Thursday, August 27, 2009
Father's & Son's
Just a reminder about the Father's and Son's camp-out this weekend. Here's a link to the location. There will be some dutch oven training (seasoning, cooking, cleaning, etc.), and smores Friday night. Saturday morning breakfast will be provided by the EQ. There is a gate on the way to the property, you can either call Chris H. or someone else that you know is already up there, or you can just hang out and wait for a bit as there will people shuttling back and forth throughout the evening that can let people in.
Sunday, July 26, 2009
Bring Souls Unto Me
Elder's Quorum Lesson 7-26-09
"Bring Souls unto Me"
Elder L. Tom Perry- Ensign, May 2009
Today's lesson had plenty of good discussion. I encourage all to read this talk again if you haven't already. Elder Perry dicusses the importance of member missionary work. I particularly enjoyed the comments that were discussed today in quorum concering the importance of "warning your neighbor." Bro. Jon F. asked, "who is our neighbor?" We could easily say that our neighbors are the people that we live next door to. Though this is correct and may be just the people we want to warn. But like any question asked by Jon, It seemed there was a bit more depth to his question. I would like for all of us to think about Jon's question again. Think about those we associate with, who we live by, and maybe even are own family members. Ask yourself, "How can I be a better member missionary?"
Bro. Rick P. suggested after reading D&C 123:11-15 it made him think of the word "EDUCATE" in place of the word "WARN." The use of good information when "educating" your neighbor is key to good missionary work. Elder Perry also references D&C 33:7-10 which encoruages us to "open our mouths." So my challenge in quorum was to answer Elder Perry's question ourselves by writing down "What would each of us say if we had to open our mouths 3 times?" I found by writing these 3 (or more) things out on a piece of paper will help me be more prepared when the time comes to open my mouth. I suggest you read and then re-read this portion of Elder Perry's talk.
I once again appreciated the opportunity to prepare this lesson. I hope by reading through this talk all of you can feel the spirit as I did during the prep of my lesson. Thanks to all who participated in today's discussion.
Sincerely, Rob S.
"Bring Souls unto Me"
Elder L. Tom Perry- Ensign, May 2009
Today's lesson had plenty of good discussion. I encourage all to read this talk again if you haven't already. Elder Perry dicusses the importance of member missionary work. I particularly enjoyed the comments that were discussed today in quorum concering the importance of "warning your neighbor." Bro. Jon F. asked, "who is our neighbor?" We could easily say that our neighbors are the people that we live next door to. Though this is correct and may be just the people we want to warn. But like any question asked by Jon, It seemed there was a bit more depth to his question. I would like for all of us to think about Jon's question again. Think about those we associate with, who we live by, and maybe even are own family members. Ask yourself, "How can I be a better member missionary?"
Bro. Rick P. suggested after reading D&C 123:11-15 it made him think of the word "EDUCATE" in place of the word "WARN." The use of good information when "educating" your neighbor is key to good missionary work. Elder Perry also references D&C 33:7-10 which encoruages us to "open our mouths." So my challenge in quorum was to answer Elder Perry's question ourselves by writing down "What would each of us say if we had to open our mouths 3 times?" I found by writing these 3 (or more) things out on a piece of paper will help me be more prepared when the time comes to open my mouth. I suggest you read and then re-read this portion of Elder Perry's talk.
I once again appreciated the opportunity to prepare this lesson. I hope by reading through this talk all of you can feel the spirit as I did during the prep of my lesson. Thanks to all who participated in today's discussion.
Sincerely, Rob S.
Sunday, July 5, 2009
Our 18-monthly update (Testimony)
Since a large number of our quorum members are unable to attend our weekly quorum meetings due to their callings (primary, YM, etc.) we're going to try and keep this space updated with the quorum announcements and lesson summaries. It may end up being updated once every 18 months, as it has been so far, or maybe a little more frequently. We'll see.
We started off EQ this week discussing whether real men can go to a Jonas Bros. concert and maintain their man-standing. Mike S. may or may not have some longboard sticks that the Jonas Brothers ate longboards off of. Keep your eye on ebay for those to show up soon.
This week our lesson was on Testimony. We started off looking at the fall of the Nephites contained in 3 Nephi 5 - 3 Nephi 8. They went from "And now behold, there was not a living soul among all the people of the Nephites who did doubt in the least the words of all the holy prophets . . ." (3 Nephi 5:1) to the conditions of extreme wickedness just before the visit from the Savior as described in 3 Nephi 7:8, 14-17, all in the period of 10 years or less (see Bro. Roman for exact details). We discussed some of the causes of this ranging from pride, selfishness, and a desire for power, to also apathy and finally as very astutely noted by Bro. Jeppson (at least for the purposes of today's lesson) possible lack of a true spiritual conversion, which segued very nicely into our discussion on testimony.
We discussed the basics of what a testimony is and its purpose in our life, as an anchor for our faith, a purpose for action, and to be shared with others. We discussed the recent instruction we have received from our Stake Presidency regarding the importance of testimony, the importance of Priesthood brethren leading out in bearing testimony both in our meetings, but also in our homes. We also touched on giving our children opportunity's to bear their testimonies outside of Sacrament Meeting. Mike mentioned that Pres. Wilcox' family has recently began adding testimony in to the FHE list of assignments on a weekly basis along with prayer, lesson, treats, etc.
The following two quotes were discussed briefly:
Simply stated, testimony—real testimony, born of the Spirit and confirmed by the Holy Ghost—changes lives. It changes how you think and what you do. It changes what you say. It affects every priority you set and every choice you make. To have a real and abiding testimony of the gospel of Jesus Christ is to be “spiritually … born of God,” to “[receive] his image in your countenances,” and to experience a “mighty change in your hearts” (Alma 5:14). - Ballard Nov. 2004
“A testimony is to be found in the bearing of it. Somewhere in your quest for spiritual knowledge, there is that ‘leap of faith,’ as the philosophers call it. It is the moment when you have gone to the edge of the light and step into the darkness to discover that the way is lighted ahead for just a footstep or two " - Elder Packer.
Well, that's it for this week. Feel free to add your $.02 if you didn't get a chance to in class (either because you weren't there, or you were jumping up and down raising your hand, but were never called on because we were too busy figuring out the exact rate of corruption that occurred over the 10 year period as an inverse quotient to testimony efficiency).
We started off EQ this week discussing whether real men can go to a Jonas Bros. concert and maintain their man-standing. Mike S. may or may not have some longboard sticks that the Jonas Brothers ate longboards off of. Keep your eye on ebay for those to show up soon.
This week our lesson was on Testimony. We started off looking at the fall of the Nephites contained in 3 Nephi 5 - 3 Nephi 8. They went from "And now behold, there was not a living soul among all the people of the Nephites who did doubt in the least the words of all the holy prophets . . ." (3 Nephi 5:1) to the conditions of extreme wickedness just before the visit from the Savior as described in 3 Nephi 7:8, 14-17, all in the period of 10 years or less (see Bro. Roman for exact details). We discussed some of the causes of this ranging from pride, selfishness, and a desire for power, to also apathy and finally as very astutely noted by Bro. Jeppson (at least for the purposes of today's lesson) possible lack of a true spiritual conversion, which segued very nicely into our discussion on testimony.
We discussed the basics of what a testimony is and its purpose in our life, as an anchor for our faith, a purpose for action, and to be shared with others. We discussed the recent instruction we have received from our Stake Presidency regarding the importance of testimony, the importance of Priesthood brethren leading out in bearing testimony both in our meetings, but also in our homes. We also touched on giving our children opportunity's to bear their testimonies outside of Sacrament Meeting. Mike mentioned that Pres. Wilcox' family has recently began adding testimony in to the FHE list of assignments on a weekly basis along with prayer, lesson, treats, etc.
The following two quotes were discussed briefly:
Simply stated, testimony—real testimony, born of the Spirit and confirmed by the Holy Ghost—changes lives. It changes how you think and what you do. It changes what you say. It affects every priority you set and every choice you make. To have a real and abiding testimony of the gospel of Jesus Christ is to be “spiritually … born of God,” to “[receive] his image in your countenances,” and to experience a “mighty change in your hearts” (Alma 5:14). - Ballard Nov. 2004
“A testimony is to be found in the bearing of it. Somewhere in your quest for spiritual knowledge, there is that ‘leap of faith,’ as the philosophers call it. It is the moment when you have gone to the edge of the light and step into the darkness to discover that the way is lighted ahead for just a footstep or two " - Elder Packer.
Well, that's it for this week. Feel free to add your $.02 if you didn't get a chance to in class (either because you weren't there, or you were jumping up and down raising your hand, but were never called on because we were too busy figuring out the exact rate of corruption that occurred over the 10 year period as an inverse quotient to testimony efficiency).
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