Proclaim the Gospel

Proclaim the Gospel Committee members:

 Kanoa Kanahele, Baba Piena (chair), Willie Bejosa, Bill Sellers.

Proclaim the Gospel Committee goals & responsibilities can be found here.

Proposed Ward Mission Plan for 2012

A quick and easy tip for sharing the gospel  from this source.

Ask non-member friends for some key information (names, birthdates, death dates, marriage dates) on their parents, grandparents or great-grandparents.

With these names and dates, go online and get a quick four generation outline done and present it to them. You have probably seen many times where the First Presidency will do this with the U.S. President or visiting foreign dignitaries. Anyone who ever receives this information will almost immediately be humbled by the gift.

Also, invite them to the Family History Center where they can meet the full-time missionaries and be given a brief discussion on family history work and a tour of the building.

As you work on strengthening the alliance between the missionaries, leaders, and members, the promised blessings will come. This one idea will bring more ward members in contact with both temple and missionary work. How would you like a stronger spirit of both Elijah and missionary work in your ward? This is a great way to get started!

Seven Lessons on Sharing the Gospel

From a talk by Elder Clayton Christensen

Prior to His ascent to heaven, the Savior charged His tiny band of disciples: “Go ye therefore, and teach all nations” (Matt. 28:19). Although this task seems overwhelming, President Boyd K. Packer, Acting President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, has called us to act with faith: “Some who measure that challenge quickly say, ‘Why, that’s impossible! It cannot be done!’ To that we simply say, ‘Perhaps, but we shall do it anyway.’” ¹

The ability to share the gospel isn’t a “gift” that has been given to only a few Latter-day Saints and denied to the rest. We have concluded from our own experiences and from watching others that finding people for the missionaries to teach can be easy and natural for all of us—if we go about it the Lord’s way. Here are seven of the lessons we’ve learned about what His way is.

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