Today we focused on companionship study with an investigator in mind. Simon gave us a scenario of a family that is Catholic but not active. The dad loves soccer and the world cup will be coming on in about 30 minutes. The mom let you in because she wants to know more about prophets. They have 3 little girls.
Our assignment is to come up with a lesson plan with your companion for this family and teach them the restoration lesson.
We asked more questions about this family. As you know more about someone, the spirit can start to teach you what they might need to hear. This is very important in companionship study. Study from the perspective of the investigator. As you do the spirit will bring to your mind their needs and concerns.
Here are some of the groups...I am missing some pictures...sorry :-)
After they had about 15 minutes to study and make an outline of what they wanted to teach,each group shared their outline and what they wanted to teach.
This group felt like it would be important to use the dads love of soccer as an analogy to the gospel. They connected the role of the coach with a living prophet today. The head coach is God. He knows the game plan. He can't tell all the players at once so he has captains. The captain has the authority to tell the players the plan. This captain is like the prophet. They also wanted to use the "How can I know section" in the beginning and ask the dad to pray. They wanted to use the moms bible and have them read Amos 3:7 and Hebrews 13:8 Excellent scriptures!
This group felt the importance of teaching the apostasy and that God loves you! They wanted to end with importance that you can know for yourself by reading the Book Of Mormon. In their prayer they would pray for each person in the family by name.
These sisters felt like it would be important first to get to know them better. And then start with what they know about prophets. Which ones do they know and ask why they were important.
They wanted to use Jacob 4:6 and talk about how scriptures are written by prophets. They would share what they have personally learned from prophets in the scriptures. Another scripture they would use is Mosiah 8:18 Prophets are here to benefit us. They speak to us two times a year in general conference. They are here to guide us and help us. They would talk about how current prophets council has helped them personally. An example was food storage. His family followed the prophets council and when their dad was out of work for 2 years, they were prepared. This family lived in Los Angeles, CA. They felt like they would have lots of experience with traffic jams. A prophet can help you navigate through those traffic jams of life and help you avoid them.
Once again we witness the power of these youth!!! The spirit is the great teacher as they put their trust in Him and exercise their agency to try and find answers.
As we listened to each group come up with very different approaches, we learned from each one very valuable ideas. As you study every day with your companion, and share your ideas in district meetings, you will help teach each other and all will be edified and rejoice together Doctrine and Covenants 50:22
Keep up the good work.
Assignment for next time:
We will meet again on July 13th. Please keep studying the restoration lesson with this family in mind. We will practice teaching it then.
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