Ministering vision

• What is ministering? What does it mean to minister?

  • Ministering is learning of and attending to others’ needs. It is doing the Lord’s work. When we minister, we are representing Jesus Christ and acting as His agents to watch over, lift, and strengthen those around us

  • https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/ministering/what-is-ministering?lang=eng

• What are our responsibilities?

  • Help families strengthen their faith in Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ

  • Help families prepare to make and keep sacred covenants with God as they receive ordinances

  • Discern needs and provide Christlike love, caring, and service. Offer help and comfort in times of spiritual or temporal need

  • Help families become spiritually and temporally self-reliant

• How do we start?

  • Make contact

  • Get to know them

  • Become a friend

  • Pray for them and for guidance

  • Minister to them

  • Maintain the relationship

What is the “pod” system? 

• Our goal is to make ministering as simple as possible. The pod system is not a different type of ministering, it is just using a new organization of ministering assignments to accomplish the work

• Homes are grouped into “pods” of 3-5 neighboring homes. All members of each household will be ministers to each other (i.e. you don’t have assigned companions)

What are the practical considerations?

• First and foremost, you are a minister, always and every day

  • You minister to all members of your pod

  • Priesthood holders provide blessings as needed

• To ensure coordinated leadership, once or twice per year, your household is the pod lead for a quarter and has three main responsibilities:

  • Organize a pod get together for the quarter. You can combine with other pods

  • Be the lead for any needs within your pod

  • Report to the presidency about needs within your pod (throughout the quarter and via your ministering interview)

• Each quarter, a presidency member will reach out to the lead pods to let them know of their responsibility

  • We will hold a ministering interview with the pod lead and correspond with them throughout the quarter about pod needs