October 1st, 2014- Become who you really are through Journal Writing

Weekly Training Meeting

October 1, 2014

To Complete Assignment:
Write a 3-5 paragraph summary of what you learned about learning, worship, journals, discipleship, and the purpose diagram.

Announcements:

• DO NOT go over 20 hours if you are not subbing. If you are going over 20 hours be sure to ask Lisanne. 
• YOU MUST NEVER go over 24 hours.
• Tuesday and Wednesday next week Lisanne will be on a Mission Visit. She will be available by phone or email, but will not be in office.
• Be sure that your teacher logs are helpful! If you don’t know what that means be sure to ask a ZC so they can explain it to you.

What are you getting out of your church experience since last week?

How is character built?

(Class Insight)

• Consistency
• Pattern of righteous living
• integrity
• Experiences/ trial and error
• living the first principles and ordinances of the gospel
• Companionship of the Holy Ghost
• writing things down
• Exercise of faith and true principles
• Turning outward
• Setting goals and doing your best to achieve them
• Asking questions
• Doing the Father’s will instead of his own
• Doing what God intended you to do
• Constant reflection on our growth
• Be who you want to become

Look for a way to build your character. 

Read: 

Read this talk together and think of a questions. Write it down then read.

To Learn and to Teach More Effectively 

Elder Scott

http://speeches.byu.edu/?act=viewitem&id=1729

Sample Questions:

• What is true learning?
• What is true teaching?
• Define the relationships in the purpose diagram…
• What role does journal writing play in your life? learning? Teaching?

Write down what you are seeing, feeling, hearing. 

Reflect on:

Journals and Worship, Discipleship

Teaching and Learning

• My journal contains a record of my worship
• writing is a pathway to learning and perfection
• writing affects my relationship to myself, God and others
• Participation encourages ownership
• Journal writing is a powerful form of pondering
• If I treat sacred that knowledge and those promptings God has given me by writing them down, God will increase my capacity to worship and therefore I will receive the spirit with greater ease.
• Recording spiritual promptings in a secure place is prerequisite to it becoming a secure part of our character.
• learning depends on size of agency faith and desire to apply
• Seek to learn by everything we see, hear and feel; not just what w want to see, hear and feel
• consistency + faith will make it easier to see the progress I am looking for
• To acquire spiritual guidance we have to grow in wisdom.. the wisdom of God.Growing in wisdom takes effort. Journaling our spiritual experiences gives us the ability to review what God has taught us and it allows Him to continue to teach us new things.
• Journal writing is a demonstration of our care for revelation and a tool for channeling the revelation
• Recording helps us be aware of the teaching the Lord is offering at that time of life
• Record what I see hear and feel. Not just what I want to see hear and feel. When you write in your journal write who you are at the end of the day and see how you progress. 

Invitation:

Write in your journal at least once a week

(This is a sample invitation. If you receive other revelation for yourself go with that invitation)