San Bernardino Stake
Family History Goals 2019
Objective: Discover,
Gather, Connect is the newest program of the church. Involving all members
of the stake to take an active role in their family history with the assistance
of the Ward Temple and Family History Consultants, Elders and Relief Society leaders.
Members are to Discover, Gather and
Connect family names to perform ordinances in the temple and then teach
what they have learned to others in the ward and their own families. Include
the MY Family Booklet to get started. This would accomplish the goal of the Area Plan to Increase number of family names submitted to the temple by the
youth, new converts and others.
Goals:
1. Converts who were baptized in
the past 1-3 years. Submit at least 1-2 names to the temple for baptism for the
dead, add 4 generations to FamilySearch. Prepare all ordinances for that
individual for temple work. When converts have been members for one year,
prepare them to attend the temple for their own endowment.
2. Youth 11 and older – Find 1-2
names to take to the temple for baptisms. Participate in adding 4-generations
to FamilySearch.
3. Ward and Family Members. The
names that the youth and converts find, the initiatory, endowment and sealings
can be done by their parents or other members of their wards.
How to Achieve:
Ward Temple and Family Consultants should work with the ward
missionaries and accompany them with newly baptized converts. Stake Temple and
Family History Consultant – Lead, Sis. Jill Holmes, will use email, phone calls
and training meetings at the ward level, if necessary, to work with consultants,
Elder’s Quorum (EQ) and Relief Society (RS) leaders
to discuss goals, training opportunities for the individual needs of the ward.
1. The youth can use these
activities to sign off in Duty to God, Boy Scouts, and Personal Progress.
2. Less actives in our wards assigned
EQ and RS ministers can enter the homes of less actives with the booklets and
introduce family history in the most basic way. After the 1st meeting, if they
are still interested, invite a ward temple and family consultant to go to the
visit.
3. With active members, the ministering
program would be a great way to introduce family history to our members and
work one on one with them. Those being taught always love having someone to
listen to them when talking about their family and retelling of old memories.
Results:
All members in the San Bernardino Stake to use FamilySearch
to create a 4-generation pedigree, as a work in progress. That can be
established when connecting with other lines and maybe easier than one thinks.
Our stake can more than double our numbers for the year 2019 from previous
year’s results. Please see attached Members Submitting Names Yearly Report.
President Russell M. Nelson has said; “I invite you to
prayerfully consider what kind of sacrifice—and preferably a sacrifice of
time—you can make to do more family history and temple work this year”.
Please see below for the year end numbers for 2018. To see images larger, click them.
Please see below for the year end numbers for 2018. To see images larger, click them.
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