Announcements:
Next Sunday is our Presidency message and we will be concentrating on the Saviour and our relationship with Him. Sisters, over this coming week we would ask you to take some time to consider your own relationship with Christ. Think about what ties you to Him and what have been those precious moments in your life. There will be some time in our lesson to share your testimony of Him if you would like to.
Tuesday 9th September is our Europe Area Sisters Conference which will be transmitted from Germany. It will be shown between 6pm-8pm followed by refreshments. This is for all sisters 8+.
Cleaning team this week is: Pentreaths, Ros Lafevre, Rumbolds and Jason Sycamore.
Lesson:
We had a wonderful Sunday where we were able to hear from our Mission President Jordan and his wife both in Sacrament and again in our Joint RS/PH lesson as well as hearing beautiful testimonies from some of our new members.
In the lesson President & Sister Jordan expanded on the message with specific emphasis on retaining our new converts.
We began by watching a section of the following talk from President Gordon B Hinckley:
CLICK HERE (We watched from 7:41 on the video where he began to talk about the new converts to the end of the mans letter)
Many of us will have heard before the three things President Hinckley said each and every new convert needs and President Jordan challenged each of us to think what can I do to help this happen?
The thoughts shared were as follows:
1. A FRIEND - Introduce yourself / Attend each baptism / Sit next to converts at church and help explain things that arise in class / Be aware of who the missionaries are teaching / Invite them into our homes / Connect with them / Show an interest in them.
2. A RESPONSIBILITY - Take them VT or HT with you / Give assignments to them within a lesson / Assign them prayers / Take them to the temple grounds / Help them prepare names to take to the temple / Teach them about preparing FHE / Assign them to bless and pass the sacrament / Serve them and invite them to serve with you / Teach them how to get involved / Say thank you for what they do.
3. NOURISHING WITH THE GOOD WORD OF GOD - Share quotes and interact over Social Media / Invite them to our FHE / Help them start new traditions / Be a good VT/HT to them / Help them find scriptures during lessons / Fulfill our callings / Help with after baptism lessons.
Sister Jordan said we as ward members can truly stop the sadness of these new converts drifting away.
Then President Jordan posed an interesting question - if we so clearly know the answers, then why don't we always do it !!!??? It is time every one of us assumed this responsibility and stopped assuming someone else will. It needs every one of us.
There was a lovely spirit as President Jordan called Fernando, and then Liam and Lois up to the front where they shared how they had felt the wonderful hand of friendship within the ward family. Lois specifically spoke of the wonderful help Gloria Watson has been to her, the welcome she received, the explanations given when she didn't understand, and the arm around her on a Sunday. This is something every one of us can do!
President Jordan planned on showing the following video but it wouldn't work - but here we go:
New and Returning Members Progress
Brothers & Sisters each Sunday we have the opportunity to keep our covenants to be fellow citizens with the Saints. And President Jordan promised us that as we continue to do that, our wonderful new converts will stay and not wander away. What a blessing.
What do YOU intend to do about it?
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