YOUR WARD TEMPLE & FAMILY HISTORY PLAN - DEAD OR ALIVE?

Is your reward Temple and family history activity dead or dying? Or is it alive and kicking? Church leaders have recently implemented a major change in how Temple and family history is to be encouraged in your ward.

Leaders have been looking at church, stake and ward activity levels in temple work and family history. They see room for improvement. Only about 5% of church members are active family history researchers.

Do heads drop for a nap or to take a quick look at their smartphone when the topic of temple work and family history is brought up? Perhaps that's because they don't see temple & family history is relevant to their lives. The new initiative aims to change that perspective.

In one leadership training session called "discover, gather, connect:" the following points were made.

• Personalized family history experiences.

• A good way to engage others in Temple and family history is through personalized family history experiences.

• A personalized family history experience is a meeting between a temple and family history consultant and an individual or family where the consultant shares an activity or family history information prepared especially for that meeting. This can take place in the home or another convenient location that is conducive to the spirit.

We would like to hear from you. Please send us your ideas as well as  suggestions for family and ward activities.