FIRST MONTH ORIENTATION
Elders and Sisters, as missionaries in the Personal
Storehouse Project we have the responsibility to minister to the needs of
others. We will be focused much of the
time on helping others realize their dreams.
The experience of ministering to the needs of others is a sacred
calling. The words of the following
scripture will help us become more Christ-like in our service:
Moroni 7:44-45
. . . if a man be meek and lowly in heart, and
confesses by the power of the Holy Ghost that Jesus is the Christ, he must
needs have charity; for if he have not charity he is nothing; . . .
And charity
suffereth long, and is kind, and envieth not, and is not puffed up, seeketh not
her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil, and rejoiceth not in
iniquity but rejoiceth in the truth, beareth all things, believeth all things,
hopeth all things, endureth all things.
“.
. .unless we care for one other—temporally as well as spiritually—we cannot
please God, and it is impossible to become a people of Zion. We could cover the earth with members of the
Church, put a meetinghouse on every corner, dot the land with temples, fill the
earth with copies of the Book of Mormon, send missionaries to every country,
and say millions of prayers. But if we neglect to grasp the core of the gospel
message and fail to help those who suffer or turn away those who mourn, and if
we do not remember to be charitable, we “are as [waste], which the refiners do
cast out.” To put it simply, having
charity and caring for one another is not simply a good idea. It is not simply
one more item in a seemingly infinite list of things we ought to consider
doing. It is at the core of the gospel—an indispensable, essential,
foundational element. Without this transformational work of caring for our
fellowmen, the Church is but a facade of the organization God intends for His
people.” President Dieter F. Uchtdorf
Things to do during your first month as a Church Service Missionary with the Personal Storehouse Project
1. Begin reading "Bridges Out of
Poverty" (Chapters 1-4, 8, 10, and 11)
2. Watch the video: “Reporting” on your DVD of training materials; then get
acquainted with the https://icp.lds.org/ website. Login with your lds account. Let the leadership know if you have a problem with anything related to the site.
3. Check out the 2 Personal Storehouse project
blogs and be sure you know how to navigate each blog to find the Community
Resources and the Mentoring Resources.
4. Watch the videos: Driven in Detroit: Bridges
to Self-Reliance on the Mormon Channel
5. Watch the video: My Mentors by Lou Ann
Rogers - also on the DVD in your training packet. This is a Mentoring Video from
Inner City Project - watch and define what principles of mentoring are
demonstrated in the video - At what
point did this young woman gain a vision for her life? What did the mentors do to get her to that
point?
6. If you are replacing another mentor
in your church unit, please meet with them and get updated on what they have
been doing.
7. Read “The Pattern” by President
Dieter F. Uchtdorf. It is in your binder or you can access it here.
8. Get the following materials from the PSP leadership or from mentors if you are you are replacing someone. Let us know if anything is missing and we'll get those items for you.
8. Get the following materials from the PSP leadership or from mentors if you are you are replacing someone. Let us know if anything is missing and we'll get those items for you.
·
Bridges
Out of Poverty Book
· PSP
wooden “Box” with assorted squares (one per ward or branch)
· Laminated Plan of Salvation Chart
·
My
Foundation Booklet
· PSP
Training Materials Binder
9. The following chart is a visual description of the mentoring process. It will serve as a guide to help you as you study each of the mentor training lessons. Central to the chart is the yellow-starred area - Teach Planning Skills and Goal Setting. Everything on the chart either leads a person to the point of setting a goal or helps them to be successful in achieving that goal.
9. The following chart is a visual description of the mentoring process. It will serve as a guide to help you as you study each of the mentor training lessons. Central to the chart is the yellow-starred area - Teach Planning Skills and Goal Setting. Everything on the chart either leads a person to the point of setting a goal or helps them to be successful in achieving that goal.
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RESOURCES: We provide resources for 3 reasons:
1. We give options other than the use of Fast
Offerings - Example: Energy Funds
through partnership with St. Vincent de Paul.
2. When someone is living in chaos and has basic
needs that need to be met.
From that moment I had a deeper realization that the
Church of Christ should be and is interested in the temporal salvation of man.
I walked away from the door feeling that that [woman], with … bitterness in
[her heart] toward man and God, [was] in no position to receive the message of
the gospel. [She was] in need of temporal help. . ." The Sanctifying Work of Welfare Bishop H.
David Burton April 2011 General Conference
3. Once a member
has a plan to become self-reliant, we want to supply every resource available
to help them meet that plan.
Partnerships:
Salvation
Army
Thrift stores
(presently used in Bloomfield Hills Stake)
Gary
Burnstein Community Health Clinic (Justin Brox - Troy
Ward)
1. Medical
Clinic
2. Dental
Clinic
St.
Vincent de Paul
1. Dental Clinic (all we need is a
request from a bishop or branch president to make that happen)
2. Energy funds through Michigan Energy
Assistance Program (MEAP)
3. Thrift stores (presently used in
Westland Stake)
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“You are the hands of the Savior, ministering to God’s children.
You are angels of God to those you
serve.
You are examples to your families, to
me, and to all the world
of what a disciple of Christ should do.”
President Uchtdorf
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A POWER POINT PRESENTATION FOR EACH LESSON AS WELL AS COPIES OF ALL VIDEOS USED IN OUR TRAINING ARE ON THE DVD OF MENTOR TRAINING MATERIALS THAT IS INCLUDING IN THE MENTOR TRAINING MANUAL.
A POWER POINT PRESENTATION FOR EACH LESSON AS WELL AS COPIES OF ALL VIDEOS USED IN OUR TRAINING ARE ON THE DVD OF MENTOR TRAINING MATERIALS THAT IS INCLUDING IN THE MENTOR TRAINING MANUAL.
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