over.
I try very hard not to compare myself or our Stake to other individuals nor any other Stake. I feel like as a Stake we have done very well spiritually and physically amidst some very, very, very tough circumstances. I am proud of our efforts as a Stake Presidency and all of the other members who have continued to serve in their callings even with increased pressures and demands from external forces. I am often in awe of members who serve without pay as volunteers and do so much good in the world for others.
I appreciate the invitation you've given me to reflect back on the past few months and the next few months ahead. I'm excited to see (and have seen) the spiritual growth that will continue to happen in myself, my family, my ward, and our Stake members as we all continue to seek to act even while being acted upon.
Steven
President,
I echo many of the sentiments and outlined efforts the stake presidency has been working on throughout the last few unique months and into the future. Just a couple of more to add:
- We have actively, and throughout much of the spring and summer months weekly, met with the bishops during a conference call to train, update, and talk about how they can best minister to youth and general membership alike. This has been a good way to continue to engage and learn their duties and serve in their sacred callings.
- We have also continued to hold leadership training meetings, including bishopric training meeting, to not wait and move forward in training bishoprics their duties.
- Training from Stake YM presidencies to bishoprics has also been especially helpful to help bishoprics better understand their roles with the youth and youth class/quorum presidencies. This training, as well as YW, Primary training, continues.
- We have reorganized 2 new ward bishoprics and plan to train them as well in their responsibilities on Oct. 8.
- We have encouraged members to be temple worthy and continued to hold regular and spiritually personal temple recommend interviews with all members throughout and in future.
- We have continued to encourage priesthood advancement as mentioned and receiving temple ordinances as some have been married and received their own endowments, sealing, etc. throughout and in future.
- We have ministered personally and stressed ministering to leaders in the midst of pandemic. We have seen very wonderful increases in ministering from many in the stake, both in quantity of contacts as well as quality of ministering.
- We have released and called many other leaders in the stake and let them know with training their responsibilities start now.
- We have not put our efforts on hold as a stake presidency and continue to brainstorm ways to bless members lives within our stewardship.
- We have stressed the vital importance of home-centered worship and witnessed many individual families and individuals embrace this emphasis to their great benefit spritually.
President, there is surely more we can do but as last weeks CFM lesson touched upon remembrance this also is a good exercise for me to remember all the positive things that have gone on in our stake. Stake training continues even as Sis. Perry, Sis. Dobson, and Bro. Newell have faced challenges such as evacuation with them and their presidencies. They have led well! They are continuing their training but it is taking longer than original schedule. Bro. Eldredge was scheduled to complete Estacada training but that will be on hold as well due to Pres. Bever's evacuation. He is ministering in outstanding ways as our Physical Facilities HC!!
I do believe this past week has really brought out the best from our great members and leaders as they purposefully and naturally have been acting when acting upon. Thanks!
Paul
Thank you both. I get the message. Are we ready for some R&R, are we? :)
Thank you both for helping to make all of these things happen.
I would appreciate your help in identifying the things that we’ve done…or could do…that are “out of the box” so to speak…adapting to the pandemic with a different. approach.
I’m not trying to ask stake leaders to do more…,but to do it differently maybe in a way that is better than what we did before.
Your thoughts?
Thx
Crismon
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