Orem Utah Mission - Semi-Annual Local Unit Leadership Training Meeting

The Orem Utah Mission has scheduled the mission wide semi-annual local unit leadership training meeting.  A member of the Area Seventy Coordinating Council will preside.  The training will discuss the direction being given to the full time missionaries as well as train Stake and Ward Mission Leaders on building the Kingdom through missionary work.  

President Killpack has asked we extend an invite to you.  The members of the High Council will be personally inviting all of the Ward Mission Leaders (HC Missionary Committee - will you also ensure all ward mission leaders have been invited to attend, along with reminding them as it gets closer).

Here are the details:

Time: Thursday, February 23, 2017  7:00pm

Location: Alpine Tabernacle  110 East Main, American Fork

Duration:  Just over an hour

Thank you for your service!

New Member Retention Efforts

The following ideas should be thought about and executed soon after your ward receives a recent convert or newly reactivated member

• baptisms for the dead
• speak in sacrament meeting
• receive priesthood
• patriarchal blessing
• receive a calling
• be assigned home/visiting teaching companion
• be assigned a home/visiting teacher
• family history
• get them attending Gospel Principals class
• teach New Member lessons. Focus on having members teach the lessons more after baptism (slowly switching from missionaries teaching to members teaching as lessons go forward)

Here is a form that can help you keep track of a recent converts progress: https://www.lds.org/bc/content/shared/english/wwlt/hasten/PD50020824-member-progress-form-eng.pdf?lang=eng

Progress Record

The progress record is an online way to see the progress of those we work with. It is also very helpful for coordination because the missionaries can add notes into the "help needed" section.

Everyone on the ward council should look over the progress record at least weekly. Doing this will help the ward council know who is being worked with and make sure the full-time missionaries haven't forgotten to make a return appointment with anyone.

This also allows all members of the council to bring inspired input to ward council meetings.

How to get there:

• go to https://www.lds.org/mls/mbr/missionary/progress-record?lang=eng
• sign in with your LDS account
• find the "other" button
• click "progress record"
• you may also want to click the X on the 2 week filter so you can see who we've worked with in a longer time period

General Training

In 2013, there was a special training broadcast for the hastening of the work of salvation. This includes training for leaders and members as member missionaries.

Please go to this site for inspiration on how to follow the prophets guidance: https://www.lds.org/training/wwlt/2013/hastening/members-and-missionaries?lang=eng