July 13, 2015- What does John have to say...

To Complete Assignment: Email Lisanne what you learned from this training. 

Announcements:

• If your plans for fall semester are changing let Lisanne know ASAP
• Please help out all you can with subs and resourcing this month!! We need help!!

I’m a disciple

Sam- There are 12 baskets at the end of feeding the 5,000… food still in them. I know that Christ is the savior of my sins, insecurities, and shortcoming. 

Michael H- You are a disciple of what you put your faith in. I put my faith in him, he was perfect and an amazing example. 

Discuss in your groups the question about receiving that was in your prep work.

Read as Group:

John 6

     Focus: 

          Writers intent/Historical context

          How to help missionaries receive and in turn help them help their investigators receive. 

Practice Activity:

Objective- Help missionaries develop a desire to receive that which they need from God and can get from no earthly source.

1. Personal Study- Missionaries reading just to look busy

2. Companionship Study- Missionaries are not talking to each other

3. Evaluation Post PI- Missionaries are content with their performance

4. Evaluation Post Practice- Missionaries answer your evaluation questions with “Yes"

5. Prayer- Missionaries prayer are rote, quick, thoughtless

Evaluation:

How were the missionaries more prepared to receive from God?

Instead of you?

*Check out Learner Enabling bullet 2

Revelations about what it means to receive?

To regain Jesus Christ into our live. We need to regain him each day.

Sometimes I try to hard and am too forceful… he is constantly throwing things at us and all we have to do is receive

Missionaries try to receive things from us too much. We need to help them receive things from God. 

July 6, 2015- John's Perspective

To Complete Assignment: Email Lisanne what you learned from this training. 

Announcements:

Sunday at 8pm go to Kate’s house to listen to Chandler and Trevor talk about Jerusalem. 

Thanks for all your help with Mission President Seminar!

The purpose of groups is to turn outward and be more Christ centered.

Bye Bye Sean! We will miss you.

I’m a Disciple 

JD- Living, exercising faith and repenting has helped me change. I’ve come to know through personal experience that it’s real and I know that he will come again and when that happens I want to be by his side. 

Pam- John 1:5.. Through Christ I’ve been able to invite more light in my life. He has helped me want to help others go through that same process. 

Group Thinking

What did you learn about Christ’s character from John’s perspective after reading the synopsis of John and John 1?

Read John 4- (Women at the well)

Focus on the relationship between knowing Christ and developing spiritual gifts.

Practice:

Purpose- Help missionaries develop a stronger relationship with Christ that will lead them to seek after spiritual gifts.

Evaluation- How did the focus on developing a relationship with Christ help them develop spiritual gifts to help them overcome their stresses and shortcomings?

Situations:

1. Frustrated missionaries over non-responsive investigators

2. Homesick/Anxiety

3. Companionship Conflict

4. Missionaries that feel they don’t need to plan before a lesson

5. Missionaries discourage with how to have effective studies

As a table, how would you typically solve this?

     How would you solve it using spiritual gifts as a focus?

June 29, 2015- Study Groups

 Teachers of the Most Celestial Realm!

I hope that you week is going fantastically! I love meeting with each of you and seeing you on a regular basis! I hope summer is treating you well. 

As you know, I will be out of town during our normal training time this week.  You will still have an assignment.  This email will outline that assignment.  I think that you will find what we are going to do quite fun and different.

Remember the purpose for our area this summer is to create an intimate relationship with the Savior that permeates every aspect of our lives.  This is gained through studying the WORD. 

After spending a few weeks reading the scriptures in training, it has come clear that having consistent reading groups will be essential for scripture reading to be a progressive experience from training to training.

Each of you filled out a survey about your study of the word in the past.  This was used to create study groups made up of people that have different study styles and experiences to promote growth in your groups.  Here are the groups:

Group 1	Brooke Bertoldo (Leader)	Chandler Kendall	Eric Turner	Marcie Badham	Michael Hutchings
Group 2	Kaeley Haws (Leader)	Trevor Heath	Matt Mitsvotai	Jefferson McClain	Lizzie Hegstrom
Group 3	Dara Farnsworth (Leader)	Brady Schvaneveldt	Pam Smith	Fabrizio Cena	Landon Pliler
Group 4	Sam Ditto (Leader)	Maddie Bowen	Darren Gleason	Costner Henson	Megan McManama
Group 5	Spencer Kottcamp (Leader)	Kate Merriman	Kylie Neslen	Michael Anderson	Brandon Winters
Group 6	Ben Jones (Leader)	Kevin Anderson	Lauren Peterson	Makaelee Owens	JD Cook

Your assignment this week is as follows:

Step 1 (1 hour minimum)

·         Spend at least 1 hour with the members of your group doing something fun to get to know each other better.  You can do whatever you want as long as it includes social interaction.  I also want it to not be at the MTC or about teaching.  Go out and do something together.   

o   The group leader is in charge of getting everyone together and counseling with group members about what the activity is. 

Step 2 (30 min)

·         Read the scriptures together.  Read John 1 – Focusing on Writer’s intent, historical context, and any insights on how to make Christ more real and effectual in our lives.

·         Set a goal as a group related to the area purpose that you can keep each other accountable to the remainder of the semester.

Step 3 (30 seconds)

·         Each person in the group – email me briefly your thoughts on the direction we are taking as an area

·         Group leader – email me your group goal along with your brief thoughts of our area direction

Thanks everyone! Have a fantastic week! Please make sure that you blue sheet whatever time you spend together up to 90 min.  Have fun spending time together!  Can’t wait to see you when I get back!

Lisanne Murphy

Missionary Training Center – Training Coordinator

18M-138

MurphyLi@mtc.byu.edu

801-494-3382