San Bernardino, California Stake Family History Goals 2019

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.