01/30/2014 The House of Israel and Our Birthright

Weekly Training

1/30/2014

The House of Israel and our Birthright

This week’s weekly training had Brad Wilcox as a guest speaker. He gave an AWESOME presentation, and you need to watch it.

For those of you who were unable to attend the meeting, you will need to arrange a time to come in and watch the training. It lasts about 75 minutes and can be viewed either by DVD on your personal computer at the MTC, or on an open computer in 18M-138 on one of the MTC computer Drives.

01/23/2014 The Purpose - THE BIG PICTURE

Weekly Training

23 January 2014

THE BIG PICTURE of the Missionary Purpose

Read Preach My Gospel pages 5-6 “The Gospel of Jesus Christ”

·         How does the Gospel of Jesus Christ define the “What”?—Message

·         How does the Gospel of Jesus Christ define the “Why”?—Purpose

·         What does the Message look like in a lesson?—For Missionary and Investigator

·         What does the Purpose look like in a lesson?—For Missionary and Investigator

·         What are the Prerequisites/Outcomes to fulfilling your purpose?

Study Activity #2

                Watch 10-15 Minutes of any of the Bible video’s (found on biblevideos.org)

·         What does it mean to be purpose centered?

·         What does it mean to fulfill your purpose?

·         Whose Purpose is it?

·         To what lengths did God go to ensure he maintained his purpose?

Practice

1.       Teach The Doctrine of Christ

2.       Coach a missionary in a purpose centered manner.

A. Missionary is teaching lessons, not people

B. Missionary is stuck on getting investigators to do things

C. Missionaries have questions about how to teach a specific doctrine

D. Missionary is struggling to have an effective personal study

Evaluate

1.       Page 6 of Preach My Gospel quote- What added knowledge did you have about the Doctrine of Christ as you taught?

2.       Evidence the purpose is fulfilled?- Use Page 6

Invitations

·         Make the Missionary Purpose YOUR PURPOSE

·         Page 11 of Preach my Gospel Remember this-

Pick one bullet point you are not living in your life. Study it. Set goals and make plans to have it become a part of you.

01/16/2014 Character Of Christ

Weekly Training

16 January 2014

The Character of Christ

Here is the Link to The Character of Christ by David A. Bednar:

http://www2.byui.edu/Presentations/transcripts/religionsymposium/2003_01_25_bednar.htm

You must read this devotional and complete the assignment below for your attendance to training this next week.  You can mark off that you watched it the following week in training meeting.  Remember that training will resume as normal on Jan. 23.

Assignment:

Please write a 3-5 paragraph summary of what you learned from the devotional to send to me by Tuesday Jan. 21

Consider the following questions as you watch the devotional and organize your summary:

·         What is the relationship between Christ’s character and his Doctrine? (the Doctrine of Christ)

·         What can I do to ensure that my faith is centered on the Savior’s character and atonement?

·         Why does increasing my understanding of the Character of Christ help to reduce the disparity between what I know and what I do?

·         What was the main point the Holy Ghost taught you?

·         What does Elder Bednar understand that allows him to teach with spiritual power?

·         Your missionaries have the opportunity to see this each Sunday.  How will you prepare them for this? How will use follow up and use this in class after they have seen it?

Invitation:

What can and should I do in my life to turn away from selfishness and toward Christ-like compassion, service, desires and intent? – Set a goal to change your character to be more like HIS.

Good luck!  Have fun!  Let me know if you have any questions!

-Lisanne Murphy

01/9/2014 Establishing the Zone as a Resource

Weekly Training

9 January 2014

Establishing the Zone as a Resource

·         Put work schedules in Work Scheduler before Friday January 17^th. Remember to include your 15 minutes of prep time in this. If you don’t know what this means, or how to do it, please contact your zone coordinator

·         Weekly training for next week will be to watch the devotional, the “Character of Christ” by Elder Bednar. It will be playing on IPTV channel 3 from January 13-January 17.

What does it mean to establish the zone as a resource?

·         Communication, trust, and freedom within the zone, not so focused on individual classrooms

·         Make zone more firm, help it grow

·         Make it a community

·         Understanding all of our strengths and helping each other develop

·         Have correct focus and understanding and motivation

New things this semester

·         2 first Thursday blocks- 1 Normal, 1 with personal study, people and purpose, …

·         Teachers come to daily planning- Zone resource teacher there every day

·         Teachers go to TRC- Zone Resource Teacher

·         Zone teaching is a workshop

·         Zone Resource Teachers have a separate shift

·         Doctrinal Study- Make it better

·         Lots of floating going on this semester—be responsible with it, and use the time effectively to help yourself and missionaries grow

In what ways does our culture need to shift to maximize the benefit of these changes?

How can YOU contribute to the needed culture shift?

·         Lead Teacher

·         Companion Teacher

·         Zone Coordinator

·         Zone Resource Teacher

·         Ecclesiastical Leaders

·         Missionaries

What role do policies and procedures play in establishing the zone as a resource?

Choose two things:

1.       Goal- What role you need to play in establishing zone as a resource

2.       Plan- What policies/procedures will you master to ensure the zone as a resource?

Invitations:

·         Implement your Goals/Plans

·         When floating—go see something you have never seen!

·         Remember to watch the devotional “Character of Christ” next week for training

12/12/13 PME- "Discovering the Mysteries of God and God Himself"

12/3/13 What is a "True Messenger"?

• Introduction:
• In the temple we hear about "true messengers" I want you to think about the following:
• Who are they besides apostles?
• What makes them true messengers?
• What does being a true messenger have to do with How to Begin Teaching?
• Analyze the Temple Sequence of being a true messenger:
• 1st Visit of the Messengers:
• They are there only to do what the Father has commanded them to do
• They survey the situation of those they are there to teach
• TREASURE UP INDIVIDUAL, BUILD TRUST, DISCERN WHERE THEY ARE IN THEIR CONVERSION PROCESS.
• Remove distractions 
• PROVE PERSONAL QUALIFICATION TO GOD
• They are patient and with the Holy Ghost creates a foretaste of Eternal Life
• GIVE AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT'S TO COME
• 2nd Visit of the Messengers:
• Establish their identity 
• ESTABLISH PURPOSE AND SERVANT OF THE LORD
• Create Environment
• CONVERSION ENVIRONMENT WHERE THE SPIRIT CAN TEACH
• Promise
• you will be lead in the ways of life and salvation. 
• Goal of a True Messenger
• Create an environment of conversion
• Guide the sons and daughters of Adam and Eve to hear the voice of the Father
• Teach only the words of the Father
• Open up the pyramid connection between God and Investigator
• Study:
• PMG p. 3,8,9,92,176,177
• What do you see differently after considering what a True Messenger is from the temple?
• How is the environment created? Look at each of the 3 relationships in the purpose triangle....
• What does this mean for us in our daily ministry? Life? MTC?
• How do you teach this simply without loosing spiritual power with the missionaries? 
• Practice: 
• Practice HTBT with your new knowledge of what you have learned
• Evaluation questions:
• Did you communicate the message of Father? Evidence?
• Was a conversion environment created where the spirit could teach? 
• Invitations:
• Find something you need to change or understand to better become a true messenger? 
• Implement an idea in the classroom to help your missionaries with HTBT?
• Go the the Temple soon! 

11/19/2013 Reflections On a Consecrated Life

Weekly Training

19 November 2013

Lisanne Murphy

Sacrifice and Obedience VS. Consecration

·         There is a huge diference between stuff and yourself

·         Huge difference between status quo (defending and sustaining) and building up the kingdom of God

·         Sacrifice and obedience is like unto the Law of Moses

3 Nephi 27:13-15- As Christ was lifted up, in the endowment we are lifted up as well to come unto God

Read Talk “Reflections on a Consecrated Life” by D. Todd Christofferson, November 2010 Ensign.

Questions to Consider while reading:

·         What does a sacrificed look like?

·         What is the result of a sacrificed life?

·         What does a consecrated life look like?

·         What is the result of a consecrated life?

·         What is the difference between living a life of sacrifice VS. a life of consecration?

·         What is it that bridges the gap between Sacrifice and Consecration?

·         What do you need to change/exchange to live the law of Consecration?

Conclusion

·         What did you learn?

·         What will you take away?

·         What will you change/exchange?

·         Wherefore what … for the MTC?

Invitation:

Take something you wrote down that will bridge the gap between sacrifice and consecration, and DO IT!