Leavitt Ward Plan

Leavitt Ward Plan 2015

Purpose - To bring ourselves and those in our community closer to Christ.

Vision – The Leavitt Ward members will unite together with faith in Christ

and with love towards one another and the neighbours in our Community.

We will strengthen and uplift each other in righteousness and take care of

the poor and needy in our midst. Members will build meaningful

friendships and engage in missionary work guided by the Spirit. This will set

an inspired example for the youth in our Ward who will serve missions.

Main Goals and Objectives – Leavitt Ward Members will:

1. Perfect the Saints 

a. Study the Book of Mormon individually and together with their

families in 2015 and have daily family prayer.

b. Attend Sacrament meeting each Sunday with a Spirit of being

nourished each week and keeping the Sabbath Day Holy.

2. Proclaim the Gospel - Pray daily for missionary experiences and follow

the promptings of the Holy Ghost to share the gospel.

3. Redeem the Dead - (Every family member that is eligible)

a. Be involved in family history work, including indexing.

b. Attend the temple at least monthly and take 3 family member

names to the temple this year and do the work for them,

including our youth.

4. Care for the Poor and Needy – prayerfully identify neighbours in the

community that you can reach out to and support in some way,

including inviting people (4 families) into your home (and to events).

Optional activities  – In addition to the Ward Goals and Objectives we would encourage individuals and families to select one or more of the following objectives to work on throughout 2015:

Strengthen self/others

Have personal prayer at least 3 times a day

Prayerfully review the talks from the last General Conference session.

Do something to increase your individual and/or family spiritual or physical preparedness

Do something to increase your physical health

Strengthen your (and your family’s) testimony of the Prophet Joseph Smith.

Strengthen Others Inside and Outside the Ward:

Develop meaningful friendships with inactive and
non-members within our community

Take your spouse on a date night once a month

Have 3 new individuals/families in your home this year.

Have couple scripture study daily.

Forgive someone who had offended you.

Conduct parent-child interviews.

Share the Gospel with Others:

Invite inactive, non-members or newer member  families in your home every year.

Have an individual or family in your home to take the missionary discussions

Be learning from Preach My Gospel in the home

Pray for the members of the Leavitt Ward in the mission field

Pray by name for the missionaries in our stake and the investigators they are teaching.

Invite people to attend baptisms, ordinations, farewells, etc.

Give one or more copies of the Book of Mormon away each year.

Have the missionaries in your home.

Participate in Family History and Temple Work:

Search out at least 3 new ancestors annually

Attend Ward Temple night each month

As a couple take a shift at the Family History Center.

Care for the Poor and Needy:

Pray daily for who you might be able to help

Seek out an individual in the community who you can provide support either spiritually, socially,
emotionally or financially

Give a generous fast offering monthly

Donate to other church authorized funds

Other: ______________________________________________________________

Don't Laugh

The last Sunday in March was Fast Sunday since the first Sunday in April was General Conference. It is Austin's turn to conduct so he bore his testimony at the beginning of fast and testimony meeting. (Hanna, Lucy, Carly and I weren't actually there since we went to Taber for Taylor's ordination to a teacher in the priesthood).

Austin told about how we never know what someone else is facing, so we shouldn't judge and should me considerate.  He told about how is brother, Les, had lost his job and was looking for a new job.  He told about how is cousin, Bob DePoe, was fighting cancer.  (Both Les' family and Bob's family came to Cardston that weekend to visit).  Then Austin told about how we were at a rodeo on Friday, and Hanna went to get off her horse in goat tying, got her foot caught in the stir-up and fell hard. She got up and stumbled to the goat and everyone was encouraging her to keep going and then asking if she was okay.  A few events later, Austin was pushing someone's calf out of the shoot, and he fell and landed in the dirt. People laughed. His message was for us to be more kind to everyone no matter what they are going through or what happens to them.

On another note, Austin and I had gone to visit Blaine and Lorraine Leavitt a couple weeks before, and Austin invited them to come to church. They said they would. So Austin went to pick up Blaine, and he was all clean and ready for church. Blaine said he was afraid the church might fall in if he set foot in the church. Austin helped him walk down the hall, and as they got to the drinking fountain, Blaine said, "well, it seems okay so far."  Lorraine even bore her testimony and many people greeted them after Sacrament Meeting was over.